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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Transformers Movie discussion
« on: May 23, 2006, 05:37:30 pm »
Is the "Figueroa" character in the Transformers movie likely named after him?
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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Transformers Movie discussion
« on: May 23, 2006, 12:42:10 pm »
bustin, I think you're thinking of Primus. Yeah, I guess these planetoid Transformers are kind of cool, if you can ignore the issue of scale. Kind of like how Metroplex/Trypticon/Fortress Maximus/Scorponok were above-average-sized, but they don't really serve as "cities". More like a few parking spots for the smaller Transformers.
Speaking of Scorponok, I noticed that he sounds like a Minicon or a "X"-master. In that review it's mentioned that he seems to come out of Vortex. I can understand the reusage of his name since he's a scorpion. (Kinda funny, going from large Decepticon city (at the end of G1 cartoon), also one-time Decepticon leader (G1 comics, I believe), to an average-sized grunt (in early Beast Wars) and now this little guy.) What I don't get is what "Scorponok" means. "Scorp" is from scorpion, obviously, but "onok"? Am I missing something here?
Popular name, that. If there were going to be any animal-based Transformers I think fan favourite Grimlock would've been a better fit. I'm sure there are robotic T-Rexes that are deliberately metallic-looking at some monster truck shows or something which could explain his form. Kinda lame, but if they're really going to show how their forms are chosen, which I believe the reviews do say they do, I wonder why a Decepticon in the form of a scorpion?
I think it'd be easier to swallow "Soundbyte", particularly if he truly does get killed off. With the possibility of sequels, they might still be able to introduce a proper Soundwave that is somehow like the G1 character - or else have an explanation for mass-shifting, a better way to ignore his different size, or a different alt-form that works for him, like his most recent jet form.
Heck, I heard Megatron might be a jet too, a la Generation 2 (the original toy, I believe, not the green/purple tank that came later).
If it is truly wall-to-wall action, then maybe we won't care too much when they start trashing downtown LA or whatever. Characters like Soundwave and Megatron didn't fight in their alt-forms on the original show (unless you count Megatron transforming into a gun for Starscream to use, and we know that's not happening), so perhaps the fight sequences might actually be more exciting if Soundwave is human-sized and that Megatron has a more viable alt-form. Though I still say he should be a tank, though...
Speaking of Scorponok, I noticed that he sounds like a Minicon or a "X"-master. In that review it's mentioned that he seems to come out of Vortex. I can understand the reusage of his name since he's a scorpion. (Kinda funny, going from large Decepticon city (at the end of G1 cartoon), also one-time Decepticon leader (G1 comics, I believe), to an average-sized grunt (in early Beast Wars) and now this little guy.) What I don't get is what "Scorponok" means. "Scorp" is from scorpion, obviously, but "onok"? Am I missing something here?
Popular name, that. If there were going to be any animal-based Transformers I think fan favourite Grimlock would've been a better fit. I'm sure there are robotic T-Rexes that are deliberately metallic-looking at some monster truck shows or something which could explain his form. Kinda lame, but if they're really going to show how their forms are chosen, which I believe the reviews do say they do, I wonder why a Decepticon in the form of a scorpion?
I think it'd be easier to swallow "Soundbyte", particularly if he truly does get killed off. With the possibility of sequels, they might still be able to introduce a proper Soundwave that is somehow like the G1 character - or else have an explanation for mass-shifting, a better way to ignore his different size, or a different alt-form that works for him, like his most recent jet form.
Heck, I heard Megatron might be a jet too, a la Generation 2 (the original toy, I believe, not the green/purple tank that came later).
If it is truly wall-to-wall action, then maybe we won't care too much when they start trashing downtown LA or whatever. Characters like Soundwave and Megatron didn't fight in their alt-forms on the original show (unless you count Megatron transforming into a gun for Starscream to use, and we know that's not happening), so perhaps the fight sequences might actually be more exciting if Soundwave is human-sized and that Megatron has a more viable alt-form. Though I still say he should be a tank, though...
