What's New

• I have a nice update for you guys, today, folks, so step on in!
• Humor: Updated.
• Chrono Trigger: FAQ updated.

Yeah, well, in case you haven't noticed, this site is dead. Personally, I've never seen the point of getting rid of a website just because it's not being worked on anymore. I just did this update to cover the infamous Chrono Trigger emulator related problems; the Humor section's just something that I did before, so I might as well just update that too. This will probably be the last real update ever, unless I get a sudden burst of inspiration to work on this more.

Oh yeah, and the Webring... well, that seems to be rather dead right now too. Not (necessarily) because I'm lazy, but because Yahoo! had to go and completely screw up the Webring service... In case you didn't read the front page (of either this page or the webring page), I am not accepting new sites, and haven't been for awhile.

I've become aware of a few sites (specifically Total RPG and The Nisan Sanctuary) which now lead to porn sites, and so I've removed them. I make no guarantee about where the other links go to, so click at your own risk. I'll probably start adding memoirs to each section, since some sections I cower in embarassment while thinking about them, while others I hold my head high up in pride. But uh, that's all, really. So bye, and be sure to get Lufia: The Legend Returns for the GBC!

-- Crono & Dekar

• Final Fantasy 8: Pictures of Kiros and Ward added.
• Humor: Updated.
• Game Definitions: 3 terms for FF7, "Zeal" in Chrono Trigger, and further information on some existing terms.
• Links: Griever II -- The Return, Guardia Palace :: Soldier of the Ice, Person_98's Final Fantasy/Square World, RPGuy, and Total RPG added.
• Chrono Trigger Poll: Final Results posted.

As you can see, I'm back. Actually, I have been back since September 22nd, but remember that break I wanted that I told you about last update? Well, erm, I'll classify this time as that update. I know, I know, it's been awhile, but I never tried to lead you on to the fact that I'm not lazy. OK, there is no combo stuff, as you see, and why's that? Well, I really didn't feel like choosing (like I said about my laziness...). Erm, yah, this does look kinda like it should be a quick update. Well, humph, I don't want to call it one, and I get the final word on what to call it! *Kefka laughter*

This update will probably be the last one before the new page gets started. When will the new page get started? Well, your guess is as good as mine. As soon as I get a staff, and probably a new server, and get everything orgainized, it'll open. See the bookie over there to place bets on when. ^_^ The layout for the page is pretty much already made.

Oh, just for your information, I noticed that the Esper/Artifact links to RPGamer in Game Definitions doesn't work. Why don't I delete it? Well, 'cause I'm hoping I'll find it once again. And if I don't? Well, I'll look back through the old forms and get the info from the first person who sent it what I told them not to. ^^

I'm even still accepting applications. So if you want to have a chance of getting on the staff of the new site then fill it out, or at least contact me somehow.

-- Crono & Dekar

• Quick Update (Important notice)
• Pokemon: Pictures of Charizard, Charmeleon, Farfetch'd, Ivysaur, Mr. Mime, Raichu, and Wartortle added.
• Links: Crono & Dekar's RPG Webring Search, Videogiochi.net, The City of Apollos, and Pokemon Blast added.
• What's Old: 1-3/99 added. -- I would just like to iterate that links in the archives (besides the Prev, Next, home links) should not be used, since I can't guarantee the validity of them. This is especially since I started moving stuff into folders (see below).

I still have the form entries, plenty of them, so please don't worry that none of them got added.

For those of you who don't already know, I'll be losing my ISP at the end of this month. Unfortunately, this means that I will probably not be around for the first few weeks of September. (I was going to take a break from this page, anyway, since I haven't been coming up with a lot of this page anyway.) So I'd really appreciate it if you kept the emails and forms to the minimum, as I won't be answering them. The good news is when I get back up, I should have a new computer and a cable modem. (Really this time. ^_^) I am actually hoping that on the next update (sometime when I get back on, off course) , I will have a new version of the page up with a staff and a new name on a new server. I cannot say how soon this will be, but I'd probably guess that'd be in at least a month. The hardest part will be getting a staff. In all honesty, I have gotten very few applications, so I currently don't have much to choose from. Some I'm pretty definite about; some I'm not sure of. I already have a beta-version of a new layout, although I'm not sure how much I (or the Page Layout person when/if I hire one) will decide to keep. If you want to be notifed of when the new page is up, then you can either visit this page regularly or join the Update List.

