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  • edited June 2009
    Zomantic wrote: »
    :D I hope this one gets into the game; I fear that the developers stopped reviewing this huge list early on: it really would be a pity, because its last pages contain some of the best ones.

    Something tells me we won't know whose ideas got into the game until we play it and see our pirate names in the credits, or something. Which is REALLY suspenseful.
  • edited June 2009
    Something tells me we won't know whose ideas got into the game until we play it and see our pirate names in the credits, or something. Which is REALLY suspenseful.

    Yep! I saw some ideas that were truly funny!
    Besides, why else would they ask us for only ONE pirate name...and OUR pirate name, not to invent a funny one. :)
    I actually can't wait. Due to the fact that they are working on episode two, and scripting episode three, I think that we might see something in episode three.
    From my part, even if they use only one book name and only one wind name out of all, it is great! Because I feel that I actually participated into giving ideas, brainstorming for a Monkey Island game. It's...the greatest thing...ever!
    I hope they'll have another brainstorming soon! :D
  • edited June 2009
    From my part, even if they use only one book name and only one wind name out of all, it is great! Because I feel that I actually participated into giving ideas, brainstorming for a Monkey Island game. It's...the greatest thing...ever!
    I hope they'll have another brainstorming soon! :D

    That's so true. First thing when I get to the Voodoo Lady: pixel hunting around the book shelves.^^
  • edited June 2009
    Woo-hoo! Pixel hunting!
    Guys...we are actually participating in the creation process of this game! Can you imagine this? We can all brag to our grandchildren:

    "Well, Billy--"
    "It's TOM, Grandpa."
    "Tom, yes...Well, Tommy, when I was your age I actually had the oportunity of helping the TTG team in their production of ToMI!"
    "Really, Grandpa? Where's your name on the credits?"
    "Errr, my pirate name was P. Silverwolf, and I gave them ideas about book titles and wind names!"
    "A-ha...and did any of those ideas make it into the actual game?"
    "Hee-hee-hee *dentures fall out of his mouth* Oh, darn... well, umm...no. But I WAS there, Billy! I WAS there!"

    :p Sorry, it's late, maybe I should get some rest.
  • edited June 2009
    From my part, even if they use only one book name and only one wind name out of all, it is great! Because I feel that I actually participated into giving ideas, brainstorming for a Monkey Island game. It's...the greatest thing...ever!
    I hope they'll have another brainstorming soon! :D

    I know it! This game has been an absolute blast! It feels like we were in a room filled with Telltale employees of all types, brainstorming jokes all week. I loved it. (That pre-order deal has been thirty-five bucks of pure fun.) :D :D
    "Well, Billy--"
    "It's TOM, Grandpa."
    "Tom, yes...Well, Tommy, when I was your age I actually had the oportunity of helping the TTG team in their production of ToMI!"
    "Really, Grandpa? Where's your name on the credits?"
    "Errr, my pirate name was P. Silverwolf, and I gave them ideas about book titles and wind names!"
    "A-ha...and did any of those ideas make it into the actual game?"
    "Hee-hee-hee *dentures fall out of his mouth* Oh, darn... well, umm...no. But I WAS there, Billy! I WAS there!"

    :D Hahaha.
  • edited June 2009
    Hi all,
    some books:

    'How to Pin Friends and Influence People'

    'A Farewell to Charms'

    'I'm O.K., You're a Zombie'

    ...I think I'll be spending my whole day coming up with more.

    Cap'n Trim
  • edited June 2009
    This Is an 8 Car Wind for Richmond Now Approaching
    The Wind Surrounding a Much Talked About Candle

    And Not wind related but:
    How to Avoid Huge Ships

    The best part is that this is a real book:
    http://www.amazon.com/Avoid-Huge-Ships-John-Trimmer/dp/0870334336

    My pirate name:
    C Bartholomew Tubemap
    Sailing in the good ship Terminal 4.
  • edited June 2009
    "Wherever you go, on sea or on land, how to stick a pin in largo lagrande" - By Guybrush Threepwood"

    Eh, and I'd have to go with Captain Darkstorm. Can't let down the boss.

    darkstorm.jpg
  • Sean ASean A Former Telltale Staff
    edited June 2009
    -- What sort of book titles do you think could be found on the Voodoo Lady's bookshelf? Y'know, things like "The Joy of Hex," or "Screams of My Father."

