Well, (again, I don't watch the show) there are many pre-fab flintlock companies that make them ready for assembly. Its a hobby for people really, and as a gun guy, I can say for sure that it isn't uncommon, especially among the older crowd, to really be into said hobby. Where is this taking place anyway?

(01-17-2014, 06:18 PM)Psychospacecow Wrote: Well, (again, I don't watch the show) there are many pre-fab flintlock companies that make them ready for assembly. Its a hobby for people really, and as a gun guy, I can say for sure that it isn't uncommon, especially among the older crowd, to really be into said hobby. Where is this taking place anyway?

About 15+ years in the future where all electricity and electronic devices no longer are able to work. So computers, cars, trains, cell phones, flash lights, etc. Anything that needs power to work can't. And its a global thing. Show is set in USA in the East Coast and a bit of the Upper-Midwest (they went to Chicago, and eventually further West into Colorado).

So the tools to make guns that don't use electricity I'm sure still are around, but keep in mind this world now has gone back to the Wild West Days of working where people fight over even the smallest of resources and will kill to protect it. So scavenging is the norm for most people.

Here's the wiki page for a synopsis if you wish to see it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_(TV_series)

and the opening intro to the show when it started:
"We lived in an electric world. We relied on it for everything. And then the power went out. Everything stopped working. We weren't prepared. Fear and confusion led to panic. The lucky ones made it out of the cities. The government collapsed. Militias took over, controlling the food supply and stockpiling weapons. We still don't know why the power went out. But we're hopeful someone will come and light the way."

(01-17-2014, 06:56 PM)GameWizard001 Wrote:

(01-17-2014, 06:18 PM)Psychospacecow Wrote: Well, (again, I don't watch the show) there are many pre-fab flintlock companies that make them ready for assembly. Its a hobby for people really, and as a gun guy, I can say for sure that it isn't uncommon, especially among the older crowd, to really be into said hobby. Where is this taking place anyway?

About 15+ years in the future where all electricity and electronic devices no longer are able to work. So computers, cars, trains, cell phones, flash lights, etc. Anything that needs power to work can't. And its a global thing. Show is set in USA in the East Coast and a bit of the Upper-Midwest (they went to Chicago, and eventually further West into Colorado).

So the tools to make guns that don't use electricity I'm sure still are around, but keep in mind this world now has gone back to the Wild West Days of working where people fight over even the smallest of resources and will kill to protect it. So scavenging is the norm for most people.

Here's the wiki page for a synopsis if you wish to see it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_(TV_series)

and the opening intro to the show when it started:
"We lived in an electric world. We relied on it for everything. And then the power went out. Everything stopped working. We weren't prepared. Fear and confusion led to panic. The lucky ones made it out of the cities. The government collapsed. Militias took over, controlling the food supply and stockpiling weapons. We still don't know why the power went out. But we're hopeful someone will come and light the way."

Going to Chicago in a crisis is literally the worst thing you could possibly do in the continental united states.

That being said, it couldn't be an EMP because anything grounded would still be fine. Honestly speaking, if everything went out, people'd just gather colonies around areas where people know the basics of power. If the current set stops working, nothing is stopping you from replacing it. With what I know about my area, we'd be set up with lights, fighting off aggressive drug addicts in withdrawal by the end of the month.
It just takes gas (very good here), or solar (bad here), or wind (good here), or geothermal (not happening), etc. Really, all you'd need is a river and a proper generator. Actually, considering you compared it to a wild west sort of thing, I find it almost appropriate because minus the cartels, we'd be pretty set around Texas.

Don't worry, by the end of season one they explain more specifically why no electrical devices of any kind are unable to function. It is shown early

^She runs to the store making a tv-kabob with Breaking Bad.

Anyone here watched Homeland? I'm 1 episode away from finishing the first season. It's sooo good.

So uh, Archer is back on.

Anyone watch that...?...no?

uh, brokleyn nine nine...? it's like the office but with terry crews and stuf....oh no?

ok ;_;

That's pretty much all the TV talk I've been doing with friends for a while now.

(01-18-2014, 03:34 PM)AbsolutelyMullard Wrote: Anyone here watched Homeland? I'm 1 episode away from finishing the first season. It's sooo good.

What's it about?

(01-18-2014, 08:51 PM)Psychospacecow Wrote:

(01-18-2014, 03:34 PM)AbsolutelyMullard Wrote: Anyone here watched Homeland? I'm 1 episode away from finishing the first season. It's sooo good.

What's it about?

Kind of hard for me to explain, so I'm going to copy and paste the description to season one with no spoilers.

The first season follows Carrie Mathison, a Central Intelligence Agency operations officer who, after conducting an unauthorized operation in Iraq, is put on probation and reassigned to the CIA's Counterterrorism Center in Langley, Virginia. In Iraq, Carrie was warned by an asset that an American prisoner of war had been turned by al-Qaeda.

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(01-18-2014, 06:02 PM)retrolinkx Wrote: So uh, Archer is back on.

Anyone watch that...?...no?

uh, brokleyn nine nine...? it's like the office but with terry crews and stuf....oh no?

ok ;_;

That's pretty much all the TV talk I've been doing with friends for a while now.

"Let me clear the ol' browsing history."

"Is it illegal to kill your clone? Seriously, I want to know."

Krieger is like one of my favorite characters.

Is My Little Pony still a thing? Just wondering since my Tumblr is going nuts over some parody blog of Celestia, known as "Molestia" getting shut down, apparently by Hasbro.

I'd never heard of this particular blog, but I know there's a ridiculous amount of adult pony stuff out there; seems weird that now suddenly it bothers Hasbro. I was wondering if it was something I don't know about this blog that was particularly bad or if they really are going to crack down on everything.

I looked it up on youtube out of curiosity. Apparently, it has a video comic.

(01-19-2014, 09:21 PM)Hexadecimal Wrote: Is My Little Pony still a thing? Just wondering since my Tumblr is going nuts over some parody blog of Celestia, known as "Molestia" getting shut down, apparently by Hasbro.

I'd never heard of this particular blog, but I know there's a ridiculous amount of adult pony stuff out there; seems weird that now suddenly it bothers Hasbro. I was wondering if it was something I don't know about this blog that was particularly bad or if they really are going to crack down on everything.

I actually used to follow that blog some time ago. To be fair, it wasn't anything totally NSFW, just generally weird and suggestive in a comedic manner. It was hilarious. I doubt it really was Hasbro that shut them down because, let's be honest, there's some really freaky shit out there.

Also yes, the show's still a thing. Season 5 has already been confirmed, for which I'm happy. S4 has been pretty good so far.

Can I ask a question? For those of who lived in an area where it aired (which I'm not sure where it was), does anyone remember Code Lyoko? I was doing a search on old cartoons and this one popped up. I heard they were making/made a sequel, but I'm not sure if it aired over here.

(01-21-2014, 01:55 PM)gamemaster1991 Wrote: Can I ask a question? For those of who lived in an area where it aired (which I'm not sure where it was), does anyone remember Code Lyoko? I was doing a search on old cartoons and this one popped up. I heard they were making/made a sequel, but I'm not sure if it aired over here.

Oh yeah. I dont remember much about it, though. But I watched it.