sunday june 30th 2002 (last update: 3:00am)
Section Updates MIA List Five left... Atelier coupla decks! you know.. i GAVE eric a voltorb but did he use it? noooooooo. i gave him an exeggutor (well, not really, but i was GOING to) but did he use it? noooooo..... so... will you ever be subjected to my art on a card? i dunno. there's only six pokemon left and they're all odd shapes.... unlessssss... we could pull that rhydon gag again with the pokeball in place of rhydon. i mean, NO ONE would want to draw a RHYDON would they?! [eric pops his head into the update] might wanna make that five instead of six, heh. we just got some rhydon art. o_o' [eric] Project Z.E.O. is back with yet another card as the completion of their set draws closer and closer! This time around we have a new card based of the new type Crystal featuring the multi-purpose power user, Clefable! With artwork by Agent006 and attacks provided by Eric, here's tonight's card, enjoy!   Power of the sacred cystal...uh....power.....   Well, the MIA Listing is getting smaller and smaller, so if you haven't gotten around to sending in art, now would be a good idea to do so! There's only 5 Pokémon left, so get yo----" [ech shoves eric out of the way] ...yeah yeah... we know the drill. five pokemon left... one of them isn't rhydon, exeggutor or voltorb... get your art in... and so forth. well... just be forewarned eric that you haven't seen the last of ME!!!!! mwahahahaha---- [eric] ...of course not. i still have to give you the links for the last 5 cards. [ech] -_- ...you sure know how to spoil the mood eric. [eric] i try, heh. anyway, we also have a couple decks over in the atelier, which should pretty much clean up all the decks sent in now. gloom posted a couple new decks yesterday afternoon, so we are once again OUT OF DECKS! you of course can help rectifying you by sending us your broken decks so we can... well.. FIX them!
	quote of the day... "yes"

	saturday june 29th 2002 (last update: 12:30am)
Section Updates MIA List Six left... Atelier Two decks! Hey boys, girls, and assorted others, it's your Capital-Using buddy, Soslowpoke, here with some juicy information on League Promos, Pokemon 4 ever promos, and...       (Soslow notices that about 20 people have already stopped reading) Uh oh, shoulda saved HP Zeo til the end -_- Now onto the good stuff! Firstly, MT's stay with pure comes to an end today =(. But they did drop by the Pokemon Center yesterday and ya know what they said about the card-e promo? "Huh?" And do you know what they said after that? "Uhhh" And do you know what they said after that???? "Oooooooh, the ecard thingy. That's next month." So much for that =\ Now onto some thingys I happened to find... Secondly, I've got info on League Season 6 promos! Here we have a pic of Promo #47 which you can earn after 200 points, which is really 400 points, since you must earn the Mechanic Promo after you earn the Classic Promo, which requires 200 points, in which you must get your season license in order to be able to get 200 points to earn the Classic Promo from which then on you can earn the new promo after 200 points, which is really 400 points from the start which means... [Ech: Shut up and get on with it] whoops, got a bit giddy there, hehe... Hello Kitty!   Oooh and some of us (well just me) spotted an error in the attack. Psyshock is supposed to Paralyze, but according to DMTM, Wizards changed from Paralysis to Confusion. WAY TO GO WIZARDS!!! Anyways, since its a Psychic Pokemon, the Energy has to be... Eye See You!   And as for the Classic Promo, it is none other than Promo #5, Dragonite. Now hopefully i dont need to show you a pic of that...=\ Oh, and another note. Just because I'm giving you this info, does not by any means, mean that Marril is fired...Cause he's not! :D Now since I want you to read my WHOLE update, I'm gonna have now and then talk about the Pokemon 4 Ever promo... Here's just an update on promos for the HP League Season 1: Diffindo Season 2: Forest Troll Season 3: Hufflepuff Match Season 4: Unusual Pets Season 5: Moonseed Poison Season 6: Ollivanders (with new art, but not SHINY like the rest =\)   Now I don't have a pic of the Ollivanders for you now, but we may have one soon. Now back to Pokemon... Here's some nifty info Magmar2000 managed to find.. There will be a Celebi Card-e promo given out at theaters with admission to Pokemon 4 Ever. We speculate that this is the same one given out at Space World in Japan last summer. (But in English, duh) Don't believe me? See for yourself here.   So that's all you'll here from me tonight, I'll be gone all of next week while pure will be at Origins, if you happen to see her, say hi. As for me, I will be appearing at Worlds and GenCon, so maybe I will see you this summer! Now I'm gonna hand it back over to Ech to see if he has any info for you... Tonight's card is OMASTAR! Very early on in the set, before we started even making cards, I remember poinko wanted to to make a card of omastar that was named "I'M-A-STAH!" or something like that with the picture being omastar under lots of lights and wearing lots of makeup. Guess it never got made... but we have this very good one for you anyway! With attacks by yk2ar and nicely symmetrical art by andy light kai, here's omastar!   It'll pummel you to a pulp, prehistorically too!   and marril wants to remind everyone about the zeo online tournament today but uh, since i dont have all the details, i'll just direct you to the website instead :D your tournement awaits...
	quote of the day... "No."

