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> I DO ANY KIND NAME IT I TAKE IT BUT I SPECALIZE IN CAPOEIRA

I find that rather unlikely.
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I like the elite gaurd Idea. As for the Muay Thai guys ... I just thought they were a bunch of criminal punks who knew MT. Cant wait to see centeral. :) Steve Karstensen wrote: > Street Fighter Central is going to undergo massive re-construction shortly, > as soon as I finish learning JavaScript. Look for tons of new sections, > mostly on roleplaying the circuit, styles, and the genre of Street Fighter, > including a "How do I...?" section regarding adaptations of popular > characters to SF, and treatments of the backgrounds presented in the > series/films. > > secondly, Contenders:TNG will be moving to the main SF site soon as well, > with a big-ass update to it. > > thirdly, I have more 'tougher' throwaways in the spirit of the Nightmare > Guard, including elite commandos from Bison's private army and the Muay Thai > Assassins from SFIIV. Who wants 'em? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SIGN UP NOW FOR FREE HOME IMPROVEMENT HOW-TO'S > Receive seasonal how-to's and climate-specific advice via e-mail. > http://clickhere.egroups.com/click/131 > > eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/streetfighter > http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications

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:)
It s interesting you should say that about Chun Li's Uniform.
I managed to get in contact with someone at Capcom and they told me that chun Li's
style is only kung Fu.
An interesting thing about Wu shu is that
Can you ask your girlfriend  If costumes like that actually exist or is that is an Wu shu
Costume. From what Ive seen Wu Shu Competitors only have two Uniforms.
A silk uniform. And a dark short sleved Uniform for a style called Nan Chuan.

The same sortof goes for Kabbadi. Actual Kabbadi is an Indian Game. Not a martial art. A rather interesting Game.

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 sad to say, the only real experience I have with martial arts is from SF, but I have picked up bits and pieces about various styles from everywhere.  Still, my girlfriend is from China and she knows more than I do (much more) since she is an avid fan of the Dragon Princess and other martial-arts novels/series.  She also had to practice Wu Shu as part of her physical education in school when she was younger. On a related note, she loves SFII V because of its, in her opinion, remarkable similarity to the epic martial-arts novels/series of novels she used to read.  We watched half(!) the series last night and she's dying to see how it comes out.  Second, as you probably all know, Chun Li's outfit is *far* from accurate.  I asked her if Chinese acrobats ever wore anything like that and she asked me if I was serious. :p so, now you know. :) soon as I can get her to overcome her insecurity about her English, she may join my campaign.  Right now, she just watches.  :)

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Boot to the Head. Kick OOOO
Power Points : Any 5
By screaming at the top of his lungs, "Boot to the Head", and kicking
his opponent in the head, the fighter may cause his opponent to colapse in an
unconscious lump.
System : If damage is scored, the opponent suffers a knockdown and is
dizzied. The kick can be done without shouting "Boot to the Head", but it
causes the move to do less damage, and loses all knockdown and dizzing
capablities.
Speed: -5 (if done without shouting "Boot to the Head", speed is increased to
-1)
Damage: +7 (if done without shouting "Boot to the Head", damage is reduced to
+2)
Move: ZERO
Cost: 1 Willpower

TRUE BOOT TO THE HEAD Kick OOOOO, Boot to the Head
Power Points : Any 5
After learning the fundamentals of the Boot to the Head, the fighter
can learn the truly devastating manuever of the TRUE BOOT TO THE HEAD. After
shouting out "Boot to the Head", the fighter kicks his opponent in the
head... down below!
System : See "Boot to the Head"
Speed: -5
Damage: +8
Move: One
Cost: 1 Willpower


Steel Toed Boots : Add +2 to "Boot to the Head" and "TRUE BOOT TO THE HEAD"
damages.


and, the most dreaded move of all....
Wang/Dong/Row Brow/Dick! Punch OOO
Power Points : Any 3
Quite simple, but ever so effective. The fighter executes a quick,
short downward punch to the opponents... sensitive region. This move is known
by many names, depending on which area of the world you are in. Most
English/American areas simply refer to it as "Dick!"
The fighter rolls for damage as normal, but dizzy is checked for on
half the opponents Stamina. Obviously, this move works much better against
men. The user of this move receives a -2 Honor, but gains +2 Glory.
Speed: 0
Damage: +2
Move: +0
Cost: Zero

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>as you probably all know, Chun Li's outfit is *far* from accurate. >I
>asked her if Chinese acrobats ever wore anything like that and she >asked
>me if I was serious. :p so, now you know. :)

I have a friend from China who practices Wu Shu, & her suit is almost
identacle to Chun Li's. Maybe they only wear it in some parts of China.

