MisterIceTeaPeach
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Are you angry that Neil Robertson
did not win the snooker world championship?There is never enough. We must live our lives in the search for more.
Love, sunsets, good books, warmth, french kisses, football, hockey, animals, art, muscle cars, cider, bass, Trebuchet MS font, pool, catapults, Myth II, the colours indigo and emerald green, Sunderland, Sydney FC, the United States of America, a solid connection, butterflies, stick insects, Top Gun Fish, socks, boots, Richard Hammond, midriff tops, dogs, Specta, taurine, Breaking Bad, roleplaying, genuine passion, the word and concept Parrhesia, myself, sand beneath my feet, scouts named Darren, scouts named Scout, American crime fiction, the Kentucky accent, the Australia away kits, the UK House of Cards, the US House of Cards, Kommissar Rex, the Bill, chess, remembering that Snakes and Ladders is a game, XCOM base security, ballcaps, beer, dorky Californian accents, Arnold Schwarzenegger, teenagers, knives, beating England at sport, civil liberty, the military, past glories, the democratic process, the ALP, the Bullet Train Party of Australia, New Zealand, ANZACs, ANZAC biscuits, bush tucker, lizards, South Korea.
Only when used in its usual context to mean
I'm serious about this but I want plausible deniability if you get offendedIt has its place.
I played some Age of Mythology and now I am going to sleep, for I wake up early.
Flynn Rider.
It comes naturally.
This was shown on
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Hard decission:
Ethlyn, because she's Leaf's mom.
Mist, because she helps indirectly to beat Black Knight in FE9.
Julia, because of Naga's tome.
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Very nice stuff! Great job! Jill's one is my favourite.
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To be honest I am very sceptical about the safety arrangements and climatic conditions for the players and viewers. It is horrible to play football games in the tropical zone. The health is endangered because of tropical diseases. Another problem are the social abuses in
, which overshadowed the preparations.But Qatar will be even worse...
I have read today, that Iran footballers aren't allowed to change their jerseys with opponents, just beause Iran has not enough of them. Well, I think there is a different reason...
As squads start to be announced (Brazil and Argentina have already narrowed it to their final 23) the World Cup approaches. A while out yet but... no harm in starting the build-up and #banterzone a little early, eh?
This looks set to be a great world cup, largely because the only other world cup I've seen all of and properly remember was 2010, which was defined by the fucking beachball they used, both of last years' finalists being shit (which I hope happens this time around, not going to lie!) and fucking vuvuzelas.
This world cup is set to feature;
+ Jozy Altidore unironically being picked for the USA Good news!
+ No Tahiti That's pity. At least Trinidad + Tobago were in a world cup.
+ The infamous Group of 75% Death consisting of Spain, Holland, Chile and straya Tot ziens
+ England crashing out in the first round Hihi, I hope so! The chances are not bad with Uruguay and
in the same group.+ A Brazil squad with no decent strikers being touted as favourites because they beat Spain once, which is why Switzerland are also favourite
has some good footballers. They can success a surprise.+ Seriously though it's Germany's year. Everyone said that before every world cup past 1990! And we never won a world cup since that and I don't expect it in 2014 as well.
+ CAMEROON has a very difficult group.
I announce that as An Australian I am cautiously optimistic about us picking up Two (2) points. Two (2).
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FE10 is the ONLY reason, why I won't sell my Wii. Just because of this freaking epic game!
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Well, this topic sure did derail a bit, haha
I've sort of done that myself, except I'm usually okay with waiting if it's going to get localized. I think the only exception was Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment, which I pre-ordered and paid off before the localization was announced, so I was sort of screwed already. But the Limited Edition contents were pretty awesome, and I prefer physical copies over digital, so it's not all bad. Naturally, I'll still get the English version to support such localizations (as well as hopefully have a better understanding of the game).
