Der Nerdery

Total episodes: 220
Year Published: 2002
Director: Date Isato
Original Creator: Kishimoto
Anime complete? Yes though continues with Naurto Shippuden
Nerdy rating 10/10

Naurto is one of my favorite anime I started watching it about two years ago when my brother introduced me to it. I found that the never give up attitude of Naurto is inspiring as well as fun to watch. You are always left with a good feeling. Naurto over the years has progressed and developed into a world wide phenomenon with it movies and video games. Naurto Shippuden is after Naurto but for the context of this post I will be talking solely about Naurto. There are four main teams on the show with 3 Genin ( new ninja) and 1 Jonin ( experinced ninja), the main teams are as follows:

Kakashi Hatake: Jonin, lighning type, poseses siringen
Nick Name: Copy Ninja
He is the son of the White Fang of Kahona, Kakashi has a very laid back additude and likes to read his “adult only” books. He is always late to every appointment with the kids. He likes to keep them waiting and then tells a ridiculous  story about why he is late. Kakashi has flunked all other Genin that he was suposed to teach, as they all failed his test.  Being the only kids to ever pass they are looked as as exceptional Genin to watch for the future.

Sakura Haruna: Genin, unknown type at this time in anime
She is the only girl on this team which, of course, creates problems. In Naurto she does not do to much in the way of fighting. She  just cries a lot and tries to “hook up” with Saske and ignore Naruto, who actually likes her. Sakura has nothing remarkable about her in Naruto but in Shippuden she will have a better part.

Saske Uchiha: Genin, lighning type
Saske is the cool bad boy character in this anime. He is the only living surviver of his clan with the exception of his brother, who killed the rest of the family. He is out for revenge against his brother and will do anything he deams necessary to achieve that goal. Naurto looks up to Saske as a rival/friend. Someone that he can try to beat. But much to Naurto’s dismay, Saske is always one step ahead of him.

Naurto Uzumaki: Genin, wind type
The main caricter that the anime was named after he is a goffie kid that just wants to be anolaged by his village. Naruto has come to the conclusion that to get the village to anoage him he needs to become Hokage( the top Ninja) as a babe the Fourth Hokage traped a daemon Fox in Naurto to save the village wich has given Naurto more chacra than most and extra powers that he must learn to control or risk destoying the village and his friends He has a never give up attitude that will have you rooting for him till the end.

Kureni Yuhi: Jonin you don’t get to see her to much in Naurto she is just kind of there they go into more details about here in Supuuden.

Hinita Hyuga: Genin. Ahhh sweet hinita she is very shy and timid in this series the next leader of the Hyuga clan. Has a crush on Naurto but wont tell him whenever he is around she can’t say any thing from being so shy.

Kiba Inuzuke: Genin. Kiba is a tough and rowdy ninja his clan fights with ninja dogs at there side they live, sleep and raise the dogs from pups to help them fight.

Shino Aburame: Genin. Shino is kinda a creepy ninja he always has his face mostly covered, his clan fights with bugs. They live on the ninja feeding on there Chakara and doing there bidding in exchange. you don’t want to meet him in a dark ally.

Sensei Might Guy: Jonin, where to start Guy sensei is your comic relief he is so over the top in any thing he does. and makes every thing a challenge just a simple trip to a ramen shop would entail walking backwards on his hands with 1oo pound weights on his arms and legs just the kind of man he is.

Hyuuga Neji : genin, neji is Hinatas’s cousin, part of the Hyuuga family that is sworn to portect the head family Neji resents this and thinks he is better than Hinata and tries to beat her in all things succeeding most times because of her timid personality. he is shown as a cool guy

Rock Lee : genin Pock lee to put it short see Guy Sensei he idolizes him and wants to be just like him. Rock lee is very good at doing just that he is a natural at Drunken boxing and they use that when he is in a big fight.

Ten Ten : genin, master of all weapons has all of scrolls on her at all times and you never know what weapon she will be pulling out next your basic tomboy

Asuma Sarutobi: Jonin, Wind Type just one cool man is all I can say is also a wind type and helps Naurto to learn wind tachniques. in love with Kureni Yuhi but he wont tell her yet.

Ino Yamanaka: Genin Ino is Sakura’s rival her family specializes in a take over jutsu that lets them take over the enemy’s mind and make them do what they want. She is very prissy and worry about her looks allot.

