{"id":43,"date":"2007-12-13T15:33:29","date_gmt":"2007-12-13T22:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.protomen.com\/\/news\/?p=43"},"modified":"2007-12-13T15:45:10","modified_gmt":"2007-12-13T22:45:10","slug":"death-race-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/2007\/12\/13\/death-race-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Race 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 13th, In The Year of Our Lord, 2007<\/p>\n

\t<\/span>As the sun rose on the Thundercon, the day after the Last Battle of The End,\u00a0some awoke to the sound of men dying, some never woke up at all.<\/p>\n

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I was one of those that never awoke.<\/p>\n

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The death had come for me. It was a valiant beating we gave the forces of evil that fateful night, but I had left myself open to the most sinister weapon the robots could think of… S.T.R.E.P. Throat.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0This new post is long overdue, faithful readers. I’ve been dead. For that, I apologize.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Here is the News:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Firstly, We’d like to thank all who travelled from near and far for the battle on Dec. 1st.<\/p>\n

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I’m pleased to announce that the verdict is in…We were victorious. But this was no easy victory. We were forced to fight with half as many men as we needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The End made a grave mathematical error.<\/p>\n

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The End’s Official Story is this:<\/p>\n

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The End’s Official Story<\/a><\/p>\n

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…So that’s why many of you were turned away at the door.<\/p>\n

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It is possible that The End will eventually get it’s Ability to let more than 125 people in the door back…and thus become a good venue once again. Unfortunately, Commander is easily scared and made us turn that movie off before we could see the conclusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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So that’s it. We have lost faith in The End.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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We shall play there no more.<\/p>\n

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The Protomen New Deal:<\/span><\/p>\n

EVERYONE GETS IN!<\/p>\n

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To make it up to you, Nashville, we are joining forces with our brothers from the north: Wax Fang.\u00a0 On January 12th we will battle to the death with Wax Fang and long-time allies, The Velcro Stars, at the Mercy Lounge…the Biggest Venue in all the Land!\u00a0(<\/span>not true)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Furthermore, it is entirely possible for you to buy tickets now to ensure you will be among the fighters fighting the fight that night.\u00a0 (Alright!)<\/p>\n

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Here is the link to the Ticket Purchasing Department at the Mercy Lounge:<\/p>\n

The Ticket Purchasing Department at the Mercy Lounge<\/a><\/p>\n

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What else… what else…what…else…what…<\/p>\n

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A Sea King-sized thank you<\/span> to all those helping with the<\/p>\n

“Protomen take over College Radio Station Airwaves Campaign”\u00a0<\/p>\n

As of last week we broke the top 100.<\/p>\n

Our New Year’s Resolution: Breaking the top 90!<\/p>\n

Keep up the good work comrades.<\/p>\n

We will be Victorious!<\/p>\n

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I was just handed a communiqu\u00e9 from Murphy regarding future shows.<\/span><\/p>\n

It reads:<\/p>\n

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Panther,\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t<\/span>Don’t forget to mention these shows in your news post. (stop)\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Feb 8 —\u00a0 Louisville, KY @ Pour House w\/ Ultra Pulverize (stop)<\/span><\/p>\n

Feb 9 — Akron, OH @ The Hilton – The Protomen cut ties with The Marriott tour (stop)<\/span><\/p>\n

Feb 10 — Detroit, MI @ Painted Lady Lounge (stop)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ok, That’s it. I’ve got to head back to Eagleville for a few hours. (stop)<\/p>\n

Then I have to switch out cars and go to my Mom’s house (stop)<\/p>\n

I’ll be at the Thundercon in a few hours (stop)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>-Murphy<\/p>\n

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I think that’s all the news<\/span> so far.<\/p>\n

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Except this: <\/span>Commander has discovered an NES game he’s never played: Cliffhanger.<\/p>\n

He played it today and it’s pretty awful.<\/p>\n

Way to go Sony Imagesoft…way to go.<\/p>\n

We expected better from you.<\/p>\n

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Also<\/span>, We had a few of you very concerned with 525-SEA<\/span> at the last battle<\/p>\n

All i can tell you is this:<\/p>\n

Keep your ears tuned to the proper channels.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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I wanna bop with you… baby,\u00a0<\/p>\n

Panther<\/span><\/p>\n

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-End Transmission-\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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