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Map Requests / RE: You know what we're overdue for?
« on: May 23, 2006, 09:11:56 am »
Revned, you probably have the most experience. You contributed to Mega Man Solid X: Guns Of The Mavericks, quite a bit to Super Mario Bros. 3, and before those projects you worked with TerraEsperZ on The Legend Of Zelda's two Oracle games. So what's your opinion on what to do and how to do it?
I guess I didn't really put in a vote...I kinda like all of these ideas so far.
I guess I didn't really put in a vote...I kinda like all of these ideas so far.
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Gaming / RE: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
« on: May 22, 2006, 08:09:14 pm »
Mario's shoes went from looking like bricks to looking like potatoes.
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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Transformers Movie discussion
« on: May 22, 2006, 07:40:49 pm »
There are plenty of details there...almost too much, if you want the first ten minutes of the film spoiled, assuming any possible final revisions don't change it drastically.
If you want a second opinion you can see here @ The Movie Reporter. Definitely a different opinion on it.
They might change Soundwave to "Soundbyte". I guess that works, since he's smaller and all. I can understand his size being because they wanted to keep him as a boombox after all but without major mass-shifting, but then it looks odd compared to other Decepticons...so having an action scene with him on Air Force One makes sense. By having him on a plane, a smaller, confined space, with an action scene probably all to himself (it's unlikely any other Transformers will fit inside the plane, after all), he wouldn't be compared to them and we'd forget that he's small...except that he'll probably be fighting humans, but ah well.
If you want a second opinion you can see here @ The Movie Reporter. Definitely a different opinion on it.
They might change Soundwave to "Soundbyte". I guess that works, since he's smaller and all. I can understand his size being because they wanted to keep him as a boombox after all but without major mass-shifting, but then it looks odd compared to other Decepticons...so having an action scene with him on Air Force One makes sense. By having him on a plane, a smaller, confined space, with an action scene probably all to himself (it's unlikely any other Transformers will fit inside the plane, after all), he wouldn't be compared to them and we'd forget that he's small...except that he'll probably be fighting humans, but ah well.
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VGMaps Social Board / Transformers Movie discussion
« on: May 22, 2006, 06:24:12 pm »
Transformers Movie script review @ LatinoReview.com
Not sure what to think. If this guy truly is a Transformers fan, then there is some hope if he's all excited about it. It's got an "A+: A Complete Miracle" rating, which is...pretty high.
Soundwave is only four and a half feet tall? o_0
Not sure what to think. If this guy truly is a Transformers fan, then there is some hope if he's all excited about it. It's got an "A+: A Complete Miracle" rating, which is...pretty high.
Soundwave is only four and a half feet tall? o_0
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Map Gab / RE: Final Fantasy II (Dawn Of Souls) (GBA) CORRECTIONS
« on: May 22, 2006, 04:21:12 pm »
They're up.
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Map Requests / RE: You know what we're overdue for?
« on: May 22, 2006, 01:20:50 pm »
Oh, ho! All awesome suggestions.
Kirby: Super Star is still easily the best Kirby game ever. Well, it's a few games, really, each providing something a little different. Each of those games' in-game headers would make pretty sweet map headers (I like headers!) and one particular game, The Great Cave Offensive, would be REALLY useful when mapped out and with all its treasures located. This would be so worth it when it's all done.
Secret Of Mana was one of my earliest requests, and one I brought back when we were discussing how to have multiple mappers for games that are big, like this RPG. (The request topic turned into brainstorming for what would soon become the Super Mario Bros. 3 project!) As probably the most loved Mana game to date (still seems to be, by some consensus) and beautiful graphics, this would be hot. Like the Secret Of Evermore maps of Grizzly's.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is another great platforming game that deserves to be mapped. I could see how that would be done, just with more Super NES-related mapping challenges.
Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link is a good choice too because I'd like to have every pixel from every Zelda game one day. And it also fits into my dream of having the first Nintendo Power Player's guide, the NES Game Atlas, totally obsoleted. I love the book, but a digital form is best!
