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General Discussion / Re: Who is your most annoying enemy in FF?

« on: 2006-08-26 16:00:15 »

Thoes damn PUG's in FF6 (deep in the Narshe Mines).

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General Discussion / Re: Look what I found while browsing around on Youtube!

« on: 2006-05-28 20:27:02 »

I recognized her right away when I started the game. Once you identify her as a main character, you’re always left waiting for that event (hoping it doesn’t happen). I can’t believe I can remember that! 

What people couldn't conclude is how it happened or could happen, which was the important part.

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Completely Unrelated / Re: Post Your Desktop

« on: 2006-05-27 22:36:40 »

Ooo! I see a moogle in disguise!

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General Discussion / FF7 Spoof

« on: 2006-05-27 16:14:53 »

A week or two ago, [Adult Swim] made this little FF7 spoof on one of their show Robot Chicken.

No doubt, this was sparked as a result of Advent Children’s English release. It’s somewhat cheesy, but the detail in the first battle scene is nice.
I figured it would show up on YouTube sooner or later. LINK

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General Discussion / Re: Square-Enix Replys to FF7 Remake Rumors.

« on: 2006-05-26 21:05:16 »

That's just a way to increase the durability of a game in 99% of the games I know…

True, but isn't it much more than that? Such games were built on the concept of leveling up. Unfortunately, it’s not so easy to construct a better corner stone.

FF8's level-up system was a real nice change from the norm, but still quite flawed (far-too predictable, for starters).
I think another radical change is in order.

Personally, I'd like a completely new system in re-FF7 so I can have something different to do. But to a lesser extent, just for nostalgia, I'd also like the option to play a game the original style.

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General Discussion / Re: Look what I found while browsing around on Youtube!

« on: 2006-05-26 20:33:15 »

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Some time ago, I was trying to recall a FF7 commercial but couldn't. Now, I remember seeing this on one of my High School's tvs.

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Completely Unrelated / Re: ATTN: Alhexx

« on: 2006-05-15 23:50:46 »

Ah, the virtual argument that tramples on the idea as to how people perceive each other on a message board. An excellent example on how humanity has yet to adjust our communication skills to a purely digital environment.

I look forward to reading this in detail when I can spare the time. <Surprisingly, no sarcasm >

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Completely Unrelated / Re: 666...

« on: 2006-05-14 01:50:41 »

Pregnant woman worried about giving berth to some satanic child on 6-6-2006? In 2066, it'll be daja'vu all over again.
Some cult predicts the time of Jesus' 2nd coming? It's failed many times in the past! Hay, it's that also a porno?

It amazes me as to how dense people really are.
  In retrospect, Hollywood is pretty smart by taking advantage of such ignorance. Take advantage of people's hopes/fears and they’ll come back every time. Cha-Ching!

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Completely Unrelated / Re: Corrupt-A-Wish

« on: 2006-05-12 07:11:16 »

Granted! {poof!} But it feeds off you like a parasite and keeps growing uncontrollably, taking over the earth. {snip, snip}

I wish real life was as interesting as anime.

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General Discussion / Re: (Death To) Inactive Member's

« on: 2006-05-12 06:25:41 »

It just cleans up the whole site a little, methinks.

Perhaps, but the ends don't always justify the means. As Qhimm implied, such an action would likely cause just as much clutter. Although in a different way (ie: Posted by Anomomus).

Or even a roll call...

FYI: On many Bulletin Boards, the exact time of which a user logs in is recorded, right down to the second. This integer is then overwritten with each subsequent login to provide that oh-so-common "view posts since last visit" feature .

They are no help to us...

True... Philosophical/Psychological reasons aside, why are such users a burden? Its the active users who cause stress on the database, not the inactive. Are they cluttering up the forums? Well, I'd kind of have to agree (kind of); but the decision on which_topics/when to delete/move is strictly up to the moderator in charge. Uh? What’s left?

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Troubleshooting / Re: FF7 game crash

« on: 2006-05-12 04:34:09 »

There's only so much that can be done with such little information.

"Randomly" implies a driver issue but nothing more specific. That leads me to suspect the video card, which he didn't provide. Also, "crashing down after some time" doesn’t' necessarily mean "random". Perhaps it’s crashing during the Fort Condor battle? Who knows! Only matzi.

