"Thank you for deducting reputation from this user." As if to say, "Yeah, you tell 'im, man. That guy's a prick." I dunno, I just found it amusing.
PARDON ME, FAIR MAIDEN. BUT CLEARLY YOU FAIL TO GRASP THE FULL SPECTRUM OF DRAMATIC EXPRESSION! FOR A "LARGE HAM" IS FAR MORE THAN JUST A WHINER, OH YES. HE IS AN ADONIS OF AURAL ACTION! A VETERAN OF VIVID VERNACULAR! A CHAMPION OF CHEESE AND OF CHEWING (SCENERY)! DRAMA CAN BE FAR MORE THAN ANGST, MA'AM. HAM IS NO MERE COMPLAINT, BUT A CELEBRATION OF LIFE! HAM IS LIFE! ...*ahem* Yeah, I originally suggested "Hammiest Member" because it evokes something quite different from "Most Dramatic." This article might help clarify. Also, calling it now. If this does become a category, I'm a SHOE-IN.
Can you sum yourself up in a sentence? Do any of you swear by a motto? A saying that's close to your heart? Maybe something a famous person said, or something you heard in a book? If you don't have a mantra prior to reading this, just think about it. Maybe something will come to you that you can post. I could name a few, but the deepest and closest to me is, "The opposite is also true." I believe it's extracted from a quote by Niels Bohr: "The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true." A big part of my life is learning not only to accept contradictions, but to embrace them, cherish them, and put them to use within and without me. It also rings the same bells as the concept of yin-yang, which I quite like. All-in-all an elegant expression of something I must remember every day.
Anyone still care about this game besides me? Ahem... All right, if you're a KH player worth your salt, you found and defeated these beasties. For the uninformed, however, they're secret bosses from the first game, three of four such bosses (the fourth being Sephiroth, who is unarguably the strongest). Kurt Zisa and Phantom are unlocked in Agrabah and Neverland, respectively, after sealing the keyhole at Hollow Bastion; the Ice Titan is unlocked in the Gold Match after completing the Hades Cup, also available at the close of the Hollow Bastion arc. They're all harder than the final boss. But which one is the toughest? After my most recent play-through of Expert mode, my ranking is as follows: 3rd: Phantom Phantom is ridiculous if you don't know how to fight him. That's literally the only stumbling block of the fight: whether or not you know how to combat his unorthodox moves. A timer ticks away constantly to the irreversible death of each of your party members, ending with you; but the timer is controlled by Big Ben, and you can cast Stop on the clock tower to halt it completely. What's more, you don't have to wait until Stop wears off to re-cast it, so as long as you keep an eye on the clock, that portion of the fight is all but forfeit for poor Phantom. Pressing Square when he advances on you allows you to duck his claw swipe and retaliate with whatever spell or attack he's currently phased to take. And when he backs up to throw an HP-munching wisp at you? Cast Aero. If you have the max-level Aeroga, the spell bounces harmlessly off your wind shield. Take Goofy instead of Donald (His MP Gift is vastly more helpful than Donald flinging the wrong spells with reckless abandon), give your party members a few Ethers to make absolutely sure nobody runs out of MP... and for added assurance, you can even set Peter Pan's Defensive Magic AI to the highest level so that he casts Aeroga on you instead of you wasting your MP refreshing it. Altogether, once I figured out the general progression of the fight, I managed to beat it at Lv70; and I could probably manage at as low as Lv50 if I really put my mind to it. 2nd: Ice Titan The Ice Titan is halfway between Phantom's puzzle-style mechanics and Kurt Zisa's all-out onslaught; some of the fight is figuring out what to do, but the rest is pure skill. The Ice Titan shows you all of his attacks early on, and what really makes the difficulty later in the fight is how he combines attacks you've already seen to create frightening new combos. For example: Early in the fight, I would intentionally slip on the icy ground left in the wake of his ice breath, as it guaranteed me immunity from several of the large icy meteors he would drop on me. After the halfway point, he starts following up his ice breath with his ultimate move, an AoE ice storm that freezes you in place and can potentially hit twice, or perhaps thrice, if you're careless. In his death throes, even if you dodge all of that he's still lobbing ice meteors at you! Even so, all things considered, as long as you don't cast Aero (his icicle projectiles become larger and can't be reflected) and you have some competence with Dodge Roll, the fight isn't too tough. Again, beat him at Lv71 or 72, could probably shoot for 50-60. 