I said I was going to make a "Projects" page, didn't I? >_< Especially if we do continue with projects.
I also said I likely won't be as involved in the next project as I tried to be with the first two. In the sense that someone else should lay the groundwork. I'd probably have too much fun making the Kirby: Super Star headers given the chance, though.
The first two projects had deadlines of sorts. Super Mario Bros. 3 by the end of last year, and Mega Man Solid X: Guns Of The Mavericks for April Fools'. We probably don't actually need a deadline for the next project, if that was a concern for anybody.
Kirby: Super Star is still easily the best Kirby game ever. Well, it's a few games, really, each providing something a little different. Each of those games' in-game headers would make pretty sweet map headers (I like headers!) and one particular game, The Great Cave Offensive, would be REALLY useful when mapped out and with all its treasures located. This would be so worth it when it's all done.
Secret Of Mana was one of my earliest requests, and one I brought back when we were discussing how to have multiple mappers for games that are big, like this RPG. (The request topic turned into brainstorming for what would soon become the Super Mario Bros. 3 project!) As probably the most loved Mana game to date (still seems to be, by some consensus) and beautiful graphics, this would be hot. Like the Secret Of Evermore maps of Grizzly's.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is another great platforming game that deserves to be mapped. I could see how that would be done, just with more Super NES-related mapping challenges.
Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link is a good choice too because I'd like to have every pixel from every Zelda game one day. And it also fits into my dream of having the first Nintendo Power Player's guide, the NES Game Atlas, totally obsoleted. I love the book, but a digital form is best!
I said I was going to make a "Projects" page, didn't I? >_< Especially if we do continue with projects.
I also said I likely won't be as involved in the next project as I tried to be with the first two. In the sense that someone else should lay the groundwork. I'd probably have too much fun making the Kirby: Super Star headers given the chance, though.
The first two projects had deadlines of sorts. Super Mario Bros. 3 by the end of last year, and Mega Man Solid X: Guns Of The Mavericks for April Fools'. We probably don't actually need a deadline for the next project, if that was a concern for anybody.
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Map Gab / RE: Final Fantasy II (Dawn Of Souls) (GBA) CORRECTIONS
« on: May 21, 2006, 03:50:32 pm »
Just letting you know that I have finally gotten around to downloading these...
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Gaming / RE: This guy thinks the DS sucks. Except he doesn't know what he's talking about.
« on: May 21, 2006, 03:24:12 pm »
Oh, yeah, he also mentioned battery life. He didn't know, exactly, but he said he thought the touch screen would kill the DS's battery life.
If he's going to diss the DS and praise the PSP, battery life isn't a point to bring up. What an idiot.
If he's going to diss the DS and praise the PSP, battery life isn't a point to bring up. What an idiot.
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Gaming / This guy thinks the DS sucks. Except he doesn't know what he's talking about.
« on: May 21, 2006, 08:56:31 am »
The DS Sucks (YouTube.com video)
Stolen from VGCats.com...
This Sony PSP fanboy is totally laughable. He totally doesn't know what he's talking about. Runs a little long, though, nearly 13 minutes (!), so I'll sum it up. Well, kinda.
He goes on preaching how much better the PSP is than the DS. It's okay to have your own opinion, but he comes off as if everything he says is fact, and most of it isn't. He's repetitive, and doesn't cite good sources. He's overconfident that he's right, but doesn't come off as very convincing.
"I heard it on the radio."
"It was on the news the other day."
"I haven't done this yet, but I heard..."
- citing some "sources".
"The DS is garbage. The DS is trash."
- his "brilliant" justification of his opinion.
"Can't do this on a DS. Nope. You just can't."
- his catch phrase after mentioning a PSP feature.
"Look it up. It's a fact."
- following a number of "facts".
Some of his erronoeous or pointless facts include:
-the DS is a 19-year-old Game Boy, maybe with slightly more memory, and some colour, but not worth paying $300 for. (Not a Game Boy, much more memory, the technology is far from the original Game Boy, and it's not $300 anywhere.)