Hey, a bunch of people on this forum worked on the FE12 translation! You should've played ours! XD
Jokes aside, I also imported Tales of Vesperia but I had already played the 360 version 2 or 3 times (can't remember), so I was pretty solid with the story and such except for some of the extra parts. Managing skills and trying to remember which artes were which was super painful and tedious, but with online guides and just working my memory I managed eventually. Took quite a while, but the PS3 version adds some really fun elements over the 360 version, so I think it was worth it, even if the 360 English dub is much more preferable for me (I prefer English games and I liked the voice acting in ToV360).
Kirby I haven't played and since I figured it'd get localized (which it did) I didn't really have any motivation to import it, but it's still cool you did. I wanted to get it when it came out but I'm low on money so I'm waiting a bit.
Aside from Tales of Vespera PS3, I've imported:
- Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment - played this, didn't get too far, it was okay but I sort of got lazy and it was really repetitive... and then SAO: HF came out and as it turns out it pretty much includes this game but with better graphics and the new battle system, making this game obsolete (I'd be willing to sell it to anyone if they want it, lol).
- Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment - the newest SAO game that I mentioned before
- Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki - the newest entry in the Trails or Kiseki series, with a sequel coming soon. It was a total blast, and I didn't have a very hard time with the gameplay because I'm able to read katakana pretty well for quartz and arts names (which tends to be the most important as far as setting up characters goes) and I'm familiar with the battle system thanks to Trails in the Sky, but I *did* have a pretty hard time with the story as a good portion of it isn't voiced and I can't actually read Japanese, I can only understand some voiced Japanese and only if I focus (something that easily tires me out because well, I *really* have to focus and I can't like, re-read what they said to reconfirm anything--I only get one shot at translating it in my head, lol). Thankfully though I had TheEnd to help me and fill in some gaps so I understood a good portion of the story, albeit missed out on a lot of secret details and NPC stuff, but hey it was enjoyable so whatever, waiting for the English translation would mean waiting for like, 10 years or something... >_>;
That's pretty much it for imports, only PS systems because lolRegionLock on Nintendo systems and I don't have money (yet) to import hardware too.
I've played lots of other Japanese games but I didn't import them from overseas... including but not limited to:
Fairy Tail Gekitotsu! Kardia Daiseidou - a Fairy Tail fighting game for the DS, idk what the English title would be... fighting games are pretty freaking easy to play in any language though
Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand - the fifth entry in the Ys series, I think it was for the SNES, it got a translation patch sometime after I played it in Japanese
One Piece: Giganto Battle 2 - New World! - a One Piece fighting game for the DS
Fire Emblem 12: Heroes of Light and Shadow - you know, before the translation came out, I think I had to play it once XP
Summon Night X: Tears Crown - I'm still in the middle of playing this one, it's a cool RPG, I kinda need to make more progress in it since I'm working on the translation patch for it but I'm simultaneously playing Swordcraft Story 2 (which I haven't made progress in for a while...), so yeah... not enough time >_<;
I've played lots of games with translation patches (i.e. never got official English releases) or with Japanese voices as well which is sometimes annoying since it's not a 100% full translation and I like to know everything and if possible, hear only English voices since it's my native language and I already hear more than enough Japanese (nothing against it I'm just more comfortable with English!)
So yeah, I have quite a bit of experience with it compared to some people and even without really trying I managed to learn enough to make my way through games and understand some of the voiced dialog (which is partially thanks to watching too much anime...). I think if you know katakana, can look up kanji, are willing to do a bit of trial and error, and can do google searches for other stuff, you'll be fine in making your way through most games--actually knowing the story is pretty freaking hard though, and that's a serious commitment to learning the language.
I kinda wish I didn't have to because #laziness but I'll probably learn Japanese eventually since I don't like missing out on good games and though a lot more games are getting localized (and faster at that), there are still lots of games that we're missing out here in the West, so there's not much for me to do except play those as they are or else accept the fact that I'm missing out on great games (something I don't like to do :P).
I guess I'll end with this:
Biggest Tips for People Trying to Play Japanese Games Who Don't Know Japanese And Can't Magically Learn it In A Short Time:
- Learn katakana and hiragana. Maybe not in that order, but katakana is mostly used for names and will help a *lot* if all you're trying to do is make it through a game. Knowing who is who and what items/weapons are what is a great start. Hiragana is more useful for dialog and some menus, it's also useful but you're not going to understand a lot of the dialog without kanji anyhow, and kanji is sort of where you draw the line with "short time investment" and "huge time investment".
