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| Topic | What's up with the internet frequently relocalizing names? |
| philsov 03/21/24 12:05:15 PM #9 | uwnim posted...
Thought it was Argath. As one who hates the PSP translation -- you're probably right --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | What's up with the internet frequently relocalizing names? |
| philsov 03/21/24 11:38:12 AM #2 | FF5 makes sense, only because it was imported to us first as a fan translation (<3 DeJ@p), so that localization was "canon" with Butz. Then we finally got FF5 for real as a PSX port, with a different translation for things, and so people had different baselines and adopting to the "new" or "proper" name is cumbersome.
FFT suffers similar with Algus (PSX) or Algath (PSP). Or, more famously, Aeris. Never really heard of Tina before but I suspect it's the "reject Woosely, embrace direct translation" crew of smug, weeb purists. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | What's the biggest age gap you've ever had in a relationship? |
| philsov 03/21/24 10:45:11 AM #13 | 9 years; I was 35 and they were 26. Lasted about 3 years, and the age gap was absolutely one of the factors in our break up. We were just in different life phases.
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Video games should be fun. Not lectures on white man bad. |
| philsov 03/21/24 9:56:33 AM #78 | Rosstin316 posted...
As a straight white man, I felt attacked by Tetris and its woke agenda. So, I see Tetris as homophobic as the best way to get points is to thrust that straight block into the hole. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Apparently "thou shall not kill" is a mistranslation. |
| philsov 03/21/24 9:49:39 AM #38 | SHRlKE posted...
Do you think that makes a material difference to the meaning of that commandment? Given the fate of Canaanites -- no. If God says "don't kill" and then, shortly thereafter, commands "his people" to genocide , then the commandments are always gonna be a little bit fuzzy. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Your preferred party in FF1? |
| philsov 03/21/24 9:10:14 AM #24 | Fighter
BB Red Mage White Mage Black mages suck between thief/ninja also getting FAST and limited late game spell slots which are only marginally better than item spam (<3 thor's hammer and the like) --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Do you think the south park motorcycle episode is true? |
| philsov 03/19/24 4:26:59 PM #10 | honestly, the "bike-curious" line was one of the most clever ones for the entire series
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | If someone fucked in front of your food, could you still eat the food? |
| philsov 03/19/24 3:42:26 PM #15 | yeah, it'd be a little weird.
Reminder that Salad Girl was given the food first, and then the sex happened. Order of operations very much matters. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | When did you first play Final Fantasy 7, CE? |
| philsov 03/19/24 2:40:21 PM #9 | 99. Never got a playstation but it got ported to PC thanks to Eidos and I got to enjoy it there. Also was a 4 CD set, and some of the cutscenes were AVI files I could watch when I felt like it.
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Can anyone confirm if this is true? |
| philsov 03/19/24 1:31:30 PM #3 | there's a low barrier for entry to being a screenwriter. And they do a lot of rough drafts which wind up on the cutting room floor. So surely, some intern somewhere has indeed written this line, like a lucky monkey with a lucky typewriter.
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Is Kefka a well written character? |
| philsov 03/19/24 1:27:59 PM #12 | Dancing Mad is a well written song.
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Wouldn't a planet-sized being have terrible reaction times? |
| philsov 03/19/24 12:40:52 PM #9 | a planet sized being would probably be de-centralized and therefore have multiple brains, technically.
It could, for example, be more like a Siphonophore rather than a mammal. It's functionally a single organism but also a series of distinct zooids which all spawn from a single, fertilized egg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphonophorae --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | How is it CHEATING going out with another girl for coffee at WORK? |
| philsov 03/19/24 9:29:15 AM #21 | SaccharineSmile posted...
is that considered cheating? Tell your girl everything and see what she thinks. It can be seen as cheating, but you obfuscating this from your partner is not a healthy look and means its even more likely to lead to cheating. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Tell me about your first computer |
| philsov 03/18/24 4:46:39 PM #70 | Gateway 2000, circa 1991-2.