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>Finding a capoeira school in the US is a bit tricky. I know that there's
>one
>in Chicago, but your best bet is to look it up on the internet. Iknow that
>there's a capoeira database out there.

Why on earth would anyone want to learn Capoeira anyway?

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>I SPECALIZE IN CAPOEIRA

Why?

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>Dennis Bryant wrote:
>
> > Cool, I used to do sword traning, but it was with medievil weapons, not
> > fencing swords.
>
>Medievil?? On your own or at a school?

Through private clubs. Starting with ratan practice swords.

> > Yeah, some, but I focus mainly on the Japanese styles.
>
>Oh yeah? How come not others?

Well, I'm a devoted Shotokan Karateka, so it's more practicle for me to
focus on related styles. I do know a bit about most martial arts, but most
of it just comes from fighting against them(quite a lot).

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>Enter Kirtan, the Tai Kwan Leap fighter in the traditional uniform of his
>school. A simple white gi (spelling?)

Well, gi is right for Japanese, but I guess it all depends on where you
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Ive taken Kenpo Karate, kickboxing, and took a year of Escrima,
shootfighting, knife fighting. (it was all combined into one class). I
haven't taken anything in a few years, but would like to start again. But
the only thing offered here is Judo, or Tai-chi. I dont know jack about
Tai-chi...anyone know much about it?

Thanks

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>Unfortunately.. I cant buy the hive mentality bit completely.
>because there have been many occasions when the hive had nothing to do
>with the creatures reactions.
>The very first Alien movie was "Alien".
>As in 1 creature.

In creatures which function as a hive(like bees) generally the first
creature in an area which does not allready have a Queen becomes the queen
itself. Therefore, since the alien in "Alien" was the first one in the
area, it probably was a queen & therefore would think for itself. This also
happened in Aliens:genocide.

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I dont know jack about

>Tai-chi...anyone know much about it?

Well, Tai Chi is an increadably effective martial art. If you have a spare
45-70 years to actually learn it properly. For the first 30 or so years of
doing it, it's not much more than a really good exercise regiem. (this is
what the currant head of Tai Chi said at a seminar, then proceded to show
the audience what someone, i.e. him, could do if they had mastered Tai Chi)
I personally think that it can be quite a rude martial art, in tearms of
what is done to the opponent.

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There is a school in Portland OR.

RMR

On Mon, 31 May 1999 12:03:55 PDT "Darrick Chen" <dare2live@...>
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>SlpStck-
>
>Finding a capoeira school in the US is a bit tricky. I know that
>there's one
>in Chicago, but your best bet is to look it up on the internet. Iknow
>that
>there's a capoeira database out there.
>
>Kirtan-
>
>Youmay possess the mighty Tae Kwan Leep, but I have knowledge of the
>dreaded
>PURPLE NURPLE of DOOM. Beware.
>
>Steve-
>
>Any sort of throwaway you are offering I will take, for I am getting
>closer
>and closer to starting up New Legends Online for the summer. I am
>going to
>be using ICQ again. In fact, i was trying to dowload itlast night, but
>I got
>off the net after a thuderstorm to end all thunderstorms started up.
>
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In your adventures and campaigns, do tournaments play a big part? Do you
have tournaments at all? Im just curious because my players are divided.
Half the group loves the tournaments, and the other half would prefer not to
have them and just have adventures without them.

Also, the Street Figher Mailing List Home Page is now being worked on
again...I FINALLY have some free time...YAY!!!! *ahem* sorry.

So....anyone with SF webpages, can you send me the urls? I would like to
make a page of links to street fighters webpages.

