Gaffer Tape

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Post: #306537
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/306537/action/topic#306537
Time: 16-Jan-2008 9:24 AM

13,000 is your goal? Hmm, interesting goal. I mean, might as well go all the way and bump off Bossk, right? ^_~

Post: #306448
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/306448/action/topic#306448
Time: 15-Jan-2008 5:37 PM

Can't say I've ever heard of it. Tell me more!

Post: #306344
Topic: Florida "Baker Act" and "Gang Stalking" My True Horror Story!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/306344/action/topic#306344
Time: 14-Jan-2008 11:11 PM

I really don't think there's anything to conclusively say that FF is crazy at all, so it's not being helpful... just mean.

Post: #306295
Topic: Moth3r is a daddy again
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/306295/action/topic#306295
Time: 14-Jan-2008 1:12 PM

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Moth3r, if it makes you feel any better, I just got myself snipped a few months ago. In fact, I'm due to give a "sample" to see how low my count is (you have to wait for 3 months and 20 ejaculations.)

It's not too bad - took about 15 minutes.

Are you talking about the vasectomy or the 20 ejaculations? ^_~

Post: #306213
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/306213/action/topic#306213
Time: 12-Jan-2008 6:35 PM

Well, I have no idea about that, but you said you wanted to do import games (although I don't know if you're right about the NES2 being able to play Famicom games), and I was just pointing out that there are options to be able to do that with AV, although not with the NES2, sadly (unless there is some way to convert it that I don't know about). As a side note, I was pointing out the slight humor in how many different configurations in which it came out (although only the NES had both options).

Post: #306207
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/306207/action/topic#306207
Time: 12-Jan-2008 4:11 PM

It's actually kinda funny you mention that. The original Famicom only had RF support. The NES had both RF and AV. The AV Famicom (which is similar in design to the NES2), as the name implies, only had AV, and the NES2 only had RF. So... you have plenty to choose from... if you can find them.

Post: #306201
Topic: Peter Jackson evidently IS returning for The Hobbit...sort of...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/306201/action/topic#306201
Time: 12-Jan-2008 3:31 PM

I would never go so far as to say that films ruin books since they are still two separate entities. I do see your point, though. Films are unable to perfectly capture the essence of a book, and in some ways the reverse is true. I always recommend reading the book first if the book is the original source because, like you said, the film will influence your perception of the book if you see it first.

Post: #306200
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/306200/action/topic#306200
Time: 12-Jan-2008 3:28 PM

Well, I certainly hope I can say that about my PS2 20 years from now, but seeing as how I've been getting DREs for years now... eh. But, yeah, I was referring to my original NES. And thanks for the tips, but I already knew about that. I've always thought that maybe I'll do that someday, but so far my time-tested method that I've been using since I was little still works: don't stick the game pak in all the way, just enough so that it bumps up against the edge of the console when you push it down. I mean, my NES still works quite well, it's just somewhat finicky, especially with my copy of Super Mario Bros. 2. I don't know why, but as soon as my aunt used the Official NES Cleaning Kit on it, it worked horribly. I've never trusted that thing since.

Post: #306187
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/306187/action/topic#306187
Time: 12-Jan-2008 11:53 AM

And the bright side about that is the NES2 had none of the connector pin problems that has constantly been plaguing mine for years.

And... sorry about your Brawl loss, but I personally don't think it's worth boycotting Wal-Mart for. Unless you don't get your money back.

Post: #306149
Topic: Should have General Grevious been a reconstructed Darth Maul?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/306149/action/topic#306149
Time: 11-Jan-2008 11:08 PM

Yeah, but they'd already done Jar-Jar. Are you saying he could have ended up worse than Jar-Jar? Or are you saying that they should have made Grievous a cybernetic enhancement of Jar-Jar? ^_~

Post: #306090
Topic: Should have General Grevious been a reconstructed Darth Maul?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/306090/action/topic#306090
Time: 11-Jan-2008 1:28 PM

I say yes mostly because General Grievous couldn't be any worse than he ended up being. But Johnny Ringo's points as to why he couldn't fill any of those roles makes perfect sense. As for how their personalities are different, well, if he had been a cybernetic Darth Maul, those horrible personality traits wouldn't exist!

Post: #306074
Topic: Moth3r is a daddy again
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/306074/action/topic#306074
Time: 11-Jan-2008 10:26 AM

How could you have a female child and not call her Leia?

Congratulations on this beautiful bundle of love!

Post: #306024
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/306024/action/topic#306024
Time: 10-Jan-2008 6:38 PM

I really should finish Twilight Princess. A little less than a year ago, I just... stopped playing it and never came back to it. Just lost interest. But it seemed to be a pretty good game. I don't know.

Nanner, without giving out any spoilers, could you say why you hate it so much?

Post: #305996
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305996/action/topic#305996
Time: 10-Jan-2008 1:32 PM

Aw, Dayv, don't talk about it like the good times are all over. That's depressing. Damnit, Jim, there's still life left in these boards! Don't you be a green-blooded Vulcan... we're talking about life here!

Post: #305987
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305987/action/topic#305987
Time: 10-Jan-2008 12:04 PM

Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
My personal favorite has to be mine and YIYF's competition to reach Jedi Master status first, and we ended up getting it one right after the other (with a Shimraa post in between).

