Aneko Nui: The Chapter Epic
So, after only three days of editing, being a member, etc. I've decided to write an epic, like everyone else, about my OWN bionicle saga from all my models. It starts with my fictional island, Aneko Nui, under threat & invasion by the remaining makuta from the main and alternate universes. Several matoran of a few thousand in total stand against these threats. Why? The remaining makuta want the island to inhabit/rule and form a rebellious revenge on Mata Nui. The island is located in the sea on the Kemet Nui globe, too far for anyone's reach. TBC.
Rollcall
Who's still here? I need some help.--Sir Koji: White Knight (talk) 22:27, July 6, 2012 (UTC)
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Saddens me that I feel like I'm the only one still here. C.I.R.C.L.E. is pretty much dead from here and I am rapidly losing time to pursue this stuff to studies... eh. T'is was a good run and I'll stick around hoping something will happen... Zåhåku (Talk) 23:36, April 6, 2012 (UTC)
LoP Complete
Remember how I said I was expanding the cast for the final book? Yeah...no. Didn't quite work out, so I cut it to five chapters, each chapter of varying length (usually a set limit, not this time), to accomplish a plot instead of a page limit. The last one just got finished...isn't my best work, but I really wasn't sure how to do some of this, so...I'm not proud, but it works.
I can finally move fully onto other things. This won't be nagging me anymore.
Epic Related Blog
So looking over my epic, realised a rather silly mistake. By posting Zahaku's chapter where I did, makes a jump between time periods instead of a gradual moving down. So I'll edit that so his chapter should come after Narmok's in chapter 7. Zåhåku (Talk) 23:16, February 25, 2012 (UTC)
So...how we all doin?
Well, it's been one heck of a hiatus, huh? Hope everyone is doing well. I see only a few of you remained on here, hopefully the C.I.R.C.L.E. will get back on its feet soon. Hope Finals and calsses are going smoothly, all.
-ChocoLvr13
Ausar
I was just thinking, if anyone here wants to find Ausar, the following link should be invaluable:
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/ToaAusar/MOCs/bark.png
You'll have to run with it and know that it's about the MMORPG Galaxy Legion, but I nearly tracked down Ausar (until I had to register on a forum to get any further).
~ BioGio (Talk) 23:24, January 16, 2012 (UTC)
Merry Christmas guys!
Christmas; a time of religion, family and to some, presents. Hope everyone has a good holiday, and that you all got what you wanted.
Also, been working on some stuff for after Christmas that I will hopefully have posted before the New Year. Zåhåku (Talk) 14:40, December 24, 2011 (UTC)
Finally, some good news!
Gonna have a lot of time for a while which has caused great happiness on my part. So that means i'll be edit a lot more for some time!
Also, I've decided what I want to do in life, and im now working towards becoming a Video Game Designer.
Zåhåku (Talk) 22:43, November 8, 2011 (UTC)
LOP Work
I started writing Legacy of Power again...but four page chapters at 11 pt. font? I forgot how bad that was with this epic. I came to rely on combat more than anything. At least VX and The Double Saga had a larger cast so I could play more with that. LOP doesn't have a large enough one. Therefore, at Book 3, Chapter 10, it's all three pages (roughly), 12 pt. font, so shorter chapters.
I'm really expanding the cast in Book 4, the finale. Those should go back to normal.
Uhh...
I want to come on and do mass editing sprees and post my MOCS and release new chapters of the epic... but School work is just depressing me with how much ive been getting recently, I'll to get everything sorted soon, Ive already said id return and be more active like three times already...
Zåhåku (Talk) 18:36, October 31, 2011 (UTC)
MOC updates
So yeah, just took a good few pictures of all the MOCs that I mentioned weeks ago in an earlier Blog Post. Will have them up at some point this week, after ive edited a few MOCs im not entirely happy with.