I would also like to put up a SF STG Fan fiction page...so if anyone has any
fan fiction based on the SF world (not necesarily the characters from the
video games) and wouldnt mind me posting it, just send it my way.

Thanks

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I try to provide a good mix of tournaments and martial arts-movie mayhem. We
only use the ranking system as sort of an abstracted level system, there is
no central "Street Fighter" circuit keeping track of official wins-losses.
As such, many fights that wouldn't be considered "rankable" fights are
listed in the win-loss record. Any fight where one fighter is challenged by
another and a turn or two is given to prepare is recorded as a win or a
loss. Fights with thugs and cops don't count, but the fight with the thug's
boss (who steps down from his crate and takes his shirt off before the
fight) would be recorded.

Besides, it's not called "Tournament Fighter", it's called "STREET Fighter"
so the battles should be fairly impromptu, informal, and happen on the
STREET (or tarmack, or Great Wall of China, or rail yard, or Roman Coliseum,
whatever).

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On Tuesday, June 01, 1999 9:08 AM, Morgado, Mike [SMTP:MMorgado@...]
wrote:

> In your adventures and campaigns, do tournaments play a big part? Do you
> have tournaments at all? Im just curious because my players are divided.
> Half the group loves the tournaments, and the other half would prefer not

to

> have them and just have adventures without them.
>
> Also, the Street Figher Mailing List Home Page is now being worked on
> again...I FINALLY have some free time...YAY!!!! *ahem* sorry.
>
> So....anyone with SF webpages, can you send me the urls? I would like to
> make a page of links to street fighters webpages.
>
> I would also like to put up a SF STG Fan fiction page...so if anyone has

any

> fan fiction based on the SF world (not necesarily the characters from the
> video games) and wouldnt mind me posting it, just send it my way.
>
> Thanks
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I'm specialized in 'charge down 2 seconds, up + kick'-Fu

For whoever's counting... figured someone needed to get on & point out
we aren't all taking martial arts. =)
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In your adventures and campaigns, do tournaments play a big part? Do you
have tournaments at all? Im just curious because my players are
divided.
Half the group loves the tournaments, and the other half would prefer
not to
have them and just have adventures without them.

[It really depends on what concepts my players have. If they're
street fighters, then tournaments abound. On the other hand, if they
have other concepts, like spies or mercenaries, then tournaments are
much rarer, but still show up from time to time.]


Also, the Street Figher Mailing List Home Page is now being worked on
again...I FINALLY have some free time...YAY!!!! *ahem* sorry.

[I feel your pain.]

So....anyone with SF webpages, can you send me the urls? I would like to
make a page of links to street fighters webpages.

[http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/1062 This may change soon. Geocities
is rapidly running my well of patience dry. If I do switch to
somewhere else, it will probably be XOOM.]

I would also like to put up a SF STG Fan fiction page...so if anyone
has any
fan fiction based on the SF world (not necesarily the characters from
the
video games) and wouldnt mind me posting it, just send it my way.

[Well, the only SF fanfic (that I finished) is my prologue to my SF
Rules. I think it's pretty spiffy, but I'm not the most objective
reviewer in this case.]

Thanks

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Tai Chi has a lot of bullshit surrounding it. A lot of people are
under the misconception that slow practice will lead to lightning fast
reactions and returns. Well I've got news for them, If you practice
slow, you will react slowly, because that's what all of your time is
spent doing. I think that Tai Chi is an excellent form of excercise,
especially in later years, but you have to be damn good to make it half
as effective as a martial art.

--- Dennis Bryant <dl_bryant@...> wrote:

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> I dont know jack about
> >Tai-chi...anyone know much about it?
>
> Well, Tai Chi is an increadably effective martial
> art. If you have a spare
> 45-70 years to actually learn it properly. For the
> first 30 or so years of
> doing it, it's not much more than a really good
> exercise regiem. (this is
> what the currant head of Tai Chi said at a seminar,
> then proceded to show
> the audience what someone, i.e. him, could do if
> they had mastered Tai Chi)
> I personally think that it can be quite a rude
> martial art, in tearms of
> what is done to the opponent.
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to mike m... stick with escrima and shootfighting and knife fighting!
Fighting on the ground is a necessity, as about 98% of all fights go
there.

