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Mario Chat / Re: Ouch!
« on: April 17, 2010, 09:02:04 PM »
I'm not convinced it's a human until it says "nuclear wessels".
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Game Help / Re: SMRPG - Belome's key?
« on: April 17, 2010, 07:57:19 PM »
Go back, eventually get the fortune that makes you go to a new town. You'll see a key high up on a ledge. Talk to someone enough times (but not too many times) so you can grab the key, then you can go back to the Belome statue and give it to him. The treasure room's optional, so no biggie if you don't do it, but it certainly helps.
More direct explanation:
Get the fortune that takes you to Monstro Town. In one of the doors, you'll see a Thwomp near the back of a room. Talk to him a few times, I forget how many, like 4 or 6. Each time you talk to him, he'll slam the ground and the key will inch further near the edge of the platform it's on. So keep checking outside when you talk to him. Eventually the key will fall to the ground where you can grab it. But talk to him too many times and the key will inch off the edge of town, gone forever.
More direct explanation:
Get the fortune that takes you to Monstro Town. In one of the doors, you'll see a Thwomp near the back of a room. Talk to him a few times, I forget how many, like 4 or 6. Each time you talk to him, he'll slam the ground and the key will inch further near the edge of the platform it's on. So keep checking outside when you talk to him. Eventually the key will fall to the ground where you can grab it. But talk to him too many times and the key will inch off the edge of town, gone forever.
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General Chat / Re: Wheee!
« on: April 17, 2010, 05:24:00 PM »
I feel a Banjo "Guh-huh!" is appropriate here.
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Video Game Chat / Re: Personal Bests on non-Mario titles
« on: April 17, 2010, 02:36:24 PM »
Summary of what LD and TEM said: All of the God of War games are good, but God of War III was my least favorite of the series.
In response to BP mastering F-Zero GX, two things.
One:
Two: I HATED trying to beat the Diamond Cup on Expert. I still haven't managed it (I was under the impression if I did that, I didn't need to do it under the previous difficulties. Screw 'em). Sand Ocean: Lateral Shift is the one I always kept dying on. No matter how much I know that one turn's coming up, I always fail to turn early enough. I also had trouble with Trident because I was going so fast (to barely keep ahead of everybody else) that one little twitch too far to the left or right would have sent me flying into oblivion. I don't recall having too much trouble with Aeropolis: Dragon Slope (I haven't played it in forever though), but I love Aeropolis in the first place, so maybe that's just me. As for Phantom Road: Slim-line Slits, I never played that enough to understand what the fuss was about, but I imagine if 30 cars are trying to squeeze through a 1-car-wide road at once, that would kill you in seconds. The track I hate the most, however, is Big Blue: Ordeal of the Emerald Cup. That's the track I always struggle to place well on no matter how good I do.
And I'm not convinced that creating custom machines will help diddly. To get stats comparable to a premade machine, the custom machine always seems much heavier. Plus, I really wish I knew the algorithms behind what stats are given for different combinations of parts. It's been a dream of mine to create a program that lets you select parts and see their stats, then derive from that what parts you'd need to get the stats you desire, and showing what parts of the game you have to beat to make that happen. But NOBODY knows how the game figures that out. Come on, it can't be that difficult can it?
...Oh yeah. My best on Winter Bells from the Orisinal website:
In response to BP mastering F-Zero GX, two things.
One:
Two: I HATED trying to beat the Diamond Cup on Expert. I still haven't managed it (I was under the impression if I did that, I didn't need to do it under the previous difficulties. Screw 'em). Sand Ocean: Lateral Shift is the one I always kept dying on. No matter how much I know that one turn's coming up, I always fail to turn early enough. I also had trouble with Trident because I was going so fast (to barely keep ahead of everybody else) that one little twitch too far to the left or right would have sent me flying into oblivion. I don't recall having too much trouble with Aeropolis: Dragon Slope (I haven't played it in forever though), but I love Aeropolis in the first place, so maybe that's just me. As for Phantom Road: Slim-line Slits, I never played that enough to understand what the fuss was about, but I imagine if 30 cars are trying to squeeze through a 1-car-wide road at once, that would kill you in seconds. The track I hate the most, however, is Big Blue: Ordeal of the Emerald Cup. That's the track I always struggle to place well on no matter how good I do.
