Icemario

Oh, it seems I can't read tonight.

Spirit Tracks was my first, and my favourite for a very long time. Since then, I've also played the original Zelda, Zelda II (not to completion), Link to the Past, Link's Awakening (not to completion), Minish Cap, Phantom Hourglass, and A Link Between Worlds. ALBW has since stole the position of favourite Zelda , but Spirit Tracks is now my second favourite. The original Zelda is probably third place, surprisingly I had so much blind fun with it.

Q7: Invulnerable so I can't feel pain, but I don't get left behind by outlasting amigos. Q9: Definitely a bird because being in water constantly sounds like a bad time. Q10: You can't be a spaghetti; it's plural, and considering the word has "spag" in it you can't even ridicule me for that. Real talk though I'd like to be spaghetti because pasta is great and amazing and waffles are just inferior pancakes.

finished shadow dragon today tbh it's not nearly as bad as I've seen some people make it out to be

When I put together all the turn counts in that big summary post, it turns out I actually took 198 turns.

Lyn, then the sidekick lord, and then the main lord. I love using Lyn when she gets bows, so it's always a priority to get her to that stage.

Dance, singing is not my thing. Although I dislike both.

Gaiden is an underrated game imo, definitely worth the time to play it. It's true it hasn't aged well and I think I like other Fire Emblems more, but if you have a bit of foresight into what to expect regarding its gameplay (eg. world map, spells, items, promotions) it really doesn't hamper on the experience you'll receive, and I actually think said gameplay is the best aspect of the game, it's comparatively one of the freshest Fire Emblems to play in terms of it. I think the best way to describe it is as some fruit that would've gone off but you left it in the fridge so it didn't. Genealogy of the Holy War is only confusing if you already have some foresight; I'd recommend going in with a significant amount or a minimal amount. Its massive maps weren't much of a problem, but it's easily one of the most backtrack-heavy games I've played, empowered by how little you tend to have to do in other Fire Emblems. Many turns are spent just moving, which can be especially tedious. But it does a lot of things right and does those right things expertly well, definitely play that too, preferably after Gaiden. I know absolutely nothing about Thracia, though.

#58113 Finished in 198 turns.

[spoiler=Eliwood] Eliwood pretty much solo'd the early-game until Lyn began standing on her own two feet, then he was still on par with the other two during the mid-game I guess, but eventually he just fell off when he wasn't promoting and enemies were getting tough in the late-game until he promoted. After that it was catch-up work and he managed that really effectively. Definitely the best Eliwood I've ever had, he steamrolled everything most of the time. I want to call him the MVP, but he really brought things down with his late promotion when the other two were outperforming him. [spoiler=Lyn] Lyn had a really shaky start, but I can't blame her for that because her bases aren't the best and Chapter 16 is a scumbag with constantly archers, but she started to pull weight a lot faster than I expected (like in 16x) and her powerful critikills were a godsend at points. The early strength was extremely fundamental to her success, I feel, because it meant she could 1RKO things fairly soon without relying on crits and that was nice when I was whipping out Iron Swords and the like which weren't critikilling often until late-game. She became more awesome with bows and obliterated a ton of things with Killer Bows; the only time she wasn't helpful was against the dragon, but she was still a dear and double-crit it which may or may not have allowed me to two-turn the thing. I would call her the MVP, there were a bunch of bosses I had to rely on her to kill because no one else could, let alone as effectively and she consistently (like 80% of the time) 1RKO'd with only an Iron Sword throughout the run, which is the most hilarious thing. [spoiler=Hawkeye] Hawkeye didn't really have many shining moments because of how awesome Lyn and Eliwood had gotten by his recruitment, but his access to Hand Axes was a blessing for routing in Chapter 27 and the ferrying in Chapter 30 likely shaved off several turns. He hit freakishly hard when he connected an attack, but his accuracy wasn't the best until late-game where he forgot the weapon triangle existed and just terminated things. With the gift of the boots, he became amazing movement-wise, moving as far as a paladin but not as crippled by forests with the capability to cross both rivers an mountains. This made him work like a flying unit, being able to search and destroy anything it could reach; which was pretty much everything. He was somewhat speed blessed, which meant he could abuse his con to double a lot of unsuspecting enemies, very neat. Like Lyn, he suffered against the dragon, having no contribution whatsoever to its defeat, but that only cost a turn at best. Can't really call him MVP, but he did his duty. [spoiler=Ninian / Nils] Good dancer, good bard: shaved off turns, sped up growth although use was limited when they accelerated units too much to keep doing that late-map. [spoiler=Athos] Fairly helpful as my only magic user, managed to get a couple of kills on units I would've struggled a bit to kill otherwise and performed the only three heals in the entire run, two of which fundamental in felling the dragon. [spoiler=turn counts] Chapter 11 - 8 / 8 Chapter 12 - 9 / 17 Chapter 13 - 12 / 29 Chapter 13x - 7 / 36 Chapter 14 - 14 / 50 Chapter 15 - 8 / 58 Chapter 16 - 9 + 4[P] / 71 Chapter 16x - 4 / 75 Chapter 17 - 5 / 80 Chapter 18 - 8 / 88 Chapter 18x - 7 / 95 Chapter 19 - 5 / 100 Chapter 20 - 3 / 103 Chapter 21 - 3 / 106 Chapter 22 - 5 / 111 Chapter 23 - 4 / 115 Chapter 24 - 11 / 126 Chapter 25 - 8 / 134 Chapter 26 - 15 / 149 Chapter 26x - 18 (FREE) / 149 Chapter 27 - 10 / 159 Chapter 28 - 7 / 166 Chapter 29 - 11 / 177 Chapter 29x - 5 / 182 Chapter 30 - 7 / 189 Final Chapter - 7(I) + 2(II) / 198 Comparatively speaking I feel like I did pretty terribly, wouldn't be surprised if I came second-last or just last. But as a first draft, I think it was very successful on my end seeing as 198 turns is only like twenty turns behind the current victor and I tore through it in under a week (unlike my still ongoing run), which still baffles me. This is apparently a really abstract draft so it probably gave me a less representative idea of how draft runs feel, but it was still really fun and so I'd love to take part in more of these in the future, especially if this sadistic concept is continued, perhaps into other games.