Ran Windows 3.1. Had a 3.5", 5.25", and a magnetic tape drive which was a nifty cartridge halfway between a VHS tape and a walkman cassette which was a way to back up everything. I mostly used it to make "art" in MS paint and sometimes played Solitaire, but also played some games like Kings Quest, X Wing, and Gorillas, a turn based game that was basically Scorched Earth but instead of being tanks we were Apes throwing Bananas. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Not into short term, poly, being a third or any of that weird crap. |
| philsov 03/18/24 3:26:41 PM #4 | may you also find a day-drunk monogamist, OP
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Did you play Mass Effect Legendary Edition? |
| philsov 03/18/24 2:56:10 PM #53 | I got it.
ME1 didn't hook me so I never beat it nor tried 2+3. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Biden proposal for 9600 dollars tax credit to buy home. |
| philsov 03/18/24 2:13:28 PM #10 | Makeveli_lives posted...
what about people who already bought/own a home? They can sell their home and buy a new one (from someone who is also selling their home to buy a new one, etc). only a small % of the population buys 1 home in all of their life and then proceeds to die there. Lots of people upgrade homes as they start families, or when the kids "leave the nest" as that extra space is now excessive. If you want to capitalize on this incentive, do it. If you don't, for whatever reason, then you don't. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Is there a time limit on this Taylor Swift phase? |
| philsov 03/15/24 2:40:15 PM #12 | phase Surely you mean "era" --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | When is it too late to ask a woman out? |
| philsov 03/15/24 2:09:35 PM #5 | it might be "too awkward" now, but if you want the relationship to evolve into something towards romantic and/or sexual, you still should do it.
Make it an elevator pitch and see if she's down for a Date. Use the D word. Sooner the better; life is too short for placeholder relationships. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Cutie pie gamer gal on 1st date: All remakes are BAD. |
| philsov 03/15/24 1:43:55 PM #7 | Cutie pie gamer gal 2nd date. Poopy opinion on remakes isn't a dealbreaker. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | This kind of reels shows up in Facebook everyday |
| philsov 03/14/24 12:29:51 PM #8 | supermichael11 posted...
They always lose 100%. It's the same thing as those derpy math equations where half the people are idiots and get dunked on. Engagement and the need to correct someone will drive someone to click on the screen and do it better themselves way more than a mobile game ad of someone doing it correctly. People on facebook are stupid and exploitable, and thus the ad itself is somewhat clever Wordle-based game ads are especially idiotic about this, lmao. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | 10 million to go naked for the rest of your life |
| philsov 03/14/24 12:06:12 PM #16 | ImAMarvel posted...
Where's the downside? winter. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Star Trek DS9 was great and revolutionary SPOILERS |
| philsov 03/14/24 10:20:33 AM #66 | CassandraCroft posted...
Come on then I double dog dare you to tell me why you like DS9? Sisko is an atypical captian. Good character interplay (<3 Bashir and Garak) also with a nod to Kira. Yes, I'm happy when they got the shuttle because being a passive space station can only allow for so many stories before they needed to travel. I find it odd that you're so passionate about this show but manage to rant and complain about an episode you've never bothered to watch and rely on hearsay on, to the point of pride. And the fact that you've not only sent me a direct message and tagged me in this topic to goad a response shows that you need to find additional hobbies. I'm blocking you now, thanks for the motivation. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Human beings bee to be selfish abd only care about themselved |
| philsov 03/14/24 9:32:51 AM #6 | "Bee shellfish" is nightmare fuel. Oh, look, a flying clam with a stinger :(
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Should YouTube comments on news reports be open? |
| philsov 03/14/24 9:28:13 AM #5 | Is youtube even capable to delineate what's propaganda and misinformation versus "impartial journalism outlets"?