-the DS has two screens. Who cares? (Wow, apathy counts as a fact in his world.)
-the DS has a touch screen. Who cares? (Ditto.)
-the PSP has widescreen. That's the future. (He's not wrong, but it seems ludicrous after the above two statements)
-you have to charge your DS by plugging it into the wall. You can't walk around with it while charging. (Somehow I doubt the PSP can be charged while walking either.)
-the PSP can be played while being plugged into the wall. (He even insists on this fact, like it's a big deal...while neglecting the same can be done with the DS.)
-Sony makes laptops, and those are fun. (They do, but they're "fun"?)
-You can play PSP vs. PSP. You can't play PSP vs. DS. (DS vs. DS is ignored.)
-You can use PSP with the PS3. You can't use the DS with the PS3. (DS with the Wii is ignored.)
-PSP UMD discs hold a gigabyte. The DS uses terminology like gigaflops. (While the DS cards hold a gigabit, he uses "flops". A possible mistake, except he goes on about flops and how the Japanese invent weird terminology.)
-My friend has a DS, and never plays it. My other friend has a PSP and plays it a lot. (Does this guy even have either?)
The guy doesn't even mention much the point of a gaming system...the games. All he says is that the PSP has GTA: Liberty City Stories, and that the DS doesn't. "Can't play that on DS. Look it up. It's a fact."
I've had arguments with fanboys before, some pretty bad. I may come off as a fanboy, but I don't think I ever sound like I'm clueless as this guy. What Sony and Microsoft have is marketing, so a lot of people think they're better because they see them a lot more. But when people try to justify it, it always comes down to "Nintendo sucks!" or "The Nintendo [insert game system here] sucks!" because they'd rather believe what's fed to them and can't bother to check little facts, like the point of, say, a touch screen on the DS.
Anyway, the scary thing is that it comes from a web site called talkingwithjon.com. Maybe I shouldn't link to him. Do I really want to be associated with a guy who just talks and posts videos of his rants? I hope I'm not sticking my foot in my mouth here but who is this guy, and why should we care that he has a web site dedicated to his rants? Maybe this particular rant is a big joke just to get attention. If not, maybe it's more sad than funny if this guy believes the drivel he's saying.
EDIT: Actually, maybe he and his site IS a big joke. Well, it is one, regardless. You can get tickets to attend live filmings (what, him in front of his webcam?) and the "testimonials" say he could charge $600-$700 per episode for his show and it would still be worth it, and some people have lost weight or had their skin healed thanks to "Talking With Jon". There's also a video just about how Halo 3 will be the "best game in the world", and that the Wii controller is somehow a rip-off of the ColecoVision's controller, so the PS3 controller is better because it works with PS3 games. I'm pretty sure he and his crew just like to stir stupid controversy up.
Stolen from VGCats.com...
This Sony PSP fanboy is totally laughable. He totally doesn't know what he's talking about. Runs a little long, though, nearly 13 minutes (!), so I'll sum it up. Well, kinda.
He goes on preaching how much better the PSP is than the DS. It's okay to have your own opinion, but he comes off as if everything he says is fact, and most of it isn't. He's repetitive, and doesn't cite good sources. He's overconfident that he's right, but doesn't come off as very convincing.
"I heard it on the radio."
"It was on the news the other day."
"I haven't done this yet, but I heard..."
- citing some "sources".
"The DS is garbage. The DS is trash."
- his "brilliant" justification of his opinion.
"Can't do this on a DS. Nope. You just can't."
- his catch phrase after mentioning a PSP feature.
"Look it up. It's a fact."
- following a number of "facts".
Some of his erronoeous or pointless facts include:
-the DS is a 19-year-old Game Boy, maybe with slightly more memory, and some colour, but not worth paying $300 for. (Not a Game Boy, much more memory, the technology is far from the original Game Boy, and it's not $300 anywhere.)
-the DS has two screens. Who cares? (Wow, apathy counts as a fact in his world.)