- Perfect the art of trial and error. That's how you'll learn to work your way around the game.
- Watch other people play the game online. You can learn quite a bit just from that, even if there's no commentary or subs. Watch the gameplay parts of the game, not the cutscene parts, though.
- Take breaks. Playing Japanese games can get tiring. You're dealing with moonrunes. Your brain needs a break dealing with a totally foreign language, especially if it's only used to speaking one language.
- Look up stuff online. Plenty of other people import, sometimes you'll find people have asked the same questions you have or such. You might also find places where you can ask people questions. It's not as easy as it is for English games, but for instance, Tales of Vesperia has a wiki with all the skills names in both Japanese and English with decsriptions and such which helped a LOT, and there's a blog for SAO:IM which helped me learn how to play that game and understand the battle and sword skills (and in turn Hollow Fragment, since so much of the game is similar and the such).
- This is mostly a personal approach to them, but don't be afraid. In the end it's just a game, try to have a fun time. We play these games because they're fun and we don't want to miss out on them or whatever, but if you stress too much over moonrunes it might ruin it for you. Again, personally speaking, I sometimes want to know everything that happens in the story and make sure I have the best equipment setups and such, but it turns out to be too stressful and I just give up and take things at my own pace, as I feel like it, and while I do sometimes regret missing out on story or not being able to find secret parts of the game or OP skill sets or whatever if it's an RPG (...I tend to import JRPGs, in case it wasn't obvious), overall it's a better time when I take it easy, because I'm not spending dozens of hours looking stuff up and progressing through the game at a snail's pace. (This is especially true when I actually try to translate the dialog and there are super long cutscenes... gosh it gets so tiring I can't take it and just say "screw it" in the end, lol)
Thank you very much for the tip with the online stuff!
I think it is a great idea to use ToV Wiki instead of watching a LP first. I didn't think about that. The PS3 version of ToV includes more stuff than the XBox version. However I like Japanese voice acting since FE13. It sounds strange, but also funny.
When I played FE12 a half year ago, I did not know about the link to the translation patch unfortunately, because I wasn't member in SF yet. But I know how to do it. But first I have to "pimp" up my laptop to get an emulator.
I don't know, if I import more games from Japan in the future. In general it's not very clever to do it, if you just cannot wait for the date of release. JP-imports are pretty expensive. I had to pay for "Triple Deluxe" around 50% more for the import than it will cost in Germany. "Triple Deluxe" is the only one exception anyway, because this game is great.
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if your sole motivation to learn japanese is to play video games in japanese, i'd suggest you invest your time in something else.
It's not my intention. I'm going to learn it, because it is useful for term abroad or/and a job after my study. In Europe are some Japanese companies.
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As said, Japanese grammar isn't hard - it's very regular, and you can easily learn it by taking classes. I'm yet to see someone who's gotten a solid grasp of Japanese grammar through self-teaching, though, so I highly recommend taking classes if you're interested in that language.
It doesn't matter if your motivation is simply playing videogames. What matters is how far that motivation takes you, not how good it sounds.
Besides, the joy of finally beginning to understand those accursed moonrunes can't be easily described with words.
I think Agro knows more than Esau, but I haven't been following either one's progress.
And very significant progress can be made in 2-3 years, indeed.
Japanese grammar is stupidly easily constant.
It's the freaking vocab, kanji, and context reading that's the hard part.
You literally cannot learn the language without learning the Japanese mindset when it comes to things... because there so many damn implications depending on your sentence pattern, conjugation, and tone. Hell with just the personal pronoun alone.
The thing about Japanese grammar is that - although different - it's relatively simple. Vocab I suppose could be a problem, as well as kanji, but it just takes some time and dedication to overcome that wall.
English - although it's my primary language - I'd say is hard for the reason Rey mentioned. Exceptions. Everywhere.