Either way, yes. Comments are engagement, which will lead to more clicks and views. We need more clicks and views on literal news and less engagement with supposition, opinions, and lies. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | What was your favorite "ancient" JRPG released in the US before 1993? |
| philsov 03/13/24 5:25:53 PM #8 | Arcana. First person dungeon crawler; heavily focused on a 4-elemental system in a weakness/strength loop. Published by HAL, so the soundtrack is pretty kickass; think Gothic Horror Kirby. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhQZ0Hel2O8
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | What's the sweet spot for JRPG party size? |
| philsov 03/13/24 10:36:34 AM #72 | ~1.5x the combat party. Greater than 2x is only good if there are situations like multiple parties (Kefka's Tower, FF8's copy, etc).
This is enough to allow party members to come and go with the storyline. Personally I still tend to just pick my favorites and let everyone else ride the bench, so why bloat it up to double or more of the battle size when that's just more characters for me to neglect? 2x+1 is the median formula for if you smushed all of the top rated JRPGs together. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Star Trek DS9 was great and revolutionary SPOILERS |
| philsov 03/13/24 9:32:27 AM #32 | CassandraCroft posted...
(never watched by me never will) It's like 45 minutes. Surely you can hate watch it and then spend several more hours ranting about it. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Weird Tate Incels say being attracted to country girls who noodle makes you not |
| philsov 03/12/24 12:23:20 PM #17 | mustang93 posted...
But isnt saying being attracted to country Tom girls go completely against the anti-trans rhetoric? Of course. "Country girl who noodles" is interchangeable with "girl who likes carpentry" and "girl who can do work on truck". These are masculine things, done by MANLY MEN! Ergo, you are attracted to masculine things. If you're into girls like that, you are therefore gay. It's basically Schrdinger's Immigrant -- they're too lazy to work and consume resources, but they also take your job. Schrdinger's Country Girl is so masculine that liking one means you're gay, but she's also absolutely 100% female. See also: pegging. It's sex with a chick, and therefore straight. Buuuut.... --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Can you think of any media that both condemn and appeal to the same thing? |
| philsov 03/12/24 10:20:36 AM #6 | "the military" in movies like Avatar or Starship Troopers.
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Saudi Arabia builds actual Rainbow Road racetrack |
| philsov 03/12/24 10:06:25 AM #31 | KainWind posted...
Why are there rails? Drone-Lakitu is still in development. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Miriam Margolyes says adult Harry Potter fans need to grow up |
| philsov 03/11/24 11:01:46 AM #160 | Asherlee10 posted...
Fully themed weddings based on a piece of media does seem pretty weird, I'll admit. I think a homage or nod to the media would go over better. So long as it's something that both partners are in to (to the point of being a major bonding point is shared fandom), I'm mostly okay with it. A wedding should be for the couple, not the guests. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | *consistently bangs 6'5" chads who've been given the world since birth* |
| philsov 03/11/24 10:40:54 AM #3 | what's important is that you feel superior to both of those groups
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Just look at the disappointment on their faces... |
| philsov 03/08/24 3:49:30 PM #13 | Has a lot of "how do you do, my fellow kids?" energy, lmao
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Any of you consider Tik Tok to be worse than Twitter? |
| philsov 03/08/24 1:08:20 PM #14 | Smallville posted...
Supposedly under musk twitter has lost most of its worth. The guys he bought it from must be laughing all the way to the bank Musk didn't buy Twitter as a means of investment. He bought it because he wanted to be in control of its moderation or lack thereof, and then use it as a vehicle to spread propaganda and silence dissenting voices, since it already had an established and large user base and visibility Twitter is worse because more people take its content seriously. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Live a Live didn't hook me with the first story. Should I keep going? |
| philsov 03/08/24 9:37:18 AM #2 | They're all gonna feel that way for you. Each is a cool little vignette which could be their own game with enough padding. Eventually you'll do all the stories in a mega man style, and then they'll all converge with the common threads as everyone meets up for the final chapter.
