The Ballad of Shame and Wasted Lives

Hello and welcome to the Ballad of Shame and Wasted Lives, the regular hangout for the Best-Looking Bunch of Geeks on the InternetTM. This board has never had a set topic. Frequent subjects of discussion include video games (both PC and console), movies, video games, fanfiction, video game fanfiction, television shows, video games, funny websites, video games, original fiction, the WWWF Grudge Match, improvisational fanfiction, your mom, pro wrestling, politics, music, hockey, current events, video games about your mom, and so very much more.

servbot #132 discourages the use of flash photography

The rules here are simple, yet profound:

• attn: new users. We have been taught by long and bitter experience to distrust those who are unfamiliar to us. Please routinely use a single handle, and make a calm, relatively rational introductory post telling us who you are. Otherwise, you run the risk of being repeatedly subjected to the Traditional Newbie Question*.
  
• this board is unmoderated and uncensored. Please don't do anything that would make us change that policy.
  
• please take all commentary on the bizarre and insular Mystery Octagon Theater MiSTing group to the other Ballad.
  
• we tend to converse here in casual, unmodified English with occasional forays into volleys of inventive profanity. Deliberate misuse of the English language, unironic l33tspeak, or morons who can't be bothered to look at what they're typing will be, at best, mocked. As a general rule, if what you've just written would result in your death at the hands of your high school English teacher, it is unacceptable here.
  
• one online quiz per person per week. Please. If the only reason you come here is to post quizzes, then get a Livejournal.
  
• get off Kenma's damn grass.
  
• evil twins, sibling masquerades, and multiple personalities are strictly forbidden.
  
• almost against our better judgement, we maintain an IRC channel. Connect to irc.esper.net and join #octagonrumble.

That's about it. Enjoy.

chibi-gief has a posse

ADMINS: Wanderer, Nere, Racewing, Arlieth, AoD, Mysterious Stealth Admin X WELCOME WAGON: Racewing SODOMITE: Darkheart HERO OF THE PEOPLE: Nere AMERICA'S FAVORITE LESBIAN: Nash Official Ballad Poll Results: Available now! *"Who the fuck are you?"

• Link of Better Flash than Newgrounds. on Mar 9, 2005
• Link fixing..... on Mar 9, 2005
• This thing is awesome.. The BS on Mar 11, 2005

• Looking for Street Fighter sound effects.. Arlieth Tralare on Mar 9, 2005
• Which one?. A.o.D. on Mar 9, 2005
• Whappity whap whap? o_O;. Mark Poa on Mar 9, 2005
• Oh no.. A.o.D. on Mar 9, 2005
• I don't know if there's a Filipino equivalent.... Mark Poa on Mar 9, 2005
• Whappity whap whap x 14.. Arlieth Tralare on Mar 10, 2005
• I may have this at the end of the 3s Soundtrack. I'll look later. nt. Metaljedd on Mar 9, 2005

• Hey, British Balladeers.... TMP on Mar 9, 2005

• This movie is several years too late.... Gavok on Mar 5, 2005

• Video Game Music: site to look at. Arlieth Tralare on Mar 5, 2005

• an open letter to Capcom. Emerald on Mar 3, 2005
• ...so I take it you didn't like Shemue, either? [nt]. Schwere Viper on Mar 4, 2005
• Totally different thing.. Wanderer on Mar 4, 2005
• Because I can't possibly be the only one who doesn't know.. on Mar 4, 2005
• Quick Time Event. [nt]. Wanderer on Mar 4, 2005
• I guess I'll be finding out about that later this month.. Schwere Viper on Mar 5, 2005
• ...you think he's bad now?. Nash on Mar 4, 2005
• Only one thing to say to that.. on Mar 5, 2005

• Tech related question.. on Mar 2, 2005
• Huh.. Wildfire on Mar 2, 2005
• Well.... Nere on Mar 3, 2005

• Resident Evil: Outbreak.. Wanderer on Mar 2, 2005
• Maybe if I can get a Network Adapter and a hard-drive.. JMalone on Mar 2, 2005
• See, that's my problem.. Wanderer on Mar 2, 2005
• I don't get any of that.... JMalone on Mar 2, 2005
• Why hast thou forsaken me?!. Pei on Mar 2, 2005
• Exactly as I planned it. [nt]. Wanderer on Mar 2, 2005
• Well, not a big RE fan, but I guess I'm better than nothing.. on Mar 2, 2005