I also found Russian hard because of its many grammar rules. I mean, it's more organized than, say, English, but DEM RULES. ;n;
Korean is similar to Japanese and I grew up hearing it so it's not too bad. Pretty simple. Relatively speaking.
Also, my Japanese isn't that good. I just started recently. Granted, knowing Korean really, really helps, since the two languages are similar both in grammar and vocab, but it's not like Korean and Japanese are identical. I still have long ways to go.
Rey, TheEnd, and Esau are the ones that know Japanese the best here on SF.
Thanks for your information! The vocabulare is also my biggest problem, if I learn languages. But it's good to know that the grammar is structured.
German is also a complicated language in grammar and especially spelling, so I really have to be careful, if I say Japanese is difficult. Every language from a different language group is hard to learn.
A Japanese language course is offered in the third term of my study (autumn). So I will try it out!
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But Japanese isn't that hard...
...At least compared to some other languages...
Non Indo-European languages are even hard to learn, but Japanese is a complete different area!
People from the Indo-European culture does not know the system with the Chinese/Japanese ideographs. The grammar and the syntax are also totally different. If you can speak JP, I envy you! A great thing! Which languages are harder to learn?
You'd have to play a lot of Japanese games to justify the time investment required to get fluent enough in the language. The language is so incredibly different from English (and presumably German) in basically everything it does, and it's hard to get your brain to learn how to parse language in a completely different way.
Japanese has a complete different system. The grammar, the syntax and the signs make this language so difficult to learn. It is probably similar to Arabian and other Asian languages. English and German belong to the same language group, so the requirements are the same.
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I don't do this on account of moon runes scare me but I'd figure, like, the best way to manage would be to learn Japanese, or at least enough to be able to muddle your way through?
Yeah, the main problem of most games with a story except for platformers:
If you watch a LP, you are "spoilered". That is, what I have to do in Tales of Vesperia. I always have to watch Rey's LP first, so that I can continue. So the tension drops of course.
Japanese is a very VERY difficult language anyway. Nevertheless I am trying to learn it in my study.
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Kid Icarus has probably the best 3D function.
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I started a new trend to myself. I am importing videogames from Japan, if they are not available for my video game consoles or I cannot wait for the date of release in EU.
I play(ed) JP-imports:
Fire Emblem 12 Heroes of Light and Shadow
Tales of Vesperia
Kirby's Triple Deluxe
My experiences are different:
Kirby's Triple Deluxe is a platformer without a huge plot, so it is easy to play without knowlegde of JP. I haven't finished it yet, but it is not hard.
FE12 was not too bad either. The menu was easy to understand, because I played the prequel. The symbols of the weapons and items and the numbers helped me a lot. However I had to watch a LP to manage the spheres and recruit all the characters.
Tales of Vesperia came out in 2009 worldwide for the XBox360. But I don't own a XBox so I imported a copy for PS3. The "Tales"-games are JRPGs, so it is impossible to play them without knowledge about the story and battlesystem. I always have to watch a LP of ToV first so that I know, what I have to do. It's pretty laborious, but it is the only way to do it. The main point is that you have fun with this game! And this game is really fun, even if I cannot understand some parts of the story.
So your experiences of imported videogames from Japan interest me and how do you manage the Japanese language.
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I prefer manaketes, just because they can attack in range.
Just wandering what you guys think, but I say Manaketes are better. Theres one more Manakete than there is Taguel, and they just seem better for long-distance hitting.
Wyrmslayer, though, IS a problem.
Taguel sucks because no 2-ranged attack. Vulnerable to Beastkiller, too.
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That was really impressive! Congratulations
To be honest I never would feel like to do a Mist solo, because she is very exhausting to train (almost 200 heals till class change without master seal). I have no patience for this. As much more I appreciate your run!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LJFUkAqRvY
Even famous footballers can have a rainy day. Fahad Khalfan is only #5 for any reasons.
His expression at the end - that "wow am I actually this awful?!" face - it's so perfect.
This is pretty much standard in soccer, if they miss.
Fiasco? Maybe. But still better than fucking Russia and Qatar.
OMG, I forgot about that f**k in 2018!
