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my middle finger hurts from right clicking all day

i had to imitate clicking a mouse to remember if that's indeed a middle finger usage

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ozette :(

y'know everything about mithos just always seemed obvious tho, maybe i got spoiled but I don't remember so

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but man it's gonna be hard to integrate the full symphonia characters ranking with the series one

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pretty common trope that i never saw coming because it was one of the earlier games i played

don't remember being like "WHUuuuata?!?" tho

more like "..ok"

speaking of obvious, now onto Altamira

... I don't get how or why everyone is so dense about Presea's age

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"By killing me he-"

*fades away*

... can't help but lol

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wut... that's a weird glitch



(no i did not actually get Colette's Dog Lover title as it for some reason claims, but did get Lloyd's as I should)

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yeah it's impossible to get Dog Lover at that point olo

there's a glitch with Gigolo title too

i'm having the absolute worst blackjack luck and i hate this

I'm either <15 or I bust, and if I ever get into the higher teens the cpu beats me anyways

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I get a blackjack YAY FINAL-

CPU GETS A BLACKJACK GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

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GOD DAMN MOTHERFUCKER TALES BLACKJACK IS RIGGED

FFFFfffff

alright I'm just gonna have to to savescum max bets, sigh of course the savepoint is so far for this reason

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blackjack is defo rigged

i had to reset a lot for the 1 mil gald slots trophy. pretty sure i waited until like my 4th playthrough and carried over chips every time to prepare for it too

finally a semblance of luck

drew a Colette to double my bet (aka all my chips), and proceeded to win the hand

only had a 16 hand but phew it did the job, was nervous af deciding to Stay

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100% Ddonkey KONG Country TROPICAL FREEZE Whooooo

but i did it on babby mode =/

DK only no items tho so a little bit less babby

dark temple time

by which i mean sleep time and i'll do the temple tomorrowwww

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temple of darkness beated and aska/luna obtained

y'know i actually like the temple... I just really wish the little darklettes didn't have such garbage AI and knew how to follow

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that's why the temple sucks tho...

i know!

but like i'm just saying without that problem I'd be not just okay but high tier, the concept of the puzzles is fun and for that reason I don't really hate it tooooo much, but that bit's just its own nuisance

as is I'll prefer it to dragging the garbage blocks along the top level high beams in meltokio sewers

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the temple was where I farmed stats I think

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I've only farmed for tech/artes usage and i've always tended to do that by mizuho where you can rest for free

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goes through ymir forest "yknow this is kinda neat too"

*drops ymir fruit*

... oh right now I remember

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ymir forest and latheon gorge back to back ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

gorge beated phew

also meeting with seles i literally said "lmao" out loud

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did you say el am ayyy oh or lemao

lemayo

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mayo is feminine so it's la mayo

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how is it feminine if it ends in o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLTdvDy_2go

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"no it's not!"

"yes it is"

aww yeah i could never forget these lines

but FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF I'm following i guide to avoid missing things and I was horribly misled -- Same as last time, you can't win, so just don't try or use any items.... *gets game-over* NOOOOoooOOOoooOOOOoooo I HATED THIS LEVEL LEGIT MORE THAN TEMPLE OF DARKNESS AND YMIR FOREST IT'S SUCH A BIG MAZE

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alright doctor time... what route do i do....

Kratos is top tier tales for me but I suppose I should go canon since this playthrough will eventually be leading into DotN

*reads a bit ahead*

oh the Chronicles version doesn't guarantee the decision? well then I think my choice is made for me

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Kratos is fine for me. i just never pick him because...you know

ehhh he'd probably end up somewhere upper mid tier for me overall i think

i like how even in the HD version I still see mustaches on every symphonia character

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aww yeah zelos mystic arte 1 activated

time for judgments *edit* annnd there we are MA 2 :D

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Symphonia beated....

not Abyssion, Niflheim, or Colosseum, only level 70 finish so no Regal/Presea weapons.... oh right I didn't go back to Red Light Green Light... but everything else done and I think that'll be enough for now until I finish the series playthrough

also I think I missed an Ozette dog, and while I'm certain I was hunting all the ladies with Zelos I didn't get that either :|

sooo Tales of Rebirth huh, back to JP only... also gonna be hard to go back to 2D for 2 more games after having a little tease of Symphonia... ya were see

first I need to figure out how the heck to rank the Symphonia characters (will be basing off ToS1 only - maybe including Phantasia where applicable ie. Martel)

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well, going through the symphonia anime first first

Sylvarant arc yeahh basically what I've expected from rushed recap animes like Phantasia - buuut not completely terrible like Phantasia was. The last 2 eps were pretty legit entertaining even with the different adaption takes.