    "Rubber-chicken-with-a-pulley-in-the-middle Soup for the Soul"
    "How To Remove A Blindness Curse" (It's in Braille)
    "Hex Me Once, Shame On You; Hex Me Twice, I'm Screwed"
    "For Newt Eyes Only"
    "Tetrodotoxin: More Than Just a Paralytic Agent (Excellent in Salads)"
    "Deja Voodoo: The Resurgence Of Chicken-Blood In The Sacrifice"
    -- For reasons that defy explanation, we're trying to enumerate dozens of unique kinds of winds, things like "The Wind the Blows Off Your Hat," or "The Wind that Sounds Remarkably Like an Unhappy Echidna." Can you think of any others?

    The Wind That Done Shook The Barley
    The Wind Sighed From a Chimpanzee's Nose
    The Slightly Used Wind (Only One Owner)
    The Algonquind Roundtable (sp?)
    The Wind You Accidentally Swallow When You Eat
    (I have to do it:) The Broken Wind
    -- Lastly, what's your pirate name?

    Seagrass Bonner
  • edited June 2009
    Terrible Curses
    The Zombie Pirate who ate my Root Beer
    A Pirate Study: More Than Meets the Eyepatch
    Voodoo Curses for Children
    The Secret of Monkey Island™ Guide Book: "Turn your Computer off and go to sleep"

    Some aren't really voodoo books though :)

    Enerik the Terrible
  • edited June 2009
    sword fighting for the un-co
    insults for the creativly chlanged
    my sword is bigger than yours
    the arrfods dictonary of pirate insults
    the utlmate-insult for dummies

    pitate name captn-swaggerjonVII
  • edited June 2009
    Alrighty mates - these are from the pens of the Dread Pirate Marzipan and her first mate Monkey Alarm. If some seem similar - consider it the highest compliment, we didn't want to read all the posts and spoil the fun creating these...

    Willywind - the wind that gently blows through a pirate's pantaloons, making more than just his leg wooden.


    gullible gust - a blast of Stan's "hot air", blowing the dubloons right out of his "customer's" purse.


    zeitgeist zephyr - a wind of change, bringing you back to a time of classic adventure gaming.


    bibliobreeze - the slightest of breezes, not enough to do anything except blow over the pages of your favorite tome, annoying you.


    bung-hole blast - a strong wind that blows the cork right out of your grog barrel.


    wench's waft - the foul stench of commands extruding from your nagging wench's mouth.


    current current - the wind blowing you at exactly that moment in time.


    first-mate's flurry - with whirling grace, a tornado of a wind caused by the first mate's flurry of activity.


    whymee whiff - a shifting breeze that puts you directly down-wind of a malodorous scallywag, begging the question, "Why me?"


    giggling gale - mocks you while scattering your nicely raked pile of leaves.


    digger's draft - gas passed while the pirate digs a hole to bury the booty.

  • edited June 2009
    13 pages of suggestions means any ideasd I had have probably been mentioned already. So just the pirate name then.

    Hmmm...

    I'm Davebrush Freapwood, slightly pirate.
  • edited June 2009
    Here's my try at it...

    Voodoo Lady Books:

    "Shrooby 'Voo'- How to Solve a Mystery Using a Great Dane and Voodoo Snack Foods"

    "Reanimating the Dead Without an Outbreak- A Simple Guide to Keep Your Zombies Isolated and Fed"

    "The Voodoo Spell They Don't Want You to Know About- by Calvin Fraudeu"

    Wind:

    "Winds of the Father"

    "The Wind Also Rises"

    "The Howling of the Thing We Can't See, Upon the Sea"

    "Shiver Me Wind-ers"

    Pirate Name:

    Captain William Firecannon
  • edited June 2009
    puzzley goodness, thanks for writing down some winds that were actually a pleasure to read. This is the kind of material I hoped people would be able to produce.


