Another Belated Entry, or is that Ablative Entry..... >.< I don't know.

Kang Dragoon....... Don't ask.

Gar Vs. Garr

These two Conar families have a common root ages ago. The Garr's are a respected noble family with histoical lineage dating back to the beginnings of the Conar empire.
Some time back, there were some select members of the family who began dealing in criminal activity, mafia. In order to save face with the empire, the mainstream family rejected their criminal cousins and banished them. The banished family dropped the last 'R' from their name, and have ever since been known as the Gar's. Over the years, they have developed one of the most successful and dangerous criminal organizations that exists within the Conar Empire.
Needless to point out. The two families, one adhering staunchly to government and religious tradition and the other complete rebels, are mortal enemies.

MOAG is dark, not bright and pretty.

I think I just figured out the next topic of discussion. I dont know how you all feel about the blogs "new look" but I find it rather disturbing. I look forward to that nice black background to hide on my nice black desktop while at work. Is the white background just a side effect of some other changes (that I have yet to notice) or is there some underlying scheme to destroy the ballance of the universe?
But seriously, I hope everyone is ready for Friday. Im excited to get this campeign of mine rolling. So barring any family disasters, natural disasters or just disasters in general, I hope to see everyone there and ready for a knock down drag out.
Later...

Topic of Discussion 2: What's in a name?

Thanks to the observation of the Great Salvaggio and the wonderful comment by Shadowire, I think that our next ToD will be on the slightly overlooked topic of Names in the M.O.A.G. Universe. It's true that many of us might look at a name and see it how we look at every day names. What you are called, then who you belong to. Are we really bound so much by this rule that we pick our character names by the same observations? Maybe so . . . for the most part.

I do have many characters that have the family name last (Quar Setca, Gorlen Dal, Crolen Dal, Milin Kwal, Amadeus Edwards) but then I also have my two Klisks that I like to play the most. Bara' and Koolah . . . that is their full names. The reason for this? Well, to me it's rather simple. More like a Native American thing. Bara' and Koolah come from some of the older tribes on Montar. They are still bound by the ways of their ancestors. I feel, and correct me if I am wrong Shadowire, that names were given to young Klisks as they entered adulthood. I'm not saying that they didn't have names before that, but they took on another name and left the other name behind. Bara' has always meant to me "Rock of the Hill" and Koolah is "Soft Wind." Those were the names given to them by the Elders of their tribes and that is all they got. Now, some other Klisks might have gotten two or more names, but alas, Bara' and Koolah did not.

Anyway, that is what I think. We will now leave it to Shadowire to give us his view on the subject. I still want to hear everyones opinions though. Give us some of your characters names, how you picked it, and what it means to you.

CHECK OUT MY DEVIANT ART PAGE!!!!!! LOLZORGZPWND!!!!!

Okay. First of all, I don't have a deviant art page, nor will I ever.

Second of all, if there are those of you in the MOAG universe that DO have a deviant art page, my condolences. I kid I kid...
No really, I'm sorry.

Again I KID!!

The purpose of this post is to tell the MOAG universe that... unfortunately... I STILL don't have any new artwork to post. But before you start the riots and the pillaging, let me just inform you that I DO have free time again, so some time this week I'm going to start putting up some various MOAG illustrations of various things, variously. Most of them will not be finished pieces, but 30 Min - 60 Min quick drawings, or color paintings if I remember to bring the Wacom home from work. Anyway, I have a few ideas, but am open to suggestions. We have had multiple "novella" type entries as of late, some of which have inspired me. So if you have any suggestions, let me know.

One little caveat to all that, I might follow the suggestions I might not. It'll be like winning the lottery, only with no winning. Or money. Or buying tickets.

Also, on a completely different topic, as I have read through all of the wonderous blog entries as of late, I have noticed a few things about the MOAG universe that I would like to bring to a discussion.

