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Post by Clive Koopa on Aug 11, 2008 17:01:34 GMT -5
Some of them maybe, yes  lol And then they can close the pipe behind them so they can't be followed or traced. But most of them are probably quite loyal anyway and don't goof off. |
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Post by kingkoopa on Aug 11, 2008 17:07:27 GMT -5
Yea but most of them do goof off
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Post by shadowgoomba on Aug 11, 2008 17:30:11 GMT -5
He just said the opposite...
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Post by kingkoopa on Aug 11, 2008 17:37:15 GMT -5
Fine half of them goof off and half don't
HAPPY!
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Post by shadowgoomba on Aug 11, 2008 17:42:25 GMT -5
This isn't really the place for acting like that.
But anyway...there's quite a few that are hard working such as Koopatrols and quite a few that aren't, such as Clubbas. There's no exact statistic.
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Post by kingkoopa on Aug 11, 2008 17:45:37 GMT -5
Yea those Clubbas sleep more than Noddys do and that is saying something
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Post by EpicGyllynn on Aug 5, 2010 11:28:40 GMT -5
I have 2 Theories on the Origins of Warp Pipes: Either 1)They are a Natural Occurrence, or 2)They where Created by an Ancient Civilization. I'm Leaning towards it being a Natural Thing, but why aren't New ones being Formed Today? Although they could have been Created by some Event, or were always there(From the Beginning of Time)! In Modern times, however, Most are natural, while some People have Reverse Engineered them to Create Artificial(and Temporary) ones, such as the Return Pipe!
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Post by SMBBQ on Aug 6, 2010 21:03:09 GMT -5
I see it as this;
After the Mushroom World was all formed and such, An ancient civilization achieved the technology to build the warp pipes. Sadly, this civilization fell and has not been seen since.
Perhaps the Luffs?
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Post by Koopalmier on Aug 6, 2010 21:41:33 GMT -5
My guess is that those are the Ancients. Actually that should be the first theory coming up for stuff like that.
Warp Pipes are either A) Teleporters, or B) Worm holes. If B) is true, then it is possible Mario went on Earth at a point of time, or on another planet, but then the pipes couldn't be copied as only the Ancients are powerful enough to make worm holes, considering they have control over space. Yet in PM you see that there are three extra pipes, maybe in case of the one they use breaks. So A) becomes more plausible, but then it annihilates any theory saying Mario had any relation with another planet or another dimension (not counting what you see in-game).
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Post by EpicGyllynn on Aug 7, 2010 14:58:09 GMT -5
Sounds good! But I still think it was a Natural Process, well maybe the Portals where Natural, but the Ancients built Pipes around them? But if you look at some of their Locations, that wouldn't make sense! I'm goingfor an All-Natural Process for the Traditional Pipes, but some are Man-Made.
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Post by Koopalmier on Aug 7, 2010 15:07:46 GMT -5
Blocks and pipes are definitely the Ancients' creations. Considering they exist in multiple dimensions, and the only beings that owned the power of dimensional travel were the Ancients. They were lazy people, so they most likely made them a bit everywhere to travel very fast. However Warp Pipes become unusable after a long period, and thus that explains why there are pipes you can't use and why Mario has extra pipes.
Due to the Warp Pipes being made of metal, I somewhat doubt they are natural.
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Post by PDoogan on Aug 7, 2010 15:47:13 GMT -5
The idea about the ancients makes sense. Considering they live between dimensions, they would have plenty of experience moving through different ones. And considering this probably all happened a long time ago, it would make sense that some of them don't work anymore.
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Post by EpicGyllynn on Aug 7, 2010 15:53:16 GMT -5
Pipes. Maybe? Blocks? Maybe. But I think Blocks are just a Collection of Magical Energy that Clusters, and becomes Solid. Also, I wasn't talking about the "Tribe of Ancients", just a Race of Beings that no longer Exist. Although, the Tribe of Ancients creating the Pipes and Blocks does make sense. Although I'm still think it's (Super?)Natural.
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Post by EpicGyllynn on Jul 5, 2011 19:20:41 GMT -5
Hey guys, we've talked about Warp Pipes, but what about Warp Cannons? Is launching a person out of a Warp Cannon really a safe means of travel, and if so, then why can't Mario just get launched to Bowser's Castle? Maybe they make some sort of magic path that takes the person to a predetermined location, kind of like a Launch Star?
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Post by Koopalmier on Jul 5, 2011 20:09:07 GMT -5
Warp Cannons seem to be...
Wait, first of all, Warp Cannons prove that not all pipes have the same teleportation strenght (after all, pipes that allow you to move from a town to another are rare).
I guess Warp Cannons are the stronger, bulkier, more dangerous but easier to find version of a Warp Zone. The direction in which they fire is predetermined (probably because configuring such a big thing may not be easy, and the firepower is obviously limited), just as the landing point.
But it's less safe than a Launch Star. Not that it matters, it's not like anyone was courageous enough to travel through kilometers of the Mushroom Kingdom's dangerous plains just to get to a far away (and probably not inhabited) place of the kingdom.
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Post by EpicGyllynn on Jul 5, 2011 21:01:22 GMT -5
Oh, I forgot, are Warp Cannons natural, or were they created by the Ancients as well?
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Post by Koopalmier on Jul 6, 2011 19:16:58 GMT -5
I'd say they're an idea from the political heads of the Mushroom Kingdom to allow faster, easier travel from a place to another, without wasting a lot of money (by that, I mean that a Warp Cannon is easier to find than a Warp Zone, and you can actually know where it sends you).
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Post by rhinotaur on Jul 8, 2011 12:51:31 GMT -5
Considering they're cannons, I guess they're supposed to be artillery weapons of some sort that were built during some sort of massive world war, explaining why they're in so many places. Since the Ancients are gone, nobody knows how to change where these old cannons will fire, but it's still possible to make new ones. Seems better to just use normal cannons though.
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Post by Koopalmier on Jul 9, 2011 9:37:11 GMT -5
... Wow, that's a pretty good idea. Why did I not think of it first ?! ;_;
More seriously... yeah, that's a pretty good idea. But I don't think it was during a massive world war, I think it was during a war between every region of the Mushroom Kingdom, and Fahr Outpost was probably part of the war too.
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