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General Discussion / Should I play FF7?

« on: September 15, 2005, 02:07:47 am »

Not simply online, but in any gaming-circle.

Perhaps, but in my experience, fanboyism is exclusively online where people can easily congregate based on similar tastes.  A similar phenomenon is the recent Tarantino revival. Sure, his movies had a second surge with the release of Kill Bill, but only online would you find a highly concrentrated group of younglings who think Pulp Fiction is the best movie ever.

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General Discussion / Great President Bush

« on: September 15, 2005, 01:48:00 am »

You read the one about the people who are all "we"? I can't remember the name. I read it in 15 minutes. I want those 15 minute back!

You mean the U.S. Declaration of Independence?  

Wow heh...last year in my school we had to do an analysis and report about the Decleration, and I completely know what you mean   .

LOL, I don't think you do, and I don't think nightmare975 did either!    I was just going after the obvious the people are we = we the people joke.

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General Discussion / Should I play FF7?

« on: September 15, 2005, 01:43:13 am »

Is Final Fantasy 7 overrated? How often does it come up in actual conversations? When you speak of it, don't people give you a funny look?  Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that Final Fantasy 7 simply has a huge fanbase online?

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General Discussion / Stop angering the storm deity!

« on: September 14, 2005, 10:37:48 pm »

Agreed.  I now side with Lord J.  Sorry, Naz!

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General Discussion / Great President Bush

« on: September 14, 2005, 10:34:14 pm »

You read the one about the people who are all "we"? I can't remember the name. I read it in 15 minutes. I want those 15 minute back!

You mean the U.S. Declaration of Independence?  

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General Discussion / Should I play FF7?

« on: September 14, 2005, 10:19:46 pm »

Definitely give Final Fantasy 7 a whirl.  It is insanely popular for a reason:  it envelops the player.  The graphics, the music, the story, the characters, the locations--these all combine brilliantly to form the one game that truly plays you. The game is just that good.

A note about the graphics.  They are technically outdated.  The character models are fugly and the backgrounds are flat.  However, aesthetically, Final Fantasy 7 is rarely rivalved, and in terms of the overall immersiveness of its environment, it has never been beaten.  (Not even by Chrono Cross.)

Play the game.  It isn't the greatest ever, but you may certainly begin to think it is as the game inevitably plucks at your heartstrings and makes you feel as if you truly are one of the characters. Final Fantasy 7 is a role playing game in the truest sense of the phrase. Very few other video games can make that claim.

(Exceptions: Final Fantasy IX, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI.)

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General Discussion / Those Who Do Not Know Their History Can Always Cheat:

« on: September 14, 2005, 10:04:35 pm »

I personally liked The Butterfly Effect, but it really is quite a bad movie.  Throughout the film, I kept laughing at how polarized and ultimately unbelievable the characters were, but at the same time I was actually was enjoying myself.  I suppose what I am getting at is that The Butterfly Effect is a decent rental:  it's a fun watch with some friends, but don't expect to be enlightened.  Actually, what's most fun about the movie is seeing who among your friends can point out the most plot holes on the drive back to the video store!  (On a somewhat irrelevant note, The Butterfly Effect was filmed at my alma mater, the University of British Columbia.)

Speaking of time travel movies, 12 Monkeys gets my vote for the best, although Back to the Future is, and always will be, my favourite.  Donnie Darko is probably the worst time travel movie I have ever seen, and unless somebody praises it on this board, I am going to let my opinion slide without backing it up with an explanation.

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General Discussion / Stop angering the storm deity!

« on: September 14, 2005, 09:36:52 pm »

Your house is going to be lifted up and whisked away to El Nido!

El Nido? It's going right up there with Zeal! I hope you come out alright Zeality...

Haha, Lord J esq, better luck next time.  

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Characters, Plot, and Themes / Re: Nu?

« on: September 14, 2005, 09:31:06 pm »

What exactly are Nu's?

Let's see.... You've got good Nus and bad Nus.  Then there's sensational Nus and special interest Nus.  There's also local Nus, regional Nus, and national Nus, although national Nus tend to be biased.  Biased or not, Nus are mostly harmless...except for the hangman's Nus.

EDIT:  Back on topic:  I no not believe that Nus were meant to have any sort of significance.  I believe they are what they are and nothing more: curious, intelligent creatures that for some reason or another exist in small numbers.  That they are present in every era should not be of concern.  After all, so are humans.

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General Discussion / How Old/Young You Are?

« on: September 13, 2005, 03:51:11 am »

Twenty years have I.

Edit: Corrected my terrible EModE grammar.  (Originally used hath.)

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General Discussion / Never Forget...

« on: September 11, 2005, 08:11:52 pm »

Does anyone remember what happened to Bill Maher?
Who here thinks the American public overreacted to his comments?

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Characters, Plot, and Themes / Chrono Trigger: Queen Leene Kidnapped

« on: September 11, 2005, 05:20:13 pm »

Time traveller immunity simply means that if an entity, X, on timeline Y travels back in time, then any changes in the new timeline Y' that result from X's travel will not affect X's past.  This is simply a consequence of X's having moved to another timeline, Y', in which X has no history.  Therefore, X's actions in the new timeline Y' cannot have any affect on X's past since X does not have one in Y'.  It is important to realize that this is just a consequence of the existance (and permissibility) of multiple timelines.  There is no actual immunity granted by some temporal district attorney.  

A common misconception about time traveller immunity is that the entity, X, is immune from all further time travel by other entities in Y'.  This is false.  If W' in Y' travels back in time so as to create Y'', then X in Y' is not immune to any resulting changes that affect X's past.  (Note, however, that only X's past in Y' could be altered; X's past in Y is immune to all time travel that originates in Y'.)

(Clarification:  X's is the possessive form of X.  It is not the plural of X'.)

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / CC ending question

« on: September 11, 2005, 03:58:44 am »

Strange, when my dad beat it, he did none of the sidequests and beat Lavos. And he got NG+

Did your dad beat it on the SNES version or the PSX version?

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Magic, Elements, and Technology / The question of how certain techniques work...

« on: September 11, 2005, 03:57:57 am »

Metophorically speaking, Lavos is the sperm that fertilized the Planet's seed.  We humans are the offspring.

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Reality, Real-World Connections, and the Supernatural / The Frozen Flame in real life O.o

« on: September 11, 2005, 03:49:42 am »

Perhaps our distant ancestors came into a contact with a black monolith.  Oh, wait.