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ddickinson: Thank you for the post, you are one of the few guys to have sports games in your favourites list. Though, just to clarify things, it's football, don't let those Yanks change the name of a sport just because they could not think of a name themselves for their own game :-).
Well, I'd never try to argue a sports game into an all-time-best list, but so many people were mentioning them as their most hated that I just had to say something good for them. About the name, I think I gave up when I found out the Irish have their own crazy version as well (no offense, and a shame I did not take the time to find out how it's played and/or watch a live game while I was there).

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ddickinson: What are you doing? Don't tell them that. Think how empty the forum will be if all the guys find out there is free porn out there.
Oh, come one, you gals had your porn, why wouldn't we be allowed to have it too? Now you're being sexist XD.
There's porn on the Internet?

*goes to Google*
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Chandoraa: Oh, come one, you gals had your porn, why wouldn't we be allowed to have it too? Now you're being sexist XD.
You boys have a transvestite stripper, do you really need porn as well? Plus, we ladies had top quality porn, not the kind of stuff you boys watch for free on the internet :-).
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toxicTom: ...
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ddickinson: It does seem that women prefer to play as women, while a lot of guys seem to also enjoy playing as women. Either you guys must really be jealous of us women, or you're all secretly cross-dressers ;-).
Hey, I'm the one who suggested involving fishnets in this shindig. After that, it's not exactly a secret :P
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Chandoraa: Joining this very manly LAN party (boys don't do slumber parties afaik, although I wouldn't be past the occasional pillow fight as long as there are some pyjama-clad girls around) for the $5.99 price, and choosing Austrobogulator as my striker.
Oh, well, if it was manliness everyone was expecting, why didn't you say so?
Post edited October 30, 2014 by Jonesy89
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Jonesy89: Hey, I'm the one who suggested involving fishnets in this shindig. After that, it's not exactly a secret :P
And don't you just look the prettiest in those stockings, especially with all that glitter. I guess it's your turn on the stripper pole after the transvestite. We have to do something to liven up the boys sleepover. Oh sorry, the boys prefer to call it a a LAN party :-).
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Chandoraa: And a final note. I'm surprised at the sheer number of people that mention the "I don't want to stare at a male's ass for fourty hours". I can understand that. I can respect that. And I don't mean to poke fun at you guys, but whenever someone tells me they play a woman for the eye-candy, the first answer that comes to mind is "you know there's porn on the internet, right?".
No kidding. To quote one Cracked article ,"there's porn literally everywhere! Go, frolic!" Getting one's jollies off anywhere else is really inefficient, especially concerning the sheer diversity of porn when it comes to catering towards one's particular tastes and fetishes.
Post edited October 30, 2014 by Jonesy89
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Chandoraa: Not that I've played much out of the Final Fantasy series. I've played from FFIV to FFX, and have FFI to FFIII on my backlog (wondering if I can find a pre-Enix version of FFIII other than the NES japanese rom or some fan translation :-S).
The original Famicom version of Final Fantasy III was never released outside of Japan. It wasn't until the game was remade for the Nintendo DS that it finally saw a global release. Aside from fan-translated ROMs, there really isn't a way to play the original version of FFIII besides getting the Japanese Famicom cartridge.

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Chandoraa: I remember the exact moment when I decided to quit FFXI (which, as far as I could get, is a great game, apart from genre-related quirks, but just not a bona fide Final Fantasy):
I always thought it was such a poor move to make FFXI and FFXIV into MMORPGs. All this means is that, eventually, there will be no way to play through all of the games in the numbered series if someone wanted to do so. Why couldn't you just call it Final Fantasy Online or something, Square?