So yeah... Stay tuned! ~ Zåhåku (Talk) 23:37, October 16, 2011 (UTC)
So
School's a pain, life's moving quick, in my last term. Well, Bzp's back up, and it looks pretty bad. Nonetheless, I'll be posting edited and improved chapters over the coming weeks.
Has anyone seen Ausar lately? He's completly disappeared...
BZPower Back
Yeah, BZPower is back. Can't post or anything; it's just an archive, but it's something.
And I finally got at my Hero Factory epic that I've been trying to find a cache of or something for a few weeks, with no success. That pleases me.
Legacy of Power Changes
I haven't actually touched the epic in months, and have 30 chapters left; the back 10 of Book 3, and the 20 of Book 4, but yesterday, I figured something out about Book 4.
I'm scrapping most of my plans for it and shoving a new cast in instead. The direction is still going where I planned it to, but the cast will change. The Toa will still be around, main characters, but you won't get their POVs as often (well, not every chapter, which is what it is now). It's switching to a new cast to show things from a much different perspective that will be exclusive to the final book that I just came up with yesterday.
It's gotten me excited about continuing writing the epic, at least.
MOCs - Parallels
As it turns out, I deleted all of my MOC pictures for Parallels. It took me so many hours to build everything, staging some scenes even for later chapters to show how some combat went...and it's all gone. I deleted it all myself because I thought I had it backed up. I didn't.
It's a big disappointment, but whatever. I'm not rebuilding (that would take far too long), so...whatever.
Ignoring BZP
Right before I posted this, I decided to forget about BZP and finally just post new chapters straight to the wiki. So yes; they will come up soon from me; I've decided that now is the time to stop waiting.
What stopped me is that at my cabin, I have to be outside to get internet, and it's about 60 degrees, my fingers are too numb to type up the additions to the articles of the characters that appear in the chapter, and so on. So...a few days? I guess a few days, when it warms up, the chapters will start rapidly going up.
Ramblings
I can't believe BZPower has been down for the entire summer. I was hoping to post most of Legacy of Power before college started (started Monday, going to class in a few hours), guess not. I'm starting to wonder if we're best off just posting chapters directly to the wiki...
Anyway, ignoring Legacy of Power at the moment, halfway through Book 3, so about 30 chapters left (no idea when I'll get back on that; probably after these last two and a half Kyle XY continuation "episodes" get written), living at my cabin, able to steal some internet, four classes a week between three days...
Yeah, like the blog title says, ramblings...
Events
I haven't been on a while, assignments, school and what not. I've drifted away from collecting Bionicle/Hero Factory and I'm looking forward to a concert in October and a pop culture expo in November.
But I'll keep editing here, I've got Word again. I'll put chapters up when, if, Bzpower decides to come out of oblivion. I'm going to go through War of Benevus and edit that, and also cut out some unnecessary parts.
So thats about it.
Pronunciations
Can anyone explain the phonetic values of the letters for pronunciations of names? The page "Category:Pronunciation" (which I'll assume is similar to "Category:Color Chart") exists, but it has no content, so I just have to ask here, I guess.
For instance, I can guess that "G" is pronounced just like IPA /g/ and "SH" represents /ʃ/. However, I can't realy tell what the phonetic value of "AA" is or how exactly "K" and "KH" differ. (If I think of others, I'll mention them in comments.)
I'm obviously familiar with the International Phonetic Alphabet, if it makes a difference to anyone. I also know the phonology of quite a few languages, including Spanish (Castillian and Latin American), some Swedish, a little Icelandic, and Finnish, if that h…
Done...
...with Fractures. Sort of. It's been on my mind for a while now, and here's what I realized:
I have no enthusiasm nor energy for the epics anymore. It's just not there, and all I seem to be capable of churning out is extremely mediocre (in comparison to the just-all-right pace I was on) throw-together chapters like my most recent. I thought a break would work, and just kinda' plan things out with Venom for the future epics, but... I think all that did was show me that I don't want to write anymore. I just lack the drive for the project, and I really don't do anything for it at this point.