Due to the recent happenings with the Board of Education in my state (Kansas), I feel as though I must clear up some myths about what was passed and comment on it. Before I start, I would like to say that in no way whatsoever do I support their decision. First thing, the new science standards do not replace evolution with creationism, but they simply downplay macroevolution. (Microevolution -- simply natural selection -- is still required. Macroevolution is the evolution of species into other species.) Next, they do not require evolution to be downplayed; this is left up to the cities. The county I live is an oddball county in Kansas (in that there are more liberals than conservatives), and our city's school board, before the decision, voted unanamously to send a letter to the state school board requesting that the do not pass it. We no doubtedly will still teach macroevolution.

I once told myself that I would never let my opinion outside of RPGs/video games/this webpage leak into this page, and look what I just did. Well, as long as the state BOE doesn't make anymore braindead decisions, I'll be just fine. :)

I've been starting moving stuff into folders, so some sections without the updated link may give a broken link. If you find one, besides those in the menu (in this case, I'm probably moving files while your visiting; it should be fixed in about 5-10 minutes), then please notify me. I have already done this with the FFMQ and Whats Old sections.

-- Crono & Dekar

• Chrono Trigger Origins: Explanations added. -- Not a fanfic, but a guide to help people who may have gotten lost on the plot while reading the fanfics, or just haven't read it in awhile and forgotten. At about 36K, this is the second largest section on this page. (The largest is Humor at about 50K.)
• Editorials: It Began With CT2 and Ended With Chrono Cross (Crono & Dekar) added. -- My last word on the whole CT2/CC thing, and admitance that, yes, I was mostly wrong.
• Linking Back: Two new buttons added.
• Links: Crono and Marle's Games Gallery Site, Elite Gamers Online, and RPGFan added.

First off, I got another affiliate, Final Fantasy Play By E-Mail! (Um... I'm really not sure what else to say... ^_^)

I have not taken any time to look at any of the submission entries besides the poll entries between this and the last update, so don't worry that your Combo spell, Humor entry, etc. wasn't added. I'll look at them next update.

In case you haven't seen In the Works lately, I've started on yet another Chrono Trigger Origins fanfic, currently titled "Ares". I had originally planned for it to be more uplifting than the other two Origins stories, but the best framework I could think of for it is tragic. Which other character I haven't mentioned could have a tragic past? (Well, lots actually, but...) Spekkio. Yes, that guy at the End of Time, the "god of war", that guy who gives you magic. That Spekkio. I don't want to spoil Ares too much, but I will say that, like many other characters, his role according to Origins has a big impact on time.

Minor update: I put a pic of the current layout and some a small description of it in Site History.

Also, I have gotten another award (added before this update), this one from Crono and Marle's Games Gallery Site. Um... don't have anything else to really say. It's the one that says, "Award For a Excellent RPG Site".

Final note, I have received some applications, but haven't made any decisions yet. I don't want to automatically take the first person who applies for something without anything else (not to say anything good or bad about the applications already sent.) I am still open to more applications.

