If The Gathering was still a thing I'd get Keith David to read that.
Jurgan - [jurgan6 at yahoo dot com]
posted @ Sat, Jun 10, 2017 11:06:31 am EDT from 174.29.190.27

I once came across a saying about translation being a form of betrayal (I can't remember the exact phrasing). This all sounds like the kind of thing that must have inspired that saying.
Todd Jensen
Hufflepuffs are really good finders
posted @ Fri, Jun 9, 2017 8:21:06 pm EDT from 68.3.3.108

Unlikely, given that while the game is old enough, the meme didn't go viral until early 2001 and somehow, I don't see Oberon being that familiar with video games in general, much less legendarily poorly-translated ones.



Yes, I know that's not the point.
Brainiac - [OSUBrainiac at gmail dot com]
There is balance in all things. Live in symmetry with the world around you. If you must blow things up and steal from those around you, THAT'S WHAT RPGS ARE FOR!
posted @ Fri, Jun 9, 2017 3:01:19 pm EDT from 165.225.38.212

Now I'm picturing Oberon attacking the Eyrie Building shouting, "All your base are belong to us!"
Matthew
Muscles fade and the mind dulls.But as long as the heart is willing, strength remains.
posted @ Fri, Jun 9, 2017 2:44:59 pm EDT from 98.210.213.66

Ross, that's awesome. Thanks for sharing. My favorite part (I literally laughed out loud):

Then, during the rest of the game we live in Manhattan!
Some advocate night!
Download Gargoyles!
Matt - [Saint Charles, Missouri, USA]
"For SCIENCE, which, as my associate Fang indicated, must move ever forward." - Sevarius
posted @ Fri, Jun 9, 2017 12:01:01 pm EDT from 99.153.193.91

Ten!

So I was playing around on Google Translate, and decided to put the Gargoyles opening narration through a few rounds. Here's what I ended up with:

More than a thousand years ago superstition "brand.
It was a dark period. Fear world.
This year was downloaded Gargoyles.
Stone warriors night,
We have been betrayed promises protection
Sindhu Rock Millennium Magic game.
Then, during the rest of the game we live in Manhattan!
Some advocate night!
Download Gargoyles!

...Gargoyles has become Yu-gi-oh, apparently.
Ross
posted @ Thu, Jun 8, 2017 10:53:30 pm EDT from 68.38.43.147

MATTHEW - Yes, I've noticed both.

The D'Aulaires' "Norse Gods and Giants" (the first book of Norse mythology that I read, and still one of my favorite) made the ninth world Gimle, a sort of post-Ragnarok Heaven - but they're the only ones who took that approach.
Todd Jensen
Hufflepuffs are really good finders
posted @ Thu, Jun 8, 2017 8:45:40 am EDT from 68.3.3.108

If going by the Marvel adaptation of Norse cosmology the ninth would be Svartalfheim, home of the the dark or swarthy elves. In modern interpretation it's often combined with Nidavellir due to the common interpretation that dwarves and dark elves were the same.
By that same reasoning Niflheim is often combined with the Norse Hel or Helheim because in one of the stories Odin cast the goddess Hel into Niflheim where it became her and the dishonored dead's dwelling.
Matthew
Muscles fade and the mind dulls.But as long as the heart is willing, strength remains.
posted @ Wed, Jun 7, 2017 11:34:10 pm EDT from 98.210.213.66

Asgard, Midgard, Vanaheim, Jotunheim, Nidavellir, Alfheim, Muspelheim, Niflheim, and whatever the ninth world was (the Norse myths don't agree on that last one, and I've decided not to cast my vote on it).
Todd Jensen
Hufflepuffs are really good finders
posted @ Wed, Jun 7, 2017 9:41:15 am EDT from 68.3.3.108

Ocho!
Matthew
Muscles fade and the mind dulls.But as long as the heart is willing, strength remains.
posted @ Tue, Jun 6, 2017 3:12:14 pm EDT from 98.210.213.66

VII
Samuel - [anglofhello at aol dot com]
Now, now... Language.
posted @ Tue, Jun 6, 2017 3:00:59 pm EDT from 50.79.2.211

After the amusingly-timed error two weeks ago, it's good to be sixth once again and properly perfect this time.
Brainiac - [OSUBrainiac at gmail dot com]
There is balance in all things. Live in symmetry with the world around you. If you must blow things up and steal from those around you, THAT'S WHAT RPGS ARE FOR!
posted @ Tue, Jun 6, 2017 9:08:20 am EDT from 165.225.38.212

Quintessence!
Greg Bishansky
posted @ Tue, Jun 6, 2017 7:45:10 am EDT from 70.214.112.141

Earth, Fire, Air, Water.

(Someday I'll actually use Primum Mobil for ninth)
Aldrius
posted @ Tue, Jun 6, 2017 12:56:47 am EDT from 174.91.68.24

THIRD!
Matt - [Saint Charles, Missouri, USA]
"For SCIENCE, which, as my associate Fang indicated, must move ever forward." - Sevarius
posted @ Mon, Jun 5, 2017 10:02:30 am EDT from 99.153.193.91

Second!
BrooksBabe
posted @ Mon, Jun 5, 2017 2:17:44 am EDT from 209.171.88.167

One(1st)First!
Vinnie - [tpeano29 at hotmail dot com]
posted @ Mon, Jun 5, 2017 12:03:50 am EDT from 172.14.186.123