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The answer to that really, really depends on what it's for. Because you could use it for permanent autohits and that'd be just moronic. Or you could use it to apply Cold to your attacks and that'd be OK.

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From: A_FamiIy_Man | #061

From: KanzarisKelshen | #059

ChrisG and OMGitzAndre are probably the closest thing you got to dudes who aren't good people (well, besides Aris, but uhh we don't count Tekken guys). The former because he's a quitter, the latter because he's a pretty mean guy to the people he plays, while pretty much all other tournament players may get serious in the clutch but tend to constantly laugh and joke outside of matches.

Yeah but Andre is so easy to joke on that it doesn't matter how much of an ass he is.
"How many Andre's does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Infinite. They all drop it."

Chris I could see people not liking but it's not like he's actively trying to be a heel.

Yeah, I'm not saying he's a bad guy. Just that while you should respect his skills, he doesn't have the right attitude to go with them.

From: OmarsComin | #062

yeah seriously everyone should root for Combofiend

Combofiend and Justin are pretty much the two players anyone can cheer for. Both are nice guys, both are REALLY good at their games, and both have dat 3S pedigree.

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From: Blairville | #057

It's harder to find fighting games that aren't fun to watch than the other way around. Virtua Fighter can be boring if you're not into fighters, but that's about it. I recommend watching whatever you want.

As for players, I can't think of many top players that aren't likable. Floe can be whiny, but I like him enough. Marn has at least been trying to clean up his act. And I like FChamp dammit!

ChrisG and OMGitzAndre are probably the closest thing you got to dudes who aren't good people (well, besides Aris, but uhh we don't count Tekken guys). The former because he's a quitter, the latter because he's a pretty mean guy to the people he plays, while pretty much all other tournament players may get serious in the clutch but tend to constantly laugh and joke outside of matches.

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From: Not_an_Owl | #052

http://shoryuken.com/2012/06/26/next-week-catch-the-evo-pre-show-with-a-very-special-guest/

Very yes.

I need to start practicing my DansGames. Gonna need them en masse.

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From: Ace_Killjoy | #007

So... is the next step to colonize space?
Or will we go the way of Armored Core For Answer and have to live in the sky because we toasted the earth?

The next step is space folding, probably. You're not going to see Gundams used like in the animes. They're likely to be siege machines.

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From: Erugios | #004

I doubt it has some of the hall marks of a "real" gundam or mobile suit:
- Beam weaponry
- Compact Nuclear reactor

However, it is possible it has a form of funnels, which are remote controlled pieces that fly around seperate from the main suit and shoot.

You'd be wrong. Electrolasers have been in development since forever and we already have laser batteries operational. Cost is a different story, of course, which is why fusion is a major necessary to make true ultratech weaponry very feasible. But that's not very far away.

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From: transience | #025

I'm cutting a family vacation short in order to not miss Evo

gonna be so good, especially Marvel

Fix'd, but totally agree. Hype levels are gonna reach the stratosphere!

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Music licensing issues.

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From: Forbirol | #034

Or howabout how it's supposed to be a dramatic Baccarat showdown but they changed it to Hold'em to be more mainstream, and thus they had to make up a ridiculous round that would never happen in real life.

It would have almost been a good movie if they kept baccarat in. Almost. There's still the problem of that cowboy calling himself Bond.

From: the7joker7 | #035

Forbirol posted...

Or howabout how it's supposed to be a dramatic Baccarat showdown but they changed it to Hold'em to be more mainstream, and thus they had to make up a ridiculous round that would never happen in real life.

It would have almost been a good movie if they kept baccarat in. Almost. There's still the problem of that cowboy calling himself Bond.

In fairness Baccarat is basically completely luck.

This. It wasn't changed for mainstream reasons (check the Martini recipe online - it specifically is not done that way anymore but was kept because it was a very Bond thing). It was changed because Baccarat couldn't carry the dramatic tension of the scene in a movie.

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From: SSBM_Guy | #384

The first floor burned in the first game.

Now the school is being flooded in the second game.

Clearly, someone is going to create a new Ice Age in the third game.

/ooc/

Nah, you're thinking small. Lightning, lightning everywhere! Alternatively, blasting winds!

/ooc/

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From: ZeroSignal620 | #017

SaGa

(at least I hope it's dead; nothing since Romancing Saga in 2008)

Wasn't The Last Remnant basically a SaGa game in disguise or am I thinking of some other game?

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From: Haguile | #373

Day Phase is done. I'm surprised, nearly everybody remembered to send their actions to SSBM instead of me. Good job guys!

