"...Before Cybertron was, I was"

sprites touch · Post by **sprites touch** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 3:45 am

Although Vector sigma isn't used much beyond TKtVS, what could the writers meen by that?
The quints in season 3 aren't part of the history yet, only the cybertonian wars(desertion of the dinobots), could that be a refrance to Primus?

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Redstreak · Post by **Redstreak** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 4:14 am

Good guess, I'd say. VS almost seems like the TF God, least in the cartoon. So I think that's a logical assumption to be made.

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Blaster_86 · Post by **Blaster_86** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 7:21 am

Quints could have built vector sigma then cybertron around it.

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sprites touch · Post by **sprites touch** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 10:02 am

B86, your solution fits well with continuity, but we all know how important continuity was to the writers

I doubt they'd bother to tie in S3 with S2, heck they didn't tie S2 to S1(lots of new charecters from nowhere).
I wonder where did the writers came up with that phrase.

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Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 10:47 am

Personally, I think the writers just threw it an as an "oh, this'll make the disco ball sound rilly rilly important" type phrase.

Literary device to inspire awe in the audience.

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Shrapnel Clone · Post by **Shrapnel Clone** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 12:25 pm

Vector Sigma just tries to make himself sound important

Starscreamsghost · Post by **Starscreamsghost** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 1:49 pm

'Course, when the Quints were making their way through the guts of Cybertron in FFOD, the ugly one stuffed Vector Sigma into his athletic bag on the way through.

I know, I know...

"Which one's the ugly one?!?" --Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2

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Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 3:35 pm

I want my money back!!!

Sixswitch · Post by **Sixswitch** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 4:05 pm

I want his money back too!

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Shrapnel Clone · Post by **Shrapnel Clone** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 4:57 pm

Originally posted by Starscreamsghost:
"Which one's the ugly one?!?" --Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2

Welcome to ugly-ville. Population: YOU

Argh, what a time for my 'ugly-Quintesson' sig to become corrupt

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Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 5:54 pm

pssssssst, buggy boy - animated sigs are a no-no...

Redstreak · Post by **Redstreak** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 6:12 pm

Originally posted by sprites touch:

I wonder where did the writers came up with that phrase.

I think they were trying to make it sound like "sector x" or something...trying to imply that VS is the end-all be-all.

R.

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RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 8:50 pm

Vector sigma was used by the quints to program the transformers. It was probably created before they built cybertron, and then installed into cybertron.

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Pun-3X · Post by **Pun-3X** » Sat Jan 12, 2002 9:18 pm

Or the simpler terms: "Before Cybertron Was..."

It means before Cybertron was called Cybertron. When Cybertron was simply a factory base, with some Quint designation like CX-231-A. Cybertron probably wasn't CALLED Cybertron until after the overthrow.

VS was, as probably created to construct/prgram (or at least oversee the programming to) the worker drones. A master system...that evolved just as the worker/military drones did into something beyond.

When the Quint overthrow was done, the workers and military constructs decided to name their home.

Unless some info contradicts this, that's the theory I've always held to.

Shrapnel Clone · Post by **Shrapnel Clone** » Sun Jan 13, 2002 12:53 pm

Originally posted by Brendocon:
pssssssst, buggy boy - animated sigs are a no-no...

I think a 2 KB animated sig should be no problem, right?

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Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Sun Jan 13, 2002 1:56 pm

Sadly, no. We have to draw the line somewhere, and it's far easier to say "no animations" than have people arguing that, yeah it's over the file size, but the dimensions blah...

soz.

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