Grungie
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Asus has done me well, and about 8 years ago I also gave Macs a shot, and now I own multiple, and they’ve all done me well. Most of them are pricey, but the fact they work incredibly well for what I use them for, the price was worth it.
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Probably my most expensive guitar. One reason is the high dollar value, and the other is the struggle I went through that resulted in me treating myself to buying it.
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41 minutes ago, The Blackangel said:
I'm not going to waste anymore time on you. You don't know what you're talking about. And if you knew anything, you would know that wikipedia is a site written by individual people, and is not an accurate or reliable record of anything. I could create a wikipedia page that says I've been to every planet in our solar system. I can also create "quotes" to back up my information. The "quotes" you posted mean absolutely nothing. As for your FF wiki, same thing. Opinions and ignorance.
It's time for you to move on from this topic.
Then prove it by finding a source that proves there is a legitimate non-Japanese release of the game. I told you I will give you $100. I actually put effort into supporting my claims, and all you did was spend 5 seconds on Google and took a single screenshot and you started failing your arms calling me a liar. So if you want to prove me wrong, why don't you prove some effort into making me eat my words.
You can discredit Wikipedia all you want, but your screenshot to "prove me wrong" was information from Wikipedia. It's literally written right above the arrows you MS painted. So it's apparently okay for you to use Wikipedia as a source, but I can't.
It's nice to know that someone of your immature and hypocritical stature is a moderator on this forum. It reflects nicely on the staff here. I've been talking to you cordially and talked to you like an adult, yet you've responded by insulting me and flailed your arms denying my sources and refused to provide your own. You're guilty of what you accused me of earlier.
If you lock this thread or ban me, this will show that you lack maturity, and it'll mean that I won the game.
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My MacBook Pro from 2018 lasts like… 8 hours. Then there’s my ARM Chromebook, and that’s like 15 hours.
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On 6/14/2022 at 6:01 PM, killamch89 said:
Windows is better in terms of usability in terms of doing basic tasks and is extremely flexible while Linux is very difficult for the average user to navigate on a daily basis.
With Linux, it depends on what you’re trying to do, and which distro.
If you use a popular one that comes with a GUI, you can easily browse the web, install apps through the distro’s app store, and use normal productivity stuff. All of which is easily navigable through the GUI with no need for the terminal.
Being a power user is where you run into needing the terminal, or it’s more popular to use the terminal.
The interesting thing, is that you can do a lot of similar things in the MacOS terminal along with Windows Command Line, or Powershell.
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27 minutes ago, killamch89 said:
How long did it last exactly? And did it use rechargeable batteries?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_Nomad#:~:text=The Nomad could be powered,(DC 9V%2C 3W).
About 2-3 hours on 6 AA batteries. This was the 90’s where rechargeable batteries weren’t that common on devices like this. There was apparently a battery pack, but the only 3 people I knew that owned a Nomad never had one.
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8 minutes ago, Shagger said:
I know that the laws regarding sexual consent, content and exposure in Japan are complicated, but that's not what this is about. I can also see that in you that I am talking to someone who knows thier shit, so I'll get right to the point.
Japan "dumbing down" JRPG's for the western market isn't something that happens anymore, but it has happened more recently than FF4. Final Fantasy XII was released in the west with it's rubbish levelling system made for the west in 2006. It was 11 years before we got the good version, the "International Zodiac Job System" version, when they released "The Zodiac Age" in 2017. That was only 5 years ago, so I'm not giving them the benefit of any doubt.
I wasn’t saying FF4 was the most recent example, that was just an example.
You’re mixing things up with FF12. That wasn’t made for the west, it was just the only version released in the west. The International version was one that we didn’t get.
See this page:
https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XII_version_differences
So Japan got the same version of FF12 that we got, it’s just that they also got the “International” re-release that ironically never left Japan.
iirc, the only Final Fantasy game that was made for the West was FF Mystic Quest.
