Lurker > TomNook7

I dont think i wouldve been able to stomach food after all that

Lol yeah i figured it out. They only show respect if you fight their leaders

Also the ancient dragon killed me with its flying fire attack a couple times because i forgot depleting your stamina makes it so you cant run for a couple seconds

Anddd immediately the zombies in dragon aerie explode and break my ring which helps my equipment load, and then im fat rolling, and then more zombies break every piece of armor i have equipped

welcome back to dark souls

Also now im at the dragon shrine, and the dragon knights will sometimes randomly be friendly, but also randomly will decide to attack me? Wtf is that about

Back from my trip. Lets get it

matthewmatosis is king for me

Lmao some of these posts are wild. Never change b8

swirldude - this user has been around forever but i cant remember anything in particular right now

Maniac64 - One Piece bro, but unfortunately also a Souls detractor, so the jury is still out

LordoftheMorons - Another FF14 bro. Also I remember in my FF ranking topic, everybody was in the middle of this giant heated argument about Nomura, and right in the middle was your post that just said i like ff5 despite the story lmao

greengravy294 - I remember you posted a topic that was like i like to see others suffer so i can feel better about myself and ive been side eyeing you ever since

BlueCrystalTear posted...

I'm a very different person now than I was then. I think the medication change helped a LOT. I struggle getting accepted in lots of places no matter how I modify my behavior. I just wish people were more willing to talk to each other and see where they're coming from. I don't mean harm to anyone and just having a conversation would help others realize that.

Im really glad to hear that, and your posts seem pretty chill nowadays, so me and you are cool as far as im concerned

MZero posted...

Phantasy Star IV
Seiken Densetsu 3

DKC2 vs PSIV is crazy tho

Is Tunic really a soulslike? It has elements but its more a zelda clone imo

heres my stats:

Lv 132

VGR 22
END 23
VIT 28
ATN 16
STR 40
DEX 8
ADP 16
INT 26
FTH 6

Raw Butchers Knife +5
Sorcerers Staff +7
Blossom Kite Shield +5
Gyrm Warrior Helm +10
Drangleic Mail +4
Dark Gauntlets +4
Drangleic Legging +4
Chloranthy Ring +1 (basically need it for this damn weapon)
Clear Bluestone Ring (fire magic quickly)
Ring of Steel Protection +1
Royal Soldiers Ring +1 (keeps weight down so i can hold all this shit)

Great Heavy Soul Arrow
Great Soul Arrow
Heavy Soul Arrow

Bosses beated
The Last Giant
The Pursuer
Ruin Sentinels
Dragonrider
The Lost Sinner
Skeleton Lords
Covetous Demon
Mytha, The Baneful Queen
Flexile Sentry
Royal Rat Vanguard
The Rotten
Old Dragonslayer
Belfry Gargoyles
Executioners Chariot
Scorpioness Najka
Royal Rat Authority
Prowling Magus
The Dukes Dear Freja
Smelter Demon
Old Iron King
Dragonriders
Looking Glass Knight
Demon of Song
Velstadt, The Royal Aegis
Guardian Dragon

Aldias keep done, cool laboratory where they do horrific experiments on the poor monsters

Got the guardian dragon first try, and i might have to save and quit at the dragon aerie for now. Gonna be out of town for a couple days

Aldias keep - a horse buggy is shaking with something inside it - messages around it:

thrusting ahead attack by the way woman hurrah for thrust

Lmao how do these mother fuckers come up with this shit

Lopen posted...

Shadow of the Colossus or as I call it Barren Open Spaces: Horseback Riding Simulator Edition might not be a 1/10 but it's darn close.

^You sure you wanna be this guy Ulti?

