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Hmm. Too many games in there that I already have, I think.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

AllstarSniper32 posted...

Are you meaning actual shoulder pads?

Yes, I mean actual shoulder pads. Those things are bordering on old school Warhammer levels of silly.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

And manuals used to be in full color, on glossy paper, etc.

Well, not for the Genesis, but definitely for the NES and the SNES.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

HagenEx posted...

FF Tactics improved Tactics Ogre (one of my favorite games ever) in basically every aspect.

And then the Tactics Ogre remake for PSP did it one better, IMO.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Be honest, man. You wanna ride the Bull.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

I can only play this game offline due to its MOBA elements. The fandom around it can be toxic, too.

But, really, if we're talking disdain, I just wish Blizzard would ditch impractical shoulder pads from its character designs, but I've been wishing for that for about twenty-three years.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Volunteers! Here is the updated list of participants. I am taking note of race and other details, but the list itself will only reflect user name and selected class.

1. Archmage007, Wizard
2. Ha21nagamas, Ranger
3. LinkPizza, Bard
4. Stupid Pirate Guy, Druid
5. Melon_Master, Bard (?)
6. Greenfox111, Ranger
7. WhiskeyDisk, Rogue
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

eating4fun posted...

Also, this season's yuru camp is the best Iyashikei show I've seen.

Is iyashikei the technical term for slice-of-life anime?
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

You certainly could. No need for a character sheet, though.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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Smiffwilm posted...

*points at this response*
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

He got Stardust on his Ziggi.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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mastermix3000 posted...

Well... did not like it (PS1 version). However the GBA game was miles better imo.

And this is where you receive a tour of the Pit of Misery, my friend.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Bump to link to the official topic for the game:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/3-poll-of-the-day/76324899
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

This is a successor to the Battle Royale / Hunger Games series of topics run by Evray and Stupid Pirate Guy, among several others. The difference for this incarnation is that, since I am not a fan of the Hunger Games, I have cooked up a method for running it that does not use that program.

Methodology: If you sign up, you get a number. Since there are going to be twenty-five slots, the number will be from 1 to 25. For each round, I am going to use the RNG at Random-dot-org to see which numbers encounter each other (e.g. 4 encounters 17), and then use my FATE / Fudge dice to determine if the outcome is positive or negative (e.g. I roll four minuses out of four dice, meaning a negative outcome), followed by another FATE / Fudge roll to determine which of the two numbers -- pluses for the first number, minuses for the second number -- is affected by that outcome (e.g. three pluses out of four dice rolled means 4 is affected, meaning that 17 kills 4). Because of how FATE / Fudge dice work, neutral outcomes are possible.

Once all numbers are matched and all results are decided, I write up the scenario based on those results, and the game moves to the next round. In instances where one number is not matched (e.g. the first round, since there are twenty-five slots), I roll a positive or negative outcome for the odd number out.

Naturally, this is going to be experimental to a certain extent, but I hope that it ends up being a good time for all involved. I love to write, and this is potentially a very good exercise.

Theme: This is a fantasy-inspired event in which the participants are going to be adventurers competing for treasure in a classic dungeon. (I originally thought to give this a Fire Emblem flavor, but I discovered that there is a whole board for that, so I am going more for old school Dungeons & Dragons here, including the Berserk-style high body count.) Only one adventurer can make it to the big prize at the end, and, while there are certain to be instances of cooperation, death waits around every corner. Adventurers are bound to trick and kill each other, but there is also no shortage of monsters, traps, and the like.

Signing Up: If you sign up, please post your Game FAQs posting name, followed by a Dungeons & Dragons-style character class. You may also include a brief character background, fantasy race (if humans are not your thing), preferred weapon (or spells), personality quirk, etc., but do not go overboard.

I hope to have all slots filled before I officially start the game on March 1, but I will create filler characters -- or take suggestions, provided they do not go off the deep end -- for any slots not filled by then. Here are several folks who offered to play in the previous Battle Royale topic:

1. Archmage007, Wizard
2. Ha21nagamas, Ranger
3. LinkPizza, Bard
4. Stupid Pirate Guy, Druid
5. Melon_Master, (No Class Selected Yet)

Looking forward to seeing who wants to play, and I am always happy to have questions, comments, etc.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

agesboy posted...

please read root double

I have this! And, unless I am mistaken, it is currently a part of a Sekai Project sale on Steam for anybody who is interested in it.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

TyVulpine posted...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest probably.

That one, I enjoyed. At World's End sucked hard, though (IMO).
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

I have to give Atlus props for having their launch editions include so many goodies while still being the same price as a standard release, and the Radiant Historia remake is no exception. They should do the same for Alliance Alive next month. ... The 3DS release schedule dries up after that, though, and there is nothing left for Vita but VNs from Aksys (another Hakuoki and the next Code Realize).
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Krow_Incarnate posted...

Here's an overview from one of the fanbase's more technical players:

*thumbs up*

Thank you. ... Looks like I might be waiting for a price drop.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

I normally love the games in this franchise, but I am waiting to see what everybody things of the changes made to the system in DW9, and those opinions are now starting to emerge.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

This one was a no-brainer for me. The DS original is one of the best RPGs I have ever played (IMO), so this expanded remaster was a definite buy. ... Still no idea why they changed the art style, but the story seems to be intact.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Sarcasthma posted...

I need to get a thigh gap guard.

