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Taking the Mickey: A Save Disney Quest

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Batteries are still rather environmentally unfriendly at this point in time.

Depending on how much it costs, we could make a big show of having Disney go emission neutral by funding some co2 preventing stuff somewhere. Make a big donation of solar pannels or something.
 
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Making disney very explicitly in and of itself and of it's totality not just carbon neutral but actively carbon negative would be a big coup. Especially if when 2 bit shitstains come up with xyz how we're not our response is to be like "oh yeah, let's fix that"
 
10ebbor10 said:
Batteries are still rather environmentally unfriendly at this point in time.

Depending on how much it costs, we could make a big show of having Disney go emission neutral by funding some co2 preventing stuff somewhere. Make a big donation of solar pannels or something.
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Keani said:
Making disney very explicitly in and of itself and of it's totality not just carbon neutral but actively carbon negative would be a big coup. Especially if when 2 bit shitstains come up with xyz how we're not our response is to be like "oh yeah, let's fix that"
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I had hope that we can find some budget neutral or positive method of achieving something like this.
 
WallFlower said:
I had hope that we can find some budget neutral or positive method of achieving something like this.
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Long term savings via solar panels everywhere + Remittances through grid contributions would do good as would using plants all over our everything. Maybe doing our own water production may be savings in the long term totally not just another way to increase our capability for succession to make the nation of the mouse. Further developing green tech with our epic imagineers but while we still let the actual tech go open source for teh goodness we patent/copyright and liscence like specific configuations and applications I.E inventing green cars for whatever ride X and releasing everything free for all but licensing the road safe design of it to GM for +money and ++green with minimum effort added while keeping all the tech good for everybdy to use and propelling development and distribution. I'm sure there's more less direct ways to make profit off of going green but I'm a doof who can't think it.

mmmmm, maybe localizing some food production and doing some sort of food waste management could be useful given the sheer consumption and excess. find some areas we can cut waste or convert it into profit because I remember vaguely screeching like a monkey at the sheer mass of wasting everything disney does.
 
Cyberphilosipher said:
There are simpiler ways to gain power in a revolution...I prefer the ballot box myself.
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I mean, there are examples of nations extracting utlities from their neighbors but I doubt that's typically a situation one wants to be in where they lack uttely for domestic utilities. Ballot boxes don't really make clean water.
 
Keani said:
I mean, there are examples of nations extracting utlities from their neighbors but I doubt that's typically a situation one wants to be in where they lack uttely for domestic utilities. Ballot boxes don't really make clean water.
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I'm saying as an example, make them vote to make said technology (Solar Panals or Clean water devices) commonplace. I still think using the Mouse to make them commonplace is a better solution then say...using what isn't broken.

I say this as the guy who keeps things close to the chest and not speak unless nessisary.
 
TempestK said:
Donald Duck comics, Scrooge comics, etc.
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they're the ones i loved the most as a child.

Mickey mouse was fine too, but i preferred the various stories in Duckburg.

also there were a lot of funny parodies.

I especially loved pk/paperinik's stories (you should know him as Duck Avenger according to a quick google search).

from what i understand at least italian (and probably european too) comic stories about our favourite ducks and mouses are usually.. simpler, a bit more childish, than many of the ones drawn in the u.s.a.

More slapstick, less seriousness, though there are exceptions

And to give an idea of how much they're popular and the history behind it, the main comic series ("topolino", which is how we call mickey mouse and usually has 3-4 stories per issue (about any and all characters, be it mickey, donald, goofy, or any of their relatives or enemies) + some advertisement, letters from fan and things like that) has more than 3.000 issues, and started all the way back in 1932 in a monthly newspaper format before changing to a weekly pocket book format in 1949 instead.

the 3.000 is only counting the pocket book format by the way. I'm not sure how many stories are translated from yours and how many are actually drawn by italians.

 
Cyberphilosipher said:
I'm saying as an example, make them vote to make said technology (Solar Panals or Clean water devices) commonplace. I still think using the Mouse to make them commonplace is a better solution then say...using what isn't broken.

I say this as the guy who keeps things close to the chest and not speak unless nessisary.
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??? I never suggested keeping tech close to the chest, I was advocating use and proliferation. I don't see what voting has to do with us building facilities to service our consumption though.