    ....I havent written a pirate name

    'Surgeon Stumps Trevally'
  • edited June 2009
    I think the Voodoo Lady would definitely have "Voodoo Dolls for Dummies" as mentioned earlier - everyone's gotta start somewhere, right?

    For new ones (or ones that I hope are new) how about "Pirate or Flooring Inspector - Which Is The Job For You?" And maybe out of personal interest she'd have copies of "Phatt Island Library Fines Volume 1 - A to S" "Phatt Island Library Fines Volume 3 - U to Z" and "Phatt Island Library Fines Volume 2 - Threepwood, Guybrush" - he never did go back and return that book, or did he?

    Different types of wind: The Wind That Sets Smoke Detectors Off, The Wind Of Change, The Wind Of Staying The Same, The Slight Breeze Of Perplexing Intensity, The Wind That Isn't Really A Wind Because The Air Is Calm... some of those might be good, they're off the top of my head.

    As for pirate name, I came up with Cap'n Tigz Mordan. Before you ask, the last name's an anagram of "random", which sounds perfect for a random encounter should such things happen ;)
  • edited June 2009
    Voodoo book titles:

    "The Permanence of Death and Other Unfounded Myths"

    "The Who's Who of Unspeakable Formless Menaces"

    "The Big Book of Mermaid Meat Recipes (Now With Expanded Human Part Section)"

    "1001 Voodoo Spells That Can Be Mistaken For Cooking Recipes"

    "Playing God: Hoyle's Definitive Guide"

    "How to Fix Continuity Errors Without Being Incredibly Boring" (the book consists entirely of blank pages)

    "How to Get People To Ask You About Upcoming Adventure Game Releases"

    "All the Secrets of Monkey Island Except One (Now With Revised Giant Monkey Head Section)"

    "Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway"

    "My Rubber Chicken with a Pulley in the Middle and Me: This Sort of Thing Really Is My Bag, Baby" by Guybrush Threepwood

    Winds:

    "The Foul Wind of the Darkest Shuddering of a Cursed Soul"

    "The Wind from the End of Time"

    "The Weeping Wind of a Thousand Forlorn Widows"

    "The Wind That Carries a Fart From Another Continent"

    Pirate Name:

    Turnbuckle John
  • edited June 2009
    I'll give this a shot. :o

    -- What sort of book titles do you think could be found on the Voodoo Lady's bookshelf?
    • Fanhexery: How to Ressurrect a Franchise in Five Easy Steps. (or should that be 'Episodic Steps'?)
    • Canciones Infantiles Del Pollo Diablo. (or whatever 'nursery rhymes of the devil chicken' is in Spanish)
    • The Complete Guide to Skullduggery and Other Fun Cranium-Related Earthworks.
    • Emetics: The Handbook to Multicoloured Happiness.
    • Maxeus Maleficarum: The Ultimate Guide to Lagomorphic Spell Protection.
    • Gibbon-Jibbing: 1001 Handy Hints to Managing an All-Primate Crew (by C. Fossey).
    • Karma Soultra: 15 Popular Ways to Root Ghosts.
    • Casket Cruisers: Making the Most out of Your Final Resting Place.
    • Icy Dead People: 13 Delicious Recipes For Children.

    -- For reasons that defy explanation, we're trying to enumerate dozens of unique kinds of winds. Can you think of any others?
    • The ThreepWind.
    • The Wharfy Whiff.
    • The Wind That Is Strong Enough To Mess Up Your Hairstyle, Yet Just Gentle Enough For You To Not Notice It Until After You And Your Date Have Arrived At The Fancy Restaurant.
    • The Chill Wind of Timber-Shivering.
    • The Chilli Wind - now with 35% more jalepeno!
    • The Barnacled Breeze.
    • The Wand of Erroneous Typos.
    • The Dreaded Draft of Domenic Armato.
    • The Wind That Broke The Camel's Back.

    -- Lastly, what's your pirate name?