Shikamaru Nara: Genin lets just say it’s to bothersome to write about him…. sigh ok. He does not want to do any thing that is considered work as it is to bothersome. He comes from a long line of shadow users they can manipulate there shadows do do things grab enemy’s for example. He is a master tactician and his plans never fail. best friend is choji

: Genin Choji family uses body transformations to beat the enemy’s making various parts of the body huge. He always has a bag of chips with him and always munching on them. His best friend is Shikamaru. has vast amount of chakara hence why he eats so much its storage he says.

Chakra types

This is a hypothetical battle between similar hero’s from rival comic book universes, Marvel and DC. I am putting Plastic Man and Mr. Fantastic head to head, to see who would be the theoretical winner in several different situations and scenarios. Who do you think would win in a one on one battle to the death? Who is more powerful? Which character do you like better? After the post please leave a comment with your own theory’s and scenarios. For the purposes of this story we will ignore that they are from different comic book companies.

First lets look over each characters overall abilities and powers.

Mr. Fantastic (Dr. Reed Richards):

Background:
Dr. Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic) has mastered the sciences of electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineering, human and alien biology, chemistry and all levels of physics. He has invented time travel and even warped through dimensions. He is the leader of the super hero team known as The Fantastic Four. He once told Spider-Man that he considers his stretching powers to be expendable compared to his intellect.

Super Powers:
Mr. Fantastic was given his abilities while on a space expedition by being exposed to nearly lethal amounts of cosmic radiation. The radiation damaged the ship and returned home. Shortly after he found that he had the powers of elasticity. He could reform and stretch any part of his body at will. In one severe case he was able to increase his body size and mass, similar to the same size and strength of his team mate known as  ”Thing.” Changing into non human forms takes Mr. Fantastic much concentration.

Plastic Man (Patrick “Eel” O’Brian):

Background:
Patrick “Eel” O’Brian (aka Plastic Man) grew up as a orphan on the streets living in a world of crime. As an adult he made a living by working in a burglary ring as a safe cracker.

Super Powers:
During a job gone wrong, Eel O’Brian was shot and was splashed with some mysterious acid. Being abandoned by his gang he passes out in the streets from disorientation from the acid infecting his bullet wound. He later finds himself  in a monastery under the care of a monk. During his stay at the monastery he saw the error of his past criminal behavior and reformed against his old ways. Shortly after, he found that the acid had fused with his blood and gave his body all of the properties of rubber, allowing him to stretch, bounce, and mold himself into any shape, size and even change his mass. There is no known limit to Plastic Man’s shape changing abilities except he can not change color. His powers have even made him stop aging. Batman once said that Plastic Man could most likely survive the blast from a nuclear attack.

Plastic Man vs. Mr. Fantastic: Battle to the Death

Scenario 1 – Plastic Man turns back to his criminal ways
If Plastic Man were to lose his only son, Offspring, in a crime fighting accident. He begins to lose his mind and blames and despises the general public for being weak, selfish and always needing to be rescued. Thus, indirectly putting his family in constant danger. In his psychopathic rage he once again turns against the law and goes on an unforgivable psychopathic Godzilla like killing rampage through the streets of Gotham. Simultaneously… in another dimension, Mr. Fantastic just happened to make a scientific breakthrough and travels through dimensions landing himself in Gotham city in the shadows of the massive Plastic Man engaging in the destruction of Gotham city. Knowing that Plastic Man is indestructible by any known means (According to Wikipedia), would it still be possible for Mr. Fantastic to bring justice to this maniacal Plastic Man?

Plastic Man vs. Mr. Fantastic – Scenario 1 Hypothesis
Since Plastic Man is such a giant size, it will be impossible for Mr. Fantastic to defeat the plastic super foe with his super powers alone. Luckily for Mr. Fantastic his super powers are expendable compared to his intellect and is considered one of the most intelligent superhero’s ever created by any comic book company. Even though Wikipedia states that Plastic Man does not have any weaknesses and that he is completely invulnerable, Mr. Fantastic would certainly know that Wikipedia is not considered an accurate source of information He would also try to further his research by studying as much about his foe and this unfamiliar city. Surely, during his research he would eventually watch several episodes of “Batman: The Brave and the Bold” and realize that Kite Man had already invented a death ray which would destroy anything in its path, which he tested effectively on a sample of Plastic Man’s body. Using his superior intellect Mr. Fantastic would certainly recreate a similar death ray and end Plastic Man’s existance once and for all.

