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General Discussion / Why Square should reintroduce the world map

« on: 2011-03-15 01:17:19 »

I am not only writing this for nostalgias sake. Nor am I writing this because the world map felt like you were so small and free to go wherever you want whenever you want, with each individual place a new story in your grand adventure. It wasn't because the games become linear without it. Though they are some of the reasons, the main reason I fell in love with the world map was the music. Now don't get me wrong I loved the world map for so many more reasons than just that. But the feeling of exploring the world, an endless horizon ahead of you is just unreal. As I write this I am listening to the FF9 world map theme crossing the hills. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_nFdq12kw). It really made me appreciate the world map. The music really synergizes so well and it makes you feel like you are immersed into a whole nother realm. With new people to meet or just explore. When Sephiroth summoned meteor I didn't regret that I was about to die and each of my beloved characters would be lost. I felt sadder that my favourite world map theme was taken from me.

Today I was on youtube and I stumbled upon a comment in the FF9 world map theme "crossing the hills" that really made me wonder.

"Listening to this really brings home to me how grave a loss the world   maps was. To encounter the world maps of VII, VIII, and IX was really   something: it made you realize that this was going to be an epic   experience, and for me was always the marker that said 'OK, you've   finished the introductory part of the game, welcome to the next two   months of your life. Enjoy them!' And I always did."

I'm the kind of guy who plays Final Fantasy and loves to explore every nook and cranny. From the Quadra Magic cave to the deap sea research centre I've been there. Hell, I even played the FF4 remake on gba and went through 50 floors of the lunar dungeon. The world map is about the endless possibilities. When you don't want the game to end. It creates a mood and a setting that individual maps cannot convey. How do you describe with little details when you haven't even told us what it's about? You might come out of Midgar thinking one thing about FF7 and then you realize FF7 is a bittersweet melody of trials and perseverance not of militant might and corrupt governments. The world map is the heart and soul of a game. It's the Title on a book, the meat of the world.

The world map is like the art style of a game. When you play Final Fantasy and you listen to the main theme of FF7 you learn to just let your heart and mind wander, only until the next random encounter. Man, I hated those guys cause they always stopped you from finishing a song. How beautiful do you think the world of FF10 might have been had there been a world? Do you think you would have wandered blue seas and beautiful skies? Just walking, bright sun, and not a care in the world? I loved the scenery of FF10. And some argue it just isn't as good as it could have been because you never could explore the world that was crafted for you. You couldn't explore the palm tree with coconuts hanging from it, nor could you explore the coast.

There is this carefree feeling unique to each world. You have no mission, no objective. You can do whatever you want. I loved each world like a mother loved each child. I once heard this analogy; a mother does not divide her love between kids but she gives them all all of her love. I guess you could say that as you wander each and every world, from the technologically advanced world of FF8, to the despair ridden one of FF7, and even the blue hills of FF9, it feels like each world is the FINAL fantasy. Each is an individual child that you cannot love more than another

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General Discussion / Re: Adding more elemental reactions to FFVII ?

« on: 2010-11-28 21:45:10 »

this already exists in a sense. the elemental materia depending on its mastery level will go 20 40 60 80 100 i believe.

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Completely Unrelated / Re: The QHIMM Forries!

« on: 2010-11-28 18:24:56 »

i vote kudistos megistos as biggest tool. waitwut

OutFoxxed, you're back! And you're trolling again!

never trolled at all. got annoyed at how everything i posted ended up in an argument so i changed my name and am trying to avoid getting in arguments. it annoyed the hell out of me too, trust me.

when i saw the best tool category i couldn't help but try and make a joke about it haha. you were the first person to come to mind =P so i used your name. was not meant as trolling, more of a friendly joke :]

EDIT: my mistake. i nominate you for best tool not biggest tool
 

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Completely Unrelated / Trance, baby. GTFIH.

« on: 2010-11-28 03:57:56 »

Trance..... not much more i need to say. Turn the volume to 100, close your eyes and let your mind drift away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4KrOOm8Nj8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE7CXZ1Lyu4

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Completely Unrelated / Re: The QHIMM Forries!

