"e" standing for...

exploding

THIS IDEA IS AWESOME!
(and it was kinda inspired from my idea of the dynomyte, right sketch? but he still gets full credit, cause its different and awesome, and isnt at all a copy.)
THIS IDEA IS AWESOME!
which is why i vote 5!
THIS IDEA IS AWESOME!
which is why im still alive!
THIS IDEA IS AWESOME!
now lets dance that jive!
THIS IDEA IS AWESOME!
go Go GO GO! GOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

like my poem? ednt it a piece of art?
(btw 'ednt' is like 'aint')
:)lol

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Thnx for looking,
MR ROX!

i dont think i relly explained WHY i like this, lol. first of all cause it makes it so u cant just run around on the screen anywhere u want if theres an 'e' barrel on the screen, cause if u accidentally run into it and an enemy (or friend) hits it, then that would hurt a lot...
Also, it would make for some relly cool plays, using the barrels to ur advantage.
Lastly, if Steve thought this wouldnt take TOO long, then he could make it so that enemies can detect that if one of THEIR enemies (in otherwords one of ur friends or you) is close to the barrel (in otherwords in range of the explosion) the enemies will aim for the barrel, blowing it up on ur friends (or your) face. Short ranged enemies would not get this intelligence, cause theyd be hit in the explosion too.
Same intelligence would be given to ur army, except to ur warriors.

Thnx for looking,
MR ROX!

I think this is a good idea. It would be easy to do too. (Basically a neutral energy mine.)

It could do with a better name though. When the suggestion came in, the "e" was preceeded by a bunch of spaces, as if the e was at the end of an invisible word. Wierd.

How about "Barrels of Brimstone"?

nononononnononoonno!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
o!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love running around the screen...:(

filter modified it from _ _ _ e down to e

was based of MR ROX's idea of the dynomite guy
luv the poem :)

Is brimstone asplosive?

for most people on this site e stands for energy

ya thats kool -- Why brimstone.....? i assume its explosive...?

Sketch, I don't have a filter on this site. The only filter is me and I didn't delete anything. What was the word that was filtered out? Maybe I could add it back in.

giambolvoe and MR ROX! I'm not sure if brimstone is actually explosive, I think it might flash or something. But it is part of the ingredients of gun powder, so it is at least related to being explosive and it sounds kind of oldy worldy.

darren, u could still run around the screen, ud just have to blow up the barrels first, and THEN run around the screen. Anyways, its not like theyd be on every single screen in the game, so ud still be able to run around either way! (I also like running around the screen lol)

thnx for looking,
MR ROX!

Its not your site. Its my personal internet filter. x-plosive might make it past isn't a big deal what it is named to me.

Um, I don't want to make a new suggestion, so I'll just add a comment.

"Energy Barrel" (That's what I thought E stood for."

Ulin: Hey, Merlin, check this out.

Merlin: What's that?

Ulin: An Energy Barrel.

Merlin: What's it do?

Ulin: Well, if you run into it, it will explode, and quite harshly, since it is full of Energy Power.

Merlin: Cool, does it affect enemies?

Ulin: Yup.

Merlin: Sweet!

Ulin: And since it is so bursting with power, the barrel itself is quite weak. So a blast with Energy Blast or any other damaging spell, and it will ignite the energy contained in the barrel.

Merlin: Sweet! So I can use it like a trigger bomb.

Ulin: Yes!

Merlin: How much damage does it do?

Ulin: Well, it's explosion is quite large, as big as 2 trees in diametero, so it is about as big as a Thundermonk's blast, and getting hit in the middle results in 50HP loss of health. That's more than enough to kill you, unless you've levelled quite a bit.

Merlin: Sweet! And the outer edges?

Ulin: Well, the lowest damage you can get from it is 10HP.

Merlin: So it's quite powerful.

Ulin: Yes, so running into it will probably kill you, and if not directly, probably by flying into a tree or something, because if you 1 tree's length away from a tree, and you get blasted by the Energy Barrel, you'll 30 health through collision.

Merlin: Ouch!

Ulin: Heh.

MR ROX!, I sometimes get shot to pieces instantly if I wait a second in a room.
I wouldn't be able to blow them up fast enough.....

So the orignal word was "explosive". Forgive me for being stupid, and ignore me if I'm being annoying but why do you have a filter that stops you from typing the word "explosiv". In fact why have a filter that stops you typing any words?