If you're one for story, highly suggest the robot/sci fi. If that doesn't hook you, call it. If you're more eager for gameplay, I'd go Feudal Japan Ninja or Prehistoric Caveman, then call it as you see fit. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Big Girthy Daddy Danglers |
| philsov 03/07/24 5:11:02 PM #9 | it's like I'm wearing nothing at all
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Classic-style JRPGs should just be called Turn Based Adventures |
| philsov 03/07/24 5:07:01 PM #9 | really early RPGs like Ultima, Wizardry, and Might and Magic were a lot of dungeon crawling with blank slate PCs much like many tabletop games at the time. As the genre morphed into dragon warrior and final fantasy and the like, the namesake stuck around. But, you're mostly right.
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Worst button masher of all time |
| philsov 03/07/24 3:46:45 PM #6 | ai123 posted...
Those ancient sports arcade games. Track and Field II, yeah. Charging up power for your hammer throw? that's a metric asston of button mashing. Thankfully I had the NES Advantage "controller" and ran that shit on Turbo. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Good cheap RPGs for Switch I can download right now? |
| philsov 03/07/24 11:34:30 AM #4 | Live a Live, any of the FF ports or pixel remasters, SMT 3, P4G, etc.
Tons of indie ones like Cross Code, Sea of Stars, Chained Echoes, Cassette Beasts, Monster Sanctuary, etc --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | JRPG. Turn based, active time battle, or real time combat? |
| philsov 03/07/24 11:29:24 AM #5 | Turn based. I don't want to be penalized for interfacing with menus. I set my preferences to "wait" when ATB is an option (a la FF6).
that said, imo, FFX is ATB as stuff like Lancet and Quick hit account for dynamic turn order, which is awesome. FF1, Persona, and Dragon Quest games are fully turn based, imo. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | How many different girls have you kissed/made out with in your life? |
| philsov 03/07/24 9:56:40 AM #19 | 35+, easily, if the question is more "how many people, that are in a group you find sexually attractive, have you kissed"
We're not all straight dudes, TC. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Why are there mouse feces in EVERY restaurant? |
| philsov 03/07/24 9:52:06 AM #11 | lilORANG posted...
Reading the health inspector reports every week and without fail we have mouse feces in this forsaken town You've probably got evidence of rat feces in your own pantry. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | decide what I play during recovery from surgery |
| philsov 03/06/24 1:48:50 PM #18 | katamari reroll. (Assuming you're on some painkillers, sometimes RPGs are just WALLS OF TEXT and you're a lil loopy.)
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Is your water sufficiently ANTI-WOKE??? |
| philsov 03/06/24 11:56:43 AM #15 | Surely this advertised water has a teensy bit of lead in it
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Vanillaware / Unicorn Overlord |
| philsov 03/06/24 10:08:44 AM #9 | Rika_Furude posted...
How are the other Vanillaware games? Odin Sphere is a very solid game. It's mostly a platformy-fighter but it has some RPG elements to it. Dragon Crown is a side scrolly beat em up, with a bit of Diablo on the side. Lots of fun with couch co-op, solo it's average to above average. I'm salivating over Unicorn Overlord, but it's not released yet. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | There's a reason we celebrate Birthdays and not "Fertilized Egg" Days |
| philsov 03/05/24 4:53:49 PM #10 | HylianFox posted...
Or rather "That Time Your Parents Got Really Horny" Days I'm pretty sure I was conceived on Valentine's day. Scorpio, baby~ I garner a good portion of kids are the results of holiday sex or "birthday" sex or some other conception which already has a day associated with it (anniversary, snowed in during a blizzard, etc). The 9ish month lag helps offset these events, which in turn trigger other special days! --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Alabama Supreme Court Says Embryos Are People - LegalEagle |
| philsov 03/05/24 4:16:52 PM #3 | this mostly stemmed from a corporate lobby / business interest where someone broke into an IVF clinic and "accidentally" caused a lot of embryos to die. Wanting both revenge and justice, recent legislation allowed embryos to be deemed as humans so the assailant could get charged with multiple counts of manslaughter, with little to no foresight on how this sort of ruling might affect IVF clients (or pregnant women in general)
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
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