    Captain Glaceberg...because it's like glacier and iceberg mixed together...yeah, I suck. :p

    *edit* Oh! Or Captain Petard, which is awesome for any number of reasons.
  • edited June 2009
    A Fistful of Monkeys: How to survive a duel by Captain Leone
  • edited June 2009
    While I think some more book names... "Captain Luthier" wasn't piratey at all, so can I change it to "Captain Roderick Hawke"? I don't know why, but I kinda like it :)
  • edited June 2009
    Some more books...

    "Le petit priest"
    "The voodooist manifesto"
    "The priestess in the rye"
  • edited June 2009
    Here's some more suggestions for books. I haven't read all the books so I hope at least one of these hasn't been suggested:

    Damn Quixote
    Lady Chatterley’s Zombie
    The Lord of the Gris-gris
    Choosing for Whom the Bell Tolls
    To Zombify a Mocking Bird
    1601: A Sea Odyssey
    Interview with the Zombie
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Carribean
    The Handmaid's Tail
    Memoirs of a Gekko
  • edited June 2009
    Gee, the Voodoo Lady's library is gonna be HUUUUGE :D
  • edited June 2009
    Lol.
    Books:
    "Voodoo Dull: yawn" :D Dull, dull, dull
    "Voodoo Soup: From Goodsoup" Well what food sounds like Voodoo?
    Or:
    "Voodoo Soup: From Kudu Goodsoup" Ya know the prezeln from MI 4.
    "Americas next Voodoodoll"
    "Voodoo Dummie"
    Or:
    "Pimp my Voodoodoll" :D

    And at the end of all books another book:
    "Voodoo puns (or jokes): Where did they come from?" I mean like in Monkey Island 2 with the book about the jokes.

    Winds:
    "Wind that blows you off the line."
    Another meaning but with wind:
    "Wind that blows you up." :D
  • edited June 2009
    Disappearing in a Flash of Blinding Colours for Dummies.
  • edited June 2009
    "1001 voodoo recipes"
    "99 ways to hex your enemy"
    "Top 10 secrets the spirits don't want you to know"

    "How to convert a monkey into a wrench"
    "The worlds most powerful gris-gris part I: Rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle"

    "Into the swamp: there and back again"
    "How I Got My Mojo Working in Muddy Waters"
    "The good, the bad and the ugly voodoo dolls"
    "Zombies Ate My Neighbors"
    "Using austere powers to find your lost Mojo"

    "The wind of change"
    "The wind that blew me away"
    "The wind that smells horrible"
    "The wind that isn't a wind"
    "The wind that blew it big time"
    "Chasing the wind"
    "The wind that blows away a Big Whoop map piece when you think you finally have it."
    "The wind that always slows you down whether you go or come back"

    My pirate name would be captain Dreadbeard
  • edited June 2009
    "Horcruxes for the beginner pirate"
    "How to use 'thy force' to move lemons"
    "The Fellowship of the Monkey Mojo"
    "The Two Chickens (without pulleys)"
    "The Return of Bobbin Threadbare"
    "Sam & Tex Hit the Mojo"
    "Voodoo Mama: Exclusively for We"


    "The wind that turn the bend"
    "The wind that spoke too loud"
    "The wind that spoke with murray"

    My pirate name is Cap'n NightShadow
  • edited June 2009
    There's so much in this thread, apologies if any of these have been done...

    Books:
    Fowl Play: 1001 Uses For A Rubber Chicken With A Pulley In The Middle
    Generation Hex
    Dreamtimes of my Father
    The Men Who Sacrifice Goats
    Mandrake Generation
    Rot KillGrims Precious Little Undeath

    Winds:
    The Wind That Shakes The Barley
    The Wind That Shakes The Marley
    The Wind That shakes The Karzie
    The Wind That Shakes A Bar, See
    The Wind That Knocks Over Your Playing Card Towers Juuust As You Were Putting That Little Pointy Bit At The Top
    The Wind That Winds You
    The Wind That Blows Other Countries Darned Fishstick Factories Stink In Your Face
    The Wind That That People In Horror Stories Somehow Manage To Mistake For Serial Killers
    The Wind In Marin Pins Ginny To A Thing

    Pirate name:
    Peg-Shoulders Whitterton, scourge of the poop deck
  • edited June 2009
    "Rubber Chicken Soup for the Soul"
    "7 Habits of Highly Eclectic Voodoo Ladies"
    "Threadbare and Back Again: A Bobbin's Tale"

    "The Wind That Blows Through The Crack In The Window When You Are Trying To Sleep"

    William Bandersnatch
  • edited June 2009
    Shmeh, you is teh funnay. Some more titles!