-- Crono & Dekar

• Application form added. -- This also mentions why I decided to get a staff now. Take a look and see if there is any job you think you can handle!
• Chrono Trigger Origins: That Filthy Urchin added.
• Combination Pokemon:�60;/a> Macohlala, Dark Mewtwo, Electraburn, Infra, and Invis added. -- The list of Combo Pokemon is getting so big, I'm probably going to make it so only the ones added on the last few updates or so will be mentioned on the main page, and the rest will be put in an "Archives" or something.
• EarthBound Combination Spells: PSI Beserk, PSI Blackout, and PSI Retort added.
• Final Fantasy 7: Enemy Skills & Materia Combos updated. -- Well, not actually the MCs, but I finished the "Manipulatable?" part in the "Info on enemies with Enemy Skills." Also, a few of the enemies that either didn't have ESs or you couldn't learn one from them that had somehow got on the list were removed. These enemies were the Blue Dragon (it said it used Dragon Force, and it doesn't), Wolfmeister (said it used Big Guard), and the Sneaky Step, which can only use Death Sentence, not Roulette as previously mentioned. OK, so the last one wasn't removed completely, since it uses Death Sentence. Lastly, I added another thing in addition to Yes/No to the "Manipulatable?" column, ConfuOnly, which specifies that the enemy can be Manipulated, but the ES is not on its list, so the only way to get the ES is through Confusion (this applies to curative ESs only). The only enemy that has this, though, is Wind Wing.
• Game Definitions: Pokemon entries (from GJ) and Chrono Trigger entries (from Jules) added.
• Humor: Updated.
• Links: The Pokemon Gym, Klingon Stud's Unofficial Nobuo Uematsu Page, Catherine's Xenogears Page, EarthBound Heaven, RPG Classified, and Realm of Xenogears added.
• Poll: Current Results updated.
• Xenogears: Pictures of Brigandier, Stier, Renmazuo, Sigurd, and Sophia added.

Don't worry. I'm still here. It's just I've been sitting on my butt playing games putting hours of grueling work into this page.

This is the sixth time I have re-written this paragraph about Chrono Cross as time went on. At first, I thought it to be a sham, shortened the paragraph, and in later ones mentioned updated doubts. But now, I have no choice but to concede. As seen on Square Jp.'s website, Chrono Cross is existant. I took a risk attempting to disprove CT2/CC, and lost. Oh, well, can't win 'em all. It's really not that bad, since I get another game out of it. :) I'll probably write an editorial admitting I was wrong, although probably not completely wrong, in that what was rumored to be CT2 and what was actually CC were not the same, or at least not completely.

Speaking of editorials, ready for a little va-ri-e-ty in them? And possibly actual updates? :) Well, as of this update, I am currently accepting submissions of other editorials for that section. Check out the section for more details.

Also, just when you thought that I had all the sevens from FF7, another one (or rather seven ^_^) has been added to Sevens of the Seven, which is the last oxygen tank Shera finished checking in Cid's flashback.

I will be changing the page to the Japanese FF system over the next so many days, so that means FF2US will now be called FF4 and FF3US will be called FF6. It won't happen all at once, though, so you will have to deal with inconsistancy for a short time.

Last thing, promise. Because of Geocities new merger with Yahoo!, my email address is now jeradhurst@yahoo.com. Luckily, I'm still able to do POP mail. (Personally, I hate online mail with a passion; no offense to people who use online mail. Heck, I use Hotmail to get forms. ^_^) Fortunately, the mail I get to jeradhurst@oocities.com will still forward the mail to the new Yahoo! account, so don't worry about clicking on those "email me" links with @oocities.com.

-- Crono & Dekar

• Combination Pokemon: Hurray! I finally got some Combo Pokemon art! Gogiron sent in art for his new Combo Pokemon, Volcanasaur and from Youthful Lake comes a picture of Togapix. For Combo Pokemon without art comes Cratersaur, Volcanasaur's evolved stage, and Chartini.
• EarthBound Combo Spells: Several added, I'm not even going to list them here. Check them out for yourself.
• Wall of Fame replaced HOF/UOF system. -- Trust me, this is a lot better than that old system. (Read below.)
• Links: Final Fantasy Extreme is a great site for FF8 stuff, and has been added to "Unofficial & Staff-Maintained." Then Personal Pages gets Final Fantasy RPG Play By E-mail and Id's Domain.