10ebbor10 said:
Well, you could lobby to get the government to pay for it.
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Good luck, we're against everything the gubnamint stands for. Green, positivity, anti oil, progress, respect, noncompliance with the CIA. Indeed I'd sooner expect lead from the feds than I would hold.
 
Keani said:
Good luck, we're against everything the gubnamint stands for. Green, positivity, anti oil, progress, respect, noncompliance with the CIA. Indeed I'd sooner expect lead from the feds than I would hold.
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We may be able to get it under energy independence. Chernobyl's going to blow up next month, so nuclear is dead in the water.
Coal's terrible and nat gas isn't there yet, iirc.
 
Well now that I can type... Slynnwen I'm glad that you are on the mend after what I can only imagine is a very distressing situation, and subsequent hospitalization. We were all quite worried and glad you are back.

Now then, let's read what tantalizing views into the future did you drop...

Slynnwen said:
Surprise loss of living space, hospitalization shortly thereafter. I currently have a tablet without a charger, a flip phone that can be charged if I have access to a USB port, and a computer without a power cable. And half of the physical dice set I was using to run this quest. 🎉🎉🎉

STATE OF THE QUEST: Still chugging away on it! I have like 10 physical pages of notes. Incidentally:
Results: 96-??, ??. Slight Failure. With the collapse of Exxon and the subsequent damage to automakers, the economy has entered a minor recession. +5 to all DCs, including planning/groundbreaking/construction.

EuroDisney: If only there was a wide catalog of inspiration you could draw from for the park, like a comic book series.

Movie Studios Park: Warner Bros. is pitching a dark ride. It's based on Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner.
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Congratulations everyone, we have apparently brought Exxon to it's knees to the point it is not getting up... Downside... We might have brought Black Monday a bit early. Who would have ever imagined that toppling the #2 on the Fortune 500 would lead to major economic consequences? Regardless, with Exxon out of the picture, the butterflies will truly start to fly in the American political scene since I doubt petroleum companies are also freaking out if it got to Detroit already. I'd hazard a guess and say we can't predict the 1988 Presidential election anymore, probably nuked a lot of Senators careers that relied on Petroleum or Fossil Fuel funding (Like some first term KY Senator named McConnell, or OK Senator Inhofe.) This could also mean that we see that Congressional Committee on Climate Change do something, instead of just debate in circles, and perhaps Climate Change is now a bipartisan issue... but I doubt it. I'll be eager to see how this all plays out, but I doubt Reagan at this point is leaving the White House with a good legacy anymore.

Regarding EuroDisney, a comic book series could work... in Fact I might propose that in addition to EuroDisney's main park we create a Disney Marketplace, but this one aimed at comics. Right in the center of Franco-Belgian Comics, having the Comic Book Nirvana where comic fans could buy the trade paperbacks or first runs, or even maybe an auction house for the ultra-rare comics. Put in a Convention Center and make Comic-Con Europe? However regarding specific comics themselves... well... we have opportunities. Hegre died a few years ago but the widow might be open to letting us license Tintin for rides or what not. Imagine an Adventure themed in the Tintin style? or perhaps a Tomorrowland with a Valerian and Laurelyne simulator ride instead of Star Tours. We should not make a carbon copy Disneyland, mostly because well... we have two of those, let's build something so that each park has something unique. For example, I don't want to go to Euro Disney in OTL because of riding the Jungle Cruise or Big Thunder Mountain again... I want to go there for Discoveryland. Combine EuroDisney with a Disney Marketplace... we got something there.

Now about Hollywood Studios I do have some thoughts. Let's only go for a Disneyland sized park first, but the lands are broken up by genre: Action Pack, Drama Domain, Adventureland(wait...), and one that I particularly want to see Toontown. We know Roger Rabbit will be a hit or least clear 100 in quality, so since we have Warner Bros and Universal onboard... Why not go full tilt? Make Toontown, have a restaurant where Daffy and Donald duel on Pianos while Jessica Rabbit sings, be the only place in the world where you can meet Mickey and Bugs in the same half hour. Put in a whole "Art of Animation" attraction hosted by Robin Williams and Walter Cronkite that has unique cels from all animation? Make Toontown not the overly cartoony one that is Mickey's Toontown, make it the one we see in Roger Rabbit, 1940s esque, and put central icons of the studios around. Have a WB Watertower in the distance, put in a statue of Walt Disney, have the Universal Globe... hey maybe if WB stays onboard to the 90s we can have the Warner Brothers and Sister do a show at the Watertower, being chased by "Security". For the other lands? I don't know. Back to the Future Ride is a must. Drop Tower based on DieHard (wait that's Fox...), doubt we can get Nickelodeon Studios in there though... so sad thing there (anti-trust and all)
 
10ebbor10 said:
We may be able to get it under energy independence. Chernobyl's going to blow up next month, so nuclear is dead in the water.
Coal's terrible and nat gas isn't there yet, iirc.
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I wouldn't count your chickens before they hatch. There is no gurantee that Chernobyl will happen like it did in our timeline, it all depends on how the QM wants to handle something like that.
 