« on: 2010-11-28 03:49:20 »

i vote kudistos megistos as biggest tool. waitwut

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Completely Unrelated / Re: Your top 10 favorite games of all time?

« on: 2010-11-28 03:44:38 »

1. FF8 (fell in love with the story/feel/music of the game. the story was not perfect but it was still one of the best ones ive ever seen)
2. FF7 (my introduction to the series)
3. FF10 (love how the world is so beautiful and makes you feel at peace)
4. Super Smash Bros (N64) (nothing like playing super smash with your buddies in university lol)
5. Deus Ex
6. Megaman Battle Network games (GBA)
7. Ocarina. Classic, but love it anyways.
8. FF Tactics
9. Orgasm Girl 2 (waitwut)
10. Some other Zelda game

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Completely Unrelated / Re: David Duke launches video "Will the White Race Survive?"

« on: 2010-06-29 22:00:14 »

@kudistos, i don't even know what you're talking about.

are you saying im using it as an excuse to call black people burdens on society? my point is that blacks have less opportunity and are poorer because of it. you obviously have very little knowledge of the south but if you want i can explain to you point by point how it works. or you can ask obesebear himself about racism in the south. the blacks ARE poorer there. the blacks are less privileged. come to the US before you try to dispel what you believe to be a myth. affirmative action is only in the south, because the government has concluded based on studies, public outcry, w/e that the south is discriminating against blacks. obviously not all businesses are like that but there are enough to make things bad.

perhaps what you fail to understand is that my point is about blacks having LESS OPPORTUNITY. not that they are failures or worse.

and by the way can you truly pinpoint economics as the sole cause? it may play a role by racism is also huge in the south. the government has studies, public outcry, whatever, all saying that south discriminates. in the 60's they publicly beat blacks set dogs on them and all that. the military was brought in the government interfered by racism still happens down there. (there is a reason, affirmative action exists and that is because the south is racist)

africa is a horrible example. not only are they different economically, socially, culturally, mentally and anything else you can think of, africa is probably one of the biggest opposites you can find to the civilized west. you cant compare them at all.

the south is racist. im stating the facts. im not putting a spin on it, im not using any euphemisms or fancy words to butter it up nor am i painting an image of pure evil and hate. statistics back this up. the existence KKK backs this up. look at any study, ask any american, and they will tell you the same. the south is becoming better these days, but there is still a higher concentration of racists in the south.

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Completely Unrelated / Re: David Duke launches video "Will the White Race Survive?"

« on: 2010-06-29 21:39:03 »

This thread has turned out to be just as entertaining as I thought it would be

Also, OutFoxxed, whilst you're whining about isms you may wish to take a look at the way you've stereotyped people from the southern United States; it looks a little bigoted to me. One of the things that really grinds my gears nowadays is the way that so many people express one kind of prejudice under the guise of opposing another. Stereotyping a group of people as racist is just as wrong as the stereotyping you're accusing them of doing; in fact, it's worse because you're pretending to be open-minded when you do it.

that's not an -ism. the south is notorious for black hating. poverty is higher there. racists there are generally more outspoken (no KKK in the north). the south in the US is the former confederacy (seceded from the US because they were slaveholders), and it's generally known that the south is racist. the civil war didnt end well for the confederacy, and most of the racists and bigots still stayed racists and bigots. passed that on to their children. look up studies, in the south blacks are more likely to be a part of violent crime, more likely to be poor, more likely to be fatherless, all that in the south.in the US if you asked anyone here what part of the US is the most racist, 100 out of 100 will tell you it is the south.

of course im not saying all southerns are racists. there is most definitely a higher concentration down there.david duke for example was a former elected official to Louisiana i think, that wouldn't fly in the north or the midwest.