The filter is on my parents computer to prevent my siblings from going to "bad" sites. My computer doesn't have a filter but I mostly use it upstairs in my room and the router to the internet is downstairs so I don't usually bring it down unless I am doing local-area gaming so really it is my parents filter. It is kinda weird because it tries to stop processes that use filter words like java games and perl ect but doesn't tend to care if they are in html. So when I submit a message it probly goes through some process before it becomes text in a database and is screened when I send it and the filter words are removed or replaced with spaces. I personaly think it is a little over the top. Mostly I am too lazy to bring my pc downstairs and haven't bought a long ethernet cord and hooked it up to my computer because I don't actually use the internet all that much.

Er, I could be wrong, but I think he's said something about this before.. I think it's one of those zany anti-terrorism things, or something like that.

I like this idea,ya think I could use it my games?

Sketch, oh right. Er, I don't really understand the logic there, but I'm not going to argue with you. I think I'll just pretend you said it's a zany anti-terrorism thing. :)

bw26, If you're asking me, then sure! You can use any MR3 (or other) suggestions as far as I'm concerned.

If that makes you happy Steve :)

I know what you're saying, but im not seeing the difference between them and pit monsters.

They blow up once when detonated and then they are gone. You would have to time when to blow it up when it would do the most damage to your enemies.

I would like to see energy barrels in MR4.

Moved. I also took the opportunity to fill in the word 'energy'. I wish you could turn that pesky filter off, lol!

It is too much work for me to hook up my computer every time to log on the internet for like 20 minutes yawn.

Sketch, is it possible to trick the filter, eg:
e xplosion?

Who voted low on this?

it's a good, destructive idea.

I think that they should blow up if you blast them too

dantheman, you can see the votes by clicking on the rating.

Darren,
Generally no the filter is well programmed.

Welcome back dantheman! And yeah it is, he's talked about this before, and then there was a big discussion about how stupid those filters were, because after all... Bom. Keill. Terosist. Merdir. Duoh, yu stewpit filtez.

Also, cool! I figured at least one person would question me actually being mr#! On the other hand, this means anyone can pretend to be me... eep. On an entirely different subject, MR4, come soon! The name mr% just looks so cool. :)

Oh yes, and there is nothing here now, but there will be. I hope. http://www.tronlet.com/And themetalbox.com will be teh link o' teh day/week when it does. Because I couldn't think of anything else and it rocks. And do join me in my quest to trade a Post-It note for a million dollars. On how I think anyone can actually do this, visit http://www.oneredpaperclip.com/

Perhaps I shall keep talking. What else to talk about. Hmm. I just want to hold the longest comment ever TMB record. Dum-dee-dum. http://www.knoxskorner.com/ is very funny. I seriously mean it. You really do owe it to yourself to go there.

Raise your hand if you just missed sending something in for the Friday update. *raises hand* In my case, my first piece of music for Merlins Revenge. Rather spooky and sounds neat, but very rough draft, but I think it'll sound great when it's done. Ghosts and Goblins, it's called.

Raise your hand if you use a Mac. *raises hand* It's a cute lil iBook G4. Kinda scratched up, and a lotta its gigs are taken, but I can still play Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic on it with very occasional slowness, so it's good.

Now I think I shall post some more of my nanowrimo ( nanowrimo.org ) novel.

Aeo had managed a small hole in the wall with the bone, now ground to half its size. If he could break through the wall, the hole would definitely be wide enough to allow passage through, it was just the breaking through that was the problem. He studied the walls again, having realized before that there must be some form of exit, owing to the fact that they had been placed in the dungeon, and there was no form of magic that would allow you to actually teleport anything. The torch had long gone out, but there was still a faint glow, from the useless Aerostone Aeo had found in another of his pockets, created only a few days ago, although that time period seemed so long now, in the Stockpile, tossed into the corner until there was actually any use for such a weak one. He felt around in the dent, which was still not shifting, and dropped the bone. He lay down again, sighing, and fell asleep.

Tap. He jerked to a start. Hearing nothing, he closed his eyes again and, a few seconds later, was almost asleep when it echoed through the chamber again. Tap. He opened his eyes again, now convinced he was not simply dreaming. Tap. He stood up, listening for more and shaking Eremal awake. Confused, the boy opened his eyes, yawning, and Aeo quickly put his hand over Eremal's mouth as he opened it this time to speak, something Aeo felt would be a bad idea. Tap. Eremal's eyebrows narrowed, and Aeo removed his hand. "What's happening?" Eremal asked. Aeo shrugged. Tap. Mord woke, and looked at the wall that the noise was emerging from. The tapping became more frequent, as if there was some hurrying occasion. Suddenly, the wall opened up, and Aeo, Eremal, and Mord dodged the enormous rubble that came from the hole there now was. A figure ran in to the dungeon, and said with a female voice, "Come on! They're coming!"