Also, SSBM, I know I already said this before but I need to say it again. You are the best for doing this. Honestly, running this game isn't even hard with you helping me do it.

/ooc/

Super High School Level SSBM_Guy for role in the next game if it ever happens, IMO.

/ooc/

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Oh yeah, and we hit level 19. Happy fun times I guess?

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Session Summary:

Met Mentalo, got a spoon from him. No, really!

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Yes. Who could say no?

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From: LeonhartFour | #078

I already said that I haven't played CC in years so many of the specifics are lost on me.

But it's not hard to remember strongly disliking both Harle and Kid.

My suggestion, then, is to go play CC again IMO - might as well refresh your perspective on those characters and enjoy a fine game in the process!

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From: LeonhartFour | #074

I'll besmirch Harle all day long as long as people are trying to say she's "top tier."

You want to like her, fine.

You want to say she's "top tier?"

I will not tolerate this.

See, it's easy to say you don't like a character, but it's basically wasted time. It's just a conversational dead-end. If you don't like her, say *why*. Makes for a much more interesting time spent discussing characters and their flaws.

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From: LeonhartFour | #055

The difference is that those people are wrong.

Squall isn't constantly telling people they're going to kiss the moons and getting himself into all kinds of trouble because he's stupid and doesn't know it's a bad idea to rush straight into danger.

So yeah, Rinoa would be a better comparison for Kid than Squall.

Of course, Rinoa also has a certain amount of charm and cuteness that makes her more bearable than Kid.

What kinds of trouble does Kid even get into? She pretty much spends all the time she's with you bailing you out, with the exception of the time she gets poisoned by Lynx.

Also, I will tolerate no Harle besmirching, top tier character right there.

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From: Haguile | #347

From: KanzarisKelshen | #344
/ooc/

Reposting my first investigation to keep it all in one place.

/ooc/

7:00
Kanzaris investigates the ? room again.

8:00
Kanzaris eats breakfast, then goes to take a bath.

11:00
Kanzaris goes to the secret library.
Private Action.

12:00
Kanzaris investigates the second floor classrooms.

14:00
Private Action.
Kanz send your private actions to SSBM, not me.

/ooc/

Tch, my bad, resent. Sorry for the confusion!

/ooc/

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/ooc/

Reposting my first investigation to keep it all in one place.

/ooc/

7:00
Kanzaris investigates the ? room again.

8:00
Kanzaris eats breakfast, then goes to take a bath.

11:00
Kanzaris goes to the secret library.
Private Action.

12:00
Kanzaris investigates the second floor classrooms.

14:00
Private Action.

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Pah! You people should stop running around like headless chickens, dancing to the bear's tune! The real has gone unsung, and it stares at us in silence!

7:00
Kanzaris investigates the ? room again.

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Oh right! If you like Damage Gambit, won't Chaos Wager be a nice pick for you? That's a really neat way of gaining more dakka, after all.

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Oh yeah, and I forgot - if you can find a way to dull the damage, you might want a Blessing of Blazing Fangs. It's even more fire damage, which is always nice.

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Yeah, I checked the math and it works out - it's just that the Builder has a seriously ass-backwards way of handling things.

But yeah, everything looks to be in order - the two things I'd tweak would be getting a Fire Shard, and getting Explosive Pyre or Flame Spiral instead of Learned Boost. Everything else looks pretty decent.

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...Why the hell is Elemental Magic applying thrice?!

EDIT: Should be listed as a single boost for +8, not three different ones. How odd, really.

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Also, where are you getting that bonus to damage from? Without a Firewind Blade, nor a Shard, nor anything else, I can only beef up your damage to 4+4+4+4+6+3+3 = 28 with most spells, but Elemental Bolt's extra damage is nowhere to be found. And that's for Elemental Bolt, in fact, so it's actually less for other spells.

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No Reserve Maneuver? Huh.

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From: Tehmoosey1 | #370

The one Statue of Liberty made me think, "what a s***ty twist.* The other five jpg artifact statues raise a lot of questions, though.

Dave is probably responsible for it, maybe he took a bunch of pictures of the statue with that SBaHJ camera. Still wouldn't explain where the hell Calliope actually is, though.

Doesn't Alternia have a red moon?

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From: MrGreenonion | #022

It is a little overpriced though. 14700 yen is like $183, that's over $18 each game!

Man, after watching the super Pink Floyd sets retail at like 600 to 999 bucks, this looks super cheap. Maybe I'm just jaded about music prices though.

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From: Zero_Kuribo | #016

Neat

*sees people being angry*

I have a term but I wont say it because I don't need another warned account.