Kudistos, I don't think you understand how the US is. I don't think you know what you're talking about to be honest. there are studies saying the south is most racist. politicians, government w/e all acknowledge the south is racist. (affirmative action for blacks is based in the south because they would not employ blacks)

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Completely Unrelated / Re: Men are becoming too effeminate nowadays

« on: 2010-06-29 21:34:22 »

@opine, women prefer masculine men for short term especially when they are on their period. but i'd always imagine that masculine men still have an advantage over effeminate men because they'd have a better hook, then they can pull them in with personality. or they are more dominant (size = intimidation), which displays confidence better. (id think the advantage goes to masculine men here, imo, because the can get those ONS much much easier. long term relationships are built on personality more than looks)

Actually though, to slightly undermine my point, your "week" that women like manly men is off. It's not during menstruation (although that'd be hilarious - girl on rag: I'm sick of looking at your girly face!)
It's actually during ovulation. So, while women might prefer feminine men 3/4 weeks a month, they are most likely to have a fling (or an affair) with a beefcake. But her chances of picking a stable mate that's feminine are higher 3/4th of the time.

Also, these studies were done solely on photos, not personality. So based on looks alone, women appear to prefer feminine men more than macho men.

Also, this.
Is everyone really saying that's not even kinda feminine? It's no Dwayne Johnson.

i mean that personality plays a bigger role in long term relationships. in a ONS women probably dont care about personality. its just a study of women who think would make a better mate right? not one of actual mates? so i was thinking (just hypothetical) that masculine men perhaps have that hook in the short term. and perhaps the short-term transfers to the long term. i just think its kinda hard to judge a long term partner just by looks (and probably means very little).

yeah cloud strife in advent children kinda bugs me cause he's all girly.

ahh sorry covarr. not an american. well im sure there's some weak and ineffective president. how about jimmy carter as opposed to ronald reagan?

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General Discussion / Re: Final Fantasy Cosplay?

« on: 2010-06-29 18:55:22 »

yuna? just dye your hair brown.

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Completely Unrelated / Re: Men are becoming too effeminate nowadays

« on: 2010-06-29 18:43:16 »

In my experience, at least in real life, those dominant alpha male types are jackasses. Every last one of them. They're the dipwads who turn their car radios too loud. They're the idiots who get drunk and cause car accidents. At 20 years old they're jocks and fratboys, and at 40 they're in prison. Meanwhile, the rest of us are busy being productive.

I'd like to see more men who can be genuinely manly, not fake manly alpha-male-to-disguise-his-insecurities manly. There was an episode of the Fresh Prince where Carlton and Will were on a double date, and the girl Will was with was being a complete b*tch. Carlton stood up at the table, and chastised her manners. He was quite manly, took control of a problem situation, but wasn't any dumbass poser sh*t like Rambo.

Muscles and guns aren't any manlier than being a teenager, just more annoying.

it really depends on how you display it. CEO's and executives display this alpha male quality. leadership. just because you're dominant doesn't mean you have to be an idiot about it. look at the past presidents. the strong are remembered and revered the weak have faded into obscurity. look at Abraham Lincoln generally considered one of Americas best presidents (ignoring the south of course). He was one of the strongest presidents out there, very dominant, very alpha, he used to wrestle. He displayed these leadership qualities, and many people believe he was a great leader. his successor is andrew johnson, weak man, pretty incapable. of course i agree if you are an idiot than of course you will be in jail at 40.

@opine, women prefer masculine men for short term especially when they are on their period. but i'd always imagine that masculine men still have an advantage over effeminate men because they'd have a better hook, then they can pull them in with personality. or they are more dominant (size = intimidation), which displays confidence better. (id think the advantage goes to masculine men here, imo, because the can get those ONS much much easier. long term relationships are built on personality more than looks)

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Completely Unrelated / Re: David Duke launches video "Will the White Race Survive?"

« on: 2010-06-29 18:38:14 »

i don't believe in militant organizations so the Yakuza definitely disgusting. but the NAACP and black panthers are not disgusting. their purpose is not to discriminate against whites but to become equal. (though they are guilty of violence at some point i believe, the group as a whole does not go out and kill people)

sorry my mistake re-reading post. black panthers bad as well. militancy = bad.

and i think i just lost all respect i had for you..... if you're defending lynchers and one of the most notorious groups out there, i would not be surprised if you are guilty of neo-nazism. take that how you will.

What exactly does neo-nazism include?

