sábado 31 de mayo de 2008

WTF~! Costa Rica Suspected of Having Bananas of Mass Destruction

Costa Rica Suspected of Having Bananas of Mass Destruction

The US announced today it will be invading Costa Rica based on evidence that the central American country is in possession of bananas of mass destruction.

Presidential military advisor Tisiki the squirrel monkey stood by President Bush for the first time in public at today's' press conference as the announcement was made. Democrats are outraged at the announcement and say there is no proof that there are any bananas of mass destruction, Tisiki is just homesick for the place of his birth and has persuaded Bush to go along with his plan by telling him that bananas are a good source of potassium and are easy to digest.

President Bush says that bananas of mass destruction may already be in the US. He is encouraging all citizens to report suspect bananas to the FBI. Some grocery stores in California have gone so far as to cordon off entire fruit and vegetable sections. Homeland security has called for a red banana alert in some states.



The American military says it is not prepared to invade now as conventional military equipment is of little use against bananas. The sheer number of conventional bananas in the country makes the task of finding BOMD painstaking and dangerous. Large numbers of military cooks familiar with bananas have received special training as bomb squad experts to deactivate the alleged bananas, even so it is anticipated to be slow going.

Military leaders are wary of entering into another long drawn-out war with no hope of victory. Soldiers training for the mission in simulated jungle situations have suffered serious back and head injuries due to slipping on waste banana skins. Crampons have been tried with some success however soldiers under cover have been found to snicker at remaining pratfalls exposing them to enemy fire. Training manuals have been prepared based on the work of Jonathan Swift and James Thurber to elevate the comic sensibilities of recruits and avoid unwanted laughter. Field testing has shown soldiers to fall asleep while reading the manuals and snore loudly drawing more enemy fire than sniggering. Potentially many soldiers could be lost.

Residents of Costa Rica have grown brazen with the news. Large rallies have been reported outside of the cathedral in the capital of San Jose with crowds raising bananas over their head in defiance shouting "We know we cannot win, but America will lose".

Author David Hawkins says that Bush and Tisiki are not being honest with the American people. "The invasion is really about securing a steady supply of bananas, America is addicted to low cost bananas."

Lo leí aquí: http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=21858

viernes 30 de mayo de 2008

The Rider Who Owns the Astral Fire

Si ya se que faltan 2 días para el concurso....pero se me ocurren cartas...que puedo hacer.

Astral Fire

Enchantment - Aura Eldritch (U)

(You can't play more than one Eldritch spell each turn.)

Evoke (You may play this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it comes into play.)

Roll a six-sided die.
When Astral Fire comes into play, it deals X damage to target creature, where X is the rolled number.
Enchanted creature gets +X/+X, where X is the rolled number.


**** y el "compa" ***



Astral Rider

Creature - Wizard Knight (R)

Provoke (When this attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)

: Astral Rider is unblockable until end of turn.
: Remove Astral Rider from the game, return it to its owner's hand at end of turn. You may play this ability if Astral Rider is in your hand.

5/5

miércoles 28 de mayo de 2008

Card of the Month Contest: Ahora Sí

Ahora si me enlisté en el concurso.....se llena demasiado rápido mi post fue el #98 y son 100 campos. :S Casi no entro....a ver como me va.

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/forumdisplay.php?f=66

jueves 22 de mayo de 2008

Perseverare Diabolicum

Interesante. Hoy descubrí la segunda parte de la frase célebre "errare humanum est". La frase completa es: errare humanum est perseverare diabolicum. Que significa: "errar es de humanos, perseverar de demonios".

A lo que se refiere, en mi opinion, es que aunque uno como humano yerre, tiene también la cualidad de enmendar sus errores y no perseverar en ellos, volviéndolos a cometer una y otra vez. Errar es de humanos, pero también lo es cambiar y superarse, no quedarse allí.

Esta frase, vale mencionar, fue acuñada por Sénaca, un joven filósofo tutor y más tarde consejero del emperador Nerón.

lunes 19 de mayo de 2008

Card of the Month Contest

En MTGSalvation hacen un concurso mensual de hacer cartas de Magic personalizadas. Llegué tarde para meterme en el de este mes, Mayo. Pero definitivamente voy a empezar a concursar en Junio. Ya que estoy muy picado y a manera de práctica voy a ir pseudoconcursando poniendo las cartas que habría presentado para el concurso (agarrando del set Tales si puedo).

Round 1 (Una criatura legendaria)


Round 2 (Un artifact que pertenezca a la criatura legendaria)


Round 3:

Make an enchantment, instant or sorcery card. This represents an action taken by your legend (Ex: Gerrard's Verdict, Sisay's Ingenuity, Karn's Touch)
Bonuses:
Its CMC is the same as your legend’s CMC – 1 point
Does not target creatures (Auras target) – 1 point

Ishh....esta si está difícil...a ver qué se me ocurre.

(20 minutos despues)

Ok....esto es lo que se me ocurrió...jeje


Cinderella's Entrance

Instant (C)

Reverse (, Discard this card from your hand: Counter target spell with the same converted mana cost as this.)