... Tethe'alla arc tho already 5 minutes, Zelos's intro fighting assassin prisons was great and now vs Regal oh man, please keep up this quality

*edit* and right into this Colette seen yoooo, this is dangerous levels of quality adapting into something interesting to watch, don't you dare get my hopes up so early like this

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that seemed pretty quick for symphonia. i always remember my first playthrough was 78:12

yo i freaked the fuck out when i first saw the symphonia anime because i thought it was so cool. i was also like 15 tho. haven't seen it since then

kateee posted...

that seemed pretty quick for symphonia. i always remember my first playthrough was 78:12

lolz (to be fair there's definitely some idle time in there... but should certainly be legit in the 70s)

kateee posted...

yo i freaked the fuck out when i first saw the symphonia anime because i thought it was so cool. i was also like 15 tho. haven't seen it since then

I saw the Sylvarant arc only, back during the years Tethe'alla arc wasn't finished yet

but boy it seems the 3 year wait between releases was worth it, since ep 1 Tethe'alla is awesome

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GuessMyUserName posted...

I saw the Sylvarant arc only, back during the years Tethe'alla arc wasn't finished yet

yeh same. i was watching with my friend and the Kratos vs. Sheena scene where he pulls his sword out of his sheath and bashes her stomach yoooo

but yeh i also didn't watch Tethe'alla part until years later

heh yeah that was good, I distinctly remember that hilt bash

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allllright so for Symphonia I'm going to make its very own ~COMPLETE~ character ranking, and then snip out irrelevant characters (e.g. Aisha, the original sacrifice for the fake Wind Summon Spirit)

S
Kratos Aurion
Sheena Fujibayashi
Zelos Wilder
Yuan Ka-Fai
Presea Combatir
Iron Will Rodyle

A
Regal Bryant
Mithos Yggdrasill
Wonder Chef
Botta
Lloyd Irving
Corrine
Raine Sage
Gnomelettes
Colette Brunel
Dirk
Tabatha

B
Alicia Combatir
Chocolat
George
Kate
Altessa
Marble
Seles Wilder
Undine
Gnome
Pietro
Maxwell
Tiga
Neil

C
Virginia Sage
Dark Chef
Abyssion
Martel Yggdrasill
Unicorn
Noishe
Phaidra Brunel
Kilia
Storyteller
Sebastian
Verius
Twilight Pronyma
Aska
Luna
Celsius
Lyla
Kuchinawa Azumi
Koton
Kvar the Fury Tempest
Aifreed
Orochi Azumi
Elder of Exile
Governor-General Dorr

D
Genis Sage
King of Tethe'alla
Volt
Magnius the Pyroclasm
Remiel
Frank Brunel
Professor Nova
Efreet
Forcystus the Gnashing Gale
Elf Elder
Origin
Chief Igaguri Fujibayasi
Princess Hilda
Harley
Rosa
Ralph
Master Levin
Joshua
Flanoir Doctor
Aisha
Clara Dorr
Luin Mayor

F
Sylph
Asgard Mayor
Vharley
Linar
Shadow
Max
Pope of Tethe'alla
Iselia Mayor

This playthrough I didn't hate Genis as much as I originally had. When I first played the game, Genis became my #1 least favourite VG character until Vaan.... but eh now he's more understandable to me I guess, or he just didn't annoying me as much. Still sucks tho.

anyhow, now to figure out how and what to merge into the major list

... and yes the 3 individual spirits of Sylph were too worthless to keep individual so I just grouped them

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Im watching car crashes on youtube

you know what I mean

I hate myself

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car crashes last a long time these days

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when you fucking hate politics but cannot escape it and the overwhelming sense of dread that is imminent because all the clowning and buffoonery is just too massive to ignore even if you tried

https://twitter.com/BearUNLV/status/1311122798195081220

maybe this can help

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I was obviously talking about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu2tIS8ilgo

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i think i'm going to cry

:(

I should get back to the ultimate Tales ranking mash-up to bring up the mood

... geez trying to cut the slack I'm still up in the 60s... maybe I shouldn't bother with the Summon Spirits I guess, tho Gnome was legit :/

also damn I really wish Origin was still the way it was in Phantasia instead of the receding hairline and bulk muscles of Symphonia

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