FFXI was decent enough as MMOs go, but the grind got pretty rough between 20 and 40 and the economy suffered from extreme loot farming. Their billing system was horrible, too; $15 a month for ONE character and an extra $1 a month for additional characters? It was just too much. I got to level 20, unlocked the sub-jobs, realized how long it would take me to get to the next milestone level, and just walked away.
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ddickinson: And don't you just look the prettiest in those stockings, especially with all that glitter. I guess it's your turn on the stripper pole after the transvestite. We have to do something to liven up the boys sleepover. Oh sorry, the boys prefer to call it a a LAN party :-).
Best. Workout. Ever. :3

As for the LAN party... Minecraft contest to see who can make the naughtiest statue? I've got a giant golden cock and balls to work on that shoots lava and fireworks at night.
Post edited October 30, 2014 by Jonesy89
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Jonesy89: Oh, well, if it was manliness everyone was expecting, why didn't you say so?
This.
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awalterj: I think you're confusing the merc trade with bounty hunting, birds of a different feather! But according to British Intelligence I'm supposedly a "secret agent of the Swiss", remember? As in, well...secret!
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ddickinson: Nope, I meant mercenary. A bounty hunter usually has to operate within the law, a mercenary is simply a goon for hire, someone who will do anything, so long as the money is good. Also, there is nothing stopping you being a Swiss agent and moonlighting as a mercenary on the side.
Maybe elsewhere, but here this was a county-level quality export business. From the mid 15th century on, the Swiss mercenary business was highly official with county governments regulating things and making contracts with the French Crown, and from the 17th century on with Spain, The Netherlands, Savoy, England, Austria, Hungary and various city states in Italy. Those were not individual little hired goons that signed up with some shady lord but entire regiments and battalions consisting of thousands of mercenaries who were subject to contracts and laws. Of course there were loopholes and plenty of corruption and whatnot to work around whatever laws were inconvenient (as with everything involving money) but in the larger picture the mercenary business was the official main export and vital for the economy (import of grain and salt etc) and for keeping up diplomatic relations with foreign powers - no one is going to invade you if your country is the main supplier of mercenaries for their militaries. Calling a mercenary a "hired goon" wouldn't be good PR so I must protest a little bit. It's all about branding, branding!
Prussian King Frederick the Great respectfully raised his hat to a group of Swiss mercenaries during the battle at Rossbach when he was kicking the French forces left and right and the only ones in the French army who put up serious resistance were the Swiss mercenaries. That is good PR: You don't have to win a battle for your employer, but if you put up a hell of a fight so that the opposing army's leader is impressed, they will say "who are these guys? I want me some of those too!"
I'm going to piggyback off the good reputation of my ancestors in order to make you pay a lot of money, 'tis is my design.

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awalterj: If he hadn't capitulated, I would have used the mercenary fee to buy pizza for Enebias and myself at whichever local pizzeria he recommends and then we would spend the rest of the money to make giveaways on GOG.
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ddickinson: You would not be going in alone, you would have been accompanying me as we both hunted down Enebias. You would not have had the chance to enjoy pizza and giveaways, I would be there to keep an eye on you (treacherous Swiss mercenaries, can't trust anyone these days, next time I will pay extra for a Commando Ibex). I would use your expertise to find him, or at least use you as the hired goon to get some information on his location and, if need be, to take the blame if we are caught. It would be all your idea, I would just be the sweet innocent lady who was forced to come along :-).

Another problem with your plan, is that it was cash on delivery, no payment until the job is done. You did try to resist and ask for partial payment upfront, but instead of money, I simply offered a truck full of Swiss chocolate, and we all know how much you Swiss love chocolate. What you don't know, and something you will only discover after you have served your time for going AWOL, is that it was not actually Swiss chocolate, just a truck full of knockoff Chinese imitation chocolate.
Hm..."cash on delivery " does sound like bounty hunting though and as for your offering of truckloads of Swiss chocolate, that is the funniest (and wackiest) idea I've read on the internet in a long time: You might as well try to sell refrigerators to an Eskimo village! Think about it :D

Also, read the small print in my mercenary contract which says I'm allowed so and so many toilet breaks per day. I'm allowed to go potty by myself so you can't supervise me there. I'll use these toilet breaks to warn Enebias via SMS whenever we are too close to catching him. Plus, I also get to have my own room so when you're sleeping I can sneak off and in a city like Milan there's bound to be some decent late night dining so that Enebias and I can enjoy our pizza sessions.