I don't want to completely give up on the whole thing, especially since I kinda' have said on multiple occasions that I was going to finish it, so here's wh…
Legacy of Power Book 2 Complete
I finished the second book of Legacy of Power the other day, since I finally have my laptop back after it was in for repair. I start Book 3 tonight, the third chapter of the book looking to be my favorite chapter of the entire epic, and about Magis; my favorite character, as I've said before.
Updates
I have not really been on as much as I would like. But I have been busy in other areas of C.I.R.C.L.E. related.... stuff.
Firstly, I have made quite a few MOCS; thirteen Rakile, a good few Toa, a four arned being and finally finished my Helsrak T12 MOC (There is a WIP version of my Brickshelf but it the only features the two versions share are the primary weapon systems and the Jetrif T6 cockpit.) and working on some Shadows of the Sword members.
Secondly, fixing up chapters of the Light in the Shadows for BZP's return (or if I lose my patience, post them here after I get my awesome editor to take a look at them.) and I am finally quite happy with how they turned out.
So yeah, I'm back and looking for some serious editing work to do! Zåhåku (Ta…
Update on Laptop
Nothing... Nothing at all... All my Frineds have gotten their laptop's back... but me.
And now I won't get it back until 4 weeks. *sigh*
I guess bzpower still being down is a good thing... Knowing my luck, now that I've mentaioned that It will be back with the next week xp
--Zahaki (Talk) 23:00, June 22, 2011 (UTC)
Weapon Ideas?
So, I've created my Orivis Shadow Warrior, Imago.
The problem? I can't think of a single weapon for him to wield that is not exactly like another character's weapon. So... Any ideas for some pretty awesome but uncommon weapons? Any help is much appreciated.
Zåhåku (Talk) 20:45, June 21, 2011 (UTC)
Sins of the Fathers Preview
Working on this one for whatever reason now...
The being rose to his feet unsteadily. He looked around, dazed and confused, his head pulsating with a nagging sensation of familiarity – and with general pain. He placed his hand to his forehead and let out a harsh and sharp sigh. There was nothing, nothing that came to him in a surge of remembrance. He felt as if his mind had been ravaged, a portion of his reminiscences stripped away. One thing, among a few others, stood out in his half-empty memory – his name. Harjotu, he realized, was what he had been called once. Another word floated through his head: Tsiac. It was a broader term, but he recalled being referred to by it. A race or a species, perhaps, it was.
From a third person’s perspectiv…
Genocide Snippet
I have nearly finished with my short story. I shall finish it today and afterwards I'll be a bit busy. The last day of a long weekend and exams are coming next week. After that I can write myself to death. So tell me what you think: (I wrote it on notepad, no spell check or grammar check)
Makuta Zardan stood on the deck of his largest warship. Thirteen feet tall, like a Warga, his bulky, spiked armour gave a fierce appearance, helped by his spiked Kanohi Jutlin. Mass bat-like wings protruded from his back, and a large black sword hung from his waist.
It had taken him up to a hundred years to create a small empire. His people were feared by everyone else, so they were quarantined in Terra Quematha. However, their efforts to conquer the planet…
Updates and Such p. 2
Well, I'm done with school now and have some internet connection problems fixed, so I'm all ready to begin the cleanup on those last few articles. I haven't written much in recent times, but rather have let Trial of Iron's thirteenth chapter collect some dust for a while. I've tried to start The Tribulations of Tukaia for a while, but haven't done much with that, either.
I've done a little bit of MOCing lately, however, and have started building Keltt, Hastén, Gutren, and an interpretation of Makuta Mersirax. I think it's evident that I'm running out of characters (I've sixty-eight put together thus far) to MOC if I'm building Venom's characters, but it's all right, I guess. The main characters I can think that I've yet to get near completing …
Plans of Epic proportions
So, I've been thinking to myself for a while now, and I have a few plans for my epics. They aren't finalized quite yet, but they are generally what I plan to do.