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3 minutes ago, killamch89 said:
That's the issue I have with apps on Android tablets - they aren't optimized well. That's why I ended up going for the Ipad in the first place - I feel like the Android community on a whole has been neglecting the tablets because neither Google or App developers have really tried to address this.
You would think that because ChromeOS is getting more popular, and it natively runs Android apps, on top of Google wanting to also push out Chrome tablets, it would incentivize Google and developers to optimize stuff for non-phone displays, but that hasn't gone anywhere. Android apps have been a thing on ChromeOS for quite a few years now, and you'd be surprised at the most common apps only working in a phone orientation.
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1 minute ago, killamch89 said:
You could be right but that's what someone said to me a few years back because I was also looking into it at the time.
It definitely wouldn't hurt, but it's not necessary. It depends on how you're doing it too. I'm sure there's a way to do it, but it's kind of a pain if you're recording a Skype or Discord call. If you had both you and your co-host(s) in the room, it'd be a lot easier.
Most USB mics have a dial to adjust the gain/volume on the microphone, so you don't need any additional hardware for that.
There are also audio interfaces, but that's more so for XLR mics, where those exist as a medium between the microphone and your computer, and those don't tend to have gain dials on those. My Shure SM57 does not have one.
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I don't see anything wrong with it in general, it gives people more to do in a game.
Some of the ones for RPG's can be a bit obnoxious at times. The ones that require multiple playthroughs I can see adding incentive for replayability, but I don't have time for that. Then there are the ones that basically require a guide to figure out.
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On 6/15/2022 at 3:16 PM, killamch89 said:
Honestly, building a PC nowadays is very easy with the amount of tutorials on Youtube and all over the internet. Modifying it to optimize performance using software takes some know-how and isn't exactly beginner friendly.
Optimization isn't a topic that gets brought up a lot in my experience. Usually I see people telling you to spend more money to compensate. Some of it you can argue for future proofing, or adding longevity, but a lot of the time it was excessive for the sake of being excessive.
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I identify as an apatheist, because I don't care enough. I do remember about 10 years ago on the internet where atheists were about as annoying as the bible thumping Christians. They were primarily people that based their identify of that one aspect that made them different from others. It was one of those things that they always brought up despite nobody asking about it. It was weird considering most of the places I went to were primarily filled with atheists and agnostics, so it's not like they would have stuck out.
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1 hour ago, Shagger said:
I had heard of the game, but never played it. I do feel the need to disagree with the idea that JRPG's aren't popular in the west. Not because it's a false claim, on the contrary it could be true, but because the companies that make these games need to know we like them over here. And also that we like them as they are, without the dunning down that has happend to western ports of JRPG's in the past.
I could be biased as I'm a huge fan of the genre, but I feel that they're popular enough. I can't vouch for PAL regions, but in North America, we get a ton of them. We get all of the major franchises, and most of the a lot of the B and C tier games come out here (the tiers have to do with the size/budget of the company). Companies like Atlus, X-Seed, and NIS have those. So there's a significantly shorter list of ones that we don't get, as opposed to ones we do get. Contrast that to the SNES days when entries from massive franchises got passed over.
If you look at the consoles from Japanese companies (Nintendo and Sony), there's no shortage of the genre here.
They don't dumb down the games anymore like the SNES days (see how many changes FF4 got when it got released as FF2 here). What we do get, is games getting censored for sexual stuff. It's primarily censorship based on the clothing and stuff involving either female characters of questionable age, or are blatantly underaged. You can come to your own opinions on that aspect. There are examples of them censoring other sexual stuff, but I see a lot of it involving the appearance of female characters that are of questionable age, or are blatantly underraged. It's weird seeing people boycotting Xenoblade Chronicles X because they can't have their 13 year old character wear a skimpy outfit.
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On 4/16/2022 at 1:36 PM, Shagger said:
So my question is, especially to Americans reading this who own a firearm, what is it to you? Is it something you would happily leave in it's pride of place next to the TV remote, or is a deadly device you keep secure, because I cannot imaging living with a gun and treating it like that grandmother did.