The NAACP is not militant, but what about affirmative action?  I work at FedEx Express and we recently trained a black lady.  Turns out she cannot follow, and in fact defies, the rules and is a drain on our station.  She even failed her training.  However, we have to hire her.  Guess why.  Because we recently fired two black managers and if we fire another black employee the NAACP will have a sh*t fit and sue us for discrimination against "Colored People".
So this kind of bullying is ok in your book?
Using political force is ok, but not physical?

Also, when is the last time you heard of the KKK doing any lynching?  Just curious.

i agree thats a messed up case. the south has a higher concentration of poor blacks than other parts of the nation. but not enough to justify the KKK. from what it sounds like you think the KKK is just a group of whites defending their race. Though they lack influence, id be willing to bet if they could return back to their glory days they'd be lynching blacks even today. they aren't there to defend, they are there to oppress, root out blacks and get rid of everyone who arent the same as themselves. in case you havent noticed there is discrimination against coloured people. you're a living example of this.

i think its ironic how you're talking about bullying. how much has racism bullied and how much has affirmative action bullied. YOU DUG THIS HOLE FOR YOURSELF. Free the slaves? Sorry grandfather clause and literacy tests. Jim Crow laws. Segregation. Racism. Blacks are poorer. Blacks have a harder time finding a job. The south is notorious for that. Even today the south is full of racists. don't even try to play the victim. that's just plain bull. whites are oppressing blacks. even today (jena 6)

affirmative action is there for a reason. tell me, how many blacks would have jobs if that didnt exist? why is it specifically the south needs affirmative action? if i were a blatant racist, i would have fired every black i could. you think affirmative action is unjust, then why dont you guys treat the blacks equal, you guys make affirmative action necessary. that's right, it's your fault. the american dream is a myth experienced by only 1% of the population. Those same blacks 150 years ago who were promised 40 acres and a mule are those down in the slums and the ghettos. maybe that particular situation is unjust, but couldn't you simply just find a different black? im sure you guys are given a reasonable time frame to find someone, unless perhaps you just hired any black person simply to satisfy the quota?

im not black either.

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Completely Unrelated / Re: David Duke launches video "Will the White Race Survive?"

« on: 2010-06-29 03:44:20 »

it's disgusting.... he's from the KKK

Is the NAACP disgusting?
Black Panthers?
Yakuza?

i don't believe in militant organizations so the Yakuza definitely disgusting. but the NAACP and black panthers are not disgusting. their purpose is not to discriminate against whites but to become equal. (though they are guilty of violence at some point i believe, the group as a whole does not go out and kill people)

sorry my mistake re-reading post. black panthers bad as well. militancy = bad.

and i think i just lost all respect i had for you..... if you're defending lynchers and one of the most notorious groups out there, i would not be surprised if you are guilty of neo-nazism. take that how you will.

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Completely Unrelated / Re: David Duke launches video "Will the White Race Survive?"

« on: 2010-06-29 03:35:13 »

not you, david duke is a grand wizard from the KKK>

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Completely Unrelated / Re: David Duke launches video "Will the White Race Survive?"

« on: 2010-06-29 03:26:19 »

it's disgusting.... he's from the KKK

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Completely Unrelated / Men are becoming too effeminate nowadays

« on: 2010-06-29 03:25:04 »

Someone posted this topic in the other board i go to. (definitely one of the manliest forums out there)
anyways the thing is back then we had badasses like Rambo or GI Joe and of course all the super heros from batman to iron man. Nowadays men are pussys. It's disgusting to see guys that look like girls being glorified. Since when did fags like taylor lautner (he's 5'6'') or J beiber become sex symbols? (for tween girls.....) Im a fan of good old fashion manliness. Dominant, alpha male, self-assured, physical emotional mental strong. Not Justin Beiber and Jonas Brothers (I could probably beat up the Jonas brothers all at once) But look at real life, how are those 5'3'' 100 pound fags getting girls when dating them would make a girl borderline lesbian? my idea of a man is someone who confronts danger. not someone who cries with his girlfriend when shit happens. someone who deals with the problem not with his emotions by cutting or some faggy shit like that. just depressing how society is promoting a bunch of beta males who look like you can walk all over them....

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Completely Unrelated / Re: David Duke launches video "Will the White Race Survive?"

