Sunday, December 7, 2014

Picking up the threads and continuing our quest!

by Nathan Stout (of AccordingToWhim.com)

First off, I'd like to address why in all our posts we say who the blog is by and why it always says (of AccordingToWhim.com). A couple of years back Chris and I did 365 posts for an entire year (one blog a day). After a while we did some searching on Google and Yahoo to see how our blog was showing up (or not showing up) based on searches. We found our blogs and they were pretty far up on the rankings but it turns out all our blogs were not attributed to us and were not on our blog anymore. Apparently websites have bots that go and scour the internet and steal content and pass it off as their own. This usually means the formatting is wrong and sometimes links are missing (and they generally do a shoddy job of presenting the blog in a decent format). Chris and I decided that we needed to start adding our main website's address at the top of all our blogs that way when our content is stolen, there is a link back to our site incase the reader is interested.

Anyway, as you can see from the sparseness of the posts in this blog that our Robotech journey slowed wayyyyyyy down over the last two years. You know how it is, you get all fired up for something and you set out ready to conquer the world then reality sets in and you have work and such get in your way. That's basically it. The blog has been dormant with the exception of the Robotech RPG Tactics Kickstarter posts. Well, it's that Kickstarter that has got me going again. I used to love playing the Robotech RPG and I've always wanted to play tabletop war games (like Warhammer, etc...) but never got into it. Well along came Robotech and I couldn't pass it up! I'm all excited again! Along with my reentry into the saga I am building a 'day one' Robotech RPG Tactics campaign for Chris. I want to have it fully follow the Macross saga through the RPG Tactics game's point of view (battles... lots of battles).

I've got to find out where I left off and pick back up on my (originally 2012) chronological journey through the Robotech universe! To recap from the first blog post I am using Triple-Super Mecha 8's slimmed down timeline to watch and read through series. Here is his website if you want to REALLY get into some super detailed information!

I have finished the first 36 episodes of the show and read through the comics up to that point (the destruction of the SDF-1 and 2 by Khyron and I (think) I finished the 6th book. I have notes on my phone that I took down long ago but I am not 100% if I finished it. I am going to have to go page through the book and see if the later stuff rungs bells (it will have been the 3rd time I've read it so it might be tricky). Next up is Robotech Novel 19: The Zentraedi Rebellion alog with the comics for The Malcontent Uprising. Some of my least favorite parts of Robotech but I shall prevail!

Below you will see the complete list in order and everything in yellow is everything I have already covered in this blog. So stay tuned!

* The (L) means last entry for that particular title.

GENESIS: THE LEGEND OF ZOR #1-6 (L)
GRAPHIC NOVEL (L)
RETURN TO MACROSS #1-13, 19, 14-15
WARRIORS #0 (#0 featured in RETURN TO MACROSS #15), #1-3 (L)
METAL SWARM #1 (L)
RETURN TO MACROSS #16-18, 20
ACADEMY BLUES #0
RETURN TO MACROSS #21-25
ACADEMY BLUES #1-2
MACROSS TEMPEST #1 (L)
ACADEMY BLUES #3
RETURN TO MACROSS #26
ACADEMY BLUES #4
ROMANCE #1 "Two Beers with a Skirt Chaser" story – NOTE: Contrary to the date printed in the story, the date is May 2005.
ACADEMY BLUES #5 (L)
RETURN TO MACROSS #27-33
CIVIL WAR STORIES #1 (L) – NOTE: Contrary to the date printed in the story, the date is July 2005.
RETURN TO MACROSS #34-37 (L)
ROMANCE #1 "When the Going Gets Tough..." story (L)
BREAKING POINT: CADET LISA HAYES SPECIAL #1 (L)
MACROSS (video series) "Boobytrap" to "Blue Wind" - Episodes 1-13
MACROSS MISSIONS: DESTROID #1 (L)
MACROSS MISSIONS: EXCALIBUR #1 (L)
MACROSS MISSIONS: EXCALIBUR - QUAKING THUNDER #1 (L)
MACROSS "Gloval's Report" - Episode 14
VERMILION #1-4 "Vermilion" story
MACROSS "Homecoming" to "To the Stars" - Episodes 15-36 (L)
THE MALCONTENT UPRISINGS #1-12 (L)
THE SENTINELS (video) (L)
THE SENTINELS BOOK I #1-6
THE SENTINELS WEDDING SPECIAL #1-2 (L)
THE SENTINELS BOOK I #7-16
FINAL FIRE #1 (L) – NOTE: Circa 2022 is when the narrator tells his account of events that occurred in 2012.
CYBERPIRATES #1-4 (L)
THE SENTINELS BOOK II #1-21
THE SENTINELS BOOK III #1-9
AMAZON WORLD - ESCAPE FROM PRAXIS #1 (L)
INVID WORLD - ASSAULT ON OPTERA #1 (L)
MECHANGEL #0-3 (L)
THE SENTINELS BOOK III #10-18
SMITH WORLD - SABOTAGE ON KARBARRA #1 (L)
CYBER WORLD - SECRETS OF HAYDON IV #1 (L)
THE SENTINELS BOOK III #19-22
THE SENTINELS BOOK IV #1-8
FERAL WORLD - NIGHTMARE ON GARUDA #1 (L)
CRYSTAL WORLD - PRISONERS OF SPHERIS #1 (L)
THE SENTINELS BOOK IV #9-10
STAR RUNNERS: CARPENTER'S JOURNEY #1 (L)
THE SENTINELS BOOK IV #11
THE SENTINELS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1 (L)
THE SENTINELS BOOK IV #12-13 (L)
ROBOTECH ANNUAL #1 "The Science of Law" story
ROBOTECH MASTERS [a.k.a. SOUTHERN CROSS] (video series) "Dana's Story" - Episode 1
THE MISFITS #1 (L)
ROBOTECH MASTERS "False Start" to "Catastrophe" - Episodes 2-24 (L)
INVID WAR #1, 5-6, 2, 7, 3-4, 8
FIREWALKERS #1 (L)
INVID WAR #9-12
THE NEW GENERATION [a.k.a. MOSPEADA] (video series) "The Invid Invasion" to "The Lost City" - Episodes 1-2
ROBOTECH ANNUAL #1 "Shop Talk or Why You Should Never Ride Without a Helmet" story (L)
THE NEW GENERATION "Lonely Soldier Boy" - Episode 3
INVID WAR #13
THE NEW GENERATION "Survival" to "Hard Times" - Episodes 4-6
CLASS REUNION #1 (L)
THE NEW GENERATION "Paper Hero" to "Eulogy" - Episodes 7-8
INVID WAR #14
THE NEW GENERATION "The Genesis Pit" to "The Fortress" - Episodes 9-12
INVID WAR #15
THE NEW GENERATION "Sandstorms" to "The Midnight Sun" - Episodes 13-17
INVID WAR #16
THE NEW GENERATION "Ghost Town" to "Frostbite" - Episodes 18-19
INVID WAR #17
THE NEW GENERATION "Birthday Blues" to "Hired Gun" - Episodes 20-21
VERMILION #2-4 "Unsung Heroes" story (L)
THE NEW GENERATION "The Big Apple" to "Symphony of Light" - Episodes 22-25 (L)
INVID WAR #18 (L)

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