I was not expecting the king to be like this

Lol nah it was definitely a struggle

Okay i cant run, but maybe i can make it
to this witch if i roll through her projectiles, oh fuck theres ANOTHER witch shooting me? Oh god now theres a dude with a spear, just gotta maneuver and not fall in the water, BUT NOW WHAT THE SHIT THERES TWO SPEAR DUDES CHASING ME- dead

Oh thats dope

Xtlm - uhhhhhh... OH, he's a fellow retro game collector. He also enjoys Japanese Saturn games. True.

Wicklebee - no idea

hombad46 - another fellow One Piece bro, and when I made my Pokemon Sword/Shield topic asking people their thoughts, he was actually one of the ones who convinced me it sucks

Andddd I think that's it. Whew that took all of my mental energy

MacArrowny posted...

I'll have you know I played NiGHTS into Dreams recently and now acknowledge that Sega has made another good game :p

Well don't stop there; keep going! Hit up Xtlm; I'm sure he can recommend you something

UltimaterializerX posted...

The problem with me trolling for so long is people dont take my opinion as me actually meaning it when theyre against the grain as it were.

I promise you I despite Shadow of the Colossus and think the game is bad. That is not me trolling.

sorry cant hear you over how ignored you are

Looking Glass Knight down, another pushover, and another regular armor dude, but the mirror that summons dudes was a cool touch, and the music was cool

The water area afterwards whew you cant run and theres witches shooting at you, while other enemies pop out and clusterfuck you whew. Hard but fun tho.

Demon of Song down too, first try yet again, but very cool design and cool music

Undead Crypt now

Just climbed an extremely long ladder and at the top was a message that said visions of boss. In short hurrah for stealth

Actually we only got partially through Shulva. I cant go back and solo it on my own so im not messing with it yet.

Doing Drangleic Castle now. Just like Iron Keep, its hard but in a fun way. Just fought Dragonriders who were a pushover

there sure are a lot of regular old knights in armor bosses

I'm uncoordinated so I just pay a guy who runs a computer repair shop to fix all my shit lol. Props to you for trying yourself tho

BlueCrystalTear - Okay so this is the account I confused NBIceman with. I already know im an idiot ok

And oh boy lol. Just like with Ulti, people deserve second chances, but man you were infamous on my main forum back in the day lmao. No joke - once a year I get together with my old internet friends, and we reminisce on the old forum days, and one time they were like "Hey Josh, remember when you invited that guy andyman to our forum?" and I just had to sit there and let them laugh at me and take the L.

But whatever its all good. And nah I haven't watched Survivor in forever. God I forgot we used to go hard on that shit here on b8 with Inviso and everyone. I think I even ran Save my Survivor? Between this and Pun's post I'm now suffering from second hand embarrassment, so thanks a lot guyz

colliding's actual serious writeup - despite our differences we could probably both karaoke the Lunar music together so he's cool with me. PS: this writeup wasnt serious at all

catesdb - oh dude she's hilarious - "grandia 1 looks like a middle schoolers cartoon show" lmao and also "i will now rank .3 vgm" lmao i still have no fucking clue what that meant or what the rules were.

And she made the Unicorn Overlord topic so yeah she's cool

ZaziGuado - im drawing a blank right now sorry ;-;

guffguy89 - see above

_Blur_ - he's my Bloodborne bro. Also I enjoyed watching him conquer F-Zero 99, and I remember there was a game contest where we had to choose between Smash Ultimate and Elden Ring, and he was like YO THIS IS HARD, and I was like YO SAME, so he has good taste

MacArrowny - A bit of a mixed bag for me

THE GOOD:
He was an absolute bro in my FF14 topic
Hates The Quarry

THE BAD:
Souls detractor who just made up random nonsense in his arguments
A wiseass who joked there aren't that many great Sega Genesis games

So the jury is still out on this guy

Tidus

Also stop using modern art for the characters lol. 2000s kratos isnt better than glados, but modern kratos might be

Lmao oh god i dont remember any of that. Thats hilarious tho. What a cringe little bastard i was

wallmasterz - this is the Mario bro right here. Don't nobody know more about Mario then this guy. Also he dm'd me telling me "nice game collection" so this user is cool with me forever