--- "Morgado, Mike" <MMorgado@...> wrote:

> Ive taken Kenpo Karate, kickboxing, and took a year
> of Escrima,
> shootfighting, knife fighting. (it was all combined
> into one class). I
> haven't taken anything in a few years, but would
> like to start again. But
> the only thing offered here is Judo, or Tai-chi. I
> dont know jack about
> Tai-chi...anyone know much about it?
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You should try and find out more abuot Capoeria, Dennis. You might not
be so hasty in judging it. I'm not talking about Only the Strong,
either. Try and find some of the real stuff, there's plenty there that
is useful.

--- Dennis Bryant <dl_bryant@...> wrote:

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> >Finding a capoeira school in the US is a bit
> tricky. I know that there's
> >one
> >in Chicago, but your best bet is to look it up on
> the internet. Iknow that
> >there's a capoeira database out there.
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> Why on earth would anyone want to learn Capoeira
> anyway?
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>>Unfortunately.. I cant buy the hive mentality bit completely.
>>because there have been many occasions when the hive had nothing to do
>>with the creatures reactions.
>>The very first Alien movie was "Alien".
>>As in 1 creature.
>
>In creatures which function as a hive(like bees) generally the first
>creature in an area which does not allready have a Queen becomes the queen
>itself. Therefore, since the alien in "Alien" was the first one in the
>area, it probably was a queen & therefore would think for itself. This
>also
>happened in Aliens:genocide.
>

I really know roughly dick about Aliens but I'm curious, is the hive mind
thing a fact (printed in an Alien book or whatever) or do we simply assume
there is a hivemind 'cos there's a queen, lotsa drones and that they appear
about as gentle and nice as wasps?

Just curious...

Kristofer

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I think the hive mind is assumed, and it may have been posited in one of the
Dark Horse comics, which have gone pretty far afield on occasion. I mean, we
ALL know the older Hicks and Newt get stuck on a ship full of Aliens only to
be rescued by the older Ripley, right? And the comics and the movies and the
Aliens:RPG (which is one of the few games I think absolutely sucks, despite
some interesting Alien biology theories) all sync perfectly without
contradiction, right?

Personally, I like the hive mind, and the telepathic nature of the Aliens,
and the theory that they eat sand and glass and act as living batteries,
that sort of stuff. That doesn't mean it's canon.

Of course, the whole purpose and intent of this original thread was to
generate some stats for an Alien or Alien-like Xenomorph that a trained
Street Fighter with fireballs and iceblasts and Yoga Teleports could take on
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> >>Unfortunately.. I cant buy the hive mentality bit completely.
> >>because there have been many occasions when the hive had nothing to do
> >>with the creatures reactions.
> >>The very first Alien movie was "Alien".
> >>As in 1 creature.
> >
> >In creatures which function as a hive(like bees) generally the first
> >creature in an area which does not allready have a Queen becomes the

queen

> >itself. Therefore, since the alien in "Alien" was the first one in the
> >area, it probably was a queen & therefore would think for itself. This
> >also
> >happened in Aliens:genocide.
> >
>
> I really know roughly dick about Aliens but I'm curious, is the hive mind
> thing a fact (printed in an Alien book or whatever) or do we simply assume

> there is a hivemind 'cos there's a queen, lotsa drones and that they

appear

> about as gentle and nice as wasps?
>
> Just curious...
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> Kristofer
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I went with the style of tournaments in "High Stakes", although I have
partially regretted it.

* A formal ranking system, maintained by managers and enthusiasts. There's a
dozen homepages which keep track of all the official fighters, their
standing, plus some basic facts.

* Tournaments being held in slightly formal way, varying in size from "Ok,
I'll kick your ass outside, when I've finished this beer" to "And Balrog
will show up and beat Zangief, directly after the Veteran fights, the
Seasoned brawls and the Freshmen's melees... i.e. in three days". The type
that have mattered most in my Chronicle seems to have been those arranged by
jaded rich millionaires or Shadoloo (to keep their fighters sharp or to act
as a diversion).