Toxic, whiny fanbase that Capcom should dump when they get around to reinventing Megaman?

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Speaking of red herrings and things written off - has anyone thought about AR's Delirious Biznasty programs and their significance yet? Think it might be a joke, or is there something more to it? They've been prominently called out by several characters, after all.

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##MVP: Shados

The theorist's sight was true, and his genius hit a target no one else could even begin to see. He deserves a just and fair reward.

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MarvelousGerbil posted...

From: KanzarisKelshen | #010

So I take it you're opposed to verification emails too?
I'm unopposed to taking 30 seconds to verify whatever. I am opposed to taking upwards into 3 days. It says it's "usually faster" but that gives no time frame. That could mean 2.5 days which is still dumb.



From: Aecioo | #011
It's not terrible since it's being used to stop botters buying more accounts when they get banned.

but then again they're banning botters because they don't want inflation to ruin their RMAH, so...
And yet the way botters sell gold is in general chat which the game now forces you into everytime you enter the game. Maybe there's no demand for it now that the RMAH is out (haven't played since) but that annoyed the piss out of me.

You clearly have never had to wait for a verification email before. This, my friends, is entitlement of the highest order. Learn some patience, it does you good.

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MarvelousGerbil posted...

From: WaIker | #005
Outside of the issue that we fixed, digital purchases do require a review period before they kick over from Starter to Full editions. We apologize for the inconvenience, but it is a necessary step to combat fraud and other malicious activities that can weaken everyone's play experience.

The delay is no longer than three days, and is often much quicker than that. Hang tight. :)
Or... or... you can combat fraud by punishing those that are frauds once you find out they are. You know, NOT punish the innocent.

So I take it you're opposed to verification emails too?

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/ooc/

Dammit. So he's gonna die while unconscious, then, shucks. :-/

/ooc/

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From: Haguile | #198

Kanz if you keep playing with the nearly dead man he'll die and I'll consider it your murder.

/ooc/

Does that mean that the command to wake him up didn't go through, that it did and Spiral's status is now on me, or that it did and this is a warning?

/ooc/

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As I said, Agent, you have acted in an inhuman fashion. It is to be expected of someone who becomes a concept's instrument, but still a sad thing. But that is in the past, already.

##Rouse Spiral from unconsciousness.

Rise, killer. You must still pay for your crimes, and face your doom head-on.

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From: AlphaRayAllen | #011

So it's basically the same thing, it's just that he's permanently away from fighting games.

Dark times, indeed.

Ono is actually working on a superproject which he wants to save fighting games with. He's probably exaggerating a bit, but it's definitely something he's super passionate about and a way to screw with Capcom while still helping the community he loves.

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##Restrain Spiral and let Biscuit do his thing. Stop him from knocking Spiral out.

That's enough. The killer will be gone soon, but there is no need to be inhumane. Do not fall to his level, Agent.

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From: ToukaOone | #028

For a loss, the reward is approximately: 16 IP + 1.405 per minute IP

From LoL wiki

Assuming a 25 minute surrender, it's 51IP. However, the average game length is about 35 minutes, so 65IP. Applying the same logic to wins, it'll be 97. But I don't know the distribution of game lengths. So my IP count was high by about 20IP, but in order for that to be canceled by win of the day, you'd say that you played 8 losing games before a streak of 8 winning games on the same day (so that 50/50 win ratio is preserved). Probably not a common occurrence.

Yeah, it's not a HUGE difference (probably pushing it to 90~ over the course of the day instead of 100~) but worth mentioning, that's all.

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From: ToukaOone | #026

I'm not ignoring losses. Or rather, I'm ignoring both losses and wins of the day. On average losing nets you 70~IP and winning 110~, for a 90IP average on a 50/50 split. First win of the day gets you 150IP. So in order for you to lowball you have to claim that you have to lose frequently on solo days and win long streaks on the same, despite the matchmaking specifically adjusting against this. If we also assume that the player is good, they're going to have win ratios substantially tilted away from 50 toward high win rates, so I feel like I'm lowballing IP gains.

You sure about this? On average losses have netted me closer to 50 IP.

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The iron man understands the killer's motives. This is an attempt to confuse us, the last act of a dead man walking. Do not fall for his tricks. We know that he took the lives of others, and he deserves no pity.

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From: KJH | #019

Still a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.

Takes place before MGS4? It's such a pointless scenario that it's not mentioned at all in MGS4 or we already know the outcome more or less. Takes place after? Gotta retcon or shove it in within a month after the end.

Personally I'd rather it just not have Solid Snake. Give me that idea about playing as the Cobras during WWII, or give me Liquid Snake during his time in the Middle East.