I’m not a gun owner, nor do I have kids, but I’d definitely treat it like I would any other item that’s dangerous for kids, and keep it out of their reach. If you have knives, you shouldn’t leave that around for little Timmy to play with, or your medicine.
Gun safes are also a thing, and not uncommon. All of my coworkers that own guns, and have kids, also own a gun safe.
It sucks for what happened to the grandma, but at the same time, it does beg the question of why her gun was in a place where the kid could easily grab it?
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On 6/15/2022 at 2:50 PM, killamch89 said:
For Podcasting, you can start off with a Blue Yeti microphone and work your way up. You'll also need an audio mixing board as well but I don't know about the rest of the equipment besides stuff like pop filters. There are quite a few beginners guides on YouTube so you might want to check those out.
Mixing boards aren’t necessary, you’d be surprised at how many podcasts do not use them.
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I used to think Gen3 was my least favorite, until I played Sun and Moon.
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To quote the Wikipedia article:
QuoteThe official English translation of Final Fantasy Vbegan shortly after the release of the Japanese version. The game was to be titled "Final Fantasy III" in North America, but the project fell through.[28] Square then announced that due to its differing tone and much higher difficulty from the rest of the series, they would be releasing it in North America as a standalone game with a yet-to-be-determined title, rather than part of the Final Fantasy series.[29] This plan was quickly aborted. Translator Ted Woolsey explained in a 1994 interview, "[Final Fantasy V is] just not accessible enough to the average gamer".[30]Rumors circulated that a second attempt at localization would be made and that the game would be titled Final Fantasy Extreme, but this attempt was also canceled. A third attempt was made to port the game to Microsoft Windows-based personal computers for North American release by developer Top Dog Software, but this was canceled.[28] Another attempt to port the game to Windows for North America was "handled by Eidos Interactive" circa 1998 (but it is unclear whether this is the same version Top Dog Software was working on or an actual fourth attempt).[31] The continual canceling of the localization angered fans and led to Final Fantasy V becoming one of the first games to receive a complete fan translation.[28]
QuoteFinal Fantasy V was ported by Tose to the SonyPlayStation and re-released in Japan on March 19, 1998; it was included in the 1999 release of Final Fantasy Collection, alongside Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy VI.[40][41] The PlayStation version boasted two new full motion videoopening and ending sequences and a "memo-save" feature, but the game otherwise remained unchanged.[3][42] Square released 50,000 limited edition copies of the collection which included a Final Fantasy-themed alarm clock.[41] In the same year, Square released the PlayStation compilation Final Fantasy Anthology in North America, which included Final Fantasy V, as well as the PlayStation version of Final Fantasy VI. This would mark the first time the game was published outside Japan, nearly seven years after its initial release.[43]
Here’s also snippets from the FF5 article on the FF wiki:
QuoteThe original Super Famicom version was never released in North America. Translator Ted Woolseyhad almost all of the game translated, but Square opted not to ship it because they didn't feel the US market was ready for a second flagship RPG after Final Fantasy II (released as Final Fantasy IV in Japan) and they felt they needed something else to get people trained on that style of gaming. This vision actualized as Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, released in North America a month ahead of Final Fantasy V in Japan. Woolsey explained of Final Fantasy V in a 1994 interview, "it's just not accessible enough to the average gamer."[5] Plans were made to release the game in 1995 as Final Fantasy Extreme, targeting it at "the more experienced gamers who loved the complex character building," but this never materialized.
In 1997, video game studio Top Dog was hired by Square to port the original Super Famicom game to Microsoft Windows-based personal computers for North American release. Although a good deal of the game was completed, ultimately the communication problems between Top Dog and Square's Japanese and American branches led to the project's demise.[6] The translation went on to be the basis for the PlayStation release. During the same year, an English fan translation patch for the Final Fantasy V ROM image was released on the internet by RPGe. The release was well received, and until 1999 was the game's only widely available English language version. RPGe's translation of Final Fantasy V was one of the early major fan-translated works.