And I'm not convinced that creating custom machines will help diddly. To get stats comparable to a premade machine, the custom machine always seems much heavier. Plus, I really wish I knew the algorithms behind what stats are given for different combinations of parts. It's been a dream of mine to create a program that lets you select parts and see their stats, then derive from that what parts you'd need to get the stats you desire, and showing what parts of the game you have to beat to make that happen. But NOBODY knows how the game figures that out. Come on, it can't be that difficult can it?
...Oh yeah. My best on Winter Bells from the Orisinal website:
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Mario Chat / Re: Ouch!
« on: April 16, 2010, 12:46:54 PM »
At first I thought 2735-- Fhqwhgads was a bot too. But the posts seemed comprehensible, so it might be a real person with a wacky screenname. But then recent posts didn't make any sense, so... I don't know. *reads Page 1 for once* And now I really don't know. But hey, I'm all for a bot/person that randomly links to Homestar Runner. Now get to minimum wagin'!
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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: Another example of PC running rampant?
« on: April 15, 2010, 03:32:43 PM »
I thought "hir" was only for hermaphrodites. In general I say he/she or "he or she", but that becomes cumbersome when I have to say it frequently, and it's grammatically incorrect to say "they" when referring to one person. It was suggested once to just use one pronoun, and then switch it out for the other occasionally throughout the passage, but that strikes me as odd.
Also, I thought the original meaning of "gay" was "happy" and that it didn't become a term for homosexual until later. Either that or that one line in the Flintstones theme song always had that double entendre.
The main reason I don't like political correctness is because it means I have to learn about the new "correct" terms to call people. I don't know what to call black people, I usually say African-American. I don't know the difference between Hispanic and Latino (I know you don't say Mexicans though. Normally I'd say "you don't identify people by the state they live in", in that you don't usually hear of Washingtonians, but that would extend to countries and we certainly hear of "Germans" and "Russians" and... maybe Norwegians... but I guess those too might be incorrect, just say "people from Germany" or "people from Russia". I think Mexico's also known as Latin-America, so I think I side with the term Latin-Americans... I'll just say Latino. Maybe Hispanic would be for those that live in Spain). And I'm too lazy to go onto a website to learn the correct terms, partly because I feel the situations where I do need to know this stuff are rare.
What it comes down to is, I don't want to learn new words to demonstrate I'm using words without the intent to harm or categorize someone. I'm not excluding anyone on purpose by saying only "he" or "she", for instance.
And for the record, I say Native Americans instead of Indians. This despite my favorite elementary school book, "The Trumpet of the Swan", still has Sam Beaver walking like an "Indian" which strikes me as stereotypical today. But you know, yeah, past literature/movies/whatever get a free pass on this PC thing. They get to say whatever old now-racist terms they want, you might get a little disclaimer at the beginning. "Blazing Saddles" used the n-word a LOT, but that doesn't seem to damper anyone's feelings on it as being a hilarious film. When shown on TV today, it usually mutes out all such words.
Also, I thought the original meaning of "gay" was "happy" and that it didn't become a term for homosexual until later. Either that or that one line in the Flintstones theme song always had that double entendre.
The main reason I don't like political correctness is because it means I have to learn about the new "correct" terms to call people. I don't know what to call black people, I usually say African-American. I don't know the difference between Hispanic and Latino (I know you don't say Mexicans though. Normally I'd say "you don't identify people by the state they live in", in that you don't usually hear of Washingtonians, but that would extend to countries and we certainly hear of "Germans" and "Russians" and... maybe Norwegians... but I guess those too might be incorrect, just say "people from Germany" or "people from Russia". I think Mexico's also known as Latin-America, so I think I side with the term Latin-Americans... I'll just say Latino. Maybe Hispanic would be for those that live in Spain). And I'm too lazy to go onto a website to learn the correct terms, partly because I feel the situations where I do need to know this stuff are rare.