Punnyz - this is the fighting game master right here. Back in the day I fought this guy online in Street Fighter IV or something, and he just relentlessly fucking destroyed me, and eventually when I was like "cough cough okay i gotta run" he was nice enough to still be like "ggs"

Also another random memory - when Blue Dragon came out, I thought it was a piece of shit and returned it to the store, but you made a playthrough topic for it, and you were like "i dunno guys, should i give up on this?" and i was like "no, you have to see it through!" and you were like "ok" lmao. Fucking Blue Dragon man. Game fucking sucked.

Also... I might just be imagining this, but I think there was an old picture of you holding an Xbox 360 or something, while making a super funny face? It was you or someone else. If you still have it, please post it again, because that shit just lives in my head rent free

UltimaterializerX - Oh boy lol. Okay, first off, back in the day I used to go to the b8 wiki and the character profile geocities site, and there was always "ULTI'S ANALYSIS" lmao so at first I was like "oh shit this guy got clout."

Fast forward to last year during my FF ranking topic, and the topic was just bumping itself for no reason. I made a topic like "uh guys wtf is going on", and someone was like "you have Ulti blocked." lmao. And I honestly don't even remember why I blocked you.

I actually find it funny you are such a quintessential part of board 8 culture, yet so many people hate you for whatever reason. But two things are true - 1. people deserve a second chance, and 2. we are all very different people now than when we were edgy teenagers and twenty-somethings, so fuck it you're cool with me. Everything you post makes you seem like a quality user, and I appreciate your help in my Dark Souls II topi-

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/94972187.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fda1c895.png

Isquen - Another guy who always rides with me on both FF14 and Souls. Thanks for always being there for me! This is actually a really pleasant user who has good takes. I actually first got to know you in my FF ranking topic, where you talked about completely breaking FFX. Make Yuna go down Auron's route so Bahamut fucking destroys people - incredible.

LightningStrikes posted...

They said RPGs, thats a minigame compilation.

https://youtu.be/a_6CZ2JaEuc?feature=shared

today i learned what yimby and nimby means

redrocket - When i was doing my FF ranking topic, KanzarisKeishen came in and started trashing FF Tactics for a bunch of questionable reasons, and you quietly came out of nowhere and was like excuse me sir but heres why youre wrong and i think everyone in that topic was grateful to you lol

Mega_Mana - absolutely recognize the username, but nothing is coming to mind right now, and i hate to make a shot in the dark like with rikku, because i dont wanna confuse you with Megamanx or MegaWentEvil, so i am so sorry

Johnbobb - this is the indie game bro right here. When i made a topic about underplayed games, you seconded later alligator and hypnospace outlaw, so you get it. Also turned me on to the new T pose game by the katamari guy. Youre also the horror bro, and i think you run a contest too but i cant remember which one right now

Rockdan/TheKnightOfNee - see Mega_Mana

th3l3fty - honestly SMFFFC seems to be a massive undertaking and the entire thing is very impressive. Congrats on running board 8s #1 user contest, even if it was all for nothing because Doomtrain lost in favor of Vanille

Hot damn, ITS THE YEAR OF RPGS, BOYS

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Persona 3 Reload
Unicorn Overlord
Dragons Dogma 2
Eiyuden Chronicle
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

Am i forgetting something?