First thing you probably thought when you saw the old HOF/UOF was "man that's one #$&@ed up system right there." It even got on my nerves, especially after everyone started joining it on the basis of submitting stuff for the Humor section and later Combination Pokemon. And I mean ;everyone. What's different about it now? First off, there is no promotion; everyone goes here. Second, instead of listing everyone only in chronological order, which is an eyesore to me because it looked disorganized, I'm separating them out by what WOF promoted sections they contributed to. For example, the Combination Pokemon people get a section, the Humor people get a section, and so on. Sound good? This way, instead of only being recognized for only two things on this page, the limitations are only made by the sections of this page! Also, to reduce space, all links to individuals' pages are the names of those people themeselves. (When you run your mouse over them, you can see the name of the page in the status bar.)

Doh! I noticed that the FF2 section didn't appear since the new layout. That has been fixed as of the evening of the last update.

Speaking of FF, I'm planning on sometime soon changing the numbers to the Japanese numbers (FF2us = FF4j easy, FF3us = FF6j). Think about how confusing it would be if I had the order FF2, FF3, FF5, when that would actually be FF4, FF6, FF5. (Yes, I'm planning on getting the FF Anthology.)

Crono like speak like Ayla now. Crono need staff. No staff, late updates. Staff, update often, shorter name for page. Crono no like look of What's New. Crono like LoL.

-- Crono & Dekar

• Chrono Trigger: Tips & Tricks added. -- There isn't too many tips & tricks here, mainly because they game doesn't have many. However, it does mention my method of destroying the GolemTwins and Lavos.
• Combination Pokemon: Updated. -- I was going to go list all of the Pokemon that were added, then realized that was a LONG list. So, instead, you can visit the section yourself if you want to see the new ones. Notice that from now on in the section I will be putting the newest Combo Pokemon in italics. I had to seriously cut down on some of them, so if yours didn't get put up, it was probably ditched. Thank you for the inactivity in submitting them for awhile. You may continue submitting.
• "So You Want To...": Join an RPG Webring? added. -- This is for all you people new to joining webrings that need a few pointers.
• HOF: Mel, Gogiron, and Sapasaur added. -- All for their Combination Pokemon.
• Links: First added is a great site with TONS of FF stuff called Final Fantasy: Worlds Apart. For Personal Pages comes an OK site called The RPG Castle. Finally, in Other Links comes the place to find a GREAT replacement for Notepad called EditPad.
• Poll: Updated.

I've finally got done with the rough draft for The Aftermath: That Filthy Urchin. Expect for it to be added sometime within the next few updates. I'm not going to guarantee anything, though. I'm changing the style for updating sections slightly. I used to update a Poll Entries and Humor section even when I only got one or two entries. Now, for all sections, I will only be updating them when I get a sufficent amount of additions. For some sections, like Combo Pokemon, this will be practically every update. For others, it may be monthly or bi-monthly.

For the first time in the history of this page, I got rid of a section, Webring Ideas. Why? Well, for one thing, people don't seem to comment on that section as much as they do others (which I understand). The other reason is that between the fact that it only has two entries and the last update to it was on 7/25/97, so to me it's just an eyesore. Anyone upset about this that wants it back feel free to flame me for it back; who knows, I might just do so if I get enough requests. But for now, at least, bye-bye Webring Ideas. I'll always remember you. May it rest in peace. 7/25/97 - 5/31/99

If it's just me, please say so, but even after I reworked this section, between all the formatting it looks gross to me. I'm trying to think of a good looking way to show this section, but I can't think of anything. Ideas? I'm also trying to rework some other sections such as Combination Pokemon and the HOF/UOF.

Wow. Fun. Updates. Whoopie.

