PHASE 100 RELEASED!!

[Sergio Nova]

Good clue. In Glénat's page, it is written guerrier douille. Translating, it would be socket soldier.

[crazyankan]

Good clue. In Glénat's page, it is written guerrier douille. Translating, it would be socket soldier.

I couldn't find any name of the soldiers in the VIZ version. So let us call them socket soldier =)

[Sergio Nova]

It is in volume 6, page 138.
The soldiers had their heads attached to sockets like lamps. Yolg (Figure Four's protégé) became one of them, transformad by Colonel Bozzle.

[Cailon]

Wow, the complete edition has already started!!! Here, have some cheerleaders to cheer you up mrhrhrhrhr. They will all be yours, once you're finished, I promise not...


Also I wonder how the story'll go on now.
Since Toji's kick was "recorded in history" I really doubt Alita will regenerate in the arena soon. It rather seems Sechs has to spoon the ZOTT finale and save earth, while Alita heads towards new adventures in the Tron-universe...

[Sergio Nova]

Here, have some cheerleaders to cheer you up mrhrhrhrhr. They will all be yours, once you're finished, I promise not...

I am curious to know how kamugin and moooV will react to your suggestion, but one thing is certain: I am anxious for their cheers.

[moooV]

Here, have some cheerleaders to cheer you up mrhrhrhrhr. They will all be yours, once you're finished, I promise not...

I am curious to know how kamugin and moooV will react to your suggestion, but one thing is certain: I am anxious for their cheers.

I just didn't get your post. What reactions did you expect?

[Sergio Nova]

I just didn't get your post. What reactions did you expect?

You both have just started a war. I am a curious spectator.

[moooV]

You both have just started a war. I am a curious spectator.

I have to thank you for staying away!

[Sergio Nova]

The names were corrected, but:

1. Skaramasakus remains the French version (Scramasax);
2. Yorg must be anglicized Yolg;
3. Lam Daka must be anglicized Lam Dao;
4. Zafal Takié is missing the accent;
5. Bigott Eisenberg must be anglicized Bigott Eizenburg;
6. Barzarlad must be anglicized Bazarld.

Items 2, 3, 5 and 6 are my fault, as I hadn't seen them before.

[kamugin]

I just didn't get your post. What reactions did you expect?

You both have just started a war. I am a curious spectator.

We reached a peace agreement fortunately. The Russians still have some nukes and we, by the other hand, have only bananas and coconuts to throw on them =P

[Sergio Nova]

We reached a peace agreement fortunately. The Russians still have some nukes and we, by the other hand, have only bananas and coconuts to throw at them =P

Hey, man, that's not fair. Have you forgotten our great politicians? Our congressmen are able to destroy any enemy system. Decades of practice at home make them unbeatable.

[kamugin]

Hey, man, that's not fair. Have you forgotten our great politicians? Our congressmen are able to destroy any enemy system. Decades of practice at home make them unbeatable.

Good idea, we can send all our politicians to them! But I think all the gulags are closed by now... Let's dispatch them to China instead =)

[moooV]

Hey, man, that's not fair. Have you forgotten our great politicians? Our congressmen are able to destroy any enemy system. Decades of practice at home make them unbeatable.

I don't know is it a historical unspoken tradition, or just a national custom, but throughout the course of history only choice idiots and thieves were allowed to enter the parliament, become functionaries, or even presidents here.

Damn, we've had a SLAVERY SYSTEM 300 years ago!

Ok, you can say that in Brazil slaves were imported from Africa at the same time period.
Here it was different - the slaves were of the same nation as enslavers, but they were from a lower class relatively to them.

It was called "A fortress right" and was as simple as that: a rich guy could go to the king/tsar and simply buy himself a vilage, or even a tiny town. All it's inhabitants, who were lower class than he was, were automatically enslaved by him due to the law - he could do whatever he wanted to them, even kill them for fun.

Right now our system isn't a democracy and capitalism. It pretends to be, but in fact it's feodal. Again, classes start appearing, and people are even talking about the possibility of a new fortress right appearing in the near future.

In fact, I'd rather prefer to live in a totalitarian Soviet Union instead of this pseudo-democracy, because the laws were the same for everyone there. They were strict, but they were for everyone. Here and now, they are only for ordinary people, unofficially.

I mean that everyone close to the "tsar" and his ruling party, or just functionaries with their families and relatives (SIC!!!) (99% of them are in the ruling party) are unofficially immune to law.

In theory, if they commit any crime, there should be consequences for them because "everyone are equal against the law - it's a democracy here". In reality, they will simply get away with everything, because the police will just cover it all up, or even blame the victims (SIC!!!).

The press and especially the TV are completely controlled by the Kremlin - officially it's the "freedom of speech, guarantied by the constitution", but in fact it's a hard censorship.

Moreover, information is censored not by the government, it's censored by the channels or newspapers themselves. It's as easy as that: you can publish whatever you want, but if something annoys serious guys, the taxes for your company will be increased several times.

This means that the publishers/tv channels have a tough choice: publish/show whatever they want and cope with giant taxes, or just censor everything and don't have tax problems. You can guess what's more profitable for their owners.

And the police... my god. In fact, they are legalized brigands, an oppression force, but not the guardians of law. If someone is a policeman, everyone else look at him with hate and despise, but fearing him at the same time.

And courts... damn. You can guess already. If there is a trial between an ordinary person and a functionary, guess how many chances of winning a beholder has - no matter how good advocate he hires.

Law doesn't exist in this country at all, although it's a "democracy", which even has an "opposition" to the ruling party. They are pocket clowns, but not an opposition.