	friday june 28th 2002 (last update: 1:30am)
Section Updates MIA List Six left... Atelier Update Two decks! FAQ Update Dont Rule it out hmm....well since i've been working all afternoon on stuff, i guess i'll do the update for tonight! (this is pure) mystery thing is visiting, he thinks it's really hot outside today. and he's right! that's why we're indoors using our ibooks. anyways....let's see what i have for you today. quite a bit, as a matter of fact....we have several section updates and some news type things as well. here we go! all right...i've made updates to both the pokemon worlds sections AND i have a nice set of information that marril put together for origins (which he sent me days ago and i just forgot about--sorry marril) so, if you're interested in what's going on at either of those events, go take a look! pokemon worlds origins info what else...oh! there are a slew of new strategy articles up on the wizards site...if you haven't read them already then run on over and take a look! mtm akimbo   and a lot of people are wondering about the card e promo over at the pokemon center....well, mt and i are heading over there tomorrow to go see what we can find out about it. we'll be back with info on that tomorrow night.     hmm...well we had the wotc chat tonight as well. lots of info about worlds, and a bit about card e...ah, go read it!! wotc chat report for 6/27   Well, the MIA Listing is getting smaller and smaller, so if you haven't gotten around to sending in art, now would be a good idea to do so! There's only 6 Pokémon left, so get your art in while you have a chance!!   O_o...i remember when poinko showed me the blanks he made for these.... fossil type omanyte! but, never fear! theres a translation!! 'using the most advanced language translators, along with the most learned professors of the language arts and hundreds of man hours worth of study, we have finally been able to crack the ancient writings engraved onto this large tablet discovered deep in the depths of the Ruins of Alph' 'Pokemon Power: Prehistoric Team-up - Omanyte's attack gains an additional 10 damage for each Pokemon in play with Omanyte in their names. This power stops working when Omanyte is affected by a Special Condition. [f] Shell Roll - 10 40 HP, weak to grass well there you have it! keen huh?
	quote of the day... there's nothing like a good temper tantrum to get people to start treating you like an adult, is what i always say.....

 

	thursday june 27th 2002 (last update: 1:30am)
Section Updates MIA List Six left... Atelier Update Send in DECKS! League! season 4 Project Z.E.O. is back with yet another card as the completion of their set draws closer and closer! This time around they give us that spiky pink thingy that is...uh....spikey....and...and its pink. Yeah. Anyway, its Corsola, the...uhm....spikey pink king of the sea, with art by Zeo Club Bouncer along with an attack graciously submitted by Purity, here's tonight's card, enjoy!   OW! What the heck, what'd I just step on?   Well, the MIA Listing is getting smaller and smaller, so if you haven't gotten around to sending in art, now would be a good idea to do so! There's only 6 Pokémon left, so get your art in while you have a chance!! wooooo!!!! its also been quite a while, but we have a LEAGUE UPDATE as well! its been kinda hard because both marril and i have lost our leagues recently, but due to the awe that is marril and his knack for getting things, we have a league update, which should be current up to season 5. if its not, we'll have one less marril on our hands come friday ;) the zeo league section that all thought was dead, but in actual fact it was just dormant due to not having the adequate resources to be able to update it.... the link.   thanks marril! and dont worry kids... the great marakuni isn't fired he's just on 'vacation'* ...yeah THATS it..... [fidgets] *disclaimer: marril is in no way shape or form fired. he is a valued member of the staff and under no circumstances is fired... this was just an update thread that seemed a tad funny at 4 am, but most likely is not, and shall have people panicking and worrying... please send any hate mail directly to me. :D and pure is entertaining house guests(-s) this weekend as she plays host and tour guide to mt who is spending a few days with her in new york.... [snarls] lucky mt getting to visit pure.... [random zeophyte #463] but ech.... you get to visit pu--- [ech snarls and eats the zeophyte]** **disclaimer: wow.... two in one night.... looks like i have a lot of claming that did to be dissed... or something like that. dont worry, no zeophytes were harmed in the making of this update... anguris on the other hand....
	quote of the day...*** ***disclaimer: this is not a real quote of the day. sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