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General Discussion / Re: Sayonara..

« on: 2006-05-09 16:39:57 »

It's sad to see you go but I'm certain you must have thought this one out. Things do change and this forum is no exception. People come and go, topics are discussed and rediscussed yet time still moves on uninterrupted...

I only hope we've made your time here as enjoyable as you helped make it for us.
Best of luck!  You certainly will be remembered here.

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Completely Unrelated / Re: How, umm, l33t am I.

« on: 2006-05-09 14:34:39 »

I was wondering, If you were going to rank the hierarchy of the Qhimm.com staff, where would I exactly be?

If I may ignore the current ranking standard... High Mage, perhaps?
You've done some excellent work in the past and I think your rank should reflect that, not just your post count.

am I l33t enough to have my absolutely incredulous spelling accepted

Sorry, I'm not much of a leet speaker/reader (to much effort ). Oddly, I don't really notice it much myself.

BTW: It can be l33t, 133t, or 1337. While the latter is in a more pure form, all 3 forms are still acceptable. Besides, "1337" wouldn't be as incredulous . Fuck! Why do I even know this!

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Completely Unrelated / Re: Glad to see the forums are back but...

« on: 2006-05-08 20:34:53 »

As far as I can tell, Qhimm hasn't yet made any decision on what to use next.

I prefer phpBB myself, but even this forum's default theme can be modified into something easier to read and work with.

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Completely Unrelated / Re: Dance, Monkeys, Dance

« on: 2006-05-08 20:31:47 »

...why doesn't someone change the subject it is more of a "Why are we here?" topic...

And you used the original subject because.... ?

All the good in the world is God's doing out of love for his children. All the bad and wrong things are either punishment from God or the work of Satan. And everything we can't explain: Wonders.

Well, I can certainly understand how you came to that conclusion.
God is good, Satin is bad, and Unknowns are wonders created by God... Bla, bla, bla... IMO, it's a pretty normal & yet typical view at Christianity. The scary thing is the amount of Christians actually believe that to the letter!

An easy, cheap and fast way of having people do your bidding and paying you for it.

How could this view include Christianity's origins? It's true, through out history many people have used any popular religion to promote there own personal agenda. However, although it's a funny thought, who would start a religion for the sole purpose of generating money centuries later? If anything, Christianity must have been first used to promote rules and order amongst ancient civilization (aka the early tribes of Israel, depending what your views are). I would be intrested in hearing some examples, tho.

Religion has done more harm in this world than anything else.

Yet you stated earlier in your post that you 'disagree with L. Spiro on the statement that religion has to be one of the stupidest things man ever invented'. So Ur indirectly showing support for it.

why did you quote Spiro's entire post

To lazy to "cut-the-fat". Hmm, must be a programmer... We're a lazy bunch, for sure.

...mankind had the wrong mindset back when they were drawing all these lines...

Even today, drawling lines is the easiest solution to comprehend. That's why we have all sorts of countries. Drawing from your example, the separation of countries are effectively imaginary lines. So the question in this example becomes: Why do we have separate countries? Because every group has their own opinion. Religion is just one example of this phenomenon. In this sense, governments are no different. Whether religion is involved or not, there will always be imaginary lines in the sand. (I must say, that is quite an interesting concept tho.)


Note: Sorry I don't touch on any other religions. Christianity is the only one I have ever actively educated myself in.

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Announcements and site development / Re: Temporary forums

« on: 2006-05-08 18:57:36 »

Thanks Qhimm for taking the effort to get a forum back online.

I don't know much about SMF (so slap me if I say anything bad about them ). However I have been playing around with phpBB for a couple of years now... Unfortunately, it's design is somewhat dated and Olympus (the modernized version) isn't yet ready for an initial release (-still-).

As far as server load goes, it's searching functions probably cause the most problems for people. Even phpBB.com has introduced it's own search optimizations that they (for some reason) haven't released with 2.2 (i believe that's the case. It has been about 8 months since I've tackled it's code). However, some documents have been published in their Knowledge Base (Decrease search tables' size, Search Engine Optimisation, and Speed Up index.php).

