#connected to dispatch. asks.

[djhallyboo]

@antiiinnocence asked:

HEY, YOU UH....LIKE MAKIN MINIATURES OR SOMETHIN' RIGHT?

The DJ immediately zooms over to the massive malevolent Mario, Tig Bop nearly flying off his head at the dizzying breakneck pace he was going. He folds his hands together eagerly, giddy at the prospect of somebody actually taking interest in his hobbies and not immediately go in insulting him or calling him a Nintendo shill. He's just a guy.

"DO I EVER!"

From underneath Tig Bop, Hallyboo procures a tiny toolbox. He opens it, revealing all manner of teeny tiny tools: paintbrushes, pipettes, tweezers, model cement... even a tiny drill. He sorts through them as he continues rambling.

"MOST OF MY WORKS ARE FOR THE JOB, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THERE'S MORE TO MINIATURES THAN PARTY MAPS! I'VE SEEN DOLLHOUSES, TOY TRAINS... EVEN SOME OF THOSE CREEPY ONES WITH ALL THE TEETH AND EYEBALLS! NOT EXACTLY FAMILY FRIENDLY ENOUGH FOR THIS PARTY, BUT IMPRESSIVE NONETHELESS."

"...SAY, WHY THE SUDDEN INTEREST ALL OF A SUDDEN? YOU GOT A PROJECT IN MIND, MR. MX?"

[djhallyboo]

a scurvy scalawag asked:

How does the dj feel about emulators?

"I'M GLAD YA ASKED! SEE, A LOTTA PEOPLE THINK THAT EMULATORS ARE INHERENTLY ILLEGAL. NOT SO, FRIEND! NOT SO."

"IT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL TO RUN AN EMULATOR! THE PROBLEM COMES WITH THE ROMS! IF YOU DOWNLOAD A GAME YOU DON'T OWN THE LICENSE TO, YOU'RE COMMITTING DIGITAL PIRACY! AND AS ANY TRUE PARTY ANIMAL KNOWS..."

"PIRACY IS NO PARTY!"

Unless it's NFTs. DJ Hallyboo gives you permission to right click as many as you can find.

[djhallyboo]

@rothotnikz asked:

Mr ballyhoo I love you do you love me back

"THAT'S DJ HALLYBOO TO YOU, NICK! HAR HAR HAR!" The DJ laughs a hearty, good-natured laugh as he spins his microphone in his left hand. "Y'KNOW, I GET A LOTTA ADMIRERS WANTIN' ME TO RETURN THEIR AFFECTIONS. AND I'M TOUCHED! GENUINELY!"

"THAT BEIN' SAID AND ALL... I JUST GOT OUT OF A MESSY DIVORCE WITH A CERTAIN GLITCH IN THE MATRIX. CAN'T SAY I'M EXACTLY READY TO GET BACK ON THE DATING SCENE. I'M A VERY BUSY HOST, NICK!"

[djhallyboo]

a scurvy scalawag asked:

Opinion on romhacks?

another scurvy scalawag asked:

I'm curious, Mx. Hallyboo. What is your opinion on romhacks? Technically they do require finagling with roms, and that does require some degree of sailing the seven seas, but you also can't really play them otherwise.

"GOOD QUESTIONS, GOOD QUESTIONS! I'M GLAD YA ASKED. SEE, THIS IS WHERE WE GET INTO A LOT OF NUANCE."

"ALL VIDEO GAMES AND ASSETS ARE PROTECTED UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW! THAT SAID, IT'S PERFECTLY WITHIN YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS TO MOD A GAME, AS LONG AS YA DON'T MAKE ANY PROFIT OR IMPEDE ON THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPERS MAKIN' PROFIT. IF YOU USE THE SOURCE CODE OF A VIDEO GAME TO CREATE YOUR OWN UNIQUE GAME WITH ORIGINAL SPRITES AND ASSETS, THEN I DEEM IT TRANSFORMATIVE! AS LONG AS YOU DON'T FINANCIALLY BENEFIT FROM THE DISTRIBUTION, YOU'RE LEGALLY IN THE CLEAR."

"THE TRICKY BUSINESS IS WHEN WE GET INTO ALL YOU FOLKS MAKIN' POKEMON OR MARIO ROMHACKS. CAN'T SPEAK ON THE HEDGEHOG FELLA, THAT AIN'T MY DOMAIN. BUT IF YOU MAKE IT CLEAR THESE AREN'T YOUR CHARACTERS OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND AREN'T MAKIN' MONEY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE PROSECUTED! WHEN WE START TALKIN' ABOUT PROFITIN' OFF OF ROMHACKS, THOUGH..."

"I MIGHT JUST HAVE TO PAY YOU A VERY SPECIAL VISIT."

[djhallyboo]

a scurvy scalawag asked:

Where did you and Ballyhoo even get Big Top and Tig Bop anyway? Were they gifts, did you just find them?

Who was a host without their hat?

Truly, it was a question that plagued all budding Mario Party hosts-- and as such, it was a rite of passage to receive a hat. MC Ballyhoo had received Big Top, of course.

Hallyboo's case was a bit different.

During a break from law school, Hallyboo was approached with a very special case. See, one of the hats was... very poorly trained, to say the least. The hat had a penchant for chasing the other hats around and biting onto them with its sharp teeth, and it required constant supervision.

It would take somebody with enough patience and discipline to direct the hat's impulses towards a more productive outlet.

Someone, preferably...

With a law degree.

[djhallyboo]

@laidtowaste asked:

[ I'M DOWNLOADING SOOOOO MANY ROMS AS WE SPEAK. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT? GET BEAT UP BY MY DAD? PFFT, >kefka_laugh.ogg< ] -that stupid hog you know the one

...Did the stupid teenager really forget Hallyboo's whole little diatribe about self-preservation and how he would've handled the Lucas problem? Trick question, of course he did. Naughty kids like him who loved stealing never paid attention to the rules.

Nevertheless, the DJ pulls out a Nintendo DS from underneath Tig Bop and somehow dials @antiiinnocence on itwithout breaking his death glare from Genny.

"HELLO? HELLO, MR. MX SUPER MARIO BROTHERS '85?" Hallyboo speaks into the closed DS like it's a normal cellphone. How does he do that? "THIS IS DEEEEEJAAAAAY HALLYBOO!"

"YEAH, YOUR KID JUST TOLD ME HE PIRATED 'sOoOoO mAnY rOmS' AND MOCKED ME WITH THAT LAUGH HE STOLE FROM THE FINAL FANTASY SIX MAN. DO I HAVE YOUR PERMISSION TO HANDLE HIM, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE HONORS YOURSELF?"

[djhallyboo]

@sammzysbargainbin asked:

what if i were to just hit you on the head with a really big mallet huh then what boy

"THEN YOU WOULD BE DOWN ONE BIG MALLET AND A HAND."

"HAR HAR HAR! AIN'T TIG BOP A KIDDER?" Judging from the scowl that Tig Bop makes in response to the DJ's uproarious laughter, it was most likely not joking about that.

"I CERTAINLY INVITE YOU TO TRY, BUT I'LL WARN YOU RIGHT NOW-- I WON'T MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU!"

[djhallyboo]

a scurvy scalawag asked:

Is there anything that actually gets under your skin? I mean, you treat everything like it’s a game or joke, surely there’s something that makes you actually mad, right?

"THAAAAAAAT'S MY SECRET, CAPTAIN!"

"I'M ALWAYS ANGRY."