Scenario 2 – Mr. Fantastic receives brain damage and is convinced to join the forces of evil
One day while Mr. Fantastic was experimenting on cosmic radiation, trying to gain a deeper understanding of his power’s origins. When suddenly an accidental explosion sends Mr. Fantastic traveling through dimensions and lands him in Gotham city. Due to the combined effects of the explosion and cosmic radiation, Mr. Fantastic is completely disoriented and can’t remember anything about his past, where he came from or the origins of his powers. Spotting Mr. Fantastic and noticing the similarities to Plastic Man’s super powers, the local villains quickly convince the disoriented super hero that he is indeed one of the villains. With Mr. Fantastic now on their side the villains plan a big heist. During the heist Mr. Fantastic loses control of the situation and unforgivably kills several hostages. Plastic Man arrives on the scene and a epic battle of elasticity begins. Without his superior knowledge and intellect does Mr. Fantastic have a chance to win this battle to the death with Plastic Man?

Plastic Man vs. Mr. Fantastic – Scenario 2 Hypothesis
Since Mr. Fantastic’s super powers only allow him to stretch and reform his mass like elastic, he isn’t by any means invulnerable like Plastic Man is with his powers. Plastic Man truly has no limit to haw large he can get or how far he can stretch or what he can turn into. If he gets blown up into a million pieces he will easily reform into a single piece again. Without his intelligence Mr. Fantastic has no hope of ever defeating Plastic Man.  All that Plastic Man would need to do is slingshot with his arms from the doorway towards Mr. Fantastic and the moment before they collide…Plastic Man turns into a gigantic axe, effectively ending the life of Mr. Fantastic by decapitating his outstretched head.

Video’s and Pictures with Plastic Man and Mr. Fantastic:

Arrow= Erunak Stonespeaker Yellow dot= Goven Gray Green dot= Captin Anton Blue dots= Doom Sayers Purple dot=King Wrynn

This is a quick run through of the new pre Cataclysm quests that are occurring in Stormwind. You receive different exp and money according to your level. I did it on a level 80 so that is what I put up. It is a great way to make some fast cash, my total: 100 gold 52 silver. Lower levels get very good exp and it is easy,  just a lot of running.

The Wildhammer: to pick up, talk to Erunak Stonespeaker. You will find him by the Stormwind bank. Then you need to go and talk to Gaven Grayfeather, he is in the Stormwind keep in the throne room. Rewards: At lvl 80: 1 gold 32 silver

Erunak Stonespeaker

Prophecies of doom: to complete, talk to Captain Anton he is in the hallway of the Stormwind keep, on the right as you go in about halfway up. Then go to Old Town and grab a pamphlet from each of the three doomsayers: “Elemental fire for the soul,” “What does the end of all things mean for me?,” and “Finding security and comfort in a doomed world.” While you’re there pause and listen to one of them finish. Rewards: At lvl 80:  13 gold 23 silver

Red= doomsayer outfit

Black= Doomsayer

blue= pamphlet

Signs of the Times: to complete, you will need to run around the channel area and place signs to warn of the cult. You can see where to place the signs by a bobbing blue arrow, they are small so look carefully. Place five signs and return to Anton. Rewards: At lvl 80: 13 gold 23 silver

Blue Arrow

Infiltrating the cult: go to a doomsayer in Old Town and next to them you will find a box, click on it and receive your outfit. Put it on and go to Mirror Lake, it is north east of Stormwind. Talk to Sylandra Overseer Rewards At lvl 80: 6 gold 63 silver

The Missing: do this quest while you are at mirror lake and do not turn in till you have done all the quests there as you will be going back to the same turn in location for both. You need to talk to the missing family members and tell them that there families miss them and want them to come home. The locations are as follows Cultist Lethelyn is in the house by Sylandra. Cultist Ortunn is behind the house by the table. Cultist Wyman is in the tent by Mirror lake west of Mirror Orchard. Cultist Kaima is next to  Mirror Orchard by the wagon. Rewards At lvl 80: 13 gold 23 silver

red dot-Cultist Wyman

white dot-Cultist Kaima

green dot-Cultist Lethelyn

blue dot-Cultist Ortunn

black dot-Sylandra Overseer

yellow dot- Alter

Spreading the Word: You equip your doomsday message and run by places and Spread the word. I recommend doing it in this order  go southwest to Westbrook, make sure you are in the middle of the road when you say your message. Then go west to Gold Shire run down middle of road till again you say your message and then head north to Stormwind run up to the back of the Valley of the Heroes or until you receive your message. Return to Sylandra by Mirror lake. Rewards At lvl 80: 13 gold 23 silver

The Masters plan: listen at the alter to the image of Gho’Gall, it is behind the house you can’t miss it just wait there until the cultists gather and summon him. Rewards At lvl 80: 13 gold 23 silver

