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We're excited to announce another new change that's been in the pipeline for quite a bit: SpongeCraft Frontiers has upgraded from Spigot 1.14.4 to Purpur 1.18.1 1.18.2! New materials, mechanics, and more are now at our disposal to continue building out our strange little world. For those of you playing on weaker computers, I'd recommend installing CurseForge and grabbing build 3.14.1 of Fabulously Optimized, a mega-collection of mods all focused on making Minecraft run as well as it possibly can. We're still working out some under-the-hood issues with resource usage, but for the most part, everything is now in order and ready to be played. Enjoy, y'all!

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Last time on "DMAN re-attempts to talk about every single CN original in existence", dman talked about a somewhat lackluster episode that didn't display the better qualities of the show overall. Will today's episode be a similar case? Well, dman is sick of the next show's franchise at this point so he probably won't watch enough episodes to find out... #33: Ben 10: Alien Force "Ben 10 Returns, Part 1" [April 18, 2008] Is there really anything else I can say about Ben 10 at this point? Thankfully, this is the last time I'll have to discuss one of his shows in this thread. This one was fine from what I remember of it on TV, so I'm going in assuming I'll have similar thoughts to it as Ultimate Alien. Alright, let's finally kill Ben! The episode begins with two aliens communicating, with one telling the other that Grandpa Max is responsible for certain information that has been leaked. The other commands the alien to "destroy him", segueing into the intro. Afterwards we see Ben, now 5 years older, playing a game of soccer and living a relatively normal life. He briefly meets Julie (as we already know, his future love interest) before heading to the RV, and he notices Grandpa Max isn't there. Suddenly, the alien from earlier begins attacking Ben, and since Ben isn't wearing the Omnitrix he has to fight in more creative ways. After fending off the alien, Ben accesses a message from Grandpa Max, where he tells Ben that he's investigating recent alien activity on Earth and that the Omnitrix is safely in his hands. Ben immediately goes home and is confused to find the Omnitrix is still in his possesion, leading him to believe Max is trying to tell him something. We cut to Gwen at her karate class, while Ben spectates and gets ready to ask her for advice. Later that night, they both watch Max's message and discuss whether or not Ben should put the Omnitrix back on, but suddenly are interrupted when a shadowy figure demands they give up the Omnitrix. After Gwen uses her magic to incapacitate the fish-like alien (Magister Labrid), he reveals he is a member of the Plumbers and was trying to find Max, who has gone missing. Labrid quickly realizes Ben is Max's grandson, and offers to join them in finding him. In response, Ben decides to put the Omnitrix back on. The three stake out at where the criminal group known as the Forever Knights are expected to receive an illegal shipment of alien technology, only to find that Kevin is their supplier. Labrid confronts them, and the other suppliers reveal themselves to be the same species as the aliens from the beginning of the episode. The Forever Knights also reveal themselves, leaving the trio surrounded. Even worse, when Ben tries to use the Omnitrix it fails, as it needs to reboot. While Gwen and Labrid fend for themselves, the Omnitrix eventually manages to reboot, changing completely in the process and giving Ben access to aliens he's never seen before. He turns into Swampfire (I didn't have to look up the name because he says it out loud!), which scares away the supplier aliens, but the Forever Knights use their new weapons to fire at him. Kevin then gets inbetween the fight, wanting to stop Ben himself as an act of vengeance for trapping him in the null void and ruining his deal. As this happens, the Forever Knights make their escape. Ben manages to defeat Kevin, and he is trapped using energy cuffs. Labrid informs Kevin that the Forever Knights now have technology that is far beyond the level Earth is supposed to have, and forces him to help settle the issue. Surprisingly Kevin is all for helping, but only because he never got his money. Kevin drives them to a castle that supposedly holds the Forever Knights, and Gwen uses her magic to allow them to enter. As they look for signs of the Knights, Ben accidentally knocks over a knight on display and wakes up a dragon-like creature, and we cut to a "TO BE CONTINUED..." card. Well, I was right. My opinions on this one are basically the same as those I expressed on Ultimate Alien. It's fine, I enjoyed it while it was on, I'm