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Viral Speak 11-04-2000
Wanna know what the deal is with Majora's Mask? Skip this if you want no spoilers.. it's in invisible text... although it really doesn't spoil anything.. just explains why the Stalkid (Skull Kid/ StalChild) is doing this.. you may skip over it if you want. Read it if you want to know a little bit about that character's motivations. Click HERE to skip it.

Here's the deal. The Stalkid is an "imp" or rather the incarnation of an imp. A long time ago, everyone in Termina lived in the middle of the world. This was after the four giants created it. Then something happened and the four giants that lived in Termina had to protect it. After their struggle, they were tired and needed to rest.. so they proclaimed that they would leave and rest in four temples of the world. People gradually moved and formed towns and establisments around those temples. One inhabitant of the land was not happy with this. An imp who was friends with the giants before they had even created Termina was saddened and maddened by the Giants departure. Then the Imp decided to torment the people of the land and make his friends wake up and play with him again. The Giants woke up and threatened to tear the Imp apart limb from limb. The Imp was terrified and bewildered as to why his friends would do such a thing. So, the stunned Imp fled to the Heavens. The people worshiped the Giants as gods. Years passed, and the Imp fell from the Heavens again. This time as a small Stalchild. He went from place to place looking for signs of his friends. Growing ever sadder. Then he took shelter during a storm, under a log and cried. As he cried to fairies discovered him. You should know who they are. Anyways, the Stalchild was happy for a while, happy with his two new friends; but deep in his heart, he never forgot his old friends. The Stalchild played with his friends; but started to create mischief again... in hopes of drawing out his old friends. He created small chaos and suffering to the people he met. One day he came across a traveler who was carrying a large bag of masks. The Stalchild wanted a mask.. and not having the money to get one, robbed the mask holder. He found a strangely colored mask with wide eyes and decided to take this one. When he put it on, a rush of memories and schemes came into his mind. "I must bring my friends.. but how.. I know.." The Stalchild was filled with a power he didn't have in his current condition and then he realized what he needed to do.. he would bring the moon down upon the world and destroy it. Then, all that would be left was himself and his friends. he would destroy the world that the giants were protecting and be reunited his friends.. he'd show them. Having not beaten the game yet.. I'm not sure what will happen; but I do know is that when you play the Oath of Order in front of the StalChild.. it scares the Hell out of him and this ties in perfectly with the bits of character development in the game. Oh, this game is brilliant. The side-quest with Anju and Kaeffe is superb. You truly appreciate the characters. Even that dog that attacks you in the city when you're a Deku has personality. The part with Pamela and her Father in Ikana was great.. I mean.. the game makes you feel really good when you do something good. On a side note.. it can also make you feel horrible if you fail. For example, if you fail to save the cows and Romani gets abducted.. they make you feel really awful the next day.. when she's returned and has been reduced from a lively young lady to a.. well.. near vegetable. Hey, lots of character development. The Skull Kid's backstory is easily more complex than many characters in other games. The game is truly a work of art, a masterpiece. But oddly enough.. Mr. Miyamoto only had a passing influence on the game. This is a game that proves that NINTENDO as a whole makes awesome games; not just Shigeru Miyamoto. Not so with many other companies. Sony IS it's third party developers, and Microsoft is it's second parties. Sega is it's Teams; but. then again.. Sega is no longer a "one console" company. Sega is, now, in my eyes.. just like Konami but with their own system. Well.. enough of that.. Viral Speak!


Hey, I was playing Pokemon Silver and I got a Shuckle... well, the guy who gave it to me wanted it back so I gave it to him thinking that he'd probably be nice and give it back or something. Well of course he didn't, and I want another Shuckle. Is there any way to get one? - Qinopio
Philip: Try breaking the rocks around the town with the Lighthouse... at night..
I just realized something... Most of the population of the USA doesn't realize that if there's no SOFTWARE, the system's HARDWARE is useless. Ergo (is that spelled right? Is that really a word??), the PS2 is worthless!!! PS2 has software, just not good software (except for DOA2 hardcore... <drool>) so DON'T GET A 
PS2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh yeah, how do I get my Eevee happy? I gave it a haircut, but it didn't evolve...

I know how to fix the GS time mess-up on the Memory Card!!! You need to reset the clock (go to 
http://www.bruisebrothers.f2s.com/pokemon/index.php3 for info) and save THAT to the card. Then, you set the time each time you play, but you know the time!! - Super SaiyaMew

Philip: That link is VERY helpful. ^_^ Now Pikamom can fix her clock.. and I can put mine at the right time too.. I had it accidentally an hour ahead. Well, I suggest saving your game to a Mega Memory Card first... just in case..
Hey is this rare that im about to say?
Okay on pokemon (blue version) I gave my level 34 Vaporeon a rare candy when it git level 35 it said it was evolving and then it evolved into a spearow. Then when I gave it another rare candy and it hit level 36 it evolved into a fearow. But another weird thing is is that it could still doall the water attacks that my vaporeon had. If you can tell me what is going on please E-mail me at 
FireHawk@wiccans.com