PhpBB.com's main method of optimization (IMHO) lies in filtering out common search terms. Preventing the searching of words like "final" and "fantasy" (obvious example) could lessen the footprints created by unregistered guests (and those uneducated registered users).

Anyway, that's just my thoughts on the subject. At least, I believe it would make a consiterable diffrence. Whatever you chose to do, I'm sure there are many us would agree to help however we can .

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Completely Unrelated / Dance, Monkeys, Dance

« on: 2006-05-01 04:20:09 »

Good movie! I don’t see how it could offend anyone other then the most uptight religious types...

Dinosaur fossils = bible was wrong 0.o

They are mentioned in Gen 1:24. However, traditionalists refuse to admit such obvious truths and instead preach lies to fill in the holes of traditional logic. IMO, much of the bible has been mutilated over the centuries, due to individuals who wished to make history. Bastards...

*Sigh*, can you prove that he does?

Why would it matter? People will believe whatever they want and the only thing humanity will ever do about it is fight.

I think the Tachikomas explained it best.

And you know that ‘existence of God’ thing that I had trouble understanding before? I think I’m starting to understand it now.

Maybe, just maybe, it’s a concept that’s similar to a zero in mathematics. In other words, it’s a symbol that denies the absence of meaning, the meaning that’s necessitated by the delineation of one system from another. In analog, that’s God. In digital, it’s zero.

Also, our basic construction is digital, right? So for the time being, no matter how much data we accumulate, we’ll never have a Ghost. But analog-based people like you, Mr. Batou, no matter how many digital components you add through cyberization or prosthetics, your Ghost will never be damaged. Plus, you can even die ‘cause you’ve got a Ghost. You’re so lucky. Tell me, what’s it feel like to have a Ghost?

-- Tachikoma, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Epo 15 / Time of the Machines – MACHINES DÉSIRANTES)[/list]

Edit: Fixed a couple of formating mistakes..

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Completely Unrelated / Hard drive making grinding noise...

« on: 2006-05-01 03:06:07 »

Plain and simple: that hard drive is dying. However, that's only if the HD is at least 2yrs old. The good news is that it may continue on for another year before it finally kicks the bucket. Point being, replace it while you can still read off it.

While it's not garenteed: Its usually the case that it will begin spitting out read errors awhile B4 it dies.

If its still young, then I cant really give any useful information without a more detailed description (age, manufacture/model, better description of the sound, etc...).

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Completely Unrelated / Whats your level of experience??

« on: 2006-05-01 02:30:58 »

spyrojyros_tail: In that last part, I wasn’t questing the degree; merely the prestigious~ness of the school. Some eye-opening comments, though. Sounds rough... (Ya, I’m still an ignorant student with only 1 year of collage. >.<)

Jedimark: VBA? Ahh, my synapses! They have trauma centers for that. Yea-know?

Christian: Eh, I wouldn't worry about it to much... Everything you can do in C++, you can also do in C#. C++ just holds a larger toolset that was appended to the pre-existing C# language.

I think a 'none' option would be nice too.. but oh well..

K...? Ya, you totally lost me on that one.

RU saying that U wish could say you had no experience? Believe me, ignorance CAN be bliss; but it seems that you already tasted the forbidden fruit.[/list:u]

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Completely Unrelated / ATTN: Alhexx

« on: 2006-05-01 01:29:35 »

Popcorn? Popcorn! Ware'z ma'damn Popcorn...

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Completely Unrelated / Whats your level of experience??

« on: 2006-04-30 06:34:39 »

Well said L. Spiro ! I've read many similar comments in programming articles over the years... Anyone who doubts that is a fuck’in idiot! (...or perhaps just works for Microsoft.)

I just started programming with C# in the autumn

Congrads

! Does that include C++? (..which basically just adds “class” structures to the lang.) Actually, the two languages flow together, one into the other.[/list:u]


My first programming experience was a High School class using Visual Basic in '98-'99. After that, I began experimenting with Unreal Script and through that I learned the powers of C. I began learning C#/C++ through an online class early in '02. (Yea, all I wanted to code was games, which is how I found Qhimm's site, lol) While I got through the course, I failed my own expectations horribly. At the time, I lacked the ability to code a window (yea, I know... just hush-up!) so I instead regressed into PHP (and tarring apart phpBB), the best alternative I could actually use during that time! Thankfully it helped sharpen my skills and now I'm attending ITT, for the sole purpose of continuing my understanding of the black magic that is C++. Although it can't be classified as a "language", if I had to pin-point the origins of my education, it would have to be back when I was 8, trying to figure out the game-logic of Dragon Warrior.