Firebringer2077 said:
Omake: Defunctland: Cosmic Odyssey with Carl Sagan
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Free action relating to Tomorrowland next turn and bonus options added to the Nintendo advisor event next turn.

Cyberphilosipher said:
Omake: A Look into the Future, Disney's Megaman 2017
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Permanent +5 to all rolls to make Nintendo films/tv shows.

Also, since I am currently on my tablet that now has a charger via shaky motel internet, I'd like to take the opportunity to thank you all so much for your words of support. They mean the world to me, and I couldn't ask for a better group of players.
 
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“Hey There Gorges”
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    • Warner Bros. proposed dark ride

    Hey There Gorges

    Type    : Dark Ride

    Vehicles: Roadrunner vehicle for sustained speed.
    Wile E. Coyote vehicle for sudden stop/starts.

    Description: Starting with a loading bay, guests board either a Roadrunner vehicle, in front, or a Wile E. Coyote vehicle, in back. The vehicles then leave the loading bay, heading down a straight towards what looks like a tunnel painted on the wall. The wall swings open for the Roadrunner vehicle, which continues through a badlands scene, while the Wile E. Coyote vehicle stops and shakes as the doors slam in front of it. The Coyote vehicle then turns onto a different track, occasionally viewing the Roadrunner vehicle. They meet up with the Coyote vehicle behind as they head towards what appears to be a gorge, with 3 signs leading up to the the edge. They say "HEY THERE," "GORGES," and "UP AHEAD" on them. The second sign has paint on it to sloppily say "GORGEOUS" instead. They are spaced as though there are 4 signs, with astute guests able to notice a snapped off sign half hidden under a nearby pile of rubble that says "BRIDGE OUT" on it. The Roadrunner vehicle easily clears the gorge, continuing around more beautiful scenery (and the occasional ACME product). The Coyote vehicle slows to a stop over the gorge, and a sign that says "UH-OH" pops up as the vehicle is dropped, before it turns and heads towards the next element. The Roadrunner vehicle will be stopped at a pile of bird seed, waiting just long enough for the Coyote vehicle to get close before taking off. The Coyote vehicle will then tilt slightly upward as it reaches the bird seed to reveal a giant anvil with the words "1000 TONS" on it descending towards them. The lights cut out and a clang is heard before the vehicle shakily heads on towards an ACME rocket. The Coyote vehicle will then launch (as of on the rocket) towards the Roadrunner vehicle, ambiguously "catching" it as they head into the unloading bay. Guests then exit into a gift shop, with "Team Roadrunner" and "Team Coyote" products available.
     
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    • Slynnwen said:
    Warner Bros. proposed dark ride

    Hey There Gorges

    Type    : Dark Ride

    Vehicles: Roadrunner vehicle for sustained speed.
    Wile E. Coyote vehicle for sudden stop/starts.