Flower
Journey
Rez
Katamari Damacy

NBIceman - ............oh. I thought this was an andyman alt for some reason. This entire time I thought you were andyman lmao whoops

azuarc - he's the Fill in the ____ topic guy and a Genshin player

Raka_Putra - ah, THERE you are. The gay Pokemon plushie guy. Also you nominated an Undertale song in my music ranking topic... it all makes sense now

SHINE_GET_64 - TROPHIES & MEGA MAN. Keeps us updated on reviews and upcoming releases which I genuinely appreciate. Keeps Wii Sports Resort on the top shelf like a vintage wine. Also this is you:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9aef7705.jpg

Arti - oh god this is one of the zelda contrarians from that one topic. Away with you!

those are sick

heres my main

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3f0419a6.jpg

ChaosTonyV4 - bought suikoden v for $100 just to play it on original hardware, what a G. he's into board games and im pretty sure we were friends on backloggery, so this guy is probably a hardcore gamer

Great_Paul - its crazy to me "do you like this character" is still going like centuries later. well done. Also you're a game collector like me

ctesjbuvf - Oh, this is a good user! He had nuanced takes in the infamous Zelda topic, and even in that one topic discussing Switch 2, I remembered he remained calm and shut down the haters. Which makes sense, because iirc this is THE Switch guy. He plays like every Switch game or some shit, which is insane. He's also a One Piece bro. Ya know what, honorable mention for this guy too

Lopen - I am, in fact, not even mad. My first impression of you was in the farewell SBallen topic, and everyone was saying their goodbyes and thanks and reminiscing on the good times, and then you busted in like FUCK THAT GUY lmao. Then there were the hot takes in the LMS topic. But I aint gonna lie - I legit laughed when you called XIII an AI lmao

Steiner - im pretty sure you run the b8 discord, and after reading your post, yep thats you. when the dark souls haters descended upon us, you were just like "i dont care for these games, but i dont want them changed to cater towards me either." so you have my respect, sir

RikkuAlmighty posted...

Bruh you think i hate ff6 and/or 7? and thought i was a furry?

Im doing my own ranking right here right now:
1-99999999 - everyone
last place - YOU

I CANT REMEMBER EVERY USER ALRIGHT ITS HARD

I believe i am done with the iron keep! It was hard, but in a fun way. For the old iron king i just hid behind the wall and used magic lol. Except his damn lazer goes through the wall, but i just learned the tell for it and was good to go. Also when he tried to go into the lava, id run out to the opposite side of the wall and trick him into coming back out in the same spot lol. NOTHING CHEAP IN SOULS PVE

RikkuAlmighty - uhhhhh at first I was like "is this the gay pokemon plushy guy?" but nope, thats RakaPutra lol. Theres so many damn users here man. But iirc you were a bit of a detractor in my FF ranking topic? You don't like FF6 or FF7 or something - BUT iirc you were also the Tekken 8 bro when that dropped, so you redeemed yourself!

Snake5555555555555555 - I think you probably have really good taste. I remember you hating on DC movies and The Quarry (seriously what do people see in those games), and youre also a Dark Souls bro, and in the character contest just today you were also conflicted on Pyramid Head vs The Boss, which omg same

Leonhart4 - "good work ff8 crew"

Also I don't hold anything against anybody in the LMS topic, except Lopen, but even then he's just funny

NFUN - uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I think you're a Like a Dragon bro? I think I remember seeing you in the Infinite Wealth topic?

this is really hard lol

alright fine i'll try not to be so jaded lol. i'll wait for reviews at the very least

Boom - its 2003, Im 13, and Im playing Silent Hill 2 at my grandmas house in Florida. The weathers beautiful, got the windows open, and Im straight chillin on summer break. I get stuck on a puzzle - go on my grandmas computer, type in silent hill 2 help and there it is:

GameFAQs.

And boom right on the front page - Sora vs Aeris. Im like YO THIS IS COOL. And then theres a link thats like you can discuss the contest on the GameFAQs contests board!