	wednesday june 26th 2002 (last update: 3:30am)
Section Updates MIA List Six left... Atelier Update Send in DECKS! Worlds content update aha! see! what did i tell you!? last night we spent all night on the origins page and a while bunch of worlds stuff was released! its a never ending circle of... um.. information! so tonight we have a couple things. first off marril has done up a lost of events and times at worlds... much along the same lines as the origins one, but for worlds! did i confuse you yet? goooood :D how eventful and wotc has updated their site with a worlds faq too! we haven't had a chance to add this to our worlds page, but we will... in the mean time, check it out at wizards ask away! and for all you pokemon professors, dont forget to check your emailing list, because mtm sent out the call for volunteers for worlds!  okay... so here's something o forgot about last night. i KNEW there was something else, but alas, i forgot about it... its a scan from the latest nintendo power, and its also an indicator about the new card-e set! too big to imbed ;)   so it seems as tho when you purchase something at the pokemon center or pokemoncenter.com you get an ecard promo (yes yes... i know its card-e.. but i've been calling it ecard for 18 months now! its hard to switch! it really is! <sniff>) so then, you get a card-e promo... unfortunately we dont know WHAT the card-e promo is at this time, as our sources didn't know either... [¬_¬ @ sources] but hopefully pure can get one by going to the center this week.... of course since mt is visiting pure that means that he'd get one too.. and then he could like hold it over me... well.. kinda. i mean he's almost as tall as i am.... so yeah he could hold it over me, but i could reach up and take it.... what were we talking about again? @_@
	quote of the day... "so its like osx without the increased stability!" "well.. if you add all these programs to make it LOOK like osx, you'll actually get REDUCED stability... eh.. heh... um yeah."

	tuesday june 25th 2002 (last update: 5:30am)
Section Updates MIA List Six left... Atelier Update Send in DECKS! Origins! content update American Promos mmm... promoy.. [whimpers] ....how'd it get so late... @_@ lets start off with project zeo before i forget... Tonight from project zeo we have exeggcute! I was reading through the pokedex entries for this pokemon, and it said that they weren't really eggs and even though they're cracked, their contents don't spill out. What I wanna know is what they ARE and what contents ARE they holding inside of them? O_o. Anyway, with art by Graceful Dragonair and attacks by Kyle Havens, here's exeggcute!! *giggles at the sign in the background of the art*   alrighty then... moving on to other content. we have a quick update of the american promo section, including scans up to scyther and grass energy.... we'd have scyther and electric energy but unfortunately my league has stopped getting in kits and marril's league has unfortunately suffered a much worse fate.... anyway, we're working on getting those and they should hopefully have nice scans associated with them soon! also, the league pages will be updated tomorrow with all the information that we can get up there, considering like i said before our leagues are kinda... well... yeah. :/ check back for that tomorrow. all the promo goodness!   and we also have a fairly major update to the origins page as well. the other night it was worlds, tonight origins, tomorrow, probably worlds again (cause i have more info that we need to put up ^_^') today's update of the page includes the full lists, prices, restrictions and descriptions of all the events taking place at origins, so you can better plan your time. Man... the team play winners get a TROPHY here whilst they just get product at worlds... <sniff> i wanted a trophy..... originating from ohio
	things to do today... 1. get a grip 2. hang in there!

	monday june 24th 2002 (last update: 3:15am)
Section Updates MIA List Six left... Atelier Update Send in DECKS! Sidebar updated sidebar Card Blanks more trainers! Tonight's project zeo card is hypno! There were about 4 different pictures we received for this card that I can think of off the top of my head, but I guess meriadoc was the lucky chosen one! This is the pokemon that has the pendulum that rocks back and forth constantly, making people sleepy all around him. With art by Meriadoc and attacks by y2kar, here's Hypno! The pokemon that keeps on ticking... (wonder how many people will get THAT joke O_o) so i guess the big update today would be the trainer blanks... its also kind of a preview of more things to come in the way of trainers. <sniff> poor things always seem to be forgotten, but never fear, soon there will be LOTS of trainers for everyone, both regular and ecard style. marril has graciously updated the trainer section to include a couple new styled ecard trainers as well... so be on the lookout for more! training session and in case you missed it, the sidebar has gotten a slight overhaul in looks, but a major revision in content. now there should be links to all the blank archives we have (barring a few we still need to work out) and is also better organized by origin (either american or japanese) there's still a couple things that need to be updated so we might do a bit of sidebar tweaking, but this is pretty much going to be the sidebar for a while, so get used to it ;)
	quote of the day: what?! no!!!! i didn't mean that! no one is going to eat you!