It's not totalitarian, it's not democratic - it's feodal. It's that simple.

Also, statistically, we have the biggest levels of bureaucracy and corruption in the world.
Nothing is possible without a good bribe: you won't get a satisfactory medical care without putting the money into doctor's pocket, or you simply won't pass the policeman, who didn't like your face without putting money into your passport.

I can go on about it for hours, but, anyway, it doesn't worth it. You can guess the rest.

PS.
What I've meant was that Brazil is a democratic heaven compared to modern Russia.

[Sergio Nova]

I don't know is it a historical unspoken tradition, or just a national custom, but throughout the course of history only choice idiots and thieves were allowed to enter the parliament, become functionaries, or even presidents here.

Damn, we've had a SLAVERY SYSTEM 300 years ago!

At first, your text made me think you were talking about Brazil. But 300 years ago? Then, I woke up. Brazilian slavery was "abolished" only in 1888. Actually, in practice, Negroes were ejected from their slave houses, that were occupied by Italian immigrants. In short, if workmanship had to be paid, it would not be paid to Negroes. And then Negroes had to move to the shantytowns. You will find them nowadays in our big cities - and not only Negroes, as the shantytowns are the most democratic of our institutions.

As to our elected government, it is just a gang in power - I believe you must have read the newspapers.

Well, the way you describe present Russia, hurray to the Soviet Union.

[kamugin]

Welcome to The Capitalism, my friend! The worst face of it
Old pratices practices are back in Russia, but here we aren't much better

Damn, we've had a SLAVERY SYSTEM 300 years ago!

Even today we still have slavery praticed by some landholders hidden in Brazil innermost interiors. It is called "sistema, ou prática, de barracão" (loose translation = barrack system). It is against the law, of couse, but the authorities doesn't make a big effort to end that.

I'd rather prefer to live in a totalitarian Soviet Union instead of this pseudo-democracy, because the laws were the same for everyone there. They were strict, but they were for everyone.

The USSR had many problems, but it had its jewels too. With the system demolition the dirt water inside the bathtub was thrown away, but they forgot to save the child inside =P
This is a problem of many ex-communist countries.

Also, statistically, we have the biggest levels of bureaucracy and corruption in the world.

Damn! I thought this title was ours! =(

What I've meant was that Brazil is a democratic heaven compared to modern Russia.

Not quite, our disgrace have much in common =(

The Russian people is to blame too. You demanded Coca Cola, blue jeans and McDonalds, now you have to pay the price
Capitalism is good for a few privileged people and unfair for most of them. The US isn't the best model at all. The ideal system is the one praticed in countries like Sweden, Finland and Canada, very near to the ideal socialism.

[Lemonlol]

The names were corrected, but:

1. Skaramasakus remains the French version (Scramasax);
2. Yorg must be anglicized Yolg;
3. Lam Daka must be anglicized Lam Dao;
4. Zafal Takié is missing the accent;
5. Bigott Eisenberg must be anglicized Bigott Eizenburg;
6. Barzarlad must be anglicized Bazarld.

Items 2, 3, 5 and 6 are my fault, as I hadn't seen them before.

Continued on Gunnm Complete Edition extra pages: TL, QC and editing.

[Sergio Nova]

Also, statistically, we have the biggest levels of bureaucracy and corruption in the world.

Damn! I thought this title was ours! =(

Yes, kamugin. Let's join forces. moooV intends to rob our title.

[moooV]

2 Sergio:
My beleifs were wrong - statistics have disproven it, none of us are leaders.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/gov_c ... corruption

The first places in the chart are taken by Iceland, Finland, New Zealand, and Denmark, and the last are Haiti, Birma, Bangladesh, and Chad, thus making it obvious that the most corrupted countries are in the bottom of a chart. Logically, Finland just can't be the world's most rotten.

Ok, let's go.
Brazil is 62.
Russia is 127.

We are two times more corrupted than you are.
I know that's nothing to be proud of, but in this exact case I'm proud.

PS.
I see that our nations' mentality is similar - we both are trying to prove that we're living in a bigger ass, and even are proud of it. Also, we both get offended if the ass we are living in isn't considered big enough.

[kamugin]

We are two times more corrupted than you are.

Two times more?! The judges are so unfair! =(
Well, Russia always was better than us in the Olympics...

But our football is undoubtly better =P

[moooV]

I've even remembered a joke:

Brazil: Spectators are watching the match and thinking: "I envy them, they're playing football!"
Russia: Footballers are playing and thinking: "I envy the spectators, they're at home watching football with beer!".

[Sergio Nova]

Chad, Bangladesh, Burma and Haiti? Is there anything to be robbed in such countries? Believe me, the criteria are partial.
As a matter of fact, as you said, neither Brazilians nor Russians have reasons to be proud.

[Abaddon]

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/gov_c ... corruption

That chart is wrong, Argentina must be the first

[Sergio Nova]

That chart is wrong, Argentina must be the first

It HAD to be an Argentine to be envious. You have to try harder if you want to compete with Russians.
And I cannot believe you have already surpassed Brazil. It is like football: you insist but never get there.

[Abaddon]

I'm sure that with another four years of our actual president in no matter of time Argentina will be the most corrupt country in the world
Yes you're right, we are always behind Brazil in everything (and I'm honest with this) a more organizated government, you play football much better (I have to admit I like Pele much more than Maradona) and finally women in Brazil are much prettier than here.

Even Battle Angel Alita is published over there and here not

[moooV]

But at least we "invented" the pens

Ancient Indians (not indians, but Indians - the country India) have invented them!