* If the boss steps down and rips off his shirt, that's *not* a rankable
fight. The figth must be announced and there should be some sort of
audience. Mind you, I don't follow those rules either...

That's how I've been playing, and I'm sure it's not the best way.

Yes, and to those new, and to those who aren't but have forgotten (or
repressed), I have three troupes:

* Group A boots Shadoloo a lot and fight for rank very little.
* Group 2 attend tournaments 2/3 of the stories, and boot Shadoloo during
the breaks.
* Group III spends most of their time running for their lives, mainly from
Shadoloo but also from Gen, triads, Shao Kahn... A little tournament though,
on the side.

Kristofer

>most of the time tournaments are used to fit the plot together or just to
>kill a night when the team wants to boot some head. Tournaments are indeed
>informal and I use a mix of "official" circuit along with what was
>mentioned in the way of seeking out fighters all impromptu-like. I adhere
>to the "Flashfire tour" mentality described in the Player's Guide more than
>anything else.
>

>In your adventures and campaigns, do tournaments play a big part? Do you
>have tournaments at all? Im just curious because my players are divided.
>Half the group loves the tournaments, and the other half would prefer not
>to
>have them and just have adventures without them.
>
>Also, the Street Figher Mailing List Home Page is now being worked on
>again...I FINALLY have some free time...YAY!!!! *ahem* sorry.
>
>So....anyone with SF webpages, can you send me the urls? I would like to
>make a page of links to street fighters webpages.
>
>I would also like to put up a SF STG Fan fiction page...so if anyone has
>any
>fan fiction based on the SF world (not necesarily the characters from the
>video games) and wouldnt mind me posting it, just send it my way.
>
>Thanks
>
>MikeM

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I take your word for it, but personally I'm not that keen on the hive mind.
Hm... let's define hive mind shall we.

Are we talking about a telepathic race who communicate with a supreme being
of its race (queen) which can control the lesser minions (drones) in some
circumstances? (example: GW's Tyranids)

Or would your average beehive count as a hive mind.

Or are we talking about "one mind - a zillion bodies all over the place".
(er... no examples)

If put like that, I would put the aliens in the "beehive" category. Input?

Kristofer

P.S. And where would you put the Arachnids from Starship Troopers?

>I think the hive mind is assumed, and it may have been posited in one of
>the
>Dark Horse comics, which have gone pretty far afield on occasion. I mean,
>we
>ALL know the older Hicks and Newt get stuck on a ship full of Aliens only
>to
>be rescued by the older Ripley, right? And the comics and the movies and
>the
>Aliens:RPG (which is one of the few games I think absolutely sucks, despite
>some interesting Alien biology theories) all sync perfectly without
>contradiction, right?
>
>Personally, I like the hive mind, and the that sort of stuff. That doesn't
>mean it's canon.
>
>Of course, the whole purpose and intent of this original thread was to
>generate some stats for an Alien or Alien-like Xenomorph that a trained
>Street Fighter with fireballs and iceblasts and Yoga Teleports could
>telepathic nature of the Aliens,
>and the theory that they eat sand and glass and act as living
>batteries,take on
>in a "Bloodsport-in-Space" story in an alien Space Station arena.
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And by the way...

Seems like someone out there has GOT THE HOTS FOR DEATH (spoken with the
warmth and colour of iceberg).

Kristofer ;)


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Technically, the concept of a "hive mind" is based on the premise that an
insect colony is not merely the analogue of an organism, but is an organism,
20,000 insects united and behaving like a unitary whole, "maintaining its
identity in space, resisting dissolution ...neither a thing nor a concept,
but a continual flux or process" (Morton Wheeler, "The Ant Colony as an
Organism", 1911).

Think of all the cells in our body. Skin cells, brain cells, blood cells,
glial cells, each with it's own nucleus and each could be considered an
"organism", but each cell works together to the point that no single cell is
truly independent. Each cell relies on the other cell to survive. All the
cells are mostly under the control of the brain and it's cells, not to
mention the clockwork mechanisms of the body's systems.

