The Shrike vs. pokeWorld

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-16 12:29am

The Lord of Pain comes to the land of puke-em-on and starts killing the rodents. Can the little critters fight back, or do they get impaled on the Tree of Thorns?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-16 12:30am

A TREE? I have no idea what the Shrike is, but electricty and fire can get rid of that easy enough...

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-16 12:34am

Can you explain a bit about these Shrikes?

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-16 01:38am

It's not Shrikes, it's the Shrike. There is only one Shrike. Basically a 3 meter tall guy that was created by the UI (Ultimate Intelligence) contolls time, and basically is one bad-ass son of a bitch. He os covered completely by black chromed thorns/spikes/you name it. In the books, he took care of thousands of troops stationed on a planet (Hyperionverse troops, mind you). Potentially he could wipe out the Human race or any other race short of Culture level for that matter.

As for the Tree of Thorns, here's a quote from the book:

The tree was larger than the valley, taller than the mountains the pilgrims had crossed; its upper branches seemed to reach into space. The tree was steel and chrome, and its branches were thorns and nettles. Human beings struggled and wriggled on those thorns, thousands and tens of thousands....They were bodies not souls or other abstracts, and they obviously had been suffering the agoinies of the pain-wracked living.

The Fall of Hyperion, p.172.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-16 01:52am

Elctricity + water. I fit's mechanical.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-16 03:28am

verilon wrote:Elctricity + water. I fit's mechanical.

Not mechanical. Alive (as in living)

And, 1) The shrike is capable of turning a human into a series of shreds of flesh scattered around a large area in a few seconds.

2) he has a nasty habit of appearing right behind the victim. the critter would not be able to do anything.

3)has another nasty habit of jumping backwards in time to a point just befor the attack.

Pukes are dead.

have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-16 03:44am

Psychics to disable it, Ice to freeze it, and then electric to kill it.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-16 04:24am

verilon wrote:Psychics to disable it, Ice to freeze it, and then electric to kill it.

Actually, I don't think that all of the powers of the pokeys on the planet will be sufficient to even bother the Shrike. I mean he was hit by a FORCE assault rifle beam which TURNED THE SAND UNDER HIM INTO GLASS and wasn't hurt.

have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-16 04:41am

fgalkin wrote:
verilon wrote:Psychics to disable it, Ice to freeze it, and then electric to kill it.
Actually, I don't think that all of the powers of the pokeys on the planet will be sufficient to even bother the Shrike. I mean he was hit by a FORCE assault rifle beam which TURNED THE SAND UNDER HIM INTO GLASS and wasn't hurt.

have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Well, I dunno what to say.....could he be melted? It seems unlikely. But then, there are god only knows how many pokemon. Who could say for sure?

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-16 04:47am

The Shrike was creatied by the Ultimate intelligence. He is almost invincible. And I mean invincible. It would probably take something along Planet killing power to hurt him, but I'm not sure about this. We do know that he is uber, and would simply chop up all the pokemon before they can even blink (not an exageration).

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-16 04:48am

fgalkin wrote:The Shrike was creatied by the Ultimate intelligence. He is almost invincible. And I mean invincible. It would probably take something along Planet killing power to hurt him, but I'm not sure about this. We do know that he is uber, and would simply chop up all the pokemon before they can even blink (not an exageration).

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

COULD. Let us not forget the ones with supersonic, and the diggers.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-16 04:52am

verilon wrote:
fgalkin wrote:The Shrike was creatied by the Ultimate intelligence. He is almost invincible. And I mean invincible. It would probably take something along Planet killing power to hurt him, but I'm not sure about this. We do know that he is uber, and would simply chop up all the pokemon before they can even blink (not an exageration).

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
COULD. Let us not forget the ones with supersonic, and the diggers.

Let's not forget the Shrike's ability to pause time and to time-travel.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-16 04:57am

fgalkin wrote:
verilon wrote:
fgalkin wrote:The Shrike was creatied by the Ultimate intelligence. He is almost invincible. And I mean invincible. It would probably take something along Planet killing power to hurt him, but I'm not sure about this. We do know that he is uber, and would simply chop up all the pokemon before they can even blink (not an exageration).

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
COULD. Let us not forget the ones with supersonic, and the diggers.
Let's not forget the Shrike's ability to pause time and to time-travel.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

True, but who knows what could happen....

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-16 05:08am

verilon wrote:
fgalkin wrote:
verilon wrote: COULD. Let us not forget the ones with supersonic, and the diggers.
Let's not forget the Shrike's ability to pause time and to time-travel.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
True, but who knows what could happen....

What can happen?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2002-11-16 05:13am

The creator of Pokemon could make an unholy alliance with Akira Toriyama, and bring in the overpowered fuckwits from DBZ in an attempt to save his ass. Personally, I'd still be rooting for the Shrike

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-16 05:24am

The two UIs get involved.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2002-11-16 05:27am

If it involves the death of saiyajins, then the day is always nice.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-16 05:30am

consequences wrote:If it involves the death of saiyajins, then the day is always nice.

Aaah. A fellow anime hater. Welcome to the club.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

btw, post 400. Only 100 more to go to Jedi Knight and a custom title.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-16 05:32am

*kicks both of you*

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-16 05:35am

verilon wrote:*kicks both of you*

meet my favorite smiley:

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-16 05:36am

fgalkin wrote:
verilon wrote:*kicks both of you*
meet my favorite smiley:

I would let you meet my favorite smiley, but the radiation'd kill us all.

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2002-11-16 05:45am

I love anime.
DBZ is not anime, it is uncreative drivel. It is incredibly repetitive and idiotic macho posturing. It is the most obnoxious portrayal of the supposedly inevitable victory of brute strength over intelligence, creativity, skill, and common sense that I have ever encountered. Anyone with a working brain and a tenth of the energy being thrown around by the Down's Syndrome Rejects that comprise the main cast could rip them all apart, but the writer makes it so that only overwhelming power works, no matter how contrived he must make the situation.
BTW, anyone who wants to argue the supposed intelligence of the cast with me can do so, I won't be online for the next few days, but I look forward to your unjustifiable assumptions and inability to see the truth when it is used to bludgeon you repeatedly.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-16 05:46am

verilon wrote:
fgalkin wrote:
verilon wrote:*kicks both of you*
meet my favorite smiley:

I would let you meet my favorite smiley, but the radiation'd kill us all.

Like this?

have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-16 05:48am

No, all of us.

And consequences: the only one on DBZ with any sort of intelligence are Gohan and Piccolo. And it is technically anime. But only technically. Otherwise, it can be ocnsidered crap. Although, I must say I do enjoy people beating the shit out of each other...

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2002-11-16 05:54am

Gohan lost his claim to intelligence when he failed to train effectively for at least 6 years, and then let himself get absorbed by the same attack that did for Gotenks. Can't really argue about Piccolo's actions during the series, just some of the things he didn't do.
Personally, I would have said that the only person with a clue was Future Trunks, but that's because I'm a fan of anyone whose first instinct is to obliterate the enemy as quickly as possible.
I like people beating the shit out of each other too, but the stupidity I have seen recently on Cartoon Network just kicked me over the rage threshold on DBZ.