Hey everybody.  I don't know how many would be interested, but I thought I'd share one of my favorite animes out there, maybe see if anybody on this site has also seen it too.

Note, this is not to be confused with the Yu-Gi-Oh character of the same name.  The series, Kaiba, was released in Japan in 2008 and still has yet to see a western release or even an English dub.



The cute and kiddy artstyle can be misleading at first glance, but the story of Kaiba is actually really dark, deep and blatantly adult.  As an anime fan who prefers shows that are more obscure and character-driven, this gem was definitely a great find.

The basic premise of the show revolves around how the wealthy are able to store their consciousness in a chip that they can transfer from body to body.  However, memories of the people below them are often stolen and sold on the black market.  One day a young man awakens with a hole in his chest and no memory of who he is.  For his own safety he is sent into space, where on each world he encounters how this specific technology has affected and even destroyed the lives of other people.  As the series of 12 episodes continues forward, his own memories and dark intentions before his amnesia are slowly revealed to him.

Because there has never been an english dub, let alone a worldwide release, all that exists are English fansubs across the internet on several streaming sites, sans youtube where there are only Spanish subs from what I can find.  If one has a chance, I definitely recommend checking out this hidden gem in anime.

Figured I'd start posting some of my art up here.  I've been working on a style that's less anime/manga-like in favor of a more stylized appearance.  I'm drawing mostly from Don Bluth, given how if it weren't for his movies I wouldn't be a furry in the first place. xD

Here is my most recent refsheet of my fursona.  I'm still trying to get a few things down, and I've improved on my new style a bit since I started.  I'm especially enjoying drawing humans in this new style of mine.  But for now, here is my fursona's refsheet.

Background photo taken in Kumamoto Japan by yours truly.  

Heyall.  I thought it would be fun to start a topic where those on the GOF's furry community can share refsheets of their fursonas or characters if they have any.  People in the furry fandom most commonly comission refsheets or draw them themselves.  More specifically, refsheets based off "fursonas" or the furry avatar that people online identify as.  Though keep in mind, refsheets posted here have to be clean.  Since some on sites like FurAffinity can go into more detail than we're willing to read about.  As an example, I will post mine first.

This is what I drew last week as a yearly update of my fursona.  Sketched on paper, scanned it, and the rest was done in Paint Tool SAI and GIMP.  

Though this topic may spark a bit of controversy for some, but what video game settings do you think are overused?

Personally, I think it varies from genre to genre.  The biggest problem plaguing shooters for the last decade was WWII.  I'm happy that it's seen a die-down in the last couple of years.  Now it seems like modern military shooters, which sprung up after they caught on that people were tired of WWII games, seem to be suffering the same fate.  Every one of them is the same.  COD, Battlefield, and Medal of Honor to a lesser extent.  In some ways, interstellar wars are hardly a new topic either.  But these days, it seems like modern military shooters are the ones over-saturating the market.

In terms of RPGs and RTS games, bleeding into other types of games as well, I feel it's medieval fantasy.  Especially ones that use Tolkien-esque tropes.  Skyrim, Everquest, Warcraft, and the list goes on and on.  So many tropes of western fantasy are so overused in video games that it would take a hell of a miracle to come up with something original.  What I find even more annoying is the fanbase.  The never-ending, pushy, stuck-up fanbase stereotype that shuns and humiliates you if you make the simple statement that you "just don't like it".  Granted, that subject should be discussed in another topic.

I haven't contributed much to this forum in recent months, but I'd like to try!

Does anybody have any questions regarding photography?  Specifically cameras?

Plan on buying a new one?  Plan on taking a course in photography?  Being an avid hobbyist in the art of still photography, I'd be more than happy to answer any of your questions!

Thought I'd now make an official thread for this story.  I've decided to post it up on FF.net, respecting my old story's origins.  I've decided to make a few changes, including cutting the self-insert character out in place of the old story's mentor at a young age, Albrecht (or Al).  I plan on keeping it in a short novelette format, around seven to ten chapters or at least kept within the range between 8,000 words and less than 19,000.

Here's a link to the story on FF.net, I'm sure Serris will especially be glad that I've decided to bring back the idea, despite it being only a brief reduction to only the Mars plot.  I decided that after writing his story and giving it a proper completion, I'll be putting it behind me and continuing onward with my more original works.

Here is the link:  http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6747006/1/Time_Gate_X_Red_Dust

Hey everybody!  I just thought I'd make a post on the welcome forum stating that I'm returning!  The new and improved Cyberlizard2.0 is here!  This includes improved handling of RPs, more frequent activity, and the need to return in the up and coming 5th anniversary of my registry!  Because honestly, five years is the longest I've ever been registered to a forum.

Anyways, I'm finally going to be active again, and though my interest in LBT has become hazed and blurred, that still won't stop me from trying to make friends here!  As far as how I've been at handling Roleplays, I wouldn't mind participating in a few to show how much I've improved since over the years.  So I'll be seeing you all around as I start becoming a more active member again!

Yeah.  Basically what the title says. LOL!  Just go right ahead and ask away!

