The Off Topic Lounge: Wara Wara OTiiverse Plaza Edition

[QUOTE="WreckEm711"][QUOTE="roboccs"] Has anyone here ever succeeded at that??roboccs

Well, not all at once, I was intentionally misleading :P They have a punch card that they clip everytime you buy a snow cone, once you have 10 punches, you get one or two free :P

7000th post! :P I'd like to thank college, without it I would never have the hour to kill waiting inbetwen classes with nothing to do that leads me to post so much on here :P

[QUOTE="roboccs"]

[QUOTE="WreckEm711"]One time I purchased 10 snow cones from Bahama Bucks and got an 11th free. Same thing right? :PWreckEm711

Well, not all at once, I was intentionally misleading :P They have a punch card that they clip everytime you buy a snow cone, once you have 10 punches, you get one or two free :P

7000th post! :P I'd like to thank college, without it I would never have the hour to kill waiting inbetwen classes with nothing to do that leads me to post so much on here :P

Oh GameSpot.

You never change.

:roll:

Oh GameSpot.

You never change.

:roll:

GreekGameManiac

[QUOTE="GreekGameManiac"]

Oh GameSpot.

You never change.

:roll:

Haziqonfire

Yeah.

Slowly.

The Last Story was like a piece of chocolate cake with a bunch of little pieces of crap baked in. The cake would've been really good except for the crap. Kind of ruins the whole thing.

The best way I can describe what I didn't like is that it seems like the designers never figured out what made their battle system work, so they threw a bunch of battle scenarios into the game and hoped that some of them were fun. Most of the boss battles completely tossed out the fun parts and kept all the frustrating parts.

The game is at its best when you have a lot of enemies to deal with and a lot of different ways to deal with them. That means lots of walls or pillars or destructible things and lots of cover to hide behind and slash from. For the last third of the game or so, you rarely get a battle like that, so everything just becomes a chore or a frustrating mess.

I honestly can't recommend it to anyone. It's a unique game with some good ideas, but the quality is so inconsistent, and the good parts just aren't good enough to warrant trudging through the bad. So much of it felt like a waste of time, and ain't nobody got time for that.

The Last Story was like a piece of chocolate cake with a bunch of little pieces of crap baked in. The cake would've been really good except for the crap. Kind of ruins the whole thing.

The best way I can describe what I didn't like is that it seems like the designers never figured out what made their battle system work, so they threw a bunch of battle scenarios into the game and hoped that some of them were fun. Most of the boss battles completely tossed out the fun parts and kept all the frustrating parts.

The game is at its best when you have a lot of enemies to deal with and a lot of different ways to deal with them. That means lots of walls or pillars or destructible things and lots of cover to hide behind and slash from. For the last third of the game or so, you rarely get a battle like that, so everything just becomes a chore or a frustrating mess.

I honestly can't recommend it to anyone. It's a unique game with some good ideas, but the quality is so inconsistent, and the good parts just aren't good enough to warrant trudging through the bad. So much of it felt like a waste of time, and ain't nobody got time for that.

JordanElek

I enjoyed the characters and sidequests enough to make it worthwhile, will probably go back to it again. You nailed the combat though, for me it ranged from amazing to mediocre, and a lot of the boss battles were ruined for me by the slide show framerate. Enjoyed the game a lot on the whole though, forgot I was playing a Wii game at times :P

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"][QUOTE="GreekGameManiac"]

Oh GameSpot.

You never change.

:roll:

GreekGameManiac

Yeah.

Slowly.

Evolution has traditionally been a very slow process, by comparison, Gamespot is evolving at an exponential rate :P

Evolution has traditionally been a very slow process, by comparison, Gamespot is evolving at an exponential rate :P

WreckEm711

I wish i could believe that.

And btw,congrats guys.

You ruined the slim shot there was of me playing TLS/.

[QUOTE="WreckEm711"]

Evolution has traditionally been a very slow process, by comparison, Gamespot is evolving at an exponential rate :P

GreekGameManiac

I wish i could believe that.

And btw,congrats guys.

You ruined the slim shot there was of me playing TLS/.

Every game has flaws, some people like the good parts enough to forgive them :P For me the good parts made the flaws worth it, for Jordan they didn't, someone else will likely have a different opinion, you should at least try it to form one of your own :)

And btw,congrats guys.