Beat me to it. Three points. (Basketball scoring, you see.)
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

This is equal parts awesome and awful.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Points for posting Senran Kagura New Wave pics.

Bonus points for one of those pics being Santa Yagyu.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

AllstarSniper32 posted...

Sounds like you need an upgrade since it'll just keep getting worse the more time that passes.

This will happen in due time, but the computer is still good for most things I need (i.e. word processing and Steam games). Several things sped up after I dumped Firefox for Vivaldi, though Crunchyroll is not one of them.

T0ffee posted...

Radiant Historia is coming out tomorrow!

*high five*

Pre-ordered and ready. My wife is paying off said pre-order as her Valentine's gift to me. Definitely one remake I do not mind getting, though I am still wondering why they changed up the art. The art was fine.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

I'm afraid you're still _PandaMaster_.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

What the -- ? You got promoted, Melon? That's where you've been all this time? *headscratch* Congrats on your modship, then. You're welcome to play, in any case.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

I have mentioned here before that streaming video on this laptop has become almost impossible in the past two years, though it still handles Media Player Classic and the like. When I watch Crunchyroll, these days, I do it on either a Roku player or a tablet, since both of those are optimized for that.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

....

Should I make the obvious joke about the life expectancy of bards in Dungeons & Dragons campaigns? I mean, if that's what you really, really want, that's fine, but you've got to stay committed once you commit.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

And different splinters of the same fringe group continue to argue in true Life of Brian style.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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(I like Jason Goes To Hell, but I won't pretend it's a good movie, haha.)

Hellraiser: Revelation, or Hellraiser: The One Where It's A Different Pinhead and He Looks Super Constipated On the DVD Box.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Selenara posted...

As paper thin as that is, we at least know where Zeromus came from and why he wants to destroy everything.

... and then The After Years takes a shit on that.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

My thanks to the volunteers thus far.

(I think somebody on my ignore list might have mentioned volunteering above, though. I noticed that when I was here in a not-logged-in way a while back.)

LinkPizza posted...

I guess, fighter, then?

There can be more than one of a class, so feel free to be a ranger if you want to be a ranger. Are you going for full-blown Legend of Zelda Link, though?
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

AllstarSniper32 posted...

Prime has anime? Where?

Finding it on there can be a pain, since Amazon cancelled its Anime Strike service, but it is there.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Ooo, Netflix got the second half of Fate / Apocrypha. Still no sign of Extra, though.

eating4fun posted...

I suppose it's there to set the tone and setting, but I think it does a disservice to portray the actual meat of the story/arc.

I agree. Every anime version of Berserk has, unfortunately, had to skip major story arcs. The manga is the only way to go, IMO. That being said, the '97 anime is still good if you stick with it.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

*shrugs*

I look forward to more Star Wars, just like I look forward to more Marvel (... and parts of more DC, though I'm less sure about that now). Maybe I'm easy to please, but I don't mind having all these things to watch.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

eating4fun posted...

This season's Yuru Camp is the "nothing happens" SoL, and it's some real well made shit.

Might have to give that a go, then. Nothing else is getting my attention, this season. ... The one about Antarctica might, though.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Archmage007 posted...

I'd like to volunteer, unless it is too early.

Since I'd like to get the old crew on board, anybody who volunteers in the remains of this topic will be added to my list of twenty-five. When you volunteer, though, I want you to list a Dungeons & Dragons-style character class you would like to play, and that goes for everybody. ... I will LOL a bit if you pick a class that runs counter to your user name, though.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

*fond memories of early DB, back when Yamcha used to be badass*
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

I feel like the Gronk episode epitomized everything that has gone sour about the show over the years, and I find it more or less unfunny, these days, but I will gladly go back and watch the old seasons (... up to a point).
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Nomak-54 posted...

get hulu you scrub

This, but Crunchyroll. Or Amazon Prime. Or Hidive, though that one is the least of the lot, IMO.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

*thinks*

The only Monster Hunter I have played is the PS2 original, and the closest I have come to that since then has been Ragnarok Odyssey Ace on Vita.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

MrMelodramatic posted...

the sexual tension was through the roof by the end of the night.

Did it end in blacklisting, doxxing, and lawsuits?
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Quick update: Going to set the start of the next game in March, I think. Working on the system I want to use for it.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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Joelypoely posted...

University is meant to provide you with a broad education to help you think critically, write proficiently and have an expansive understanding of the world we live in.

As good as it sounds, it does not pay the bills, I am afraid. And I say that as a university graduate.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Perhaps eliminate any majors that have zero chance of leading into a career? That ought to cut things down, though it might also lead to the end of every humanities program in the country.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

One more bump -- and I will not do another after this -- because I was incorrect. You can get a hard copy of Swords & Wizardry Complete, but only if you order it directly from Frog God Games. Seems like a missed opportunity if you consider that the other variants of the game can be found in a variety of places online.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Oil fire burns on my face and right hand from when I messed up cooking tofu in the kitchen.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Dissidia NT is going to generate a ton of complaints from the Final Fantasy fans, no doubt, but the game itself is fun, IMO, though it is extremely chaotic compared to the first two, since the battles are typically three-on-three instead of one-on-one (and invariably get interrupted by massive summons that hit everything in the field).
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

One of the great underappreciated series. ... So of course Sega loses the source code for Saga. *long-suffering sigh* Been chasing that game on E-Bay for almost two decades. A downloadable rerelease would have been a perfect solution.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.