« on: 2010-06-29 02:53:38 »

i didnt watch the video but i do not agree with affirmative action (especially since some is undeserved; women). race mixing i have no problem with. his point about the preservation of the white race is just disgusting. if that is what keeps you up at night that white people should not be mixing with asians or black people then there is probably something wrong with you. why dont we just start a council of eugenics. since clearly the reason whites should be the majority is because the possess these superior traits. if this was actually told to the intellectual world he would be laughed at. id be willing to bet he is just as deserving of his doctorate as dr. dre

David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is an American white nationalist, former Grand   Wizard of the Knights of the Ku   Klux Klan,
-wikipedia

@opine. some blacks mess things up, but doesnt give you the right to stereotype all of them. anyways the same people complaining about the problem are the same ones who are against social action. (hence why southern blacks are poorer than their northern counterparts)

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Completely Unrelated / Re: [REL] Cartoon Sound Pack for all Windows

« on: 2010-06-28 18:47:34 »

lol we did something like that to the school computers. we dl'ed baby to the school comps and set it as the startup tone. it's hilarious cause when we get a class assignment there are like 5 computers singing baby at the same time.

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Completely Unrelated / Re: David Duke launches video "Will the White Race Survive?"

« on: 2010-06-28 18:46:02 »

man sounds like an idiot. a bit of a white supremacist to be honest.

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General Discussion / Re: Voice acting in FF8

« on: 2010-06-27 18:03:19 »

That FFVIII intro movie with voice over sounds... well, dull. What's the point of having people randomly saying "uh!", "ah!", "eh!", or "tehe!"? Really, it's beyond me.

that really bugs me too. reminds me too much of dragon ball z lol

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Completely Unrelated / Re: A friend of mine wants to do commissions!

« on: 2010-06-27 18:01:30 »

Will not draw:
Machines
Porn

dammit, i was really interested in machinery porn.

wow she's pretty good

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General Discussion / Re: The Squall's Dead Theory

« on: 2010-06-27 17:59:38 »

Mind you neither interpretation is necessarily true in any objective way. I mean both are consistent with canon, and I would ask that you consider http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathOfTheAuthor

consistency with canon does not give someone permission to wildly speculate. like matrix bible or A-team shakespeare.

And I would ask that you consider http://squallsdead.com/

lol u serious? matrix bible can be backed up with symbolism quite easily. and matrix bible is completely retarded. anyone can claim anything and use symbolic proof to support it. though his examples of proof aren't what is interpreted by the majority of the population. not even in the top 10 of what people initially interpret the evidence to be. just because it's possible does not make it reasonable.
i argued that cloud was dead and there is a lot of symbolism for the cloud is dead theory as well. and it can be argued just as easily with any other FF that the main character is dead. im saying it's possible but the chances of it are infinitely small. this looks more like a case of confirmation bias than anything else. guy sees vanilla sky (a movie that came out after ff8) thinks it would be cool for ff8 to be VS. projects it on to FF8. then through confirmation bias details that support him is evidence details that don't are ignored. religion (in my personal belief) is full of confirmation bias. I'm not saying god exists or not but a lot of things that don't seem to mean anything (like finding $ on the ground) is used as proof that God exists.

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General Discussion / Re: The Squall's Dead Theory

« on: 2010-06-27 04:24:54 »

Mind you neither interpretation is necessarily true in any objective way. I mean both are consistent with canon, and I would ask that you consider http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathOfTheAuthor

consistency with canon does not give someone permission to wildly speculate. like matrix bible or A-team shakespeare.

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General Discussion / Re: The Squall's Dead Theory

« on: 2010-06-26 17:53:21 »

I was saying that what actually explicitly happens in FF8 after the end of disc 1 is a tad implausible in accordance with rules established in disc 1, and personal circumstances at the time of Squall's supposed death. I did differentiate, and, um, this is the second time that you've made a big wall of text stemming from the misunderstanding of a single word, a wall of text that is therefore not a response to what I actually stated (or at least intended to state).

u mad?

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General Discussion / Re: Must have mods for FFVII?

« on: 2010-06-26 00:58:53 »

just try titeguy3's remix patcher. it's pretty simple to install and has a lot in it.