What it comes down to is, I don't want to learn new words to demonstrate I'm using words without the intent to harm or categorize someone. I'm not excluding anyone on purpose by saying only "he" or "she", for instance.
And for the record, I say Native Americans instead of Indians. This despite my favorite elementary school book, "The Trumpet of the Swan", still has Sam Beaver walking like an "Indian" which strikes me as stereotypical today. But you know, yeah, past literature/movies/whatever get a free pass on this PC thing. They get to say whatever old now-racist terms they want, you might get a little disclaimer at the beginning. "Blazing Saddles" used the n-word a LOT, but that doesn't seem to damper anyone's feelings on it as being a hilarious film. When shown on TV today, it usually mutes out all such words.
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Forum Games / Re: You Nostalgia, You Lose
« on: April 13, 2010, 06:32:00 PM »
(See the intro for the full effect!)
And if you watched Nickelodeon during the 80s, you might recognize Mr. Wizard's World.
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Forum Games / Re: You Get Amazed, You Lose
« on: April 12, 2010, 08:54:49 PM »
Stumped him with Ranger Rick. But I'm surprised he guessed Ozymandias from Ozy and Millie.
Considering the people playing this thing will probably be people thinking of memes or obscure characters, I predict this thing will be "amazing" for quite a while. Please send in all the obscure characters you can!
Considering the people playing this thing will probably be people thinking of memes or obscure characters, I predict this thing will be "amazing" for quite a while. Please send in all the obscure characters you can!
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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!
« on: April 11, 2010, 05:24:38 PM »
Ufology is now my favorite word.
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Forum Games / Re: You Get Amazed, You Lose
« on: April 10, 2010, 09:15:38 PM »
Oh God What Is This I Don't Even -> HEIGH-HO! ODD TWISTS INNOVATE
Yo Dawg I Heard You Like Memes -> WEAKISHLY MAIMED GOOEY RUDE
At First I-- And Then I-- -> IT IS INFANT HATRED
Monty Python's Flying Circus -> STRONGLY PSYCHOTIC? I'M FUNNY
Pepperpot -> PEPPER POT
Garfield Vs. Heathcliff -> GRAVEL FISH-FACED FILTH
Fungi Forums -> OFF SMUG RUIN
The Fungi Forums -> I'M HUGE TURNOFFS
Chronicles of Narnia -> FOOL ANARCHIC SINNER
Harry Potter -> TRY HERO PART
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -> PORTRAY BATTLE OF FRIGHTENED HERO
The Lord of the Rings -> TROD LENGTH OF SHIRE
Dinosaur Planet -> SNARLED UTOPIAN
Whose Line Is It Anyway -> AHOY! INSANELY WISE WIT
Penguinwizard -> UNZIP WEIRD NAG
[my real name] -> HEY! FREAK BENCH
Look Ma, I'm a freak bench!
Yo Dawg I Heard You Like Memes -> WEAKISHLY MAIMED GOOEY RUDE
At First I-- And Then I-- -> IT IS INFANT HATRED
Monty Python's Flying Circus -> STRONGLY PSYCHOTIC? I'M FUNNY
Pepperpot -> PEPPER POT
Garfield Vs. Heathcliff -> GRAVEL FISH-FACED FILTH
Fungi Forums -> OFF SMUG RUIN
The Fungi Forums -> I'M HUGE TURNOFFS
Chronicles of Narnia -> FOOL ANARCHIC SINNER
Harry Potter -> TRY HERO PART
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -> PORTRAY BATTLE OF FRIGHTENED HERO
The Lord of the Rings -> TROD LENGTH OF SHIRE
Dinosaur Planet -> SNARLED UTOPIAN
Whose Line Is It Anyway -> AHOY! INSANELY WISE WIT
Penguinwizard -> UNZIP WEIRD NAG
[my real name] -> HEY! FREAK BENCH
Look Ma, I'm a freak bench!