-- Crono & Dekar

• The new layout is in effect! This means... no more banners, somewhat quicker load time, better looking, more page viewing space! I am hoping to get a staff sometime and change the name of the page.
• I still have many of your Combination Spells/Pokemon, Humor, etc. that weren't added due to time constraints, so just be patient. Unless you have a very good idea, then please abstain from sending stuff for awhile. I may get a staff to handle some of this stuff. I cannot guarantee that I will get a staff, but if you want to be a part of it please apply and say what you would like to do (eg: handle Combo PKMN/Spells, Humor, Game Definitions, etc.). In the case that I do decide to have a staff (or maybe even not) I will change the name of this page.
• Out of all the individual sections that got a new layout, Links is probably the biggest. The pages with text links are alphabetized, and instead of the pic links being at the top, they are at the right, so you don't have to wait for the pics to load to get to the text pages. And there are no more banners for pic links, only buttons. I've also changed the pic links of those pages without a button and/or those pages that I don't incredibly like to text links. These two changes should DRASTICALLY lower your load time. The links also open in new windows, so in case you don't like the link or it is defunct, you can visit another one. Look around for other parts of the page for other changes!
• Also, in case you haven't noticed, after a long time I have decided to switch back to actually typing messages out in the What's New instead of just mentioning the updates. It looks more friendlier to do this instead of basically going, "Here are the updates, look at what they are for yourselves."
• Chrono Trigger: The Mystery of the Pendant fanfic series added. -- This may start out kinda slow, but it gets MUCH better as your read it. Keep in mind that the English isn't the best, but one can deal with it easily enough.
• Game Definitions: Updated. -- All these are directly from me, so don't worry if you sent in any. Chrono Trigger gets Lucca and Magus, FF2 starts and gets Cecil and Yang, and FF3 gets Magi.

I believe this has been the longest What's New I have ever done, especially considering that I'm actually typing something out other than seemingly computer generated code. Things are looking up!

-- Crono & Dekar

• Chrono Trigger:
  • Millenial Fair Theme, Wind Scene, Secret of the Forest, and Manoria Cathedral added.
  • Famous Quotes & Scenes updated.
• EarthBound: PSI Sun Glare added to Combination Spells.
• Pokemon: Blastosaur, Charbok, Psycowhirl, and Rhynix added to Combination Pokemon.
• Note: I do have more Combo Pokemon in stock, so if the Pokemon You submitted (if you did submit) didn't get added, then don't worry, it may get added next time.
• Xenogears: Boss Theme, Distant Promise, and Awaken added.
• Editorials: Console RPGs Are Non-Existant added.
• Game Definitions:
  • Xenogears: 15 terms added (and no, I will not mention all of them).
  • Final Fantasy 3: Rachel added.
• HOF: Seph28 and Dekar the katanabard added.
• Links: PSX Place and ChronoWeb added.
• Poll: Current Results updated.

• In case you haven't noticed, this section as well as some other sections have been changed to fit the upcoming new format and layout. Your are still free to send in comments, complaints, and suggestions concerning the new layout/format, but not forever...
• Final Fantasy 2 section added.
• Pokemon: Blastiard, Blastzap, ClefAir, Joltoreon, Kadabchu, and Wheebok added to Combination Pokemon.
• HOF: Richie and Chris added.
• Poll: Current Results updated.
• Links: Game World added.
• What's Old: 10-12/98 added.

• Today is Crono & Dekar's RPG Homepage's second anniversery! Hurray!
• Coming Soon: New Layout added.
• EarthBound: PSI Electric Storm Revised and PSI Escape added to Combination Spells.
• Pokemon: Bombchu, Growlpix, Jiggleymew, Mewkazam, Psyguin, Venuzard added to Combination Pokemon.
• Humor: Updated.
• HOF: Bobby, Gab, Golbez, Crono(2) and, Peter (woo, that's a mouthful) added.
• Poll: Current Results updated.

• Pokemon: Added Butterzard to Combination Pokemon.
• Humor: Jokes and Xenogears section added.
• HOF: Havi and DarK Magus added.
• Links: Cait Sith's Page added.
• Poll: Current Results added.