Session Start: Sun Jun 19 18:53:26 2005
Session Ident: #terranotos
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* Topic is 'http://www.geocities.com/elemental_knight1/terranotos/ | Current Status: Indiana Jones Ain't Got Nothing on Us (Assuming We Pass Our Skill Checks, Anyway.) | Next Game: Sunday, June 19th. | On the site, check the Archives -> Newsbin.'
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Boo, all.
Mory said she might be a little late - up to an hour - and my ex-Gf wants to use the comp for a few minutes.
But I'm alive.
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BTW - are we going to talk with Serigo about attendance?
I thought I already did.
Really?
I have a bad memory for things like this. >.>
Heh.
I'm pretty sure I did, yeah...
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Still missed last session, though. :/
Yo, Bey.
There wasn't a session last week, IIRC.
I had to watch my sibs go dance.
For two and a half hours straight.
Them and their entire friggin' dance school and its two billion kids.
Butchering Mary Poppins.
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Last session. Not last week's. :P
But it was cool.
Oh.
>.>
Dude, my memory's not THAT bad
Hey
brb
How was your game turnout?
Or has it started yet?
Hasn't started.
If it was done, we'd probably be gone
We don't really stick around for post-game introspection much. :P
Nope.
We all just roll out of our chairs and into our beds.
Yep. Probably has something to do with finishing at 12:00 on average. :P
When I'm not like "OMG SLEEP NOW", anyway
>.>
lol
So how is the campaign going?
Pretty well
Although we spend a lot of time bickering in-character. :P Not necessarily a bad thing - it's fun to do. But it means sessions get little done sometimes
Which is nice, really.
Especially considering I-DEMON's focus on Let's Do Something.
But we're getting our Indiana Jones on this time, so EK will have to work for his food. :P
I was actually thinking of skipping forth to Notos.
<.<
Yeah. That's probably I-DEMON's issue - in Terranotos, we can always break to bicker, which is good stress relief.
*nod*
Sure, if you have plans for interesting things in Notos. :P
It's hard to bicker when there's a two-day delay between witty quips.
Ty, did you *read* the paper?
We've bickered out, Let's Do Things.
Museum?
Museum full of potentially valuable and dangerous ancient weapons.
Let me guess. Al Tercations, Inc.
Not necessarily.
*nod*
Could be interesting. Depends on how it goes.
They've had their scrreen time for the moment; I should introduce some other stuff...
Also, you can always buy property and start up your own side-business.
BRB.
GOod, they need a rest for a bit. :P Let us forget about them, then boom. >.>
back.
Yeah.
I don't want it to be a one-villain game.
http://www.iamsowonderful.com/iggykoopa/music.htm Check out the Ballad of Time one. It's a good remix of the 600 AD CT Map theme
The others aren't bad, either
I would, but this laptop is getting full as it is.
six years old with two gigs of HD.
Ah
I have less than half my hard drive used, so I'm good. :D
My friend did a good remix of the opening theme to FF6
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Peer dislikes his surplus hard drive space.
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Welcome back.
GRR at Windows Media Player.
per dislikes your surplus of hard-drive space.
*Peer
No, more like WMP froze my computer. -.-
Had to Ctrl+Alt+Delete reset
And that's why the llama pwns.
Apparently, it can't handle the stress of changing the volume while the movie loads. -.-
How do I host a song? I want you guys to hear the remix my friend did of the opening theme to FF6. Its tight.
You could just put it somewhere and link us.
Stick it up on a website as a file
Geocities shouldn't care for ten seconds.
Thats what I mean. I don't know how to.
...Oh dear.
I know.
I'm pretty computer illegitamit in those areas.
I don't suppose you've got a free webspace account anywhere, then?
...Illiterate.
Unless you *want* us to call you a bastard. >.>
Gracias.
Could I just send it to you over IRC?
ya could.
DCC.
See that option?
Ayep.
right-click on a name.
I know how to do that.
Okeydoke.
<.<
Thanks for the thought though.
I'll BRB again.
* ElementalKnight is just wandering around a bit, no worries.
Bac.
And still nothing happening.
*grr*
Thats because I burnt the song to the depths of obscurity on my computer, and I couldn't find it.
I sent the request.
It siad it ignored it.
There we go.
try it again.
...what's m4a?
And nevermind, mIRC doesn't want to let it through and I'm not in the mood to really screw with stuff.
Ok
Has DCC EVER worked for you, EK? :P
m4a. That's right, its a iTunes type of file
I give up.
I think it worked once in 1997.
But hell if I know.
And I'm using Window 98se on a six-year-old laptop without an iPod to my name (Creative MuVo). No iTunes here, man.
It's MP3, WAV or maybe WMA.
Mostly just MP3 or WAV.
Ok
Or possibly a tribal elder, FedEx'd.
You know, it kind of sucks when you play a story-heavy japanese game, and have just enough of it translated to wonder what the rest is. >.>
Make sure to use those packing popcorn bits.
Hehe.
I tried to play ToP, but the emu-translated voices got to me.
It's like trying to read a book when every page from chapter 1 on is burnt
I think I'm going to get Riviera for the GBA, when it comes out
Even untranslated, it's pretty interesting.
And Ledah is badass. >.>
Black-winged angel with a giant fire spear. Usable only in chapter 1, has high stats, and regenerates 1/4 of his HP every turn.
Basically, "The developers want you to get to Chapter Two, so we're gonna let God be an NPC for a while."
See Bosch, Biggs and Wedge, Kain, and probably every other RPG second-fiddle ever.
Eh, your main character isn't much weaker, actually.