    Hexes and Hexters
    The Priestess Bride
    The Ordinary Priestess
    Pirate in a Strange Land
    Remains of the Corpse
    1001 Caribbean Nights
    The Caribbean Mystique
  • edited June 2009
    LuTHieR wrote: »
    Gee, the Voodoo Lady's library is gonna be HUUUUGE :D

    Hahahahaha!! :D True.

    How about: "Voodoo OR What The Hell Did I Just Do?!"
  • edited June 2009
    My book title suggestions: :D

    - <Enter Text Here>
    - Monkey Island Walkthrough from A-Z
    - Fighting like a cow for dummies
    - 1001 facts about pirates
    - How to cook a human in less than an hour: The cannibal's dreambook
    - YES WE CAN!: Pirating for the Beginner
    - Max: A hairy-tale for not-so-small children

    And the Winds:

    - The Wind deep in the Caribbean
    - The Wind of thousand winds
    - The WINDows Vista Tips & Tricks
    - The Wind that makes spitting easy
    - The Wind of Monkey Island
    - The Wind that blew you away
    - The Wind underneath
    - The Scorpion Wind of change
  • edited June 2009
    "Unlimited Voodoo - The Limited Edition"
  • edited June 2009
    my Pirate Name: Dan "the Rebirth" McStrout
  • edited June 2009
    "Undead love - Putting the 'end' in endorphins"
    "Reversing bowel movement - the curse that keeps on giving"


    - Bagge, the Burlesque Buccaneer
  • edited June 2009
    I didn't make it through the entire thread, so I apologize if someone has already posted any of these:

    Voodoo Books:

    So You Want to be a Voodoo Priestess?
    Much Ado About Threepwood
    A Midsummer Night's Grog
    Bring the Hex Back to Your Marriage
    My Dinner with Captain Andre
  • edited June 2009
    Book:

    Dr. Voolittle ... Medical Voodoo for Beginners :D
  • edited June 2009
    "Some Voodoo to do"
  • edited June 2009
    The VooDoo Lady is Still a Lady, so I'm betting she has one or two ladies interest novels in her collection. (where applicable, I've linked to the book I'm parodying)
    "The Pirate That Loved Me"
    "Monkey Business"
    "Red Sky at Night, Lover's Delight" Real Book
    "That VooDoo That You Do"
    "Confessions of a VooDooholic"
    "Around the Sea Girls"
    "A Spell to Remember"
    "Breakthrough: Diplomacy and Gender in the Age of Marley"

    There are many winds!
    - The Wind at my Backside
    - The Wind in the Willows
    - The Wind of a Thousand Sneezes
    - The Wind What Answers the Question of How Many Roads Must a Man Walk Down Before You Call Him a Man [credit goes to Ignatius for the original idea, I just think this sounds like a funnier name]
    - The Wind What Passes as Gas in the Middle of Uncomfortable Silences
    - The Wind
    - The MAD WINDBREAKER WHAT BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT (MAKING GRAVY WITHOUT THE LUMPS)!!!

    Me Pirate name be Steamin' Hot Soup (Yarrr, puns!)

    [apologies for repeats, I've not read the rest of the thread]
  • edited June 2009
    "(Don't) Fear The Reaper : Bring your loved ones back to life using only a cowbell !"
    "The Slight Return of the Voodoo Child"
    "Night Of The Living Bread : A beginner's guide to voodoo coking"
    "Looking Intelligent By Purchasing A Lot of Books"

    Pirate Name : José "Ouiche" Lorraine
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