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Haven't played FE4, so I cannot say about Phila.
Pheros and Selena only similarities are their class and hair colour. However Pheros has no doubts about her actions unlike Selena.
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UGH... I was expecting to see something about:
- icehockey
- curling
- maple sirup
- donuts
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Pamela Andersonjesus christ big brother's still going on in some countries? there was a damn good reason the australian version died out
Unfortunately it still exists in about 70 countries. For example in Germany you can only watch it online because nobody except for stalkers and megahornies watched this. But there was "V.I.P" special last year, which was shown on TV.
I guess, the stupidity will never die.i saw like 20 minutes of hockey today and fell in love
It happened the same, when I watched Darts and Snooker.
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What a pathetic season of ManU!
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I would just like to point out that no one (except me apparently) likes Slippy, and Peppy stopped being a pilot for the team after SF64 IIRC. Falco might not be around all the time but he's certainly got the style and the attitude lol. Yeah, you can't really compare him to Luigi due to the fact that Fox basically has 3 Luigis (and at the same time none kinda), but Falco's pretty fitting IMO, he makes the most sense to put in out of Team Star Fox (and yes, that includes Krystal).
I really don't see what the problem with having a major supporting character + villain repping Star Fox is .-. (that may or may not have been the model for my selecting K. Rool as the most likely (IMO) newcomer candidate for DK) Besides, a lot of people really like Wolf too, he's a cool character.
I would like to see some StarFox characters, if they have different movesets and final smashes.
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Falco? No way, he's already been in two Smash Bros games and he's cool. I also think he's Star Fox's equivalent to Luigi. Though I can't be sure since I've never played Star Fox. I think Wolf should be dropped.
I only have played Starfox 64, so I cannot say about the other both games, but to my mind Falco Lombardi is not really the equivalent to Luigi. He is the biggest confident of Fox McCloud and always wants to be better than him, but the main hero of Starfox is Fox McCloud. Peppy Hare and Slippy Toad have the same influence in Starfox64 like Falco. Luigi has an own series unlike Falco.
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Next chapter will be pretty annoying. If you have done it, the worst part´s over till the finale.
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If Wolf will not return, I am really pissed off. He has to come back, because SSB needs villains. Falco should be dropped.
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If Nintendo were to remake these, I'd want:
Giving more chapters to the DB.
How? The availibily of the characters should be adjusted in general.
Extended script.
Yes.
Actual support convos.
Yes.
1-2 range nerfed to DS/Awakening levels.
No. I absolute like the idea and it should be used in future parts.
Caps adjusted in Radiant Dawn.
Imo they are alright. However the caps in FE9 and 10 should be similar.
Mages to not be completely awful in Radiant Dawn.
They should be faster and thunder should be strongest magic like in other parts.
Maniac Mode for FE9.
Yes.
RD's Maniac Mode to not have the range and Weapon triangle bull.
Weapon triangle should be added in FE10 hard mode. No enemy range should be a customized option an least.
The LEA to not be forgotten til the game is over.
What is LEA?
Mastery nerf.
Mastery skills like in FE9 would be fairer, or the enemies have them too.
3x effectiveness in POR.
Yes.
Bows made useful in POR.
How are they unuseful? However the double bow should be improved in might. In FE10 warriors should use bows as well.
That may not be that important, the worst selling Fire Emblem games are on both of Nintendo's highest selling console(Wii) and handheld(DS) and the best is on currently what may be Nintendo's lowest selling handheld.
The size of the user base is not necessarily proportional to the sales the Fire Emblem series games,(unless way more people pirated Shadow Dragon than bought it) it doesn't appear the game's number of players are limited by the install base, I think it's more around the interest in the title itself.
That may be true, but it does not change the fact that the Tellius series failed in sales. So it is very hard to find to potential buyers. Most of them would be people, who could not get them for a low price.
However FE13 intodruced many newcomers into the FE series, because of the fantastic graphics and that the 3D-effect was used very well.
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Happy first year on SF!
I still have to wait almost one year for this moment.
WORLD CUP 2014
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How is Oliver Bierhoff terrible?