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Video Game Chat / Re: Silver Surfer
« on: April 10, 2010, 08:50:47 PM »
I tried emulating Silver Surfer. I died within ten seconds. I turned it off.
It seems like what keeps getting pounded into our heads is "the old games were harder". If you thought Star Fox 64 was too easy (and it was), go play Star Fox for SNES. If you want a challenge... uh, go play any NES game that AVGN has reviewed (remember when he was playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and he spent half a minute just trying to get into a small opening to snag pizza). Or play Ninja Gaiden.
Hey, if you have fond memories of it, more power to you. If anyone wants to take up the manly challenge, go for it (there was that one website listing various video game challenges, and for the Silver Surfer challenge, the goal was to simply complete one stage). But me, I prefer games where I feel I'm actually making progress and getting better rather than dying repeatedly until I get a perfect run.
And I know EarthBound's the go-to game for "obscure diamond-in-the-rough", but yeah, it's still a good game today. The amount of level grinding you do is almost unbearable, but it's enjoyable. Even if Super Mario RPG gives you the fun faster and harder.
It seems like what keeps getting pounded into our heads is "the old games were harder". If you thought Star Fox 64 was too easy (and it was), go play Star Fox for SNES. If you want a challenge... uh, go play any NES game that AVGN has reviewed (remember when he was playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and he spent half a minute just trying to get into a small opening to snag pizza). Or play Ninja Gaiden.
Hey, if you have fond memories of it, more power to you. If anyone wants to take up the manly challenge, go for it (there was that one website listing various video game challenges, and for the Silver Surfer challenge, the goal was to simply complete one stage). But me, I prefer games where I feel I'm actually making progress and getting better rather than dying repeatedly until I get a perfect run.
And I know EarthBound's the go-to game for "obscure diamond-in-the-rough", but yeah, it's still a good game today. The amount of level grinding you do is almost unbearable, but it's enjoyable. Even if Super Mario RPG gives you the fun faster and harder.
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Video Game Chat / Re: Pokemon Fifth Generation Announced!
« on: April 10, 2010, 08:38:50 PM »According to Serebii, more fifth-gen news will be announced on the 11th and 15th. In other words, within the next three days.And it was leaked on April 8, 4 days after, so again you were right.
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Video Game Chat / Re: Pokemon Fifth Generation Announced!
« on: April 09, 2010, 12:06:00 AM »
...that's it? The new series is Pokemon Black and Pokemon White? Well that's lame. It'd work if Black had only dark evil Pokemon and white had only holy goody-two-shoes Pokemon, but I'm betting that's not it.
At first I thought someone was making a Pokemon version of Lionhead's "Black & White".
At first I thought someone was making a Pokemon version of Lionhead's "Black & White".
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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!
« on: April 08, 2010, 10:49:57 AM »
According to the Original Soundtrack (OST), it's "Wind Scene". That's the name I prefer as well. "Yearnings of the Wind" gets less Google hits and is also the name of a remix for the song. Also, the official title would never be the name of the area from the game ("AD 600") unless no other name was given.
I was a little confused by official names for Secret of Mana songs too. Okami's another example since the title's originally come in Japanese (but then, I guess all the aforementioned RPGs would have music titles originally in Japanese), so what we might think of as an official title may just be whatever the English localization team came up with. To this day I'm not sure if the official title for that one song from Okami is "The Sun Rises" or "Rising Sun". The OST suggests "The Sun Rises" (it sounds more official with a "the" in there), but I often see the title "Rising Sun" too. Also, the names given to the songs in the game don't match up with the names given for the OST.
I was a little confused by official names for Secret of Mana songs too. Okami's another example since the title's originally come in Japanese (but then, I guess all the aforementioned RPGs would have music titles originally in Japanese), so what we might think of as an official title may just be whatever the English localization team came up with. To this day I'm not sure if the official title for that one song from Okami is "The Sun Rises" or "Rising Sun". The OST suggests "The Sun Rises" (it sounds more official with a "the" in there), but I often see the title "Rising Sun" too. Also, the names given to the songs in the game don't match up with the names given for the OST.
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