Firstly, everybody seems to have the same Name structure for all of their characters. Now that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it strikes me a little wierd in that throughout the various races and the known MOAG galaxy, everybody uses the standard First and Last name structure. If we take a look at the various cultures here, we see that Humans alone do not follow the same naming conventions among the various cultures. For example, Jewish custom was to give a first name followed by some designation as to the father, for example, Judah Ben Hur. Literally meaning Judah, Son of Hur. Some asian cultures list the family name first and the given name last. Some african cultures bear reference to the tribal matriarch (mother). I'm not saying we need to do this, I just think that it would give some more variance to the MOAG universe if we spiced it up a bit. We could take it a little further and have Wes determine what type of language each species use. For example, the Macaneons can use a lot of sounds made by the tongue (S,T,K,C,D to name a few) and shigh away from sounds made by the lips (M, N, F, for example) because they are lizards and don't have the facial dexterity that a human does. Anyway, I'm probably off my rocker here, but let's discuss it anyway.

I was going to add some more things, but seeing as I don't play now (Hopefully we can play for a while Thanksgiving weekend, I'll be down there - Bot make it so!) I have decided to rant any more. Let me just say this, if you've never played anything other than a Klisk, Macaneon, Gargonan, or Conar, you're missing out on a lot of fun. I have a Nareskan with whom I've had as much fun as anyone else I've played. And speaking of him, his name is Sabu Nortrax. Sabu being his last name, and Nortrax his given name, so there's an example of what I was talking about.

Anyway, if you're going to leave a pretty hefty comment, please post it in a new post.

And again, to those of you with a Deviantart page, burn it. NO I KID!!!!

(Really, Burn it).

about time someone fixed my account...

I'm supposed to be the super duper master of the universe SYSTEM OPERATOR, right? I mean, c'mon, doesn't anyone remember TRIDENT BBS? The one and only?

So I get shut down from the blog for like 14 years until someone unlocks the account. Oh... I get it... this is what it feels like to be a "standard user," right?

Hmm... let's see what I can hack here.....

The un-fashionably late entry.

The Planet Boiler! Not that I've ever used it..... :)
Actually I'm rather fond of the C2 Assault Rifle. *Reflects on fond memories of blood and carnage.* Not a Devils-Bane by any means, but a fun weapon non-the-less.
Oh and let us not forget the Noisy-Cricket! But then we are out of the Moag realm and into the realm of fiction... er.. wait a minute.

An audible silence.

Well, I guess everyone is done with the first ToD. I really wish that Shadowire and Kang would've given us some of there insight, but alais they did not. I will give them one more chance.

Now, on to business. We have another M.O.A.G.er in our presence. O'mally (also known as omally) is here to entertain us with his quick wit. . . . Now, if he would post.

Anyway, give him a warm welcome and make fun of him, please.

P.S. If you don't know who O'mally is. He's my nephew!

The Many Faces of Bot!

Thanks to everyone that has posted on our first Topic of Discussion and to those who will post on it. Wonderful jobs! Now it's my turn.

The many faces of Bot consists of many characters that range throughout the universe that is M.O.A.G. I cannot pick just one weapon though, because each character is different and therefore fights differently.

Joac - a small, but strong Macaneon, loves the feel of the Star Shell Ejector. With it's amazing ammo that might move slower than most, but packs a huge wallop.

Koolah - the shy Klisk, prefers his Klisk Tribal Long bow over any other weapon. It's quiet and deadly, giving him the chance to sneak while using it.

Amadeus - the once human cyborg. . . . He likes to punch things. . . . Nuff said.

Quar - the Holder of the White Gargen. . . . again, Nuff said.

Bar'a - the big guy. Think of him as Heavy Weapons Guy from Team Fortress 2. He prefers the gentle tap of the Power Axe or the War Hammer known as the Doorbell. He also enjoys making swiss cheese out of others with the ADAC Pulse Rifle.

That's about the size of it. My favorite memory? Three words for you, "Nice shot, Sir."