Its been a while since I've tried starting an RP here.  And since I'd like to become more active I figured why not?  I decided to make it a sort of reboot of my old Bounty Hunters RP that I started four years ago.  We can also discuss ideas and plot points in RP discussion  ^..^

The year is 2350…  After 400 years of space travel and nearly 150 years after the invention of the first warp drive, mankind has achieved his greatest dream, to explore and become integrated with the diverse community of the Milky Way. As these pods of human influences grew, so did their wealth as they sought to mine for precious metals.
   However, as the wealth increased throughout the galaxy, those who would plunder and steal for themselves appeared.  The art of piracy was reborn in space due to the limited ability to establish universal law throughout the widely spread-out planets and colonies.  Soon, over the course of several years, a major feud formed between the space forces, human and alien alike, and the space pirate guilds.  
   On the brink of interstellar war, a new power started to appear.  Lone travelers, who sided with neither space pirates nor space federations.  They are called Hunters, due to a majority of them being bounty hunters that bring justice to criminals.  They single-handedly brought the beginning of an interstellar war to a stand-still as they interfered and sabotaged the plans for the space pirates to overthrow peace in the galaxy.  Unlike the law-abiding space forces or the code-obeying space pirates.  The Hunters rely on their freedom as their guide, with personalities and intentions varying from ship to ship.  The threat of interstellar war still lingers, though it is suppressed by the heroic acts of the interfering travelers wandering the frontier.

RPers can choose to either be space forces, space pirates, or a hunter.  All can be either human or any alien race he or she can think of.

For ship profiles:

Ship name:
AI Name:
Ship Model:
Crew Capacity:
Engine Type:
Defense:
Offense:

For crew member profiles:

Name:
Side:(name of space forces organization here, name of pirate guild here.  If Hunter, just put "Hunter.")
Age:
Sex:
Height:
Position:
Weapons of Choice:
Appearance:
Personality:

Crew profile limit is high-ranking members for pirates or space forces.  Hunter crews are relatively small, ranging from 1 to 6.  Crew members can be any species, human, alien, or even hybrids as well as pets(alien or earth).  A brief history of the crew's past is also acceptable.

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Here's a run-down of my ship and crew.

Visual reference:  http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/026..._by_Raptoid.jpg
Ship Name: 雪トカゲ(The Yukitokage)
AI Name: Victoria
Type: CometS777
Crew Capacity: 4
Engine Type: Hikari Long-Distance Warp Engines
Defense: Prototype AEMS(Anti-Energy Missile Shielding)
Offense: Mullan Multi-use cannons equipped with Particle Torpedoes, Plasma missiles, and launch-able tapping cables for hacking space pirate computers, and a detachable battle-issued trauma gun which is stored in the front until use.

Visual representation of the crew: http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/028..._by_Raptoid.jpg

Tanner
Side:  Hunter
Age: 18
Sex: Male
Height: 6'0
Position: Pilot/Cook
Weapons of Choice: (left-handed) Tetsubo, Katana, and sonic shotgun(delivers a concentrated sonic wave capable of shotgun-level trauma), and light shield for defense.
Appearance: Lizard hybrid. Shaggy ginger-red hair that is often parted down the middle, with green eyes, green scaly skin and a golden yellow underbelly. Often he only wears a pair of faded blue jeans, but he does wear other clothes when conditions require it.
Personality: The head bounty hunter of the Yukitokage. Tanner's personality ranges from focused and serious, to just downright goofy. But when he's after a bounty, he takes no time in bringing it down. Often criminals are taken in alive. Pirates on the other hand... Aren't so lucky. He also finds himself cooking most of the meals for the crew if they don't stop at a place to eat.

Stella
Side:  Hunter
Age: 16
Sex: Female
Height: 5'1
Position: Co-pilot/Weapons Specialist
Weapons of Choice: Plasma rifle, 50.cal railpistol.
Appearance: Shoulder-length blonde hair with jade highlights with her eyes of the same color and fair-colored skin. She wears a white tank top, and khaki-colored pants along with brown leather boots.
Personality: Stella has a very tomboy-ish nature, not being the damsel in distress type. She loves guns, and everything about guns. When it comes to bounty-hunting, she is quick to get the job done and over with. She is also Tanner's co-pilot on the Yukitokage and normally is in charge while Tanner is away.

Akira
Side:  Hunter
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Height: 5'5
Position: Tech specialist
Weapons of Choice: Pocket knife, monkey wrench, jumper cables
Appearance: Long dark brown hair tied back in a pony tail, brown eyes, and tannish skin. He wears a light green T-shirt, brown jeans, and leather work boots.
Personality: Akira is often very akward in nature due to his frequent multitasking. He is, without a doubt, a geek, in his knowledge of computer engineering and technobabble. But, that doesn't stop him from pitching in when things get dirty. He is perfectly capable of manning the ship's weapons, as well as defending himself if any hostiles board.

Kichiro
Side:  Hunter
Age: 6
Sex: Male
Length: 5'0
Position: Pet
Weapons of choice: ???
Appearance: Monitor Lizard. Slitted-pupil yellow eyes, green scales with a yellow underbelly.
Personality: "Kichi" as Stella likes to call him, is very naive. Often getting into places where he doesn't belong. Oddly enough, he is treated as if he were an actual member of the crew, even getting his own bed with a little heat lamp inside it.

As for a history:  The crew of the Yukitokage often have major disrespect towards pirates due to spending their preteen years as slaves to them. Taking on all of their sadistic and abusive behavior. Tanner's lizard-like features come from an accident during the escape at age 13, when a drum of stolen prototype biotech fluid spilled on him.
After two years of working all kinds of jobs, they saved enough money to buy a CometS777 second hand, and another year spent customizing it with fitted Hikari engines, Mullan cannons, and a trauma gun, as well as a defense system custom-designed by Akira. They eventually started earning cash by hunting bounties and have been making a living off it ever since. Kichiro came along for the ride after he stowed away on the ship during a hunt on Earth in Australia. After two years they have become fairly well-known among several of the hunters in the galaxy, and notorious among the pirate clan they escaped from five years prior.

Everyone, I apologize for my ridiculously long absence from this site.     I'll be sure to visit more often, and I apologize for suddenly dropping out of the radar.  I'll make sure to stay a little more active this year.