You ruined the slim shot there was of me playing TLS/.

GreekGameManiac

I wish there were a good version of the game, because the battle system can be really fun when it's done right. But it's The LAST Story, so we'll never see another one ever. That's how that works, right??

Good. Haziq had to take the brunt of my whining while I was playing the last several hours of the game and trying to convince him to not open the copy of the game that he bought before I had a chance to warn him.

I wish there were a good version of the game, because the battle system can be really fun when it's done right. But it's The LAST Story, so we'll never see another one ever. That's how that works, right??

JordanElek

That's what they said about FINAL Fantasy.

Ya, I bought it. I'll probably try it and see, but chances are I'll just sell it eventually when it's really hard to find.Haziqonfire

Oh! Haz the SNES is in the mail as of yesterday!

Oh, so we've decided that Last Story is a bad game now? Oh well, I'm too busy with Ni No Kuni now anyway. meetroid8

Lol that's what Jordan claims.

I was kinda interested,but after reading some reviews,and what Wreck & Jordan said...

Yeah not interested.

Oh, so we've decided that Last Story is a bad game now? Oh well, I'm too busy with Ni No Kuni now anyway. meetroid8

How's Ni No Kuni???? I really enjoyed the demo. Seems like a very deep game and I'm intrigued by the story and characters.

Sorry you didn't like Last Story Jordan. I'm pretty early on and I like it so far. I haven't given it time to get annoying yet. Still, I think I mentioned before that I was having a hard time grasping the battle system, it seems so far like it's all over the place. I want to see where the story goes. And to be honest, I'm kind of a sucker for the jrpg cliches and love stories... :oops:

Yeah, I'm kind of a cheesy sap, what can I say.

And in other news, I start the P90X Insanity workout video yesterday.... wow am I out of shape... I'm going to stick it out but after 2 days it's beating my arse. It's a bunch of cardio interval workouts. I can usually get through most of each interval but needless to say, I need a bit more rest right now. Hopefully I'll work my way up as I go and get better.

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]Ya, I bought it. I'll probably try it and see, but chances are I'll just sell it eventually when it's really hard to find.WreckEm711

Oh! Haz the SNES is in the mail as of yesterday!

Sorry you didn't like Last Story Jordan. I'm pretty early on and I like it so far. I haven't given it time to get annoying yet. Still, I think I mentioned before that I was having a hard time grasping the battle system, it seems so far like it's all over the place. I want to see where the story goes. And to be honest, I'm kind of a sucker for the jrpg cliches and love stories... :oops:

Yeah, I'm kind of a cheesy sap, what can I say.

roboccs

The love story isn't much of one, so don't expect much there.

And in other news, I start the P90X Insanity workout video yesterday.... wow am I out of shape... I'm going to stick it out but after 2 days it's beating my arse. It's a bunch of cardio interval workouts. I can usually get through most of each interval but needless to say, I need a bit more rest right now. Hopefully I'll work my way up as I go and get better.

roboccs

The first few sessions are always the worst. Every single time I do a leg workout after not doing one for awhile, I can barely walk for at least three days. But then I can do the same exact workout, even a little harder, once I've recovered a few days later, and I'm barely sore the next day.

Just take a few days off, and when you go back to it, it won't be nearly as bad... unless you're working a totally different part of your body, in which case it will be just as bad. ;)

Apparently Dark Souls boots you out of the game if you get disconnected from XBL at any point. That's just great. I've had issues with my internet disconnecting randomly for a minute or two at a time for the last few weeks, so this is going to be awesome...

The first few sessions are always the worst. Every single time I do a leg workout after not doing one for awhile, I can barely walk for at least three days. But then I can do the same exact workout, even a little harder, once I've recovered a few days later, and I'm barely sore the next day.

Just take a few days off, and when you go back to it, it won't be nearly as bad... unless you're working a totally different part of your body, in which case it will be just as bad. ;)

JordanElek

Right now I plan on following the workout plan the way it was intended. It goes monday through saturday, then sunday is an off day. I am in really bad shape so I figure the first few weeks will be me just fighting to survive the workout, then it should get better. I figure it's just going to kill for awhile, but this is a good thing. I used to be able to go out and run 70-80 miles a week without too much of a problem.... nowadays.... ugh..... I wish I could go back and just maintain a decent level of fitness instead of going dormant for such a long period of time... this would be a lot easier.