So yeah, Board 8 was probably the first internet forum i ever found. I think before this it was just aim chat and Battle.net. And immediately i was like yo this is amazing

Some guy eating a copy of FFX, Kyle Bowens bar and lounge, CATS memes, people obsessing over obscure games and obscure characters. Like yo who tf are Isaac and Felix? I gotta go play Golden Sun wtf

Throughout the years I was mostly always lurker, and I never really became a truly regular b8er. I ran a couple contests throughout the years, but nothing crazy. Trolled a lot though. I was the only person who rated Punny vs Palmer at the Ghetto Olympics a 0/10 lol

Once the contests died out, i stopped coming here for a couple years, but in March of 2023 - twenty years after originally discovering this board - I came back here out of a sense of nostalgia - and sure enough its still going with shit like:

-LMS topics
-Aw Yeah SHINE Platinum #7,097 Hentai Girl Shooter with zero posts in it
-some guy reviewing every Playdate game in excruciating detail
-internet tough guys like Lopen calling everyone too sensitive
-user contests where we create Mount Rushmore.

Like wow incredible. Like honestly, this board is important. This place is like stepping into a time capsule. And Im gonna stick around till the end, fuck it

Back in the day it always felt like there were thousands of users here, and it was hard to really get to know people, especially since all you had to go by was a username with no portrait. But now theres significantly less, and its more manageable in my mind. The average topic poll has like 30-40 users voting, but thats only counting the ones that vote, so im thinking maybe theres like 50-100 active users here? And thats not even counting random lurkers and trolls

Speaking of trolls, I came back right around the time the Current Events board was deleted, so all those dweebs were coming here and posting their CONTRARIAN HOT TAKES lmao. I remember in particular there was one topic that was like Zelda was never good and another was Dark Souls needs a pause button and both just became SUPER SERIOUS DEBATES with 500 posts lmao. And that was when i first started to get an impression of a bunch of the remaining users here

So yeah after a year of being back, post and Ill tell you my impression of you! Heres my favorite users so far tho:

HARRICH - When said Zelda and Souls topics were going on, this guy stood out by posting intelligent, well thought out takes. Even in my recent LMS topic he did the same. And anyone who likes Neverhood has to be a bro

Kamikaze potato - This guy was such a bro during my Bloodborne/Dark Souls II playthroughs, and then turned right around and continued to ride with me when i played Shadowbringers. In the Zelda debate topic, he himself admitted to not caring about Zelda, but made fun of the contrarians regardless. I also liked that one time i name dropped Disco Elysium and Outer Wilds, and he was immediately like true. Good taste and chill user all around

LightningStrikes - When the Zelda contrarians were invading, he also made good, rational posts. He made our Tears of the Kingdom topic, and he made a good, sincere post telling LMS about the danger of youtube algorithms. Also one time I jokingly said FF Tactics is mainline, and he posted a five page rant on how it isnt lmao. Also he knows way too much about Disney princesses

MartinFF7 - I cant recall any specific moments, but he just seems crazy-funny in a good way, like with that crazy Moogle Topic. He was enthusiastic about my FF ranking topic, and just seems pleasant and chill all around

MZero - I had barely been back on b8 for a week, and I mentioned I was going to Japan, and this fuckin guy was like yo lets hang out. Like damn a bro. I barely know you but fuck yeah I'm down. Too bad our schedules were conflicting tho! Also this guy is the fucking FFX master, he likes Japanese Sega Saturn games, and the only other user besides me who hates the FF7 remakes. Good user

Honorable mention: colliding - you were up here until you said you hated chrono cross

Genesis does

Me: damn why does this have almost 500 posts

Me after reading: damn i wanna see madame web now

Leonhart4 posted...

What was so bad about Mando Season 3 that warranted "last straw" status?

the jack black episode alone was bottom tier star wars

also there were plenty of straws before mando 3 i can assure you

Andor was pretty damn good i admit. But mando 3 was the last straw lol

theyre going to have to do a lot to win me back at this point

SHINE_GET_64 posted...

I wanted to play the whole game that way, but I still need to overcome VR motion sickness and I couldn't play it more than 20 minutes without profusely sweating and feeling like I was going to be ill.

Damn that sucks. Ive never played it outside of VR, and it is absolutely the definitive VR experience imo. Itd probably be my favorite game in the series if RE1make didnt exist

Some of you guys really need to try RE7 or Tetris Effect in VR