Employing a Commando Ibex might not be a good idea: After the initial shock at seeing this mighty animal, the Italians will sneak up on the ibex at night and turn it into delicious Ibex Salsiccia. You know how the Italians love cured meats!
It seems you're stuck with me instead - but since Enebias has capitulated already by entering the giveaway and since I entered as well, you already have things going your way and it seems the two of us mainlanders are safe from you - for now!

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Enebias: A fine plan, sir! Here, have the first slice of "Pizza alla Diavola" to metaphorically celebrate your professionalism!

By the way, excellent review and thanks for recommending Mother Sarah! I never heard about this title before, but between the names behind it (Otomo-Nagyasu) and the premises, it look more than interesting!
Thanks for reading, especially since it's a bit long (2400 words)

Btw there is some trouble with my employer paying me (see above) but Pizza alla Diavola? Hell yes, anytime! My employer is sleeping right now so this is a perfect time.
Post edited October 31, 2014 by awalterj
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Tallima:
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ddickinson:
I'm in. And I think its already been established that I am a male.

Really I just don't mind who it is. I play as Jill Valintine, Claire Redfield, Ada Wong, Heather Mason, Lara Croft, Faith, and Samus without thinking too much on their sexuality. OK I admit though I have seen Rule 34 are, but thats natural for any male who likes the beauty of women, heck women are exactly the samething when it comes to sexuality. Have you seen Fanfiction.net? The majority of Fanfiction writers are women I know because I read the authors profiles. Look at M rateed section of any Anime and certain cartoons and you will find a GLUT of Yaoi Slash fiction where 2 male characters engage in a HomoSexual relationship even characters who are bitter enemies. And of course they pick the most "pretty" looking male like these:

http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2014/108/f/3/kuroko_no_basket_yaoi_render_01_by_kuroiokumura-d6zaavr.png

Deviantart is the samething aswell. So really with these Social Justice Warriors denouncing male gamers are mysoginist perverts they completely ignore women being just as perverted in other things.

Regarding game genres I don't hate any genre or think its worse but I can say I find the MMOFPS genre to be a very Lazy genre because to me it feels like you are just trying to combine 2 popular current genres into one in an attempted to attract both markets.

"Hey whats the most popular and highest money making games right now that is not casual or a Sims game? Well there is Call of Duty which is a FPS and there is World of Warcraft which is an MMORPG. I GOT IT LETS COMBINE THEM TOGETHER SO WE CAN ATTRACT BOTH AUDIANCES, ITS FULLPROOF!!!"

Honestly its almost exactly the same as mixing heavy metal with rap/hip-hop.
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Chandoraa: And a final note. I'm surprised at the sheer number of people that mention the "I don't want to stare at a male's ass for fourty hours". I can understand that. I can respect that. And I don't mean to poke fun at you guys, but whenever someone tells me they play a woman for the eye-candy, the first answer that comes to mind is "you know there's porn on the internet, right?".
What's this "porn" you're talking about? Is it interactive? First person or third person? Can you level up in it? Do I get a Steam key for it? :P

Seriously though, this is like telling gamers who value good graphics to go visit the art museum. ;)
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Jonesy89: Damn, all male sleepovers are the most boring thing in the world, apparently :P
*Breaks out Risk, Axis&Allies, Stratego and sets up gaming tables. He then fishes out some Mountain Dew, SURGE, and Jolt.Orders pizza, pops popcorn, sets out some plates and napkins* This is how we did it old skool, early '90s baby!
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Jonesy89: Damn, all male sleepovers are the most boring thing in the world, apparently :P
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Ragnarblackmane: *Breaks out Risk, Axis&Allies, Stratego and sets up gaming tables. He then fishes out some Mountain Dew, SURGE, and Jolt.Orders pizza, pops popcorn, sets out some plates and napkins* This is how we did it old skool, early '90s baby!
WHERE ARE THE CHEETOS?!
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Jonesy89: WHERE ARE THE CHEETOS?!
Pfft, I shouldn't have to provide everything.