	sunday june 23rd 2002 (last update: whenech:uploads@am)
Section Updates MIA List Six left... posted by eric Atelier Update Twelve Deck Fixes posted by gloom Main Archive 19th - 22nd Hey everyone! Its that weird guy from Fake Card 911 marakuni, er marril2k here... um, I guess I am updating [looks over to ech hiding in the shadows]... Content.... uh... Well this coming weekend, Zeo Online Tournaments will be holding the first event of the 2002 season... it will feature a fun format called Zeo Modified, where you can only use cards printed by wizards sets: Team Rocket, Gym: Heroes, Gym: Challenge, Neo Genesis, Neo Discovery, Neo Revelation, Neo Destiny, Legendary Collection, Southern Islands, and "Promo Star". You can also use cards from the Zeo sets: Tomodaichigai, Zeo Edition (but no jumbos or the promo marked ones). Usually these events are really fun. If you are interested in learning more about Zeo Online Tournaments or have some questions, you can check out the website PKMNX and I set up over here! Also Zeo Online Tournaments is a bit more interactive where the fans and players get to create the fake card that will be given away all through out the 2002 season, through a series of online web polls (kind of like wizards magic's you make the card). Currently the poll is at question 3, where you can submit abilities for the card. If you're interested in helping create this card, you can... Vote Now! To all those who use the zeo forums, admins Ech, Pure, and Ang updated the forum rules, and it is suggested that you read and know these rules very well, for they maybe enforced in the near future. So why wait, get to know them now! Forumness Update! It seems eric has another project zeo card here today, here is what he has to say... Erics (12:20:36 AM): We have a brand new card from those crazy guys over at Project Z.E.O., this time around we got the spikey-headed, poison-injecting evolution of Nidoran(m), Nidorino! With artwork by Graceful Dragonair, and attacks by Kenjishiya, here's tonight's card, enjoy! I'm gonna be a king! My future's so bright I gotta wear shades! Hey, there's only a few MIA List Pokemon left, so get on over and check out which ones are left and do them to get your art posted! Not much time left!! Erics(12:20:46 AM): Oops... Hmm... That seems to be it, sorry for this very boring update... I admit I am better at things like misc. projects and blanking, oh well. Hmm how about a preview of something I am working on? Nothing big really, but I will actually update the League Zeo section. I just need to locate the disk with the files on it >_<. Other then that, its back to blank requests, have a good day everyone! [ech pops back in to finish the update] just got one teensy little amendment to the update... we have a great article from magmar2000 about worlds! er.... not so much about worlds but about seattle, which of course is where worlds is being held. mags of course lives in seattle and he whipped up a first hand guide to seattle attractions! thanks mags! seattle from a seattlian's point of view
	movie quote of the day: can you name which movie? "Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony."

 

	saturday june 22nd 2002 (last update: 1:00am)
Section Updates MIA List 10 or so posted by eric Atelier SEND IN DECKS! well for the first part of today's update we have a pair of cards for you! one from project zeo and the other from gym: islands! then later on we're going to be updating the atelier with a TON of new decks, and we're also working on updating some of the other pages, including more information on worlds and the surrounding area so for now, sit back and enjoy the cards, and if we're able to we'll have a midday update... if not, we'll see you all tomorrow!   Hey, here comes Project ZEO with a new card! This time around they give us the sleep-inducing dream eater that made Misty a Seel, Drowzee! With artwork and attacks submitted by SoSlowpoke, here's tonight's card, enjoy!   Look into my eyes, you're getting hungry...err....sleeeeeeeeepy!   Don't forget to check out the MIA Listing! There's only a handful of Pokemon left, so hurry up and get your art in now before it's too late! That Wacky Orange Islands Staff is at it again! This time with the creepy ghoul owned by Drake, GENGAR! Not only that, but its on a sweet as a newly pounced kitten, Darkness Blank! Don't believe me? Click the link! Then you'll feel mighty foolish, since I was right, and you were wrong. This is outta control.   END TRANSMISSION
	quote commercial of the day: "but i thought a paradox was two doctors!"