[QUOTE="JordanElek"]

The first few sessions are always the worst. Every single time I do a leg workout after not doing one for awhile, I can barely walk for at least three days. But then I can do the same exact workout, even a little harder, once I've recovered a few days later, and I'm barely sore the next day.

Just take a few days off, and when you go back to it, it won't be nearly as bad... unless you're working a totally different part of your body, in which case it will be just as bad. ;)

roboccs

Right now I plan on following the workout plan the way it was intended. It goes monday through saturday, then sunday is an off day. I am in really bad shape so I figure the first few weeks will be me just fighting to survive the workout, then it should get better. I figure it's just going to kill for awhile, but this is a good thing. I used to be able to go out and run 70-80 miles a week without too much of a problem.... nowadays.... ugh..... I wish I could go back and just maintain a decent level of fitness instead of going dormant for such a long period of time... this would be a lot easier.

I do a mixture of running/walking about 50 miles a week and go to the gym

I eat what people would consider a low sodium diet but people's daily required sodium isn't over 1400 daily, you have nutritional facts saying it's 2400, that's insane. I eat about 900-1200 a day.

Lower sodium helps your body lose fat and build muscle.

It also helps your body's internal cooling and heating work correctly, a lot of people have problems being too hot when they work out, they cut the salt and all of a sudden it's a breeze (see what I did there?)

[QUOTE="JordanElek"]

The first few sessions are always the worst. Every single time I do a leg workout after not doing one for awhile, I can barely walk for at least three days. But then I can do the same exact workout, even a little harder, once I've recovered a few days later, and I'm barely sore the next day.

Just take a few days off, and when you go back to it, it won't be nearly as bad... unless you're working a totally different part of your body, in which case it will be just as bad. ;)

roboccs

Right now I plan on following the workout plan the way it was intended. It goes monday through saturday, then sunday is an off day. I am in really bad shape so I figure the first few weeks will be me just fighting to survive the workout, then it should get better. I figure it's just going to kill for awhile, but this is a good thing. I used to be able to go out and run 70-80 miles a week without too much of a problem.... nowadays.... ugh..... I wish I could go back and just maintain a decent level of fitness instead of going dormant for such a long period of time... this would be a lot easier.

I do a mixture of running/walking about 50 miles a week and go to the gym

I eat what people would consider a low sodium diet but people's daily required sodium isn't over 1400 daily, you have nutritional facts saying it's 2400, that's insane. I eat about 900-1200 a day.

Lower sodium helps your body lose fat and build muscle.

It also helps your body's internal cooling and heating work correctly, a lot of people have problems being too hot when they work out, they cut the salt and all of a sudden it's a breeze (see what I did there?)

So... Wind Waker is really good so far. I'm not sure who I read it from, but I agree that the game has an excellent sense of adventure. Also, the facial expressions are hilarious,Link has this one "You've gotta be ******* kidding me" look that cracks me up, first time I noticed it is when the "plan" is to catapult him in a barrel XDWreckEm711

-Starwarsjunky / Jeffster85 / ChikaraShrefjeffster85

This isn't exactly an easy message to write, so i'll get right to the point. I'm leaving gamespot. I just spend entirely too much time on here, and that needs to come to a stop, in order to focus on other aspects of my life. Its not due to any other users specifically or anything. Although the community has seemed to take a drastic turn downhill in the last year or so. I remember back when people used to go out of their way to help others. now it seems all they do is try to rip people a new one and tell them how wrong/stupid they are. if the site wants to retain its "former glory", that needs to change. But thats all i'm going into on that. I'd be lying if i said i wouldn't miss posting here, or any of the friends i've made while here. You're all awesome! Especially those in the various lounges i've posted in. I'm not going to name specific people at all, as i don't want anyone left out. but those who i'd mention, you all know who you are anyways. Its been a great time. Well, i'm gonna end this before it gets any more sappy or cheesy. If anyone does have me on steam or other services, add me up cuz i wanna stay in contact with all of you. steam is very much the best way, though. PLEASE add me. DO IT! i can't stress that enough. i may occasionally check my PM's, but i can't make any promises. I'll miss you all :) Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/the_shref/ Wii U: Master_Shref PSN: da_shref -Starwarsjunky / Jeffster85 / ChikaraShref And remember: jeffster85

OK, I'll do that!