1st: Kurt Zisa I've heard people say he's the easiest of the three. I'd love to get the number of their dealer, he must be a miracle-worker. Everything about Kurt Zisa's strategy is airtight: using only two to three moves depending on the form, he manages to keep you guessing and put pressure on you whether you're approaching or leaving the strike zone. Locking your magic and then forcing you to use only magic in tandem will give you whiplash in a hurry. Every single form has some defense against Sora coming in and beating the crap out of the current target, whether it's keeping a healthy distance or flailing wildly as it moves; and that's more than a lot of bosses in KH history can say, with their "Throw everything we've got at you, then stop for five minutes to rest" mentality. And holy hell his ultimate move. You know the one. Where he flies into the air and becomes a full-body buzzsaw. Two hits from that and you're done. And if he gets the one, good luck getting your rhythm back before he gets the other. The pressure to dodge every single hit of that, lest you risk an untimely death, is nothing short of intense. The only things that really remedied the condition of that fight for me were remembering to summon Tinkerbell (derp) and taking off my Air Combo Plus abilities so that I could land more damage in shorter time frames. I just barely knocked this out at Lv76 or so; I can't imagine I could go much lower than Lv65. Bear in mind that this is all from a run where I refused to use Second Chance (because it's broken and takes every bit of challenge out of the game) and picked the sword/dropped the shield (BECAUSE KILL-OR-BE-KILLED IS HOW MEN PLAY KIDS' GAMES). I doubt the results differ significantly either way, but if you have another story to tell, by all means. Now watch this post I worked so hard on get no replies because it's in a dead section.
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HOW DID HE RESIST THE URGE TO KILL ONE OF THE AVENGERS They must have had his grandmother at gunpoint. Also Whedon + Downey Jr. just might be enough to destroy the world. THAT MAN IS PLAYING GALAGA.
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Jeez guys, do I need to check in every day? Don't worry, Uncle Nova can take care of himself. So yeah, back from PariahCon and a little bit of friend hanging-outing. Won a tiny Brawl tourney, pretended to be Andrew Hussie. What have you little gremlins been up to?
NOTE: THIS IS NOT A GAME THREAD. This is just a break-down of a game we came up with. If you want to play, you'll have to organize a game yourselves! And please don't do it here; if you really must play it on the forums, then take it to the Playground! Anyway, we just started experimenting with this tonight, and I was the last to undertake the task of hosting, so I thought people would be interested to see my notes and guidelines. Host your own game! No longer must you rely on a cranky asshole who's always afk. Grab life by the balls! Click the spoiler below for rules. Spoiler: Da Wools BASICS If you're familiar with The Newlyweds Game, you should know this bit. Players are gathered into teams of two: one husband, and one wife. (Being a progressive community, we're no strangers to male wives or female husbands, or same-sex couples! Have fun with it!) The husbands are asked a question, either about the wives or about themselves; and the wives must guess the husbands' answers. Then, it's the wives' turn to answer a question, and the husbands' to guess! For each correct guess, the pair scores a point. Games can go to any number of points, but once a team reaches the cap, that team wins! HOSTING Here's the part you need to know about. You should be able to explain the game to any new players after reading through this stuff. Here are your bullet points: - Before the game starts, you have to know who's on what team, and more importantly who's the husband and who's the wife of each pair. You need a quick, efficient way to do both. My recommendation: Ask each team's husband to send you a one-on-one MSN message with their team name. For example: Jayn and Sumi want to play as a team. Jayn has decided to be the husband. So she would send you a message saying, "Jumi." Have all the teams do this, then confirm that everyone who wants to play has spoken up, and you're ready for the next step! - The game will require two group chats: One for wives, and one for husbands. You, the host, should be present in both. SET ASIDE SEPARATE CHATS FOR EACH GROUP. Do not use group chats for casual discussion or ones with non-players; it will be nigh-impossible to get them to shut up, coordinating questions and answers will be a nightmare, and everyone will leave with a big headache. It is guaranteed to be more of a hassle if you try to use one conversation. - You have to come up with questions for the teams to mull over. A quick Google search of "Newlyweds questions" will turn up good stuff, but none of it will be quite suited to this particular variant. You'll have to get creative! Twist the questions you find to suit your needs, or make some of your own. Don't be afraid of questions that are too hard or too easy; the whole group gets the same question, and you can change