1. Write several short stories that flesh out Chornicles of Kora Nui and any following material. I have two planned so far, one called "Shattered" and another which has yet to be named. "Shattered" will tell the tale of the Toa Waru (not neccessarily final name), the twelve-Toa team from Fe-Koro, include the Toa Zerox. I won't reveal much more, but I can say that many of the Toa on this team will have appearances in my upcoming stories. The second story speaks of a yet-unnamed Toa team led by Semhu, who later became the Turaga of Kora Nui. It will merely explain how his team came i…
The Shadow Line, Zen, Game of Thrones, Jesse Stone
So, Friday was my last day of high school, graduation is this weekend. So I haven't had school the past few days, while the other grades have. What have I been doing? Burning through my "to watch" list.
I watched all three episodes so far of "The Shadow Line" with Christopher Eccleston and Chiwetel Ejofor. Took me until the third episode to really get into it, but it's great. The police and the criminals both working the case from different sides over the death of a drug dealer, or something. I'm only watching for Eccleston (the Ninth Doctor from Doctor Who; my favorite Doctor), but it is really good. A pity it's only seven episodes.
Then there's "Zen", based on the Aurelio Zen novels (I need to read those...). Set in Rome (beautiful to watc…
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Teletoon Retro has begun to replay Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, in it's original format, every Sunday. It's kind of a burst of nostalgia for me, 'cause I used to watch my brother's tapes of the show when I was little.
Now that I'm in my teens, I realize how horribly lame the show was, even for the nineties. It's also a little disappointing that they'll show MMPR, but not Beast Wars.
War of Benevus 7
Writing it now, nowhere near done, but this bit I am loving. Why?
The epic debut of an old friend.
Interesting Problem
So, last Saturday my computer got a virus. Well, technically a Trojan Horse. It disguised itself as, 'Windows 7 Security Manager'. It told me that I had 67 viruses and I needed to 'registre' in order to get rid of them. I knew it was fake 'cause when I read it out loud, it sounded (not to be racist) Chinese. I destroyed it via Norton, but it had already done it's work- My computer can no longer read .exe files. Luckily, I found a back door of sorts through which I can access the Internet, but I can't use anything else. It's a little frustrating, but apparently I have to preform the computer equivelent of brain surgery. So, uh, Whoopee.
No Laptop
Hey Guys
Turns out the school wants to take the Laptop's in for Re-imaging (Again, had one down not even a month ago) and to fix the backing and hingers, which I'll quote my ICO guy "This is the best laptop I've even seen" As In there is NOTHING WRONG WITH IT...
Besides that.... I won't have it for over a month, so No Epic, and no editing =/ But I'll try to get on.
--Zahaki (Talk) 14:56, May 19, 2011 (UTC)
Well...
I've an old forum. I'm still here. I have a lot of school work on my plate, but I'll edit what I can.
New Computer
So, last Sunday was my birthday. We didn't celebrate much 'cause we were all sick, but no use complaining. Especially since my Mom ordered me a brand-new laptop from Dell, and it came today. I'm typing this blog post on it right now. It's absolutely wonderful. All I need to do is transfer all my documents from my Mom's laptop to mine, but her's is out of commission (The fan stopped working), so that'll have to wait.
Windows 7 is the best operating sytem I've ever worked with. I love this laptop.
Parallels, LoP2 and more
Finished Parallels the other day; towards the end it got boring to right for the most part, but it turned out fine for my needs.
I wrote the first two chapters of the second book of Legacy of Power over the last two days. I'm enjoying this one so far, since it doesn't have so many character chapters, unlike The Dystopian Island which had the "Toa (Name)" chapters and the "(Name) (Adjective)" chapters ("Dynamic Hoji"); it has the latter yet, but not as many, and certainly not taking up over half the book.