Come back often, sometimes it's hard to juggle things, come back when things are good for you

It was a pleasure Shref-Junkie-Jeffster!! Hopefully you check in every once in awhile. I will message you on the Wii U every so often if i think of it and if you ever decide to play it again!!

Good luck to your Pens and Pirates!!! (Actually I don't care for the Penguins but I really hope the Pirates figure it out Bonds and Bonilla style!!!)

[QUOTE="jeffster85"]-Starwarsjunky / Jeffster85 / ChikaraShrefalexh_99

Doh, neither did I -_- Now I lose three cool people instead of just one :( :P

Keep up with the lounge at least! If the lounge people weren't on here, I doubt I'd stick around much longer :P

If the lounge people weren't on here, I doubt I'd stick around much longer :P

WreckEm711

I think this is the truth for me. WHen I think about it, I will read the recent thread titles and read the posts if they sound interesting. I will sometimes post in them as well. But really, this lounge is where 90-95% of my posting takes place. It's safe to say in here there will be a limited amount of trolling or a-holery.

I need some outlet to discuss gaming... my friends are not gamers at all really. I BS with my brothers about old games from time to time but I don't know anyone into RPGs or really the games that we talk about in here.

Stomach flu.... I spent about eight hours last night having conscious fever dreams about how the characters from The Office each had a different thing they were going to do with the uncomfortable mass in my gut to end the show.

...I don't know what that means, ether. Puking made it stop, though. That might actually be a fitting analogy in some way.

But being contagiously sick means I'm off work for today and tomorrow. I haven't been sick like this in my adult life, so it'll be weird to have the agency to do whatever I want. When I was a kid, I had to lay on the couch all day and watch TV while my mom brought me flat 7up and made Chicken and Stars soup. No video games allowed. Then my mom would cook something extra fragrant for dinner and it would make me feel even sicker. She made some kind of seafood dish one time... ugh.

[QUOTE="WreckEm711"]

If the lounge people weren't on here, I doubt I'd stick around much longer :P

roboccs

I think this is the truth for me. WHen I think about it, I will read the recent thread titles and read the posts if they sound interesting. I will sometimes post in them as well. But really, this lounge is where 90-95% of my posting takes place. It's safe to say in here there will be a limited amount of trolling or a-holery.

I need some outlet to discuss gaming... my friends are not gamers at all really. I BS with my brothers about old games from time to time but I don't know anyone into RPGs or really the games that we talk about in here.

This is definitely how it's been for me for the last couple of years, too. I've been posting in this forum for almost fifteen years, and the main topics had been interesting enough to keep me here for all of that time... until recently. I think the death of the Wii had everything to do with that. It's hard to have a thriving forum about a console with two or three good recent games. And the speculation for the WiiU wasn't nearly as fun as it was for the Gamecube or Wii. Talking about some of the launch titles has been fun, though.

But talking to you guys is always fun. Hopefully the birth of the WiiU will bring some new cool people here to join us.

I have to agree. There has not been a lot of intersting talk in the actual Wii/WiiU forum over the past few years. I started here right around the time of the Wii launch and there used to be a ton of interesting topics, specutation, rumor, etc... Even with the Wii U for some reason there isn't much to talk about. As sad as this sounds, I think what'll happen in the Wii U forum is whenever a new Nintendo-made game comes out, there will be a spike in topics but then it'll die shortly after. A bunch of peaks and valleys.... that is unless a steady stream of Nintendo AND third-party games come out... I don't know if that'll happen.

This place is the only place that keeps me sane (to a degree) when dealing with Nintendo fans

I swear to Christ if I have to see someone type "Nintendo makes GAME systems, if you want something that plays music go on Youtube.........."

Good lord

In here I can talk football, baseball, watch the only 4 hockey fans in existence talk about that, exercise, have discussions about games that don't make me loathe all the other participants.....

Good times

Oh speaking of talking, anyone here get dry skin in the winter?