Target player skips his or her next combat phase this turn.
Ok, aquí está el "render" como le dicen los concursantes de la página y por el que dan 1 punto extra:


Final Round:
Welcome to the final round. Here, your legend has gone through a life-changing (or life-ending) ordeal, and you must make a card to reflect that change. If Wizards can make new versions of legendary creatures, so can you.

Esto es lo que se me ocurre por ahora:

Cinder Queen

Legendary Creature - Human Lord (R)

Commoners get +1/+1 and are Nobles in addition to their other creature types.

1/2


viernes 16 de mayo de 2008

Card of the Week: Vizier



Tarot Card:


Playing Card:


Effects: Know the answer to your next dilemma.

This card empowers the character drawing it with the one-time ability to call upon a source of wisdom to solve any single problem or answer fully any question upon her request. The query or request must be made within one year. Whether the information gained can be successfully acted upon is another question entirely.

jueves 15 de mayo de 2008

Demonheart - Luca Turilli

Me encantan la canciones con buenas historias, como esta del mago Luca Turilli sobre una mujer que en medio de una pelea con demonios (lemures aparentemente) se dio cuenta de que en realidad era half-fiend, y como a un guerrero (talvez paladin) del party que esta enamorado de ella lo atormenta la idea.

En el disco Prophet of the Last Eclipse (2002) hay un bonus track, una versión de esta pieza cantada por Andre Matos que vale la pena escuchar.


Demonheart

Confutatis maledictis
Tragedy storms him when demons spare her life
And all discover she has a demonheart... demonheart!

Feeling trapped in with the slimy creatures
Now close to being killed
She soon revealed her forgotten sad past
First to herself
They smelled her flesh ready to be devoured
But something happened
They moved away seeming to be frightened
Sparing her life

Shocked again
She opened the gates of her tragic past
And bloody images came back to her mind

She remembered the old mission
The dark comet's goal beyond the suns ...
The flight through that black hole...

Confutatis maledictis
Tragedy storms him when demons spare her life
And all discover she has a demonheart... demonheart!

She lived again in some frames of sorrow
That evil journey
Planned by the Arias' exploring section
To find new worlds
But all that they found beyond their system
Was the black portal
Depths of oblivion came back to their world
Once opened it

Arkan and the other warriors who observed the scene
Could not feel the same way now about that girl

He moved to her taking her hand
Running away fast from his old friends ...
All for her... he loved her...

Confutatis maledictis
Tragedy storms him when demons spare her life
And all discover she has a demonheart... demonheart!

miércoles 14 de mayo de 2008

Celebridades para PETA

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, o PETA, es una organización que vela por el trato ético de los animales. Especialmente en su campaña contra la confección de ropa de piel de animal, algunas celebridades dicen que prefieren estar desnudas. Otras, como Alicia Silverstone, van un poco más allá. Será cierto?










Lost Iguana Article

I wrote an article about my trip to Arenal for the company. If you want to read it, head to:

http://www.vacationscostarica.com/blog/?p=18

Now some rants:

>The first paragraph was in italics, they removed the formatting for some reason.

>No credit whatsoever to whomever (me) wrote the article. Same for all other articles, which is disrespectful and violates copyright.

Into the Shadowhunt

Con el fin de facilitarle a los Dungeon Masters del mundo hispano su trabajo para este 7 de Junio en el Día Mundial de D&D (Worldwide D&D Gameday), pongo a disposición una traducción de los textos que el DM debe leer a los jugadores durante la aventura junto con algunas notas sobre cómo correr la aventura en español.

Aviso Jugadores: No bajen o lean esta información pues posiblemente les arruine la experiencia el Día Mundial de Dungeons & Dragons.

Dicho esto, ojalá que les sea útil esta información y se animen a colaborar con el Día Mundial dirijiendo algunas sesiones. Pueden bajar las traducciones en formato PDF aquí.

lunes 12 de mayo de 2008

RolCR.com

Hoy se estrenó el dominio RolCR.com para la comunidad de juegos de rol en Costa Rica. Del mismo modo este blog (El Mazo de las Muchas Cosas) queda con la dirección mazo.rolcr.com para su más fácil acceso.

Es un paso adelante para nuestra comunidad. Ya saben, RolCR.com!




PD. Las direcciones anteriores también seguirán funcionando normalmente.

viernes 9 de mayo de 2008

Card of the Week: Flames



Tarot Card


Playing Card:


Effects: Enmity between you and an outsider.

Hot anger, jealousy, and envy are but a few of the possible motivational forces for the enmity. The enmity of the outsider can't be ended until one of the parties has been slain. Determine the outsider randomly, and assume that it attacks the character (or plagues her life in some way) within 1d20 days.

martes 6 de mayo de 2008

Día Mundial de D&D

Falta menos de un mes para el Día Mundial de Dungeons & Dragons (Worldwide D&D Gameday) y al mismo tiempo la presentación de la 4ta Edición.

Exclusivamente en Costa Rica este evento es organizado por la comunidad de Rol CR. La actividad se realizará en la tienda Allegro en Moravia el próximo Sábado 7 de Junio y es totalmente GRATIS!

Ven y únete a nosotros a disfrutar un día de aventura!

Más información (e imágenes) en Rol CR.