Brooch of Immortality. Plot accessory. About +50 STR, +500 HP, +10 Agility, +30 Magic...
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And it breaks once you leave Chapter 1.
(It's a Key Item, actually, but you get the idea.)
"Warning: Do not explose Brooch of Immortality to Cutscenes."
Of course, you don't get your big Sword Death move until you get to Chapter 2.
* ElementalKnight notes that if no one else shows by 8:30, he'll log off and call it a waste. Friggin' Father's Day.
Every weapon has an Overdrive. In Chapter 1, you have Double Slash, which is really weak. Then in Chapter 2, you get the uber version, which attacks 8 times and does about 10x your physical. Of course, it breaks the Overdrive gauge for that battle. So it's a pretty finisher. >.>
Yeah, same here
Heh.
And I thought I had game-balance issues.
And it comes on the game's only weapon with unlimited durability.
Also heh.
Of course, it's limited to the main character. Everyone else shares weapons
*nod*
If anyone else tries to attack with it, they can only use Throw. Which has like, 1 attack power. >.>
Throw like FFT's Throw Stone?
It's also basically Holy elemental. And a lot of your enemies are angels of some stripe.
Because that was fun.
Yep.
"Hey, Atma! Eat pebble!" *plunk*
Basically, you pick four weapons every battle from your inventory. Characters share weapons, and each has a seperate Overdrive for each weapon
Unless they can't use the weapon.
*nod*
(Which usually means they Throw it.)
(Which has really, really sucky accuracy.)
*Matrtix-dodges the pebble*
You level up by learning Overdrives - use a weapon about 6 times, and you've learned it's Overdrive.
If you suck with the weapon, but can still use it, you might gain like +1 STR or MAG.
wish FFVII's overdrives were that easy to learn... Never did get past the second tier.
Yeah. But every time you get a new weapon, it resets.
Ouch.
Of course, you'll always have the God Sword Ecthelion, so you'll never be COMPLETELY Overdrive-less
(That's the Infinite Use Sword of Doom)
Each character has level 1, 2, and 3 overdrives. You get better stats from learning a level 2 than a level 1, and so on
And higher levels take more of the bar, and do more damage, etc. Only the God Sword and God Spear (which are personal to the main character and Ledah) have Execution level Overdrives, which are uber. But break the gauge.
And every enemy has their own Overdrive, too. So you can't hit them TOO much, unless you can afford to take the hit
Anyway, that's my ranting about the game. It's fun. :P
Heh.
I'm playing BoF: Dragon uarter now.
Fun stuff.
Yeah, I've heard it's good. I've also heard it's hard
Is it?
(To both questions. >.>)
Meh.
Not really.
Annoying, sometimes, because of the save points.
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You can only *really* save when there's a item girl nearby.
Mory!
Yay!
hey
Hey
Word on Kul?
gimme a sec, the movie we watched ((Spanglish)) was longer than we expected. I need to do a few dishes.
and no
*nod*
I saw Batman Begins and Mr. & Mrs. Smith today.
Good on both counts.
yes they were, brb
Batman pwnXX0r3d my s0XX0r3d.
Bah, you people who see movies in theaters. :P
I wait for the DVDs. Less effort
* ElementalKnight gets to see movies in theatres with *girls*.
Though she's my ex and has been for years.
>.>
Congratulation. Easy break up?
Relationships that don't end in psychotic exes are always good
Hah, fuck no.
I should note that this girl was also y *first* girlfriendd.
Also, tpyos.
Ah. That complicate things?
Of course.
I cried like a baby for an hour. Then I fell asleep.
But meeh; I still lov her and she still loves me, but the degrees thereof change hourly.
I'd be worried if you did it in the opposite order.
So'd I.
Mmm. Just let go, dude
Can't do that.
Too easy, for one.
Things like that don't go well. You can only orbit so long before you collide.
Relationships too centered around the other person don't end well.
Either it gets needy or it gets obsessive
Almost three years and still fine with each other, and we're not centered around each other - we center each other.
Mmm. If you're sure
Of course I'm not sure.
But it's worked so far.
And it doesn't stop me from dating other people.
"Sure" is relative.
*nod*
We say things like that because things aren't absolute in the first place
If they WERE, we wouldn't assure ourselves.
*also nod*
ONLY A SITH THINKS IN ABSOLUTES. >.>
Stupid Star Wars fans and their quotes
*shakes fist*
But Sith are generally more badass and get what they want.
Plus, as a bonus, a bloody death at the hands of their apprentice!
Personally, Sith sounds like a crappy deal from the get-go. :P
To be fair, you get that mind-numbing power.
And you always think you're immortal and will go down in history.
Plus, the robes are cool.
Okay, either I can live as a fugitive, have only a shot at ultimate power, and have to worry about killing my master and not getting killed by my apprentice, vs more peace of mind and about as much power.
But Jedi can't use their powers for fun things.
Of course, I'd be a gray jedi. :P
Like killing people, raping, pillaging, and being obviously badass.
Luke-style?
*nod*
Logic has it's place. So does emotion. And you get both sets of powers, for when you feel like being REALLY badass
Aw yeah.
*duels guy, force lightnings guy sneaking up behind him, kills guy, heals self, kills fifty million other jedi*
I mean, you can both fry people and heal yourself. WIN
>.>
...It's amazing how we drift
One moment, I'm talking about Riviera, then you talk about BOF:DQ, then we're talking about your weird relationship with your ex, and then we get into star wars
Yeah.
Unless your ex is a fallen angel dragon with sith powers, that's just weird
...Well, she's hoyt.
*hot.
sans y.
I guess that's about equal.