QuoteThe original Japanese only release of the game in December 6, 1992.
So if anyone is talking about the SNES version, they mean the Super Famicom, as that was the name of the console in Japan, and was called the Super Nintendo outside of Japan. It’s like the Sega Genesis vs Megadrive discussion where only North America calls it the Genesis. So if anyone has a SNES copy of FF5 (or any other game never released outside of Japan), they mean they have the Super Famicom cartridge. Those are shaped differently from the North American version, and the European version says "Super Nintendo" on the cart, but shaped like the Super Famicom cartridge. That Wiki article you Googled was streamlining the console name by just calling it the SNES as opposed to Super Famicom
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2 hours ago, The Blackangel said:
If you had looked, you would see that it WAS released on SNES BY THE DEVELOPERS. Thus meaning that it IS NOT ALWAYS A REPRODUCTION. Yes, there are reproduction copies on the market. But the fact that the developers released it for said console does not mean that it is a reproduction, no matter how badly you want it to be. You are acting like a MAGAt claiming the election was stolen when they KNOW they're wrong. I'm trying to help you understand this, but you keep refusing to accept it simply because you refuse to admit that you are wrong.
Oh the irony…
Anyway, there is no English release date on the SNES, so there literally cannot be a legitimate copy for the SNES. The first official release in English was on the PS1 in the Final Fantasy Anthology on the PS1. The only official release was on the Super Famicom, aka “only Japan”. It’s on the Wikipedia article that you didn’t read, and you can also see it on the Final Fantasy wiki as well about how an English release on the SNES does not exist.
If you see a FF5 cartridge that says “Super Nintendo” on it, it can only be a reproduction cart, as the only English release playable on the SNES is via a fan translation.
I will no shit give you $100 if you can find information and a legitimate copy of FF5 that isn’t a Super Nintendo copy.
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2 minutes ago, The Blackangel said:
I got a bit carried away with FF5. I didn't realize that I had typed it. So that one I don't have. But saying it was an impossibility is flat out incorrect. It WAS released on the SNES. A simple Google search would show you that.
Look for the North American release date for the SNES, that’s what I’m talking about, the same goes with Bahamut Lagoon. You can find the Japanese release dates for those, but no North American release date.
The SNES and Super Famicom are the same console. The first official non-Japanese release of FF5 was in the Final Fantasy Anthology on the PS1. You can find SFC copies and those will be legitimate, but the SNES carts will only be reproductions.
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4 minutes ago, The Blackangel said:
I understand, but trust me, they are all original. The games that were released on the SNES were numbered differently than the Japanese entries. When a game is a big hit, it's translated by the developers, not the fans, to be released in English speaking countries. I have played all the Final Fantasy games in my library somewhat extensively, and none of them are the same. The only FF games that are the same are the ones that are direct sequels, such as FFX2.
So don't argue with me about my own personal library. I know what I have, I know what I have played, and I know what I'm talking about.
I’m just saying that you say you have Final Fantasy 2-6 on the SNES, so when you say you have originals on some of those, you either have Japanese copies, or they’re reproductions. Usually people say they have FF2 and 3, or use the real names of 4 and 6. So if you’re including FF5, and throwing in 4 and 6 along with 2 and 3, it raises questions as some of those are literally impossible to own legitimate English copies.
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It varies, you’d have to research the individual game itself
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10 hours ago, Dannyjax said:
Do you think that it's costly or cheaper at that price of $720 considering the age of the gaming system?
That seems a bit high for a Neo Geo.
The age has nothing to do with price, usually it’s based on rarity., and depending on the console, reliability. Cartridge consoles are also usually built like tanks.
A Sega Genesis or NES are both older than a Neo Geo, and you can snag either one for less than $100 because they sold so many back in the day.
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I haven’t touched Hotmail is like 20 years, so I don’t even remember what the interface looks like.
I still use my Yahoo email, and I have about 5 gmail accounts, but only actually use 2 of them on a regular basis. I use Outlook at work, since that’s what our mail servers run.