	friday june 20th 2002 (last update: 1:00am)
Section Updates MIA List 10 or so posted by eric Atelier SEND IN DECKS! World Pages huge section update! posted by pure wow do we have cool updates for you today, i'll tell you what! first up we have this week's wotc chat. really not a whole lot happened this week cause poor pat was there all alone while the mikes were out frolicking in the seattle sun... or something like that. anyway, pa was alone and he did a great job of answering questions while he could, until the customer service phones got the better of him... poor lonely pat...   second off we have a text spoiler of the new harry potter set for all you potter fans out there! thanks so much to so slow poke and marril for putting in the time to type these out and convert them into a nice html format fluffy? you named it fluffy/! and then as you can see in the section update bar at the top, we have a huge update to the world championship pages. pure spent a long time pouring over guidebooks, scanning images and getting touristy information to be able to update these. now added is more tournament info, area maps, event info, lodging, and attractions... with much more to come too! if you are planning on going to worlds, (or even if youre NOT and you are planning to plan to go) then check out the new and improved world championship pages! the space needle is still orange!
	quote commercial of the day: "here! you can all have olives! olives for everyone!"

	thursday june 20th 2002 (last update: 1:00am)
Section Updates MIA List 10 or so posted by eric Atelier SEND IN DECKS! Hey zeo'ers, tonight's card is raticate! This is one weird rat... it has teeth that never stop growing and it supposedly have webbed feet too? Looks rabid too by some pictures I've seen. Ah well, with attacks by Phoenix Khadgar and art by Pikazap, here's raticate! lab rat! hurry up and get your art in! we dont need many more... we are now down to the cards of the misfit pokes.... see, you all thought project zeo was about creating the first fan based fake card set... but noooooo.. its really to find out which pokemon is the MOST HATED! the finalists are spearow, nidorino, ponyta, drowzee, hypno, exeggcute, rhyhorn, rhydon, omastar, and granbull... wooooo! go rhydon! and look at this! we have an update to the BLANKS archive! been quite a while and i admit that i have had these files for quite a long time, just never got around to finishing up the html for them... ^_^' sorry eric. anyway, today we have MULTIBABY blanks! so uh... what are those? basically, its a baby pokemon that evolves into more than one... ala tyrogue. right now tyrogue is the only OFFICIAL baby that evolves into a few things, but that doesn't mean it WILL be the only one, nor does it have to! eric made us up some multiple evo blanks a while ago, and i finally got around to posting them. there are two types... two evos and three evo, and they come in every type so choose your poison... or water! hahaha... ok, so that wasn't funny. :P thanks to marril and eric for getting these blanks up. MULTIBALL!!!!.... i mean baby
	nostalgic 80's commercial of the day: "didja see the latest nintendo newsletter?" "WOAH! NICE GRAPHICS! Id like to get my hands on that game!..." "you mean you haven't played it yet? we can play it on my nintendo entertainment system™!" [cue rap montage] "its the legend of zelda and its really rad! and those creatures from gannon are pretty bad..."

	wednesday june 19th 2002 (last update: 3:00am)
Section Updates MIA List 10 or so posted by eric Atelier SEND IN DECKS! Main Archive June 9-18 sorry for the update scrambling....ftp's been screwy lately. :O alright..... well, the world of pokemon seemed slow yesterday, and i was working on a few site related things, but nothing major or too terribly exciting. ;) pure is getting ready for visitors, origins, more visitors, visiting, and then worlds... so needless to say, shes kinda really busy too. hmm.... surprisingly we have very few decks in the deck boxe@ i mean the world finals are like a month and a half away, dont you want your decks tweaked and maxed out? send them in.... any format will do. unlimited for the professor championships or neo modified for the world finals. send them in and get them out! (dont ask... it kinda sounded good in my head, ok?) Project Z.E.O. has another card for you to check out, this time around we got the diamond-hoofed horse with the blazing mane of red, Ponyta! With artwork by Mewsie and attacks provided by Duisuke, here's tonights card, enjoy! Burning up the open range.... Well, the MIA Listing is getting smaller and smaller, so if you haven't gotten around to sending in art, now would be a good idea to do so! There's a handful of Pokémon left, so get your art in while you can!!
	quote of the day: "i got a ham at wal-mart today... right there between the shampoo and lawn mowers is there anything that store DOESNT sell?"