Yeah, that was fun.

Yeah, but it wasn't nearly as fun running unopposed to the Council. You didn't hold up your end of the bargain, buddy! ^_~

Post: #305943
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305943/action/topic#305943
Time: 9-Jan-2008 11:45 PM

Oh, I see I misread. When you said, "Fawful should be in Brawl," I interpreted "should" to mean, "is supposed to be," rather than it meaning, "I think he should."

Post: #305937
Topic: NEW BUSH COINS!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305937/action/topic#305937
Time: 9-Jan-2008 11:22 PM

Heh, hilarious. Wish I had more to say, but, yeah, that pretty much sums it up.

Post: #305933
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305933/action/topic#305933
Time: 9-Jan-2008 10:56 PM

Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that! The return of the Koopalings alone is worthy of a purchase!

But, yeah, Yoshi's new voice is there. I saw clips on YouTube.

And Fawful is really going to be in Brawl?! That would be hilarious. I love that little Engrish guy!

Post: #305918
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305918/action/topic#305918
Time: 9-Jan-2008 9:23 PM

Yeah, all the Mario RPG series are great. In fact, I'm in the middle of simultaneously playing two of them: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Both of them I definitely recommend. Both are funny as hell. The paper motif in the Paper Mario games is really charming and the battle system really involving (making even stronger use of timing hits than Super Mario RPG). Mario & Luigi is just hilarious, especially the way Luigi is the butt of every joke. And for me, growing up during the Mario cartoons, Mario & Luigi is the closest I've ever felt to actually playing the cartoon with both Mario Bros. working together (and actually occasionally doing some plumbing work). Oh, and the Geno doll makes a cameo appearance in Mario & Luigi. My only regret is that there has never been (and probably never will be) a true sequel to the original Mario RPG. One of my favorite games of all time.

And, Chalts, I always thought about repurchasing Yoshi's Island for the GBA (as I have every other Mario Advance game), but I absolutely cannot stand Yoshi's new voice (I say new, but it's about ten years old now), and it would probably drive me crazy to have to hear him that much. Did it bother you at all?

Post: #305894
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305894/action/topic#305894
Time: 9-Jan-2008 7:01 PM

Personally, I agree. I always loved the game and still do and was quite surprised to hear anything negative of it. But I've still always regarded SMB3 as my favorite, even though SMW provides such a greater degree of freedom and exploration than had been seen in its predecessors. But I actually liked Yoshi's Island a lot as well. I don't think beating it is frustrating. Trying to get 100 on every level... that's frustrating, especially in terms of stars, since one little mistake will knock you down a peg.

Post: #305886
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305886/action/topic#305886
Time: 9-Jan-2008 5:53 PM

Part of me has to wonder, though, if Sunshine has developed something of the same reputation as Super Mario World sometimes gets (although much less now) following a hugely innovative game. Super Mario World was criticized for not pushing it much farther than its universally renowned predecessor, Super Mario Bros. 3, and Miyamoto states that he wishes he'd gotten to do more with it... that he felt rushed, and that it wasn't as good a game as he thought it could have been. Of course, most people find it a game of high regard, and I honestly don't see anything lacking in it at all. But those statements seem to be echoed quite a bit in Sunshine, following the highly revolutionary SM64, with similar comments from Miyamoto. I guess time will tell how Sunshine will be viewed in the future, although I honestly don't see it as ever being held as highly as SMW is.

But I've never played either Jak and Dakster or Ratchet and Clank, so, sadly, I really can't relate to those statements.

Post: #305852
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305852/action/topic#305852
Time: 9-Jan-2008 12:21 PM

Well, I think the main reason people complained about Wind Waker was because of its drastically changed graphical style, but once they played it, they started to like it. I embarrassingly remember that was the way it was for me. I think the main reason people complained about Sunshine was, as the game magazines put it, a lack of innovation. To them, it just didn't push much farther than Mario 64 (except in terms of graphics, which I think are excellent).

Post: #305839
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305839/action/topic#305839
Time: 9-Jan-2008 11:22 AM

Oh, come on. I could take it in this direction... What? You don't like the sun? That registers on my goth-dar! ^_~

Yeah, I know that was lame, but, hey, I have no problems with the title. And I just woke up.

Post: #305812
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305812/action/topic#305812
Time: 9-Jan-2008 12:04 AM

In the United States?

...No.

Post: #305801
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/305801/action/topic#305801
Time: 8-Jan-2008 9:23 PM

I say definitely go for it. It's not the best game in the franchise, but it certainly does have some fun moments. Actually, the worst part of the game is the voice acting. Peach sounds so ditzy and annoying you just want to kill her, and Bowser is just a disaster. Thankfully, for Galaxy, they remedied this by not having the characters speak much at all. But enough about that. Um, let's see. It's been a few years since the last time I played it. Well, it's so far the only 3D Super Mario title that lets you ride a Yoshi, so that's saying something. The environments are just beautiful. I love the tropical look of this game, although, and I don't find it a problem, I've heard people complain that, since it does take place on a tropical island, the levels are almost totally limited to beach-type environments. I don't care what some people say. I enjoyed using FLUDD. And there are some levels that take you to platforming segments very similar to the 2D games, an element that would become more common in Galaxy. But, yeah, you should definitely get it.