The Alien hive mind would be similar. Albeit each alien is a distinct
organism, they are all interdependent on the other, and difference Aliens
are specialized for different tasks. Without all the seperate specialized
units working together under the direction and cohesion of the Queen, the
hive and it's individual units would quickly die, much as if you cut all the
cells of your arm away from the rest of the body.

What makes an Alien (or any other Hive Mind) different, however, is the
relative independence and mobility granted to the individual units. Whereas
your arm cells are relatively dependant on your blood and nerves and are
immobile, the bees or Aliens are able to survive and act on their own for
much longer due to their independence and mobility. Ultimately, however, the
isolated bee or ant or Alien will die because it isn't truly independent.

Hive Minds in science don't require telepathy. In bees and ants, the queen
maintains control through pheromones and instinctual programming in the
drones and workers. Drones and Workers are simply robots with built-in
programming that is activated by pheromone combinations.

In a science fiction context, the hive mind can represent a sharing of
consciousness, like the Borg Collective, in which all individual units think
with one mind, like all the nucleuses of all the cells in your body acting
as a very widely distributed brain; or a telepathic control on the part of
the queen, which ST: First Contact and Voyager have now used for the Borg.

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On Tuesday, June 01, 1999 4:47 PM, Kristofer Lundström
[SMTP:kri5tofer@...] wrote:

> I take your word for it, but personally I'm not that keen on the hive

mind.

> Hm... let's define hive mind shall we.
>
> Are we talking about a telepathic race who communicate with a supreme

being

> of its race (queen) which can control the lesser minions (drones) in some
> circumstances? (example: GW's Tyranids)
>
> Or would your average beehive count as a hive mind.
>
> Or are we talking about "one mind - a zillion bodies all over the place".

> (er... no examples)
>
> If put like that, I would put the aliens in the "beehive" category. Input?
>
> Kristofer
>
> P.S. And where would you put the Arachnids from Starship Troopers?
>
>
> >I think the hive mind is assumed, and it may have been posited in one of
> >the
> >Dark Horse comics, which have gone pretty far afield on occasion. I mean,

> >we
> >ALL know the older Hicks and Newt get stuck on a ship full of Aliens only

> >to
> >be rescued by the older Ripley, right? And the comics and the movies and
> >the
> >Aliens:RPG (which is one of the few games I think absolutely sucks,

despite

> >some interesting Alien biology theories) all sync perfectly without
> >contradiction, right?
> >
> >Personally, I like the hive mind, and the that sort of stuff. That

doesn't

> >mean it's canon.
> >
> >Of course, the whole purpose and intent of this original thread was to
> >generate some stats for an Alien or Alien-like Xenomorph that a trained
> >Street Fighter with fireballs and iceblasts and Yoga Teleports could
> >telepathic nature of the Aliens,
> >and the theory that they eat sand and glass and act as living
> >batteries,take on
> >in a "Bloodsport-in-Space" story in an alien Space Station arena.
> >
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> >Web Development Specialist
> >Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
> >
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In a message dated 6/1/99 5:57:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
kri5tofer@... writes:

<< And by the way...

Seems like someone out there has GOT THE HOTS FOR DEATH (spoken with the
warmth and colour of iceberg).

Kristofer ;) >>
i think/hope i speak for every one else when i say, HUH????

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>1 prancing about in a Jinga will amuse your opponents
>2 Eddy Gordo does it, and he's the coolest Tekken button-masher ever
>3 two words: Rolling Attack
>4 Blanka does it, and Blanka rocks
>5 two more words: Beast Roll
>6 many more words: Musical Accompaniment gives your Grabs a Two Move
>7 keeping your music playing during combat annoys everyone to no end
>8 there is no #8
>9 Brazilian chicks are hot
>10 Elena is hot

I meant real capoeria.

Dennis


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>I really know roughly dick about Aliens but I'm curious, is the hive mind
>thing a fact (printed in an Alien book or whatever) or do we simply assume
>there is a hivemind 'cos there's a queen, lotsa drones and that they appear
>about as gentle and nice as wasps?
>
>Just curious...
>
> Kristofer

Well, in the comics, it often states that they have a hive mind.

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> Seems like someone out there has GOT THE HOTS FOR DEATH (spoken with the
> warmth and colour of iceberg).

What the hell is that about?

Dennis


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