	tuesday june 18th 2002 (last update: 3:00am)
Section Updates MIA List 12 or so posted by eric Atelier SEND IN DECKS! ok well ech is forcing me to update... [editorialization] oh i am not FORCING you... i just STRONGLY suggested....[/editorialization] so let's see what we have for tonight... i could put what eric wants me to say: There's that wacky Project Z.E.O. team back with another card for you to check out. This time they send us the chopping-kicking-boxing Pokémon who tends to open up a big ol' can of whoopa.....err....Machop! With art by Agent006, and attacks by that sneaky Mewtwo, here's tonight's card, enjoy! He's here to pump (CLAP) you up! Well, the MIA Listing is getting smaller and smaller, so if you haven't gotten around to sending in art, now would be a good idea to do so! There's a handful of Pokémon left, so get your art in while you can!! but i don't like him because i sent in my great machoke i made in mspaint but he didn't use it, [editorialization] you know... eric didn't use my psychopathic voltorb either.... OR my deranged exeggutor.... -_- [/editorialization] hrmpph, so i won't say what he wanted me to say because i don't like him because he didn't use my great machoke art. so then we'll just cross out eric...   There's that wacky Project Z.E.O. team back with another card for you to check out. This time they send us the chopping-kicking-boxing Pokémon who tends to open up a big ol' can of whoopa.....err....Machop! With art by Agent006, and attacks by that sneaky Mewtwo, here's tonight's card, enjoy! He's here to pump (CLAP) you up! Well, the MIA Listing is getting smaller and smaller, so if you haven't gotten around to sending in art, now would be a good idea to do so! There's a handful of Pokémon left, so get your art in while you can!!   anyway... moving right along here... we have a little surprise from mr. miles mcstyles dephyles prower IV here for you! shake what your mama gave you!! umm... ok.. let's see... it's time for storytime! gather 'round the fire, children, while granny phatgnome tells you a story... there once was an enchilada who liked to eat cheese whiz and look at pictures of naked mole rats. he had a friend named captain wombat. the enchilada had a girlfriend named cindy. cindy liked to eat creamy cauliflower soup and garbanzo beans. one day, the enchilada, cindy, and captain wombat ate a kosher almond joy and their intestines exploded and then died and then a young japanese pre-teen stabbed himself in the stomach with a sock and died, too. then satan laughed and gwen stephani ate a llama's eyebrows. the end. wasn't that fun! [crowd throws phat into the fire] [editorialization] O_o' [/editorialization]
	quote of the day: "I have a 1980 Ford Derriere!"

	monday june 17th 2002 (last update: 3:00am)
Section Updates MIA List 12 or so posted by eric Atelier SEND IN DECKS! well... its about time but we finally got the wotc chat all finished and uploaded for youre viewing pleasure. lots of questions involving worlds and team play, and now they are all archive for easy reference in our WotC chat section! Tonight's card is staryu! Wanna know why staryu and starmie are supposedly part psychic? Well, if they weren't, the wouldn't be able to move around AT ALL. No fins or anything... So much for that. With art by Mini Mech and attacks by Mr. Anguris Neo and Mr. Pixel XP, here's staryu! Black & Decker Star Saw; Product Number 94958A90B
	quote of the day: "It's a funny thing about skulls... they can get hit hard with something and endure just fine... but when someone is noogieing you, they have much more trouble..."