probably never going to binge it, and all around the first series was better. It does still have its moments though; the more mature feel of this one leads to some impactful action scenes, and Ben bringing back his "peek-a-boo!" line during the Kevin fight made me crack a smile. Though if I'm being honest, I am so relieved to be done talking about these shows. They're not bad, it's just I can only watch the same thing so many times before I run out of things to say. THE BOTTOM LINE: HOHOHO RATING: 7/10 (decent) 5 Bens down, 0 to go! I'd end the thread right here, but we've still got 20 shows left and I'm excited to talk about some in particular. What do you say, Wheel? Stay tuned for dman's next talk-about. Original post:

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Last time, I talked about a Nicktoon based off an IP I knew nothing about. It looks like we’re getting the same deal here too! Yay. #34. “The Lilo” – Winx Club [August 26, 2012] Okay, first of all, god damn, I did not expect this entire franchise to date back to 2004. Before doing this list, I assumed it was some new concept or something. So looks like I’ll be starting off with Season 5, the beginning of the Nick seasons. My summary here’s gonna be pretty condensed though. Anyway, the episode starts off with foreshadowing of the villains who want to defeat the Winx. It then cuts to Flora doing a practice test by gliding on water. Professor Palladium tells her to be more confident but Flora doesn’t have it in her to do that. Ms. Vergonda (god I hope I’m spelling these names right) tells the Winx that there’s trouble in the kingdom involving a magical plant called the Lilo. The Winx must find the Lilo and then plant it before sunset so the flower doesn’t lose its power (hey that rhymed). The rival group watch her explain the plant through a bubble and they plan to find the Lilo before they do. The Winx land in Gardenia where the Lilo is in the presence of these two girls heading to a flower garden. They head over to a flower shop Bloom’s mother works at. With the help of Flora using her mind powers, she figures out the Lilo used to be there and tries to track it down following the two girls (one of them making random stops at places). They end up at a mall and walking up to the music store, they meet the two girls and the Lilo. Unfortunately, the Trix (that’s the name of the villains btw) arrive too and demand the little girl give them the Lilo. Of course, the girl holding the plant rejects them and then runs away, and the Trix chase after her. Not wanting the Trix to get the plant, the Winx transform into Magic Winx mode. Cue transformation sequence where the characters give their names and their titles. The Trix try to find the girl and they find her hiding in a bush, with the pedal sticking out of it. They try to steal the Lilo but Missy (the name of the older sister btw) stops by to take her little sister back. After one of the Trix suffers a kick to the crotch, all of the Winx members use their powers to fight them off. The rest of the Trix use their powers to distract them all while their leader reaches the Lilo. Aisha and Stella use their powers to fight off the clones one of them set up. However, one of the Trix summons a dark cloud, damaging some of the Winx. The Trix take chase after Missy and her sister as they go towards the community garden the little one wanted to go to. Leader Icy is then stopped by Flora and they fight each other. All members of the Trix grab the girl and the Lilo but the girl throws off the plant. Flora saves Macy (the name of the girl) from falling as the others try to save the Lilo. The plant ends up dropping on the ground and it starts blooming and the Trix try to use it to become more powerful. But with the help of everyone’s belief in them, the Winx defeat them all and save the day. So that was Winx Club! At least the start of its first Nick season. This one was rather okay, though typically these kinds of shows don’t really interest me that much. I’d call it a gender norms thing but there’s one or two Nicktoons coming up on here that’ll disprove that theory. Humor isn’t really strong either but I did laugh when Macy kicked one of the Trix. Other than that, nothing much for me I want to seek here. VERDICT: 5.5/10 (There’s an audience out there for these shows but honestly, there’s other shows I’d rather watch.) RANKINGS: Also before I reveal the start of the next show, I have an announcement. After thinking it over, I've decided to add a new Nicktoon to my wheel. What could it be? ......Action League Now is going to be added! Although it didn't show up on the article I was initially looking at, I did look at the Wikipedia article for Nicktoons and found it on there. So welcome to the party, Action League! Okay, I've stalled enough. What's my next show gonna be?