-the DS has a touch screen. Who cares? (Ditto.)
-the PSP has widescreen. That's the future. (He's not wrong, but it seems ludicrous after the above two statements)
-you have to charge your DS by plugging it into the wall. You can't walk around with it while charging. (Somehow I doubt the PSP can be charged while walking either.)
-the PSP can be played while being plugged into the wall. (He even insists on this fact, like it's a big deal...while neglecting the same can be done with the DS.)
-Sony makes laptops, and those are fun. (They do, but they're "fun"?)
-You can play PSP vs. PSP. You can't play PSP vs. DS. (DS vs. DS is ignored.)
-You can use PSP with the PS3. You can't use the DS with the PS3. (DS with the Wii is ignored.)
-PSP UMD discs hold a gigabyte. The DS uses terminology like gigaflops. (While the DS cards hold a gigabit, he uses "flops". A possible mistake, except he goes on about flops and how the Japanese invent weird terminology.)
-My friend has a DS, and never plays it. My other friend has a PSP and plays it a lot. (Does this guy even have either?)
The guy doesn't even mention much the point of a gaming system...the games. All he says is that the PSP has GTA: Liberty City Stories, and that the DS doesn't. "Can't play that on DS. Look it up. It's a fact."
I've had arguments with fanboys before, some pretty bad. I may come off as a fanboy, but I don't think I ever sound like I'm clueless as this guy. What Sony and Microsoft have is marketing, so a lot of people think they're better because they see them a lot more. But when people try to justify it, it always comes down to "Nintendo sucks!" or "The Nintendo [insert game system here] sucks!" because they'd rather believe what's fed to them and can't bother to check little facts, like the point of, say, a touch screen on the DS.
Anyway, the scary thing is that it comes from a web site called talkingwithjon.com. Maybe I shouldn't link to him. Do I really want to be associated with a guy who just talks and posts videos of his rants? I hope I'm not sticking my foot in my mouth here but who is this guy, and why should we care that he has a web site dedicated to his rants? Maybe this particular rant is a big joke just to get attention. If not, maybe it's more sad than funny if this guy believes the drivel he's saying.
EDIT: Actually, maybe he and his site IS a big joke. Well, it is one, regardless. You can get tickets to attend live filmings (what, him in front of his webcam?) and the "testimonials" say he could charge $600-$700 per episode for his show and it would still be worth it, and some people have lost weight or had their skin healed thanks to "Talking With Jon". There's also a video just about how Halo 3 will be the "best game in the world", and that the Wii controller is somehow a rip-off of the ColecoVision's controller, so the PS3 controller is better because it works with PS3 games. I'm pretty sure he and his crew just like to stir stupid controversy up.
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VGMaps Social Board / What are you doing with your long weekend?
« on: May 19, 2006, 05:37:33 pm »
Us Canadians have Victoria Day, I guess you American guys have Memorial Day. Or is that next weekend?
I will probably get around to updating VGMaps.com (finally), and maybe figuring out some stuff for the boards. I ought to write SOMEthing about E3 since that was why they let me in as media, and if I do have time, I will probably be playing Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within (I'm a little behind, so sue me) or New Super Mario Bros.
(I haven't played Animal Crossing as regularly as I used to, and I always end up playing at night on weekdays, so maybe I'll try to catch some day-only springtime bugs and fish that come out only during the day that I haven't got yet. Can you believe I still don't have a Golden Slingshot, despite having the game since the first weekend it was available in December? Stupid gift balloons don't come at night! >_<)
I will probably get around to updating VGMaps.com (finally), and maybe figuring out some stuff for the boards. I ought to write SOMEthing about E3 since that was why they let me in as media, and if I do have time, I will probably be playing Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within (I'm a little behind, so sue me) or New Super Mario Bros.
(I haven't played Animal Crossing as regularly as I used to, and I always end up playing at night on weekdays, so maybe I'll try to catch some day-only springtime bugs and fish that come out only during the day that I haven't got yet. Can you believe I still don't have a Golden Slingshot, despite having the game since the first weekend it was available in December? Stupid gift balloons don't come at night! >_<)
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VGMaps Social Board / RE: So I just graduated High School...