	sunday june 16th 2002 (last update: 4:00am)
Section Updates MIA List 12 or so posted by eric Atelier SEND IN DECKS! o_o' halfway though june already?! man!!!! well.. they're more powerful than a tamagotchi... more collectable than a beanie baby.... more adorable than a pokemon... they are.... MICROPETS and they are coming soon to a store near you. NEW YORK, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- TOMY Corporation, a global leader in the toy industry and the toy creators of the worldwide phenomenon, Pokemon, is today unveiling the next "must have" toy collectible, MicroPets(TM), with the help of celebrity Verne Troyer, best known as Dr. Evil's sidekick in the popular Austin Powers flicks. Troyer, who stands at 2'8", has made a successful career as a stunt double and character actor in such films as Baby's Day Out, Jingle all the Way, Men In Black and as the infamous 'Mini-Me' in Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me. Troyer will be at Toys "R" Us Time Square to help debut MicroPets, a new toy frenzy emerging from a fantastic island in Micronesia! Starting today, MicroPets will be available exclusively at select Toys "R" Us stores in the New York and New Jersey area through August 1, when they will be available at retail outlets nationwide. "I am honored to have the chance to work with TOMY for the launch of MicroPets and to be crowned "King of Micronesia," the mythical island where these cute MicroPets are from," says Verne Troyer. MicroPets, the world's smallest robotic pet, are poised to revolutionize micro-entertainment with their perfect combination of trends and technology. MicroPets have advanced functionality exceeding that of the Tamagotchi, the collectible flair of the lovable Beanie Babies, yet stand only an inch and a half tall and fit into the palm of your hand. MicroPets will be sold in stores nationwide after August 1st (retailing for $7.99 each). Pre-programmed with nearly 20 hi-tech features, MicroPets respond to voice commands. The secret of their intelligence is TOMY's "Magic Voice Response System", which includes functions such as walking, running, zig-zagging, singing, and fire-breathing. Geared for ages five and up, MicroPets are ready to use straight from the package with batteries included and no programming involved. A simple touch on the top of a MicroPets' head will 'turn it on' and it will begin speaking. The pet will acknowledge any voice by blinking its eyes, then obeying the subsequent programmed command. "We are extremely excited about the launch of this product, which will occur simultaneously in North America, Europe and Japan," said Lon Ross, Director of Marketing for TOMY. "There hasn't really been a true toy phenomenon in the past few years, especially at a price point that is affordable to everyone, and we are looking forward to filling this void with MicroPets. To pack this much technology, entertainment and value into a really cool toy that fits into the palm of your hand is remarkable." Who Are the MicroPets? The first MicroPets collection includes dogs, cats, bears, bush monsters, and mountain monsters - all of which come from an island in Micronesia. Each has their own unique quirks, characteristics and personality, derived from their habitats on the island. A microcosm of the world, Micronesia encompasses every environment, climate and terrain imaginable - from tropical rainforests and volcanoes to polar ice and metropolitan cities. The MicroPets family includes two dogs - Moshi and Siren; two cats - Coco and Chumsley; two bears - Kuma and Bongo; two bush monsters - Bob and Kuda; and two mountain monsters - Sumo and Yuk. Each MicroPet is indigenous to a specific area of the island, which is reflected in their personality and living environment. Log onto http://www.micro-pets.com for pet personality profiles, games, clues and promotions. anyway, pure was able to pick some up at toys r us yesterday and although she didn't get much chance to play with them, she really really liked them. she got a mountain monster named sumo for herself and she got me a dog named moshi or something... pure's sumo... shown actual size, maybe... kinda.... not really... and just an expedition update here... ok, expedition was the ORIGINAL name for sent that includes vending cards and new cards... but now its been changed and expedition is currently nameless and pokemon card-e is now called.... EXPEDITION! didn't see that one coming, eh? ;) anyway, expedition (ecard) is debuting this august at the pokemon world championships, and then the 'expansion set formerly known as expedition' will be released later this year (hopefully). of course we'll get more information on both of these as we need. oh.. and as for the wotc chat... i'm working on it. i'm just not as good at it as pure is ^_^' it should be up tomorrow i hope a card? what do we have cardwise tonight. hmm... project zeo is still in need of some art, but we'll post this card of poinkos (since he's not actually here to tell me not to then its ok, right? ;) feel a buzz and just remember, there aren't that many project zeo cards left, and this might be the last chance you get to submit to be on the site, so hurry!
	facts of the day: 1. Ninjas are mammals. 2. Ninjas fight ALL the time. 3. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people

	saturday june 15th 2002 (last update: 4:00am)
Section Updates MIA List 12 or so posted by eric Atelier no update posted by nova hmmm... what do we have in our magical bag of updates.... how about we tart off with the zeo project, project zeo card.... Hey, here comes Project Z.E.O., and look, they got a new card for your viewing pleasure! This time we got the spikey-headed upstream swimmer who was once the queen of the deep, and is now the king of the currents! Tonight's card is Seaking, with art by AndyLightKai and attacks by TKPatamon, enjoy! He's the king of the sea, oh yeah, oh yeah, get funky now.... Hey, be sure to check out the M.I.A. Listing! The number of Pokémon are slimming down bigtime, so get your art in there while you can! so then... what else do we have? we have contests! we have twos! we have.... [thinks] well, mainly we have just contests and toys, but they are GOOD contests, and GOOD toys... if you haven't been to the pokemon center website yet, now is a good time to start going. they are holding a contest now and the grand prize is a $250 online shopping spree @ pokemoncenter.com and you asl have chances to win copies of gba and crystal. all you have to do... COLOR the pokemon. yup, just color them and send them in. try and use some unique style or something but color color color... color now! (or colour for you canadians/britons) dont know how to color? not a problem! a while ago pure made a really great coloring tutorial. if you haven't checked it out, now might be a great time, and even if you have, you can brush up on technique! and finally we have some cool new toys based around the fifth movie! here's that cool airidoas and espeon that the new deceptively evil antagonists use... complete with SWAK pokeballs... (no skeletal kaubtops tho :() and then we have ratesou and ratisou plush toys!!! yaaaay! now.. if they had keckleon THEN we'd be in business.... :D
	quote of the day: ive gotten a tolerance to scary music because i have played all the recent sonic games

