Autobus Prime's Blurry Robot Theater

Discussion in 'Transformers Funnies' started by Autobus Prime, Nov 28, 2005.

  1. Andersonh1

    Andersonh1 Man, I've been here a LONG time Veteran

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    No wonder Megabolt's so surprised... he doesn't believe in Santa! :lol 

    And Sideswipe, you behave yourself! :lol  :lol 
     
  2. Autobus Prime

    Autobus Prime Transit Former

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    S:

    Huh-huh. </runabout> :lol 

    UO: And you want one. With a the optional stereo and cupholder. :D 

    But then, who wouldn't want to drive around in a Transtector? And if anybody giggles at the bracelets, you just go all Ginrai on 'em. And hope you don't end up with Cancer's pink armor. :D 

    And Descent...cool game. I tried it once. I couldn't drive that thing to save my life. :D 

    T_C: Guilty as charged. Of weirdness and wiseaftness. :D 

    No, I like the power-ups too. I think they're fun. :) 

    I could write Thundercracker into a romantic-comedy subplot, including a 3-episode montage to especially sappy music. That would probably put a dent in the shields, but I'm not sure who the lady would be. The Baroness? No, that might end up being actually amusing, and ruin the whole scheme.

    I guess the Keg o' Justice is safe.

    Hoo boy...you're replacing Insaniac with a Shinki, aren't you? :drunk 

    But it's good to know you haven't given up. Your comic is lots of fun. Will look forward to the return!

    sc: Glad you liked it!

    He doesn't? Awwwww. You'd better put him on the Polar Express, pronto.

    Well, he'd hardly be Sideswipe if he did, y'know? :D 
     
  3. Thunder_Cracker

    Thunder_Cracker Friendship is Evil!!

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    You do that and I'll hate you for it :lol 
    I'll have the VEF hunt you down or something :p 

    To be all honest, I don't think there's a Shinki insane enough to replace Insaniac :lol 
    He's just... one of a kind XD
     
  4. Autobus Prime

    Autobus Prime Transit Former

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    T_C: That would be the perfect excuse for a Pinky vs. Krekka Bionicle Battle Royale, except that Pinky is deceased, so I guess I had better behave...:) 

    There's a lot of conceptual madness, but Insaniac's got 'em beat for the psychological kind...


    Now, since our staff remains unmassacred by Truckou Shinki, we can continue the crossover arc, now with 100% more script than ever before! Now that I've started, I really recommend using a script. It makes figuring-things-out so much easier and more efficient.

    This one is basically a recap & introduction for those who came late, covering the crossover up until now, with a few new things added. Later today, when I finish chapter 7's PDF, I'll link it here.

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    B.R.T. Chapter 8, Number 1: "The Travellers' Tale."

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    What is all of time?
    Just a small winter story,
    To tell by the fire.

    Next time: 8.2 - Multiple Meanings


    Now for some comments. The photo-map is based on KoiLungfish's Cybertron globe, projected on to a flat plane by my, um, patented "Halfast Projection".
    KL really did a cool thing, which you can check out here:

    Koiverse Map of Cybertron

    A few of the names are (really cool) Koiverse fanon. These haven't really come up in the comic.

    Various images in panel 1 are taken from Trans-Shinki World (and Friends), photoshopped a bit to match what I pictured when I read it. :D 

    Clicking each image will take you to the beginning of the relevant chapter. Clicking the first one will take you to TSW (&F), and drop you right at the start of the battle royale, so you can enjoy the mass mayhem and horrified reader-commentary...and of course, if anybody wants to harass SD for an update while they're in the neighborhood, that is entirely their decision. :D 

    Clicking the last panel will take you here. Right here.

    Now, the map...

    Our eyeglow department has added borders to the satellite image. Isn't that nice of them? Orange outlines show areas currently administered by Autobots, purple show Decepticon areas, and green is a catchall for "other".

    Places we've seen, in no particular order, include:

    Kalis - where Cruellock got over-energized in chapter 1.

    Stanix - aka Acid Wastes, home of Micronia and Fort Scyk, where Cruellock got lost in chapter 2. Setting of most of chapter 1, chapters 5-7, and the place where we're going to start chapter 8.

    Altihex - location of Blurry Robot Productions, setting of chapter 3.

    Neutral Territories north of Stanix - setting of chapter 4. Gen One Power is twenty destruction radii southwest of the Altihex buffer zone.

    Cybertropolis - Formerly Iacon, and under the Maximal Alliance. We haven't seen it, but it's probably got lots of trees. Wheeljack's injured friends were airlifted to Cybertropolis for repairs.

    Uraya – was in one panel, in a July 4th special. Grimlock’s Lightning Strike
    Coalition runs it. It’s probably a really fun place.

    Credit goes to TCracker for the Alternity numbering system, which should be pretty simple to figure out for those of us on this side of the fourth wall. :D 
     
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  5. Fez Findie

    Fez Findie Well-Known Member

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    This sure is makin' things easier for new readers :)  (and of course, old ones too for bein' reminded of what's been goin' on)
     
  6. Thunder_Cracker

    Thunder_Cracker Friendship is Evil!!

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    I like the new style :D 
    So nice and tidy, easier to understand and read

    You're really outdoing yourself with every update and every idea you come up with :thumb 
    My offer still stands regarding you working for me so I can dominate the world :D 
     
  7. ShadowDragon

    ShadowDragon R to the D to the D yo.

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    Nice setup and linking to the appropriate chapters for more info, so you can't say it's a halfast setup. ;) 
     
  8. AutobotMaverick

    AutobotMaverick Street Demons leader

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    Nice recap. You could almost hear James Earl Jones doing the voiceover.
     
