so ,just how did you become a elficionado?

**Garble** · March 24th, 2001, 02:29 AM

Well, my love of comics is a side-effect of my original love of cartoons. So not surprisingly, thats how I first discovered Nightcrawler. WAAAAAAY back in the 80's when dinosaurs ruled the earth (or at least the white house) I was watching Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends and there was a group guest appearance of the X-Men. The character that caught my attention was the blue demon character that was atually a good guy! (from He-Man and the Wizard of Oz, i'd learned only bad guys looked scary!) For the long time between when i saw this episode and actually started colecting comics I remembered the really freaky looking guy who was a prankster but still a good guy. I started to actually read more about him, and found I really connected with him. And he's been my favorite fictional character ever since.

I came here on the Exodus from the Wizard Wolrd Boards, back when KC started this gig.
(And my how it's grown...)

**Slartibartfast** · March 24th, 2001, 07:07 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Garble:
WAAAAAAY back in the 80's when dinosaurs ruled the earth (or at least the white house) <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

*snicker* Good one, Garble. biggrin

I was interested in Nighty because he looked soo cool initially. My SO has collected comics for 15 years and I started to read his books a few years back, mainly in self defence, and I got hooked. The few X-Men I read, from about Zero Tolerance, were awesome and I loved Nightcrawler. My first look at the comic Nighty was that cover that graces this Monument and I was fascinated. He was visually interesting, had great powers and I was really attracted to his personality. I searched for Nighty on the Web and found Elwing's, Knighty's and BC's sites and I followed the links to Wizard World. I lurked there for months. Since last summer actually, and when KC started this forum I decided to bamf out of the closet. I'm so glad I did!
Love and fuzzy blue elves forever!
biggrin

**BlueElfEars** · March 26th, 2001, 01:28 AM

Well, I must say that part of my love for Nightcrawler comes in part from the influence of the nice people here. smile

I can remember the first time I came across Nightcrawler. Like Bamfette I first met him through a videogame. Sega Genesis.
xmensegasm

He was the BEST character (especially with the game genie). I really liked how his tail moved behind him, like a cat.

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**Shadywhisk** · March 26th, 2001, 01:31 AM

My older brother used to read X-Men, so when we were young, he and I would watch Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends hoping for an X-Men guest appearance. He would also show me his comics when he bought them. Oddly enough, I don't really remember Kurt in the 'toon or comics - I guess I remember Storm the best because she was the girl of the team.

Anyhoo, years later, I started reading my bro's back issues and fell in love with the team (which consisted of Wolvie, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, Rogue, then Rachel). I liked Kurt and all but he didn't become one of my favorites until I began reading Excalibur. He really shined in that series! I loved his charm, his sense of humor, but most of all, his faith. I also thought, "Wow, Kurt is pretty cute," (due to Alan Davis' art) and felt more than a little awkward considering so many people said he looked like a demon!

I came over to the wonderful Monument from the old Wizard Board at Drags' invite! KC, more kudos to you for creating such a great site!!! biggrin

**Fasheem** · March 26th, 2001, 08:10 PM

OK, has anyone here even heard of the X-Men: Madness in Murderworld PC game? It came out in about 1987, or something like that, and as you can probably imagine, it really sucked. That stupid game is what got me interested in Kurt when I was about 9 or 10. The manual included the stats on all the characters, some of them actually changed because they were used as codes to try to keep people from copying the game. I'm still confused about some minor things. rolleyes

Anyway, my dad brought this game home and I was so fascinated that I went to the library and took out a bunch of books including Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics, which I read all the way through. Geez. I don't know how I did it. And that was it for the next six years or so until I got Internet access and started reading fanfiction which led to the comics.

And I didn't even play that game once. smile

[This message has been edited by Fasheem (edited March 26, 2001).]

**wonderlass** · March 26th, 2001, 09:38 PM

thanks everyone!!!
garble, alot of what you said is the same fo' me , good insights...

hum the first time i distinctly remember thinking kurt was 'kewl' was playing an arcade game, i donno which one, , but what a parculer trend!
but i ALWAYS thought that kurt was best, maybe it was the looks, but i donno its always been there.
weird.

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~*WONDERLASS*~

**The French Biscuit** · March 26th, 2001, 11:52 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>hey i just like to throw things at french people,<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ohh...so zhat's zhe way you want to play it wonderlass. mad

Face my Fiery Croissants of DOOM
*flings previously mentioned croissants at wonderlass*

Hmph, teach YOU to throw a sink at moi!

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**BlueElfEars** · March 27th, 2001, 01:13 AM

Hey! Maybe this is what my sauerkraut is good for!

*grabs handsfuls of months old kraut and throws it recklessly into the air*

Ohhhh. . . look everybody. It's raining sauerkraut! eek

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Essence of Elf: "BAMF- Kick it up a notch!"

**BAMF!** · March 27th, 2001, 06:43 PM

* Ducks into the thread, stealthily trying to avoid getting plastered by flying food-stuffs! *

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by BlueElfEars:
I can remember the first time I came across Nightcrawler. Like Bamfette I first met him through a videogame. Sega Genesis.

He was the BEST character (especially with the game genie). I really liked how his tail moved behind him, like a cat.

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

[ Warning! i'm about to go into a geeky, video-game junkie rant... ] tongue

BLUE ELFIE I used to go CRAZY over that game!
At the time, it was THE coolest interpretation of Nightcrawler to ever appear in a home game console! Then of course when I discovered the fact that he was hands down THE BEST character to use to beat the game with... eek

As great as Kurt was in that SEGA game, he was even better in the awesome sequel..X-MEN2:Clone Wars!
'Clone Wars' had awesome game play, GREAT graphics by the old Sega console's standards and a great storyline! (Youre racing against time to defeat the PHALANX!)

AND NIGHTCRAWLER ABSOLUTELY KICKED A@@ IN IT!

Not only was he the fastest of the games 8 playable X-characters, (Which included Gambit, Psylocke, the Beast and even Magneto!) but he was also one of the coolest! He walked on walls and ceilings (convenient for avoiding enemies and booby traps!) and they had his teleportation effect down pat! (If ya ever wanna know what *BAMF!* would really sound like, check out this game!)

Now if they could only make an X-game that awesome for the Playstation, Dreamcast or the N64...

BAMF!

**BlueElfEars** · March 27th, 2001, 06:53 PM

Awww. I want that game, BAMF!

Our Sega still works, but the Nintendo is on the fritz.

The weirdest part was that Dad bought that game for us kids without even consulting us. He had no clue! Then I forgot about it for a couple of years. But now that I've rediscovered it, it's one of my favorite games (along with SoulReaver on Playstation) biggrin

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