Thanx..My name is Marc. - FireHawk

Philip: Hmm.. have you ever used a Game Shark or Game Genie on your pak?
I want my Nintendorks back. - Gemini
Philip: Me too..
BTW, I got a Zelda:MM soundtrack, and it has the Ballad of the Wind Fish on it. Contact me on AIM (cbirdsong64) if you want me to rip it. - Gemini
Philip: Sure!
in a gameboy camera..is there a way that you can delete all the photos from the album at once? - DARK TERRAN
Philip: Okay. You know where you can choose Shoot, View and Play? Hit SELECT there. Choose EDIT, then choose ALBUM, highlight DELETE and now push UP, SELECT, and START at the same time. If you do it correctly it will ask yo if you want to DELETE ALL of the pictures.
I caught a Gloom on Catch 'Em.

Eww...it's drooling...and it's attracting bugs. - The Heptagon

Philip: Like a lot of people I know..
Ahh, I won Bug Contest with L14 female Pinsir. Colored Pokemon is a inta-win kinda thing.

Bloop bloop bloop! - Masamune

Philip: Hmm..
By the way, that girl on the top image looks like Leela from Futurama. - Joltz
Philip: She's a Bionic Commando. ^_^
L13 Pinsir may do... the trick is, I think, if the Pokémon is really resistant to being caught, it's probably a winner. If not, it probably won't cut it. - TK421
Philip: Interesting..
i won the first time with a level 13 scyther... i named my spinerak Setsy...

P.S. please paint my post like my setsy. - titan25

Philip: Your Setsy.. hmmm.. naw.. how about green?
Hey, it's been a long time, and I just want to say.. SPORK!!!!!  Heh heh ^_^  Anyway, Xenogears now owns me, and yeah, vote for Bush if you are og legal age.  Lieberman is a cold hearted, video game censoring, bastard!  Anyway... umm... Endless Waltz is coming!  You better be ready my friends... - Tick
Philip: See! Kids, tell your parents to vote BUSH. Because Lieberman is bad. Ralph Nader is well.. he'll never get a chance to amount to much; but you gotta love a Green Party candidate who makes Red Party politics sound good. It's funny how people embrace his views, when it's basically Communism. And as history shows us.. COMMUNISM DOESN'T WORK. I wish it did; but it doesn't. I'm sorry, those who vote Nader are voteing for their own ego and nothing else. Which is an absolute shame.. someone needs to give the commie some more money and let him into debates. The last "big" one left is Buchanan. If your friend votes Buchanan.. punch them in the face. They are not your friend. I'm voteing Bush, despite of. Not because. And a 25 DUI is as silly as a three year investigation on a BJ. However, Bush stands a bit higher in my opinion.. since he didn't give us any of that "I did not drink and drive with that car!" crap. I mean, he admitted it. It shouldn't mean anything. I mean, Al Gore admits he smoked a lot of pot when he was young. So what! Should we judge these people for something that happened 25 years ago or last night before slobbering on Tipper for that matter?
Sir Isaac Newton says, "I vote FOY for the... ruler of DMG ICE!!!"

Super SaiyaMew says, "... but what about Philip?"

Newton says, "... foy, you fool!"

SSM says, "but... but... but... um... ok! FOY FOREVER!!!"

Philip says, "... um... what?" - Super SaiyaMew

Philip starts working on METAL POINTY apples.
Vote for me! - Al Gore
Philip: Wow.. I changed my mind. Everyone go vote for Al Gore on Wednesday.
No, vote for me! - George W. Bush Jr.
Philip: How's your driving?
The Bug Catching contest? Naturally, it's only held Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at the national Park. The top three bugs caught 
get the special prizes, it's: 
1st: Sun Stone
2nd: Everstone
3rd: Gold Berry
And everybody else gets a Berry. The freaky thing is, after I won the Sun Stone, the first place winner has always caught a Metapod or Kakuna, and still beat me. I don't really know how they're judged, but it seems to be based on their level. - Hopeless TR Fan
Philip: Hmm...
Screw you both. You two are idiots. Vote for me and I'll execute these two $%*&ing morons by crucifixion at noon in Times Square. - Ralph Nader
Philip: And afterwards, we can sing "Oh Fatherland" and burn some Bibles.. YAY!
I caught my first foy a few days ago, and I can't decide whether to evolve it or not!! I mean, Foyusa would obviously be a little more powerful by the law of evolution, but foy is just so darn kawaii! - PTT
Philip: I know what you mean..
Do you know when warlocked and pokemon G/S will be out in UK I dont feel like paying extortionate import prices!! - Stingston
Philip: Warlocked.. probably by January? Pokemon G/S.. by March.. I'll bet..
Mickey's Magical Tetris is my favorite GB Tetris. It's challenging, has lots of modes, and a quest mode. Tetris DX is good, but after playing it for awhile I got to like the original GB game and Magical Tetris Challenge alot more. - BrianC
Philip: I understand.
Fellow gamers -- HELP!