  9. TCracker

    TCracker R.I.P., 5/2019 Veteran

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    Yay! Can't wait to see more! :thumb 
     
  10. saberconvoy

    saberconvoy Drifting around

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    that was really nice
    i liked the recap
     
  11. DOOMPRIME

    DOOMPRIME SUPER MEGA LET IT GO!

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    Nice recap of these grim dark events :D 
     
  12. myhobby

    myhobby Back From Outer Space

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    but what's that got to d-*mind clicks* ah!

    TV is good.

    my purpose is served.:D 

    the mad poet strikes again!

    they came here from a land of war,
    filled with mech and shinki gore.
    and here we all come to say
    may they stay forever more.

    and to this brave new world they stray,
    a place with little bots, big fray.
    another war is to be fought,
    but bigger risks and consequence may

    litter their path, trouble wrought
    her friends left behind to rot.
    but let be known, this is true
    this shall not be their ending lot.

    it seems a love for micron new
    with shinki female* will ensue
    that is not either and or or.
    a heart for him, outta th' blue!

    what the future holds, we'll not ignore
    we, autobus never leaves bored
    come what will, come what may,
    will we read? i say sure!


    the mad poet has struck again!

    *redundant?
     
  13. Autobus Prime

    Autobus Prime Transit Former

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    FF: Thanks! I wish I'd thought of doing this before, at the start of chapters 6 and 7.

    T_C: Thanks! It's amazing...640x480 seems so much roomier than 560x420. I had all kinds of trouble fitting dialogue in, before.

    Thanks again! :D  Reading the other comics here has really pushed me to try new things and find ways to improve my own. People are so friendly and helpful around here.

    About the only unusual things I did here were the satellite photo and Tsugaru-in-unspace. The photo started out as a very simple world map, drawn in light and dark gray (highlands lighter, lowlands darker) and then overlaid with various GImp textures. On top of that, I added clusters of white specks for city lights, and then clouds.

    Decoherent Tsugaru is made of piled-up layers of art from Giantbomb and elsewhere, with some sparks added, overlaid on one of GImp's fractals. When in doubt, use a fractal.

    I work for nobody! Well, except a small manufacturing company...got to pay the bills while perfecting the schemes for global domination, as you know.

    SD: Thanks, but the halfast part is the map projection. I used Perspective and Scale to stretch slices of the globe-photos, then adjusted the borders until the whole thing looked right. Not exactly Mercator...:D 

    AM: Man, I wish we could afford that guy. He could have force-choked everybody in the last arc.

    We've just got some washed-up actor from the Altihex repertory theater.

    TC: Thanks! You won't have to wait too long. :) 

    sc: Glad you liked it. It gave me a chance to reuse some of my favorite images, too.

    DP: This summary did tend to overemphasize the grimdark, didn't it? :D  Fortunately, MH has come through with another summary...


    There, an alternate summary, and one that covers more of the mushy melodrama that James Earl Jones left out. Thunder_Cracker will be so pleased! :D 

    *Probably, despite the "gender-confused Shinki" tag that floats around this forum...

    **Don't worry, it won't take forever. There will be an end to this storyline...

    ***We'll be hearing about them very soon.
     
  14. Autobus Prime

    Autobus Prime Transit Former

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    Forgot to finish the PDFs...will get to those...in the meantime, let's start the plot...

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    B.R.T. Chapter 8, Number 2: "Multiple Meanings."

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    A name with a meaning,
    And strange associations
    In certain circles...

    Next time: 8.3 - Dead Files.


    New readers can click here for a recap:

    Blurry Robot Recap
     
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  15. DOOMPRIME

    DOOMPRIME SUPER MEGA LET IT GO!

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    Interesting start :popcorn 
     
  16. Young Optimus14

    Young Optimus14 MTMTE Theorist

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    :popcorn  What does he want the arialbots for?
     
  17. Autobus Prime

    Autobus Prime Transit Former

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    DP: Thanks! Of course, it's got boring old Magnus in it. :D 

    YO14: Very good question! It might have to do with something he's reading...or maybe something he heard.

    Maybe he hopes he won't need them for anything...
     
  18. myhobby

    myhobby Back From Outer Space

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    U. Magnus has read a report
    given to him by a cohort
    the seekers are mean
    it's plane to be seen
    their nickname is soon to be Mort!


    i specialize in pointing out the mushy stuff, it seems!:D 
     
  19. Autobus Prime

    Autobus Prime Transit Former

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    mh:

    Ah, a limerick this time...with a Latin word...three, actually, plus one abbreviated...but the one at the end is the vital one. But are you sure that report is about the Seekers?

    It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it!

    Okay, folks, I finally got a Round Tuit and traded it for two PDFs, to be found in post 1, and also here:

    Chapter 7 - "The Beast and the Bird."

    Christmas 2009 - "The Twelve Days of Haxxmas!"

    Enjoy! There's a little bonus bio in the Christmas special.
     
  20. diwong

    diwong Jazzy Jazz

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    Wow the Koiverse map is fantastic!! :bowdown:  I've always wondered about the map of Cybertron...esp in G1 with the first episode and in between with Wheeljack's lab and Omega Supreme guarding that Crystal city...

    I like urs too! Needs some time for the info to sink into my head tho... :lol  :dunce 

    Magnus's office is so nice! (err utilitarian? :lol ) Love ur props and set design as always. :thumbs2: 

    Can't wait for more! :popcorn