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Chris Martin - April 14th '02- 2:00 Eastern Standard Time
What do the people at Maruchan mean by "Oriental Flavored Ramen?" What exactly is "Oriental" flavor? Rug flavor? Great Wall flavor? Buddha flavor? I imagine that it must have been a daunting task for the people at Maruchan to create a single flavor that would capture the diverse and bountiful culture of the Orient. That is, unless they didn't just dump soy sause onto some ground dog meat.
Sorry. I'm just upset because my Mitsuwa trip was cancelled due to lack of available transportation. (ie: No &%#@ing car.) I'll have to buy sushi and funny, backwards comics some other time. Meanwhile, I'll answer your questions about RPGs and how to survive falling out of a plane.
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Another victim has fallen to the nerd side of the force.
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After years of console (and occaisional PC) gaming, I've finally been sucked into the world of pen(cil) and paper RPGs. I'm glad I waited, as the D&D crowd at both my high school and undergraduate college were...um...a brand of nerd that makes other nerds cringe.
But now that I've been introduced to it (and with a great group of people) I'm very in to it. I'd like to go the special extra mile and procure that most sacred piece of geeky material culture: the cheap lead miniature that vaguely resembles your character
So, apart from the local nerd store, where I kinda struck out (apparently male characters that are neither overtly mages, nor carrying big swaords are in low demand), where can one find a good assembly of these figurines for sale? My first web searches have yielded a lot of dead links, lists of personal collections, and a couple of sites that were interested in selling the figures, but provided no pictures of the miniatures for sale.
Thanks,
Sullivan
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Cheshire Catalyst:
There are two large groups of nerds reading your letter right now. One group of nerds knows someone/some people who are so nerdy that even THEY feel compelled to shove them into a locker. The other group has never met anyone like this. (Chances are, if you're one of these people, then you ARE one of the aformentioned "Pariah Nerds."
Lots of us know people like that. People who are just to moody, chatty, goofy, stupid, annoying, or dense to play D&D with. What can I say? Some people are just born with critically low charisma scores.
Wizards of the Coast, the evil ones responsible for "Magic: The Addiction" and, after purchasing TSR way back when, Dungeons and Dragons, have an online store!
Click Here. On the left sidebar you'll see a link for miniatures. They should have something that'll suit your tastes.
Now! Go buy that figurine, hitch up your polyester pants, re-trape your classes, pop in "Love Hina", crank up that TMBG and nerd on.
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...just stay away from my house. I can't have the harem disturbed, you know.
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That was beautiful, you guys!
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Hey Chesh. Got two Questions and a comment:
1) First question: Did you play Lunar? If so, did you find any use at all for Nash other than using items (since he has such high agility, he always went first) or taking hits? I didn't, and as I was going through the new screenshots for Lunar Legend, this screenshot strengthens my theory even more (Nash is the dead one).
2) Also, one of the screenshots for Lunar Legend was called Pirate Battle. I didn't recognize it from anything, other than the Saline Slimer fight on the ship. But that battle didn't even involve the pirates fighting at all, nevermind fighting against you. Could you clear this up for me, or are you as clueless as I am?
3) My comment is about Grandia. Since a lot of people are arguing over how Google beat the game without taking a hit, I'd say that he's stretching the truth. It would probably be possible, but I think that he might've taken a point of damage here or there along the way. Now, I'm not trying to question the all-mighty Slime's ability to completely beat the living hell out of a game with such little difficulty, but I don't think that he took a total of 0 damage. Sure, the final battle was easier than the first boss, and that battle would occur with your characters at level 35 or lower if you fought every single battle just once along the way, but I still couldn't beat it unscathed. Mind you, if you were to let any of your characters die in battle, I'd smack you up and call you a *EXPLITIVE*...
...Whew, sorry bout that. I sometimes go off on these tangents, like that time back in '96 when someone brought up how simple it was to beat Final Fantasy with 4 White Mages, and then...'cuz...but then...and so it seemed that...
Master Margie
"HEY! Princess! The power of Darkness isn't coming this way to tell us about the neighborhood bake sale. We need to leave!" -Ryudo to Elena, Grandia II
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Cheshire Catalyst:
1. I most certainly did play Lunar. Nash's magic does come in handy every once in a while, but he's best used as a "Chemist" or, in a less PC description, "Herb Mule."
2. Lunar Legend may have added some more changes, atop the changes already made in Lunar:TSSC. What a happy surprise! (Maybe...)
3. Grandia II was ridiculously easy. Grandia I, less so. I Also seem to recall Google saying that one MIGHT be able to get through the game without taking damage in a matter of humorous overstatement.
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Don't make fun of Citan's braid. You'll regret it.
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A few questions for you.
1. I remember reading something about Xenosaga a long while ago that confused me, but for some reason I never really asked anyone their opinion about it. The girl in Ep. 1's name is Shion Uzuki, if I'm not mistaken, but I remember reading that she has no relation to Citan Uzuki from 'Gears. WTF? I'm not understanding that at all. Did I read that correctly, or do you have some strange theory that could help me understand this crap?
2. Another thing about Xenosaga -- around the same time I read the stuff in my first question, I read something about how, when they come to Episode 5 (which we all know is Xenogears), they're going to remake it to where it's very different from the original. I understand that (the name of the creator slips my mind for some reason... *duck from all the tomatoes being thrown at me*) wasn't happy with Xenogears, but if it ain't broke, DON'T FIX IT! I'm sure if I were more of an optimistic person, I would say something along the lines of "Maybe they'll make it even better," but unfortunately, I'm not optimistic. Honestly though, what could they change (story-wise) to make that game any better than it was?
3. Do you think Xenosaga will become a big franchise like Final Fantasy? I doubt they're going to make Episode 7-20,000 or anything, but do you think they'll spawn side stories from it?
4. Edible underwear's an old issue? Hmm....
Thanks, -Rye-
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Cheshire Catalyst:
1. The new Xeno series is what people call a "ret-con." That's when you go back, and change a story for the purpose of writing a new one. For example, the original Wonder Woman would lose her powers if she was ever placed in restraints. Later, in the 80's I believe, the writers decided that this was a stupid weakness and re-told her origin...adding and removing elements so they could tell a new story. The Uzuki family tree sounds a lots like that.
2. The new team doesn't want to be hampered by the old Xenogears, so they're gonna start over from scratch. Xenogears had the elements of a good story, but the entire game was poorly executed. Plot points are brought up, and dropped off never to be explored again. (Ex: Rico's history.) Gameplay wise, Xeno could do without the jumping puzzles and the Chair-Spotlight
scenes.
3. Maybe. If Xenosaga is enough of a departure from the RPGenre and abandons enough of the of the established Gameplay and story norms that Final Fantasy waves like a banner of pride, then they might just have a chance.
4. It gets stale real quick.
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