your approach as needed. - Some questions will ask what one group thinks another one would say to/think about something. For example: "What would your spouse say is their favorite type of music?" The second group then has to guess what the first group guessed they'd say! Whew. Complicated. And it'll get your husbands and wives confused in a hurry if you don't address it. I find that using keywords in my questions works wonders: Tell the group beforehand if a question asks for THEIR opinion or their SPOUSE'S. <- Use all caps or other text markers for important words; it helps them stand out! Make sure the second group knows this distinction, too. - Pose a question to one group in their chat. When you've written down their answers, send the question to the other group's chat, and write down their guesses. Then match the two, figure out who got it right, and then post the answers and each team's current score in both chats. Simple! TIPS - You don't actually have to be partners to form a team, but make sure you're comfortable with mushy or personal questions! You will be treated like newlyweds--or rather "newlyshipped," as the name goes. - The hosting method above is easy to process and makes the game much more fun. But it does take quite a while! Even a simple game to 5 points can take a few hours. Make sure all the players (and you, of course) are in it for the long haul. - No matter how well you plan and coordinate schedules, sometimes someone just has to leave early. In this case, just ask for a replacement, if possible. If two players from different groups have to quit, try combining the remaining players! In this case, I recommend that the new team assume the score of the highest-scoring team before the fusion. Seems fair to me, but if you have another idea, make sure your players know about it! - Personally, I am adamant about games ending once a player reaches the point cap. Competing for second, third, and fourth appears a dangerous idea for a game like this, especially if teams are known for being competitive or emotional. We don't want things getting out of hand. - To players and hosts alike: Keep it friendly! Don't take offense if a question is answered or guessed wrong, and be fair and sporting towards other teams. This is supposed to be a fun and eye-opening experience. Host, if you're getting frustrated, try not to take it out on the players; just ask if anyone else would like to host, and if not, call a break. I'm sure your players will understand. With that, I hope the hosts benefit and the players enjoy this exciting new game! Let's all learn a bit about each other! Note that none of the above, tips included, is criticizing or calling out any previous hosts/players. It's just stuff I observed; usually more than once. Try to take it in good spirits. Let me know if there's anything I neglected to cover. If you guys would like to be super ultra helpful, post suggestions for questions to ask! Keep the hosting tips in mind, though. And finally, note that this was NOT MY IDEA. I merely streamlined the process after several attempts ended in frustration. Please come forward or message me personally if you took part in its creation; I wasn't there for the whole thing, so I don't know who all was involved, but I'm all for giving credit where credit is due.
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Yessir, it's that time again. If you're not familiar, this is where you try to reach a certain number of pages in one thread; if you make the marker, I will quote every single post up to the goal. (Note that I'm on default settings; you may see more or less pages than I do.) Previous versions shot for 10 and 20, but this time we're aimin' for a whopping 40 PAGES CAN YOU DO IT?! Still don't think this is exactly Playground material, as it's less a game and more me doing a stupid stunt for others' amusement.
I HAVE SORTED MY PICTURES FOLDER. To celebrate, favorite macros thread gogogogogo. Spoiler Limit 5 per post, please use spoiler tags.
'Cause I feel like streamin' some videro gaems. THE POLL IS ONLY GAMES I'D LIKE TO PLAY. If there's a real, serious consensus on some other game (and I can actually stream it), I will play it. Note that this is not KH-V sponsored. There is also likely to be some profanity You know me ok this shouldn't be a surprise. Gonna take a while to get everything set up but once I get going I'll probs be at it for a few hours. Provided enough people want to watch.
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Aquaman is now the best superhero.
Like seriously, favorite blogger? Favorite blogger. Best advice a nerd/geek can get, I have legitimately improved myself with his tips. Tell me someone else on this site reads this man. I will provide a starter pack for the curious. Fun fact: I swear I almost legit cried when I found out the MoMA in New York holds annual retrospectives on Hayao Miyazaki's and Pixar's works. Y I NO LIVE IN NEW YORK. I would ask girls on dates just to have an excuse to go there.