It is all about passion...

As with

anything that really matters in this life. Words to live by... [/list:u]

i can program til the early morning and only think that a couple of hours have passed

Ok, with my hand raised, I ask:

Who here has done this with out even realizing it until dawn arrived? I cant remember exactly what I was doing; it was a while ago. I think it was either a PHP concept script or some documentation...[/list:u]

…I feel that my degree is holding me back from doing what I actually want to do.

You really think so? From a learning standpoint: I suppose it depends on your instructor/professor. If you get someone that teaches out of a predefined curricular system, then I can agree because it’s just information being drilled into your head. Thankfully, some prefer to sidestep the curriculum and teach what it takes to be a successful programmer. It really depends on the learning environment, tho. I’ve never been to any major university myself but does that stuff (the school of which you obtain your degree) even matter these days when compared to a portfolio?

So what’s stopping you from starting your project before you graduate? (Besides ‘time’ because that’s exactly what’s slowing me down, right now.)[/list:u]

...but I will get there eventually.
Patience.

We all will, LS. Patience and Determination... assuming it's coupled with FUN and just a pinch of pizzazz![/list:u]




One last thing, everyone take note of this:[/list:u]

School isn’t particularly special; anyone can be taught what a programmer is and does but passion is the only thing that can make an actual programmer.

Damn straight!

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Completely Unrelated / Nicknames.... why?

« on: 2006-04-29 00:45:02 »

Hi Thrashamatrix, good to meet you. Quite a creative topic IMHO...

Around here, I'm known as odo324. It's an uncreative nick I started back in the early to mid '90s. The "odo" stands for a TV character I had admired back then, representing my confusion about what life really is for and my seriousness in discovering that truth (the character comes from a scifi show called Deep Space Nine). The 324 part? Well my ISP (at the time) wouldn't give me an 'odo' email so I had to append a number to it. 324 just seemed right; plus I actually liked typing that with my left hand (starting with my ever-so-lovely middle finger).

However, that was a very different life then the one I find myself in now. These days I typically go by the alias Takkun and I’ll probably change it here soon enough. Um, this one is a little hard to explain… Anyone here seen FLCL? It has got-to-be my favorite series off all-fucking-time! However, my fascination is not with the main character (who also holds the Takkun nick’) but in the attitude of the characters and the situations that occur as a result. To look at myself in that same manor can be compared to ‘finding an eviction notice on your font door’. Parts of my personality, fragments of my childhood, that just wont go away. In the series, the name Takkun also goes through a transition of sorts. Through Mamimi, the originator of the name, it is assigned to whoever is able to provide comfort to her (or perhaps distraction) vs. the harsh reality she so desperately tries to avoid. It’s a label in which she literally 'uses' in an effort to better herself.


Just noticing this myself… I suppose it’s safe to say that my nicknames have always been a reflection of the evolution for my personality at that period in time.

I am Midgar because it seemed like an original name

Now was this

before or after FF7. [/list:u]

it's a Casablanca reference

Uh, I think he’s got a point there... Looking at the avatar now is just... eerie...[/list:u]

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Completely Unrelated / Post Your Desktop

« on: 2006-04-28 22:50:05 »

I have a new one: http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4052/image13uc.jpg

Sweetness! Quite elegant...

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Completely Unrelated / Post Your Desktop

« on: 2006-04-27 23:52:04 »

Since I havent deleted it yet... [Desktop Huran-A-Con Meglo Fon-Nom-A-Con]

Little heavy on the dice and splice, don't ya think?
Whatever.... What's done is done. :z

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Completely Unrelated / ATTN: Alhexx

« on: 2006-04-27 23:44:09 »

Hurray! :love:
And once again, the balance has been restored to our beloved planet.

Thanks Alhexx

Edit: LoL, you kept the arguement?