    Description: Starting with a loading bay, guests board either a Roadrunner vehicle, in front, or a Wile E. Coyote vehicle, in back. The vehicles then leave the loading bay, heading down a straight towards what looks like a tunnel painted on the wall. The wall swings open for the Roadrunner vehicle, which continues through a badlands scene, while the Wile E. Coyote vehicle stops and shakes as the doors slam in front of it. The Coyote vehicle then turns onto a different track, occasionally viewing the Roadrunner vehicle. They meet up with the Coyote vehicle behind as they head towards what appears to be a gorge, with 3 signs leading up to the the edge. They say "HEY THERE," "GORGES," and "UP AHEAD" on them. The second sign has paint on it to sloppily say "GORGEOUS" instead. They are spaced as though there are 4 signs, with astute guests able to notice a snapped off sign half hidden under a nearby pile of rubble that says "BRIDGE OUT" on it. The Roadrunner vehicle easily clears the gorge, continuing around more beautiful scenery (and the occasional ACME product). The Coyote vehicle slows to a stop over the gorge, and a sign that says "UH-OH" pops up as the vehicle is dropped, before it turns and heads towards the next element. The Roadrunner vehicle will be stopped at a pile of bird seed, waiting just long enough for the Coyote vehicle to get close before taking off. The Coyote vehicle will then tilt slightly upward as it reaches the bird seed to reveal a giant anvil with the words "1000 TONS" on it descending towards them. The lights cut out and a clang is heard before the vehicle shakily heads on towards an ACME rocket. The Coyote vehicle will then launch (as of on the rocket) towards the Roadrunner vehicle, ambiguously "catching" it as they head into the unloading bay. Guests then exit into a gift shop, with "Team Roadrunner" and "Team Coyote" products available.
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    I love this idea but I might have a suggestion or two to improve. One, use airblowers and what not on timers to make it seem like the "Roadrunner" Cars are faster than they actually are like Space Mountain does. Second, you could have the cars detach and go on separate tracks every now and then, perhaps even use the Indiana Jones rolling stone effect to being chased by Wile E. Coyote, after the "Roadrunner car" knocks it loose. Also perhaps a section of the ride where dynamite goes off doing a Mr. Toad explosion effect. Also perhaps a...



    section of the track at the start of the ride, and one at the end, to show entering a leaving a cartoon with the usual muscial accompaniment and Porky going "That's All Folks!"?
     
    Firebringer2077 said:
    I love this idea but I might have a suggestion or two to improve
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    Air blowers can be included. The initial proposal has the cars detached already, when I get a chance I can try to upload the track layout I sketched out, but that might not happen for a bit. The rocket has the explosion effect you're looking for, I think. The cartoon opening/ending is absolutely added, though.


    EDIT: Quick and dirty sketch, from when I was on The Good Stuff.
     
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    Omake: The 10 Greatest Moments of Mega Man 2017 (Season 1 edition)
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    • The 10 Greatest Moments of Mega Man 2017 (Season 1 edition)
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    "There are No Heroes left in Man Eh...tell that to the creators of this show...the real hero's right here, and celebrating Thirty years of the Blue Bomber.

    Hello I'm Johnson from Watchmojo Dot Com and we are bringing you the Top ten best moments from Megaman 2017.

    Moment 10: "Welcome to Tomorrowland" (Megaman ep 1:Welcome to the World of Tomorrow)

    The First on our list is the first scene a beautiful narration of Dr. Light giving the viewer a small tale of how the city fell to the Evil Dr. Wily's influence and terror as we are shown subversives being killed in the streets.

    Families being torn apart and any form of resistance against the madman's rule being crushed under the boot of a group of Sniper Joe's. This is punctuated with the very camera we are observing this gruesome horror to be shot down and the POV to shift to a man running in terror around the city.

    He is cornered and killed as the instrumentals flare up in a triumphant fashion. The Most horrifying thing about the opening is how normal it seems as if the Show is saying "This is the normal...welcome to the city."

    The fact it has a distorted version of the song "Welcome to Tomorrowland" By Dan Foliart is playing in the background only adds to the unsettling nature of the Opening...I mean Jesus we see a man shot to ribbons as quiet music plays in the background.

    It's a brilliant opening to a brilliant pilot.

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    Moment 9: The Rioters Battle (Megaman ep 1: Welcome to the World of Tomorrow)

    Next up is the Fight that directly following the opening the show is a small group of Men and is a clear showing of the Main Female Protagonist Roll's badassery.

    Surrounded by Sniper Joes, the lady has the gall to tackle one and point blank shot another in the head.

    What follows is a small showing of people trying to fight the machines. Even if it shows all but Roll being killed horribly it is a strong showing of who is still fighting even in a bleck world.

    Roll survives by removing her arm, witch has a sling of grenades and flees the scene.

    It shows that its a losing battle, but Mankind isn't exactly laying down and dying like in the Protomen songs.

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    Moment 8: Megaman's Defiance (Ep 3: The Blue Bomber Cometh)

    Episode 3 has us finally see Mega after he has been hinted by Dr. Light for the last 2 episodes, Ole Rock wants to go out and fight the evil of Wily but his Father Light wishes him to not get involved in his own mistakes.

    With the immortal line from the song given the weight it deserves the Defiance of Mega shows us that our blue bomber is going to get involved weather Light wants to or not.