	friday june 14th 2002 (last update: 12:30am)
Section Updates MIA List 12 or so posted by eric Atelier no update posted by nova hey there, tonight we don't have too much, but we DO have two challenge reports from the san diego challenge! first up is firefighter, who got to play in the professor events,a and then one from soslowpoke, who was able to play in the main events.... both had different experiences, and be sure to check them out! joe's wcsc report ssp's wcsc report and dont forget, if you managed to go to the even,t write us up a report and we can post it for everyone to see! hmmm... looks like next up is origins, next month in ohio. now THAT will be a blast. first sanctioned team play! :D better start practicing!
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	thursday june 13th 2002 (last update: 3:30am)
Section Updates MIA List 12 or so posted by eric Atelier DECKS! posted by nova hey! we have an atelier update! woooo! and its by nova too... eh heh heh... um yeah... apparently nova was all ready to update like weeks ago, but the password i gave him wouldn't work to upload the files, and then i kinda forgot to give him a new one (i thought i did! i swear!) so instead of slacking off he was just unable to do it! ^_^" hmmmm... so what do we have for news today.... soslowpoke has some info from san diego for us.... straight from the san diego stadium. unfortunately he doesn't have write-up yet, but he said tomorrow! so we'll wait with bated breath. also, if anyone else has event write-ups from san diego or any other gym challenge, we would be glad to have them! just send them our way so as for the news he says that there will be as one of the side events at worlds... an ECARD prerelease! how cool would THAT be! lets see... also, apparently the holo energy will be released as promos next year as well, and there will be more promos, but harder to get... hmmmm.... the next league promos are mew for psychic, articuno for water, and snorlax for colorless.... also, just remember, while this sounds really great, none of it is OFFICIAL yet. until it comes from the master trainer's keyboards, and it posted on wizards, its NOT official... so yeah, you can't come back at us in two months and say that there was no ecard pr event at worlds ;) as much as you might want to... you cant :D
	quote of the day: "isnt pumice sheeps stomach or something?" "that's Haggis... pumice is a volcanic rock."

 

	wednesday june 12th 2002 (last update: 3:30am)
well.... here it is right from pure's new keyboard... she really say it best... or at least better than i can. :) well... i did a lot of thinking last night about what i was going to do. macworld was coming up... maybe get a new machine...<sniff> vash pointed out really sensibly that the problem with waiting a month is the possible further corruption of the hard drive... if i wanted to save the data, i needed to move it soon. it made sense.. it's just... i guess i was still in denial. anyways, vash also had the brilliant idea of calling the insurance company. my ibook was insured as part of the apartment contents, so he did the calling ( i hate talking on the phone) and found out that accidental damage was covered. :O i'd have never thought to do that... usually insurance companies never want to actually give you money. so.... i have to stop in the middle here and just say vash has been great through all of this. he went with me to tekserve in the beginning, and he was the voice of reason afterwards. today he carried the graphite in to tekserve, where he arranged for a data transfer to a new one... 14" 700 mhz, 30 gb hard drive. he left his number there, and went to collect it when it was done.... then he brought me the new one. (the graphite is sitting in his office right now) so.... 99% due to vash and 1% to the insurance company, i'm posting on the new generation. it's pretty, and osx is really cool, but it will be a while before it feels like 'my' ibook. there's some things i'm never going to stop missing about the graphite. hopefully with luck and some new parts, it will start up again someday. a bunch of you emailed me, and posted here... i just want to say thanks. it was kind of upsetting. nothing like losing a person or a pet, but it was really hard. thanks vash, without whom it wouldn't have been replaced, and ech for his support and that really nice ibook eulogy on zeo. give me a few days to get back into the swing of things with this one... thanks again, everyone pure ...so i guess that kinda sums it up..... the ibook is dead.... long live the ibook! [evil echian grin] ....now i just have to figure out how to get myself a good computer.... well, not only did pure go to tekserve on monday, she also went to the pokemon center, and lo and behold, they have MORE new stuff! :D this time they have those really cool card binders from japan (ok.. i admit, i kinda lost the info pure gave me, so this is from memory... i am PRETTY sure that pure said it was the card binders.. it MIGHT have been boxes.. or both... unfortunately my computer crashed without saving and it was too late to get it again... so yeah... if its NOT the right thing, the blame goes here. :D) anyway, i kinda think this is good cause we're getting a LOT of japanese only merchandise... now if only we could get that cute keckleon plush and pvc.... :D and just when you thought that it was safe t put away your collecting binders cause lc is on the shelves.... we have info on another new set! now this is distributor information, so it might not be 100% accurate, but generally it is fairly, and i'm pretty sure that this will end up being the next set.