GeneralKnowledge

Good god, that's terrifying and awe inspiring.

Happy Halloween Cashoo. A big beep beep richie, red rum, do want to play a game, welcome to my nightmare, beetlejuice 3x, they're all gonna laugh at you, feeling very naughty, my lucky freinds, your mother <censored censoreds> in hell, good evening clarice, this is Halloween well wishes to you and heres hoping for more fabulous artwork.

Hope I gave you some inspiration for something, or at least a chuckle.

Caemgen, you don't like Freakazoid? I'm gonna smack you upside the head with a full can of macadamia nuts.

Wow, taking kids movies and turning them into stuff that'll look really cool and still psychologically torture me. Well done Cashoo. I don't know what "it" is, but you got it.

Gratz Cashoo on getting the comic deal. You truly are a deserving artist and I can say with all honesty that the moment I see one you worked on I will buy a copy immediately. Lots of luck in your new endeavors.

Steelclaw that is awesome. I just about blew gatorade/emergen-c all over my laptop.

Way to go Cashoo. Good for you to try something new, and I'm excited to see your Juicer Chief costume.

Has anyone in China seen my jaw? It seems to have dropped clear through the earth. That is freaking awesome. That is extremely well done and the attention to detail is astounding.

I'll be asleep. This college student hates to get up before 11 on a day off.

Good luck Cashoo, I'm rooting for you. I've done some performing in life and this is my strategy for dealing with stagefright. When you look out into the audience, imagine no is there watching you, the people, though they may be your peers in RL, are just mindless faces on stage. So break a leg and I really hope you win.

That truly is a great costume Cashoo. I'm definitely suggesting you enter the contest if you can. I'm going to give you a piece of my philosophy to help you decide. I probably stole this from some movie or something but it holds true for me.

"You can do it and try your best, or not do it and spend the rest of your life wondering what could have been."

Don't do it if you're extremely uncomfortable, but it will be a shame if you don't show it off.

Nice job on the costume Cashoo. You look sexy, evil, and mortifying all at the same time, very cool.

Thanks a lot EnnVee now I'm crying too.

I was going to postpone putting this thread in until later but earlier events have compelled me to do this sooner.

Disclaimer: This will be a long to semi long post with somewhat serious stuff so if you are looking for something else you might want to look elsewhere.

Greetings Players,
For those of you that don't know me my name is General Knowledge. I am here to tell a story and hopefully spread a message. I put this in the art section because it relates to people in this community. Anyway let me begin.

As a young child I was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder. This led to a very unhappy childhood and I had relatively no freinds throughout my childhood years. In June of 2007 my therapist reccomended I buy an MMO to help me out with my social problems and as an outlet for problems I have. I chose CoX and I began playing. It didn't really change anything, even when I transitioned form high school to college, until this January. That is when I joined the SG "Explicit Content" on the Pinnacle server.

For those of you that don't know, that is EnnVee's SG. I got to know her and began talking to her. At first it was casual chitchat but then I confessed to her that I was gay. This was at a time when hardly anyone knew I was and my parents did not fully accept. Telling Ennvee I was gay opened a door that needed to have been opened for a long time. She, and to an extent Barron, began talking to me about issues I was facing, like my parents not being accepting of me, and soon she took over a role in my life that needed to be filled, she became my RL mentor.

EnnVee began talking to me and helping me to overcome my RL problems. she did it in an unorthodox manner. She did not sugarcoat anything. EnnVee told me the truth sometimes despite how bad it may hurt because it was what I needed to hear. With her help I confronted my parents. I did not get them to believe that I was gay but they at least supposedly accept it. At the same time there were men at my college that I was interested in, however these were later found out to not be the kind of people I thought they were. I found out these things by EnnVee teaching me important lessons by setting me up to fail. I know this sounds sadistic but I learned things by failing with these people that I would've learned in a harder manner on my own, between my disorder and my naivety.

Things started to improve greatly for me. Over the summer EnnVee and Barron started helping me learn to stand up for myself and grow a backbone. Before her mentoring began I was a doormat and I would never stand up for myself or hold my ground. With her help I achieved a longtime goal of mine. With my transfer to the University of Colorado Denver Campus I will finally be moving out and away from my folks, which will most likely make my life a lot greater. Even in the forums a little while back she managed to reach into your hearts and get me a touching gift for my birthday when I couldn't afford art myself.

To this day EnnVee continues to listen to me when I have problems in any way shape or form. She doesn't always tell me something sugar coated and sweet but she tells me exactly what I need to hear. I know she may do this for all of her freinds but it means so much to me to have someone stepping in and filling in a place that has needed to be filled for years.

Her and "Explicit Content", and I know this is gonna sound real dorky, are some of the greatest freinds I have right now. The reason I post this now instead of when I was planning to is that tonight I had some help from her again and she helped me wake up and realize that life is hard and often people who you think are your freinds are really big jerks. A large circle of my RL freinds have sort of abandoned me and treated me badly when I've been going through these tough times. EnnVee and "Explicit Content" have stuck with me through al my problems and have never once thought less of me because of them.

I am trying to EnnVee back for all the help she has gven me (At this point I might as well be a permanent indentured servant based on what I owe her) she has done this all out of the kindness of her heart and now I am going to try to pay her back. I have asked an artist to do a free piece for her. This artist accepted but EnnVee will just have to wait and see how it turns out.

To everyone in the art community, there are many people like me. Young, naive, and troubled people who sometimes need a freind in difficult times. It doesn't matter if you met them online or they live down the street. Being a mentor can mean the world to people like me. So if you see someone having a hard time, open your heart.

Okay I rambled on long enough. To EnnVee, I thank you for everything you've done for me, and here's to hoping my story can inspire others.

General Knowledge reporting again. I am able to contact several paramilitary organizations that can be considered on our side. They have mentioned they are more than willing to provide troops for your operation. However, they are wondering what types of troopers do you prefer. Would you like those with traditional miltary training and equipment; various guns and devices? Or would you prefer those with advanced technology; such as energy and laser weapons or high tech battle armor? or are you looking for individuals with scientific or mutative ability enhancements.

Also, I have contacts to intelligence agencies that sometimes deal with things above even the U.N., NATO, and Interpol. They are asking if this operation will require undercover work of some kind. Would this kind of undercover work, potentially even as a mole, be necessary in Operation Blackout?

Requesting further intel from my bunker in the ruins of HeroStar studio 56.

General Arthur "Knowledge" Jefferson requesting further intel. What is known about the enemy's tactics? Are they operating under a guerilla warfare strategy or are they perhaps gearing up for a full frontal assault somewhere? Also what has command advised as the counter strategy for this operation? Will the tactics be a hit and run operation or might we be some kind of Black Ops maneuver? Will we be sneaking in to assasinate hig ranking officers? Will we just go in guns blazing? how will our forces be split up? Longbow, Vanguard, a few Midnighters and several Freedom Phalanx representatives are requesting I ask these questions.

(I can't believe I actually pulled off this much Roleplaying.)

CR that was awesome. Kinda made my night.

Oooo, I got a shiny new badge. In all seriousness this was an awesome event. I am a relatively new face here and it was a great way for me to get introduced to some of the other community members as well as get to know some of the ones I've met better. I look forward to new events eagerly.