• Give me music.. Wanderer on Mar 2, 2005
• got a few.. on Mar 2, 2005
• Uh...I only listen to j-pop >.>. on Mar 2, 2005
• ...instant failure. [nt]. Wanderer on Mar 2, 2005
• Off the top of my head.... Emerald on Mar 2, 2005
• Give me a drink before I love you too. Fluff on Mar 2, 2005
• The Greased Atomic Nitro Monkeys make good music (n/t). david black on Mar 2, 2005
• The Fever </obligatory>. Gavok on Mar 2, 2005
• well.... h` on Mar 3, 2005
• From an Australian viewpoint, I'd say Soundgarden, first off.. Schwere Viper on Mar 3, 2005
• Well.... A.o.D. on Mar 3, 2005
• only thing I can think of.. on Mar 3, 2005
• A few more.. on Mar 4, 2005
• Django Reinhardt? [nt]. Pei on Mar 4, 2005
• Bam! (NT). The BS on Mar 6, 2005
• Bam...? Oh, and Sean Callery. XP [nt]. Pei on Mar 7, 2005
• Actually.... The BS on Mar 6, 2005
• Oh! The Shins!. The BS on Mar 6, 2005
• Well.... on Mar 6, 2005
• Music sans lyrics!. Wildfire on Mar 6, 2005
• In no particular order.... TMP on Mar 9, 2005
• Yay! My Chemical Romance! *hearts* (nt). Dr. SilverRose on Mar 10, 2005
• The Mars Volta -. TMP on Mar 26, 2005
• Minibosses. SocialChameleon on Mar 17, 2005
• Not to mention the NESkimos. Gavok on Mar 18, 2005

• Anyone Buying SFAC tomorrow?. Metaljedd on Feb 21, 2005
• This guy.. Jumpy on Feb 22, 2005
• Yo.. on Feb 22, 2005
• I return! Upgraded for more powah!. Jumpy on Feb 25, 2005
• I have SMAC but not SFAC (nt). Burghy on Feb 23, 2005
• Hey Burghy, when I play on X-Box should I get a microphone for my broken one?. MJ on Feb 23, 2005
• I don't believe in the internet (n/t). david black on Feb 23, 2005
• I still think XBox is the devil. (NT). Dana Crysalis on Feb 23, 2005

• So, did anyone watch Robot Chicken?. Dana Crysalis on Feb 21, 2005
• WHAT DID I JUST SAY!?. on Feb 21, 2005
• How about me?. on Feb 21, 2005

• You know.... Dana Crysalis on Feb 21, 2005
• Game design degree THATSOCOOLwow!!11one (nt). Burghy on Feb 21, 2005
• *sobs*. Dana Crysalis on Feb 21, 2005
• Good luck with the arcade game.. on Feb 21, 2005

• Hunter S. Thompson is dead.. on Feb 21, 2005
• He died as he lived: gun-crazed and batshit. [nt]. Wanderer on Feb 21, 2005
• Passion.... on Feb 21, 2005
• I'm sure the Smiler is behind this </Transmetropolitan> (nt). Gavok on Feb 21, 2005

• So we're starting a magazine.. Thomas Wilde [MMSS] on Feb 20, 2005
• Dude, you guys rock!. on Feb 20, 2005
• Looks... A.o.D. on Feb 20, 2005
• That's the form the sample took, yeah.. Wanderer on Feb 20, 2005
• Psssst.... Dana Crysalis on Feb 20, 2005
• So where do we send applications again? (nt). on Feb 27, 2005
• HGM sample #2. Wanderer on Apr 20, 2005

• Tekken 5 PS2 trailer. Gavok on Feb 18, 2005
• Just a FYI.... on Feb 18, 2005
• That is a standard Tekken 5 cabinet. BYC on Feb 18, 2005
• That's the standard, and *only* cabinet.. Arlieth Tralare on Feb 18, 2005
• Worse than that.... Fluff on Feb 18, 2005

• Marathon Trilogy Re-release. Nere on Feb 18, 2005
• Wait... it's just here... and it's free?. Arlieth Tralare on Feb 18, 2005
• God yes.... Dana Crysalis on Feb 24, 2005
• Well, here's some sex0r for j00:. Arlieth Tralare on Feb 24, 2005
• ...... Dana Crysalis on Feb 25, 2005
• Well, you don't have to do it exactly like that.. Arlieth Tralare on Mar 1, 2005
• Another free game.. Nere on Feb 25, 2005
• I suppose this is what I get..... on Feb 24, 2005

• So hey.. The BS on Feb 18, 2005
• Sounds like a stretch to me.. on Feb 18, 2005
• Maybe *bootlegs* fund terrorism, I don't know.. Wanderer on Feb 18, 2005
• Wanderer pretty much has it right.. A.o.D. on Feb 18, 2005
• Waaaa?. TMP on Feb 24, 2005

• [MOT] And so must the Chaos Begin Again. on Feb 15, 2005
• The MiSTing has begun!. Gavok on Mar 15, 2005

• Hello from the desert!. Crossbow on Feb 15, 2005
• Please stay safe.. on Feb 15, 2005
• Hey, take care, alright?. Arlieth Tralare on Feb 16, 2005
• Kick some ass!. A.o.D. on Feb 16, 2005
• The others have said all I could.... Nere on Feb 17, 2005

• And now, a moment of Zen with Geese Howard. on Feb 14, 2005
• Kinda makes you look at him in a new light, doesn't it?. on Feb 15, 2005
• You bite your tongue!. on Feb 15, 2005
• Heh.... on Feb 16, 2005
• I suppose it'd be bad form to call Geese a pussy, then. (nt). on Feb 16, 2005
• Hey everybody!. A.o.D. on Feb 17, 2005
• Worse than that.... on Feb 18, 2005