The Doomsday plan: take the elemental devices to Captain Anton in the Stormwind keep. This is where you will also turn in The Missing.  Rewards At lvl 80: 9 gold 93 silver

Thwarting Twilight’s Hammer: Destroy the elemental devices to release the captive elementals and defeat five of them. You will find these through out Stormwind I think they are easiest to find in the channels but that is just a personal opinion. The devices you will see are rotating glass spears with end caps of square metal. The elementals are level appropriate so don’t worry. Rewards At lvl 80: 13 gold 23 silver

Elemental Device

Fighting The Elementles

Warn King Wrynn: Just as it says, you need to go up the hallway to the throne room to speak to the King. Talk to him and he tells you how great you are to everyone. Quests are complete. Rewards at lvl 80: 13 gold 23 silver

While not as news worthy as the first day, it was a exciting day at Blizzcon with exciting highs and lows.  Most of the day was filled with mundane Q&A panels.  However most of the action goes to the Tournaments with a first World Starcraft 2 Champion:  Min-Soo Jung  from South Korea.  However that was dwarfed in excitement to the long and down to the wire World of Warcraft PvP tournament.  The final two teams aAa and Complexity Red.  While aAa dominated the tournament, including a win against Complexity Red earlier in the day, Complexity Red scored a wining kill with 5 seconds of the match end, where the teams had been evenly matched for the previous 40 minutes of the round.

Some low points of the day was Blizzard COO Paul Sams making announcement for the new MMO during the closing ceremony, only to pull a Bazinga,  unless of course your into World of Jersey: Shorecraft. Then announcing they would be giving away “free beta keys to Diablo 3” to huge cheers, but then adding only to “1000 people” to roaring boos.

There was also the Tenacious D concert that debut two of their new songs, but I instead choose the more engaging WoW 3v3 tournament(that lasted until after 1am EST), so I don’t know how the concert went.

Overall Blizzcon was still thrilling, but didn’t live up to the magic of previous years, but there is always next year.

***Correction After I posted this last night, the last match in the World of Warcraft 3v3 tournament went under review and changed the outcome of the tournament.  In fact it was aAa that won the Grand Tournament.  Find out the details here.

Day 1 of Blizzcon 2010 is officialy over. Surprisingly, very little news came out of Day 1 this year compared to previous years.  It is known that Blizzard is working on a new MMO and the second act of the Starcraft 2 Triliogy, but unfortunately we’ll have to wait another year for any news on them.  Most of the news came from already talked about Diablo 3 and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.

Blizzcon Diablo 3 News:
The fifth and final class of Diablo 3 was announced as a Demon Hunter,  this character is a ranged class with dual wielding crossbows.  Yes, you read that right – Duel Wielding Crossbows.  The class is similar to the Amazons from Diablo 2.  Also added to Diablo 3 is player-versus-player arenas (so much for luring people out of safety, killing them and taking an ear as in Diablo 2).

Blizzcon World of Warcraft Cataclsm News:
Most of news on the World of Warcraft side was clarification of the new Raid locks, meaning you can only down a raid boss once per week either 10-man or 25-man, but not both.  The loot is going to be the same (2 drops for 10-man, 5 drops for 25 man), but you get extra justice points for doing 25-man versions.  The bosses are no longer linked to your raid id, but to your character, so you can pick up with a different group if you choose.

Blizzcon Starcraft 2 News:
The other big news is in Starcraft 2, a couple of developer mods are going to be added to the game, the big one being Defense of the Ancients.

Want More Blizzcon 2010 News?
If you want more Blizzcon news or watch Day 2, parts will be streamed live for free tomorrow (Oct 23) at http://www.blizzcon.com

And if you’re a huge fan of World of Warcraft, don’t forget that Der Nerdery is starting up it’s own WoW Guild.  Check out the details here.

How to join? Leave a comment and we will get back with you.

Realm: Shadowsong , Alliance

WoW Guild Name: DerNerdery

Purpose: We vow to level and have fun while being our nerdy selves.

Yes, you heard right DerNerdery now has a World of Warcraft guild. If you have not played before and you want to try we have a team of experienced wow players who can help you if you need it. The guild bank is stocked for lower levels but we have plans of making a higher level guild for the experienced players.

If you have never had a wow account before, there is something called  ”Recruit a Friend” and we would be glad to team you up with one of our experts. With Recruit a Friend you will receive 3x the experience and friend recall. The team is from different states and work at different times so one will be matched to the time you are available. If you want to level fast this is the way to go!

No, this is not one of ours just thought it was cool.

Play WoW already? Just looking for a fun guild to join? Come with us to shadowsong, the more the merrier!

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