Alternative option: Snake is the protagonist. Ac!d Snake.

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/ooc/

Well, I guess that's that.

/ooc/

The killer's gone now, and so is the mystery. But something persists, yet. Something persists...

##Pocket the glass shard Spiral used to stab himself, or its remnants.

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From: ToukaOone | #022

3) My calculations are lowballing the cost or highballing the IP earnings.

Your points are pretty much entirely true Newbie, but you're lowballing the amount of games you have to play because you're not accounting for losses. Losses give you much less IP, from a third to half the usual amount. End result is, the numbers come out inflated if you assume it takes tons of games to develop into a really good player. Doesn't really change your points though, they're pretty much valid.

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From: snailien | #012

KanzarisKelshen posted...

This is only true for bad F2P though. Also, saying 'I'd prefer to pay ten bucks once for a CCG' is...like, let's put it this way. You're aware that they're money pits. You're aware that they subsist based on making you buy packs. Why on earth would you even begin to consider a flat, buy-once-free-forever fee to be good enough to keep the company making the CCG in business? It'd be like putting a gun to your mouth and pulling the trigger.

Fantasy Flight Games came out with an LCG model that has been revamped over the past few years in which the gameplay is identical to that of a CCG, but the packs for each set all have identical cards so you don't have to waste so much money on it. It's not exactly the same as my idea since mine is even better for the consumer, but it makes sense because it is a Living Card Game. The game grows with time as new expansions are released.

Shadow Era could give you access to the first set for a flat rate and then you can purchase additional expansions as they're released for additional fees. This isn't a microtransaction. It's just an expansion, like DLC. It will still make them good money, just from more people, rather than them getting them a ton of money from the small percent they suckered into getting hooked on the game.

Besides, it's not really any different than buying any other game that you only buy once. The company still stays in business even though you only bought them game once. Well, who knows if Capcom would?

So you'd rather pay 15$ for a 50-card (or whatever, adjust the number based on deck size - this assumes a 40/50 card deck) expansion instead of 0.75$ for a randomized five-card booster which is part of a 150-card set.

I dunno, maybe I'm just crazy, but I'm not seeing how the former is better than the latter. At all. Before you cry about bias, remember - the company does stuff to get your money. They have no reason to offer you a 150-card set for the same price as a 50-card one if they can get away with it. So, why would they, barring major good PR to be gained from releasing the bigger set at once instead of piecemeal?

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From: snailien | #008

SovietOmega posted...

Games that let you directly buy power are bad, but when it just accelerates the ability to get something you could otherwise get with time playing? Or is purely cosmetic? People pay for that kind of stuff, and it is no surprise that companies are slowly realizing this and adapting their pricing.

Of course companies will capitalize on whomever will let them. That's how they work. No surprise there. It's unfortunate that people are allowing them to be preyed on like that.

I don't play any MMOs and most of the free-to-play games I can point to, or at least those games that make the largest use of microtransactions, are apps for phones or tablets. To me, the most user friendly free games are those not with microtransactions, but with ads. If I want to support the game and get rid of the ads, I can buy the game. To me, that works, but I cannot play games with microtransactions.

There's a CCG for android called Shadow Era that is free-to-play. You don't have to buy new packs, but it greatly accelerates your ability to earn new cards. The problem with it is that it takes so long to earn packs without buying them that it's not feasible. It feels like you're just playing a demo unless you spend real money. I understand it is a CCG and like all other CCGs, it's a money pit. But the only thing steering me to this CCG as opposed to another is that it's free. If I'm going to spend money on one, it's going to be a better one (though Shadow Era is actually pretty decent). I wouldn't mind paying a flat fee just to play it, though, even 10 bucks, which is a lot for an app, if you ask me.

I guess the whole point of this point is that the free-to-play model that allows you to get the full experience just at an extremely slower rate is still pretty bad to the point that it's more of a demo and not all that free-to-play anymore.

This is only true for bad F2P though. Also, saying 'I'd prefer to pay ten bucks once for a CCG' is...like, let's put it this way. You're aware that they're money pits. You're aware that they subsist based on making you buy packs. Why on earth would you even begin to consider a flat, buy-once-free-forever fee to be good enough to keep the company making the CCG in business? It'd be like putting a gun to your mouth and pulling the trigger.

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/ooc/

Yeah, no reason to wait anymore. Spiral is obviously guilty here. I think we've reconstructed the events of the crime pretty decently at this point.

PS: Incidentally, did the forums get a sleek new update or is it just me? The PMs section looks so much nicer now.

/ooc/

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