I actually fixed my writing style. Writing is supposed to be "*************," said (Name), "********", or at least like that. I would never put the comma in; I would always put the punctuation I wanted in, two spaces, capitalize the next wo…
Help?
Its odd, even though I am editing at least once every day, sometimes it doesnt show that I had done any work that day. Which is getting really annoying because its never letting me get to those badges! Any ideas on what the issue is?
Zåhåku (Talk) 23:52, May 7, 2011 (UTC)
Awesomeness in a bottle
Today, I get to go see Thor. but not in any wimpy $5 theater, no no, I get to see it in ULTRA AVX SURROUND SOUND IN 3D. Also today, I celebrate my birthday with my best friend. My real birthday is on sunday, but I can't have a sleepover on a sunday.
In other news, Lavion Toa of Air has finished chapter 2 of CoKN (Or at least he tells me), so as soon as BZPower goes back online I'll post it.
Bzpower Downtime
Hey Guys, just thought I 'll ask you guys what have you been doing during the site down time.
Me? I've been spending more time on the Wiki, which is a good thing if you look at it. Managed to re-write Chapter 2, took me 3 days but I got there (I managed to delet Chapter 2-4, yet the computer only had parts of chapter 2)
So now I'm waiting for bzpower to come back on-line so I can post this.
--Zahaki (Talk) 15:55, April 30, 2011 (UTC)
Kora Nui Update
Under normal circumstances, chapter 2 of CoKN would be posted by now, maybe even chapter 3. But a very good friend of mine, known as Lavion Toa of Air on BZpower, wanted to co-write the thing.
He's barely even started.
I feel like I should tell him to either get his but in gear or not co-write it, but I can't be mean like that.
On the bright side, the easter bunny was kind to me this year. Granted, I WAS the easter bunny, but such trivial information is unimportant. I got a big chocolate bunny and a whole load of creme eggs. I think I might be allergic to something in the creme eggs or the chocolate bunny, 'cause I have a horrid rash all over me. It itches and I have to wear long-sleeved shirts so no one can see it. We still don't know exactl…
Well . . .
I have a very bad habbit of not working on things for a very long time. PoD just happens to be one of those things. I'd give a quick update on my life and why I have forgotten about writing my novel, but I need to go now. Perhaps in a few days when I have time. :)
--Arkatox 01:24, April 26, 2011 (UTC)
Dark Hunter Work and etc.
Should be done with it this weekend, at least for the ones that used the original template, Special1, Special4, or Special5.
Also, do you guys think these images could be added to the Umbra and Botar pages? I dunno', they look a little nicer than the solid-white background, I think.
Custom Torsos
I'm gonna give them a try. The problem is I have absolutely NO idea how to go about doing this. Can anyone give me some tips?
Chronicles of Kora Nui finally up
So, I finally posted my first epic. If thy wish to read it, then I direct thee here: http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=335148&st=0&p=7376948&#entry7376948
Readin' and reviewin' appreciated.
So, Operation TRU persuasion wasn't entirely a success. The arrival of Hero Recon Team sort of pushed that thought aside, and my mom has agreed to buy me one. Mwahahahahahaha.
The Dystopian Island: Complete
I finished book 1 of Legacy of Power, The Dystopian Island. I will begin posting it concurrently with Through My Own Eyes likely on Monday. I'll begin book 2 soon, but first I'm starting my dual timeline storyline.
Chronicles of Kora Nui
I just wrote the prologue. Whoopee!
So, I'm finally back in school. We just started integers in math. Everyone's complaining about them, but I find they're actually quite easy. I was supposed to go to Toys R Us on spring break, but on sunday my mom said no. How dissapointing. I've been jonesing for some Lego sets for a while (I jones for Lego!), especially Hero Factory. I bought Surge 2.0 a while ago, but it's a hard to play with just one Hero Factory toy. I'll try to convince her again this weekend, and maybe this time she'll keep her promise.