Not one o' my best parts, but there you go.

Whoo, I must be getting really long here. Make it to the trophy or die!!!!! By the way, if anyone cares, I'll do free site hosting on my site (if I get it up and it's possible) for anyone I have a reason to host. (That includes all TMB members, 'cept the ones who are jerks) I'll also do free HTML design. But you have to pay me if you start taking up a lot of bandwidth and space. And if there's no way to pay me, then you have to get taken off. Sorry. But you get the HTML for your site back free, to host wherever you choose (I suggest Moonfruit). That is of course if I designed it. If you designed it, of course you'd get it back. If I designed it, you have to have a copyright notice though. And now you know a free/cheap, though slightly unsteady, way to host a website! If anyone cares. :)

Boy, I'd better get that trophy. I shall be one angry pie-lover if I don't.

Oh yes I will. Oh yes I will. Oh YES... I... WILL!

Hold your wee for a Wii. What a stupid contest. I'm assuming you all have heard about the mother of three that wanted to win a Wii for her kids, and died of urinary poisoning. Hold your wee for a Wii. Ha ha, so funny, not. I want a Wii. WANT A WII NOW! And I'd be smart enough to admit defeat when my bladder started to blow, though I hear you can't really feel it.

This is what this sentence looks like when typed with the keys switched around on this keyboard I pried the keys off on and switched around. Pigu gu micp pigu u*np*nz* taars tgr* mi*n pbv*e mgpi pi* r*bu umgpzip*e cxawne an pigu r*byacxe G vxg*e pi* r*bu ajj an cne umgpzi*e cxawne, Cool, ain't it? The * is the letter E, by the way. And the , is the ., in case anyone thought I ended the sentence with other-worldly punctuation.

Whoa.

THIS!

IS!

LONG!

Oh man! This has gotten mammoth! I'm definitely gonna win the non-existent prize!

Well, anyway, at last...........................

Fin.

mr$, that is the longest comment ever (except stories).

Well I've seen longer but it is still impressive mr#/mr$...

DANGIT! I knew i was forgetting something! Oh well, for now stories had BETTER NOT COUNT *holds knife to Steve's throat* (in case you're worried, no i did not really do that, get real) and i shall beat even stories (maybe) next time i go for teh trophy!!!

I think stories probably count, but still...please don't try to outdo them...the red paper clip thing is quite funny, but what's so special about this paper clip???

*Choke* stories don't count *cough*

*pulls out pentabow (don't ask...unless you want to know) and fires 5 arrows at mr$, killing him*
With him out of the way, would you count stories as comments or not? Bearing in mind that some of us writers put comments on the bottom of the stories to talk about the chapter. Also bearing in mind that I have by now reloaded my pentabow and am aiming at you.

Err, yes! No!

I don't know any more!

Hehe.

Hey! This should happen!

Ya! It is so cool. It will be awesome!
I made an image but I think it will need a little more work. This is the first draft.

Here is the image.

It needs dome depth of course, but a good start!
hehehe, I know exactly what the explosion anim will look like, and will draw it when I next have time(assuming an updated drawing is penned)

Can't wait to see the explosion then! ^^
Anyways, I guess I do need to work on the dome depth. I think I should make the lines curved instead of straight.

That's a great start!
You start to see things more 3-dimensionally.

Thanks Megaman4ever!

Oh, one question. Will this slow the game down?

I don't think so, at least, not much.(the same as any other character) However, I think this would require some extra programming, such that it could explode on death, or such that mines could be targeted. I'd go for exploding death, because then such explosions could be added to skeliton lord.

Couldn't it just reincarnate as an explosion?

maybe.

Unless I'm missing something, this can be done as a mine that is on a team that hates everyone (maybe stick it on the pitMonster team.)

there's one thing: it has to blow up when its been attacked, not by proximity.

I was thinking that a one health enemy would do the trick, with the addition of an explosive death.

Well, I shall do this in Sketch's honor.
This is the first time I've used the airbrush in my images. I am now using it for shading most of the time. You can see the airbrush shading on top of the barrel.

The airbrush looks pretty nice. The letter could be larger, maybe similar to E.

...Perhaps that was a tad too large ^^;

But at any rate, the lines being orange and two pixels in width, the height of the letter one pixel higher on both ends, width one pixel wider.

Will do. Thanks for the feedback.

In my opinion, it's too wide, and should be a bit more narrow. Otherwise, it looks great!

:)

and the explosion?

I tend to do animations last. So you can expect that to be posted here once the barrel is done.

Whenever you like! There's no rush!