    The Immortal words "I have spent my entire life watching this city burning...If you won't let me see the truth then you are No better than Wily !! I'm going now...And I am going to do my Job...it might take a while, but it will be done."

    He left not a moment later. And we know our story truly begins…

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    Moment 7: Rock's Racing. (Ep 7: The Outsider in Blue)

    At Number 7 is Rock at the Races, after meeting Roll and making contact at the Resistance Bar, old Rock has to gain trust with the rest of humanity who see him as a possible spy for Wily.

    So he has to go on an underground motorcycle race .

    Armed with a Bonneville Triumph and his Megabuster , Ole Mega battles Sniper Joes and a surprise appearance by the First of Many Robot Masters, Cut Man.

    What follows is a high speed chase through downtown as Mega battles the Master with just one arm.

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    Number 6 and 5: Cut Man and Megaman's Duels (Ep 8-9 The Song of Cut man)

    Mega's first duel with the Robot Masters was a long and drawn out battle between one of the Two most popular Bosses in the Franchise.

    Cut Man is funny, terrifying and a well deserved first battle for Mega to cut loose.

    The fact the Mega's rendition of the classic 90s Opening played as they were both smiling was the icing on the cake, they were just two kids having fun.

    And It felt great.

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    Number 4: Dr. Light's Storytime (Ep 2 Storyline Megaman.)

    Dr. Thomas Light has had it rough, he's already lost his first son Protoman to the War against Wily and does not wish to make that mistake again.

    The Story of Protoman , told in a beautifully animated flashback. The Story of Protoman is a beautiful and tragic tale that shows that Light has already lost so much already.

    Hero's have already tried and failed once. And the Looming spectre of failure hangs over everyone.

    And this warning is always reminded about "The Death of Protoman" lingers over everyone.

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    Number 3: The Grave of Protoman (Episode 10: My Father's Son)

    This one hurt long time Protomen fans and Newcomers alike, We were told just how powerful and awesome Protoman was but we never realized just how much of an impact he had on the city until we saw his Grave.

    "Hope Rides Alone" Never have such a cold line been echoed in a shrine of Valor and remembrance.

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    Number 2: Mega Man abandon's Mankind (Ep 12 : The Truth)

    With the Terrible Truth Revealed Megaman and Light have a heated conversation, with Megaman resolving to leave Mankind to its fate .

    I don't need to say anymore...you all saw it.

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    Number 1: The Duel (Ep 11: Hope Rides Alone)

    Yeah you all saw this coming.

    The Big Duel with a revealed to be alive Protoman as The Son's of Fate Play.

    It was awesome, it was heartbreaking, and we don't know if Proto really died at the end because who kills the final boss at the end of the First Season..

    Oh my… I'm still choked up about it…

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    Well that was our top ten...please like and subscribe.

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    • Idea: Disney's Video Adventure as a companion hotel to Animated Adventure in 5-10 years when vidya is a Big Thing and we have lots of Nintendo hits and maybe a few of our own.

    Srsly, Nintendo's IRL timeline for the next five years includes Metroid, a bunch of mario games, Kid Icarus, Zelda II, Tetris, Punch Out, and F-Zero. Kirby's in '92, and Star Fix in '93. That's a fair library of big hits. I'm feeling hopeful for the shape of our Nintendo partnership.

    Pokemon's not until 1998 though, which is too bad as it's the franchise I'm most nostalgic about.
     
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    Rockeye said:
    Idea: Disney's Video Adventure as a companion hotel to Animated Adventure in 5-10 years when vidya is a Big Thing and we have lots of Nintendo hits and maybe a few of our own.

    Srsly, Nintendo's IRL timeline for the next five years includes Metroid, a bunch of mario games, Kid Icarus, Zelda II, Tetris, Punch Out, and F-Zero. Kirby's in '92, and Star Fix in '93. That's a fair library of big hits. I'm feeling hopeful for the shape of our Nintendo partnership.

    Pokemon's not until 1998 though, which is too bad as it's the franchise I'm most nostalgic about.
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    ...You forgot the Original Legend of Zelda, which is so much better than Zelda II ever was.

    Fucking Death Mountain...How are you supposed to beat the fucking Mountain!!!
     
    Original Zelda is already out as of Feb. 1986, isn't it? I was mentioning upcoming games.
     
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