My hands are so dry when I make a fist my knuckles bleed so I have to start remembering to put some lotion on them at night then I put socks on my hands so I don't get it everywhere.

Oh speaking of talking, anyone here get dry skin in the winter?

My hands are so dry when I make a fist my knuckles bleed so I have to start remembering to put some lotion on them at night then I put socks on my hands so I don't get it everywhere.

Jaysonguy

I had the same problem when I moved up here, I basically drown myself drinking so much water to counter it :P Also, I lol'd at the 4 hockey fans joke :P

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Oh speaking of talking, anyone here get dry skin in the winter?

My hands are so dry when I make a fist my knuckles bleed so I have to start remembering to put some lotion on them at night then I put socks on my hands so I don't get it everywhere.

WreckEm711

I had the same problem when I moved up here, I basically drown myself drinking so much water to counter it :P Also, I lol'd at the 4 hockey fans joke :P

Mine is only bad in the winter, I used to think it was the type of heat in the house but now I'm two different places and same things happen.

No idea

[QUOTE="WreckEm711"]

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Oh speaking of talking, anyone here get dry skin in the winter?

My hands are so dry when I make a fist my knuckles bleed so I have to start remembering to put some lotion on them at night then I put socks on my hands so I don't get it everywhere.

Jaysonguy

I had the same problem when I moved up here, I basically drown myself drinking so much water to counter it :P Also, I lol'd at the 4 hockey fans joke :P

Mine is only bad in the winter, I used to think it was the type of heat in the house but now I'm two different places and same things happen.

No idea

My lips usually get pretty dried out during winter. The worst is when it gets split right down the middle of your bottom lip. Ages to heal over.

I'm pretty sure it's just a winter thing. Regardless of heating type, due to low humidity.

I also decided that this year might be my year to pay attention to hockey again. I like hockey, played it, was a big fan back in the day. But I can't find the interest or drive to pay attention for a full season anymore. Half a season? Sounds right up my alley. And half a season means less time for Toronto to screw up so maybe they can make the playoffs and I can be happy again.

My motor learning quiz on diferent memory types just asked me what the memory of your first time playing the Wii would be classified as:lol: Last thing I expected to see as a question.

Mine is only bad in the winter, I used to think it was the type of heat in the house but now I'm two different places and same things happen.

Jaysonguy

And I have a feeling that you wash your hands about 50 times a day.

Just put lotion on your hands every time you wash them and it won't get so bad.

Oh speaking of talking, anyone here get dry skin in the winter?

My hands are so dry when I make a fist my knuckles bleed so I have to start remembering to put some lotion on them at night then I put socks on my hands so I don't get it everywhere.

Jaysonguy

I definitely get dry skin in the winter. It's been really bad lately because our humidifier isn't working right and I haven't gotten around into fixing it yet... I never used to lotion but I've discovered the awsomeness of it... good lord... this conversation sounds like we are posting on the Lifetime Women's Network beauty products thread!! :P

Quick! Let's pump some testosterone into this conversation!! Who's going to win the Super Bowl?? Will A-Rod (or A-Roid) ever play again??? When will the Maple Leaf's annual losing streak start????

Oh speaking of talking, anyone here get dry skin in the winter?

My hands are so dry when I make a fist my knuckles bleed so I have to start remembering to put some lotion on them at night then I put socks on my hands so I don't get it everywhere.

Jaysonguy

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Oh speaking of talking, anyone here get dry skin in the winter?

My hands are so dry when I make a fist my knuckles bleed so I have to start remembering to put some lotion on them at night then I put socks on my hands so I don't get it everywhere.

Rod90

What is "here?

Actually it's 65 here today, just got in from a walk so I'm not complaining today

Picked up Baten Kaitos today, got really excited because I found Tales of Symphonia too, but it only had the first disc :(

Picked up Baten Kaitos today, got really excited because I found Tales of Symphonia too, but it only had the first disc :(

WreckEm711

[QUOTE="WreckEm711"]

Picked up Baten Kaitos today, got really excited because I found Tales of Symphonia too, but it only had the first disc :(

Rod90

EWATLO

Picked up Baten Kaitos today, got really excited because I found Tales of Symphonia too, but it only had the first disc :(

WreckEm711

And something about a whale. I never did play the sequel.