« on: May 19, 2006, 05:32:17 pm »
What about university? Is there a university or college in your area that everyone is pretty much going to?
When I finished high school, I moved on to the U of A. Most of my high school friends went there, and we stuck together, so many of us were better friends because of university.
Some people have, over time, dropped off the face of the earth. Not literally, I hope. I heard the other day that one of the genius guys at my high school has finished med school and may already be in practice. It's kind of scary, really. Not that he's a doctor, but that I haven't come close to even figuring out what I want to do with my life.
At least I paid off my $23000 student loans in a year - exact to the day, in fact...many people I know are still in debt, and will be for very long.
When I finished high school, I moved on to the U of A. Most of my high school friends went there, and we stuck together, so many of us were better friends because of university.
Some people have, over time, dropped off the face of the earth. Not literally, I hope. I heard the other day that one of the genius guys at my high school has finished med school and may already be in practice. It's kind of scary, really. Not that he's a doctor, but that I haven't come close to even figuring out what I want to do with my life.
At least I paid off my $23000 student loans in a year - exact to the day, in fact...many people I know are still in debt, and will be for very long.
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VGMaps Social Board / RE: What if...
« on: May 18, 2006, 07:52:16 am »
bustin98's thought about how thoughts are laid out reminds me of a theory I often think about, that of fate.
Since everything is merely a continuation or reaction to the state of things a moment before, things can't happen any other way. Another universe that has the exact same starting conditions (placement of energy, matter, direction of inertia, quantum particles, mood of God, etc.) can only have the exact same history. And this also means there can only be a specific present and future for any one universe.
You can't do something without a reason. Nothing happens out of the blue. Even if you do something now, relatively unusual and unsuspected, you'd probably be doing it out of spite of this theory, which itself is a reason, and it'd be confined to your mood, the electrons and chemical makeup of your brain this very instant. You can't think a thought or do an action that has no origin.
Being a Christian, it's hard to say that God isn't immune, but in a singular universe, it sure looks like He can't escape either. He's reacting to us as much as we react (or choose not to) react to Him, so the only escape from this theory for anybody is a multiverse of probabilities, but limiting the scope to a single universe with the quantum particles and God and all other things that could possibly affect it in a closed system, there's no way to escape a particular fate.
Of course, by limiting everything to a single frame of probability, I suppose the fallacy of this theory is the limited perspective - but that's what we all have. Or if we see the entire multiverse as a whole as a closed system, even that can't escape all the possibile destinies, as each universe is confined to its own.
In short, our future is inevitable (whether it co-exists with the present or not), and free will is an illusion.
Since everything is merely a continuation or reaction to the state of things a moment before, things can't happen any other way. Another universe that has the exact same starting conditions (placement of energy, matter, direction of inertia, quantum particles, mood of God, etc.) can only have the exact same history. And this also means there can only be a specific present and future for any one universe.
You can't do something without a reason. Nothing happens out of the blue. Even if you do something now, relatively unusual and unsuspected, you'd probably be doing it out of spite of this theory, which itself is a reason, and it'd be confined to your mood, the electrons and chemical makeup of your brain this very instant. You can't think a thought or do an action that has no origin.
Being a Christian, it's hard to say that God isn't immune, but in a singular universe, it sure looks like He can't escape either. He's reacting to us as much as we react (or choose not to) react to Him, so the only escape from this theory for anybody is a multiverse of probabilities, but limiting the scope to a single universe with the quantum particles and God and all other things that could possibly affect it in a closed system, there's no way to escape a particular fate.
Of course, by limiting everything to a single frame of probability, I suppose the fallacy of this theory is the limited perspective - but that's what we all have. Or if we see the entire multiverse as a whole as a closed system, even that can't escape all the possibile destinies, as each universe is confined to its own.
In short, our future is inevitable (whether it co-exists with the present or not), and free will is an illusion.