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ELOTH:TES Makes The News
The well-known Elmenstor Saga, a hit franchise of novels, comics, cartoons, and games, has been featured in a Wired article about the project's continued success. From the article: "Spanning more than 1,400 articles, the Epic Legends of the Hierarchs -- or as fans have unpronounceably abbreviated it, ELOTH:TES -- [is a] modern fantasy franchises: a rich history that spans thousands of years; a contentiously out-of-canon cartoon offshoot, The Wizbits; as well as a crazed, seizure-ridden chief creative director, James Langomedes ..." I always thought Vel Jinglefist got the short end of the straw in the American version of the show. The Japanese treatment of his character was much broader.
So, just to clarify since Zonk cared not to, this is a fictional IP created by the PA guys and elaborated on by losers -- I mean nerds -- damn it, I mean fans. Don't go looking for the Wizbits DVDs. Anytime soon anyhow.
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as fans have unpronounceably abbreviated it, ELOTH:TES
Unpronounceable? It's got 'el' (as in bell), 'oth' (as in moth), and 'tes' (as in test) - 'eloth-tes'. What's the slightest bit unpronounceable about that?
I used to watch the Wizbits religiously on Saturday mornings, but I haven't seen any reruns in a long time. They say there's a DVD on the way, but I can't find it on Amazon. Anybody know of any torrents?
I want the fire back.
Anyone with any background in CCGs go check out the rules I wrote for the Wizbits game. I'd like to make it as overly complicated and funny as possible (in a nerd-type "resolution nuances are funny" fashion), while still keeping it playable. If anyone has any pointers (and with this large of an audience, I expect there will be), email or respond.
The Braying and Neighing of Barnyard Animals Follows.
I thought so, too. But, a Japanese friend hooked me up with one of the episodes of the original ElemenSTAR, and I realised that I actually had seen like one or two episodes of the American dubbed version when I was in high school.