I've been told that I appear in a recent issue (September? August?) issue of GamePro magazine. Or that my face does. This is weird. Can anyone check and tell me?

DavidDayton@bigfoot.com
Editor of the Nintendo Code Book
codebook.stals.com
www.bigfoot.com/~DavidDayton
- DavidDayton@bigfoot.com

Philip: Cool! Someone from GamePro actually e-mailed me a while back.. no one seems to like Game Pro anymore though.. and that's kinda sad.. :( I remember I would swear by their information and reviews. Then EGM got better.. but now EGM has gotten worse... it's more like Famitsu now.. meaning it has bad reviews. I don't trust EGM's reviews at all. I like GameFan though. Always have. They were the only ones who seemed to share my love of the Virtual Boy. Lots of other magazines out there. Oh, that Bill guy at PSM. I hate him. I wanted to put him on my ICQ a long time back and he dissed me and Game Boy.. said it was for people who couldn't afford REAL systems and that no serious player would have one. Well, I hope he enjoys taking his PS2 up the.. never mind.
I'm back! I have three things to comment about. First, I LOVE that picture. Does Al Gore work for Sony or something? It doesn't matter, because Nader & Tatanga must be president!

Second, the ReBoot movies will begin in May & November 2001. BTW, Ronin Warriors & Superman replace ReBoot & Batman on the 13th, Tenchi replaces Uncut Gundam on MR, and Tenchi & Gundam switch on the regular schedule. CN's schedule says for the 13th that GW is edited, but the title is "The God of Death Meets Zero". O.o

Also, stop ratting on Philip about the lack of contents. Yea, I would rather have had more content in the past few updates, (and for the Fan Fics to be put up so that I can send the blasted chapter in.) but as a fellow webmaster, I know how hard it can be. So, all you people who keep ratting on Phil, DON'T! If you do, I'll make you play Superman 64, then Tomb Raider, then any other non-good PSX game, which could be one out of 1,000. So...STOP RATTING ON PHIL! - Duke

Philip: I can't wait for Monday.. Submarine 6! Nader with his Communism and Tatanga with his Opression.. THAT would be a great vote right there. I wish Tatanga was real...
Today's not the first. It's the second. Unless you're on purposely keeping the days one day behind in hopes of trying to throw the whole world off their schedule and into a state of anarchist oblivion. Anarchy Oblivionist!!!!!

Sorry...caffeine... - The Heptagon

Philip: Anarchy! BWA HA HA!
Oh, shoot. My bad. I made a typo. I didn't mean to say you hate the evil fries. I meant to say you ate the evil fries. Blast me and my fast typing skills. They always come around to get me eventually. Also, I would gladly give you money at E3. Just buy me the plane tickets, buy me the hotel stay, and by me other... personal costs, and I'll give you however much cash I have in my pocket at the time. I hope I could 
go to E3 this year. I really do. I got a job at some site, but I don't know all the information yet. I must find a way to get in even though I'm only 13! The site gets about 1500 hits a day. I think that's pretty good, I guess... Maybe if we get affiliated with IGN, they can... bend the rules and get me in. IGN sponsers E3 so I'm sure they can pull a few strings or something. Sweet, merciful IGN... like DMG Ice, except without the virii... - Ramzi
Philip: If you are press.. you could be EIGHT and get into E3.
Yes, children... eat your candy... MWAHAHAHAHAHA! - Yes, children... eat your candy... MWAHAHAHAHAHA! - Matt Stefaniuk Satanic Monkey Extraordinaire!
Philip: Oh, for those wondering about DMG Files and Matt's comic.. you'll see them up in Snowflake Studios soon.. bwa ha ha!
Happy birthday wishes to Adrock and to Philip's sister. - Hbomb, wearing a party hat
Philip: Nothing like a bomb on your birthday. ^_^ Lucky Adrock..
I'm declaring Nov.3-Nov.10 NATIONAL LIMERICK WEEK!!! Send in your limericks to Viral Speak! I'll start NLW off with one of my presonal favorites. *ahem*

There once was a man from the sticks
who liked to compose limericks.
But he failed at the sport
cuz he wrote 'em too short.

Send limericks to Viral Speak NOW or I'll sic my Golden Chu Chu Mice on you. Send 'em in! - CodeBlue

Philip: I took an old dirty stand-by.. and made it somewhat less dirty... maybe.. ahem.
There once was a Virus from Nantucket.
Who kept a lollipop in a bucket!
He came by everyday,
And all the people would say.
"Please our good friend, let us suck it!"
Well, I know I LOST the bug catching contest with a lv. 17 Beedrill... and I lost to a CATERPIE! - Joltz
Philip: I'm not laughing... I'm not.... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! That's hilarious!
Buy!
The bottom graphic in this box is stupid. It has no ALT text. Point and laugh at it.
I like being blue and white. BUY A GAME!!!