Chapter 26x - 18 (FREE) / 148 Hawkeye was all over the place smashing heads because he can stand water, while Lyn was just sniping things or cutting down mobs of reinforcements. Ninian bolstered the speed of this, Jaffar held Nino close, and Eliwood saw little use, Was considering bringing a thief to get that angelic robe per my hypothetical question, but passed on it. Probably missed out on Speedwings from that one chest that's really in the way but I doubt I'm missing out on anything. Unit Lv.EX/Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00 35 16 16 16 16 12 09 SWD-A Lyn 20.00/15.05 51 23 29 26 28 12 17 SWD-S | BOW-C Hawkeye ??.??/18.45 55 23 18 17 19 17 13 AXE-S Ninian 06.82 18 00 00 17 14 08 08 NONE Also, Lyn's HP was correct; I'm just a dumbo who forgot I used Isadora's Angelic Robe on her. Chapter 27 - 10 / 158 Gave Hawkeye the boots and had him run around handing out some free axes. Lyn went west and beat up anyone he didn't get, in addition to Lloyd because there's no way my other units are wrecking him in a timely fashion. Eliwood stayed at home with Ninian to get Vaida. Probably inefficient but this chapter was really annoying so I don't think I care. I also shopped with Florina and got the Warp staff for the giggles. Unit Lv.EX/Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00/01.00 39 18 16 17 16 13 12 SWD-A | LAN-D Lyn 20.00/20.00 53 24 29 29 30 13 19 SWD-S | BOW-C Hawkeye ??.??/20.00 56 24 20 18 20 17 14 AXE-S Nils 07.44 20 00 00 18 15 08 09 ----- Chapter 28 - 7 / 165 Admittedly there was no need to even use Hawkeye probably, but I did anyway. Him on the left side, Lyn on the right side with Nils who together rushed the eastern side of the map and helped clear the way for Eliwood, speeding up his approach on the boss. Eliwood got a speed level up against the Warrior Hand Axe user near the boss, which may or may not have allowed him to dodge the hand axe (but not the boss' tomahawk) and kill the warrior on the enemy phase which cleared the way for a 7-turn clear. I couldn't have done this without Georg being an idiot and not standing in my way, making killing him optional. :) Unit Lv.EX/Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00/03.84 41 18 18 19 16 13 12 SWD-A | LAN-D Lyn 20.00/20.00 53 24 29 29 30 13 19 SWD-S | BOW-C Hawkeye ??.??/20.00 56 24 20 18 20 17 14 AXE-S Nils 08.01 21 00 00 19 15 09 09 ----- Chapter 29 - 11 / 176 Had Eliwood run around to kill things and get exp, while Hawkeye nabbed the Body Ring and Dragonshield and Lyn prevented anyone from getting on that throne. Used both on Lyn. Unit Lv.EX/Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00/11.73 47 23 24 24 20 19 15 SWD-A | LAN-C Lyn 20.00/20.00 53 24 29 29 30 13 19 SWD-S | BOW-C Hawkeye ??.??/20.00 56 24 20 18 20 17 14 AXE-S Nils 08.01 21 00 00 19 15 09 09 ----- Chapter 29x - 5 / 181 Eliwood went to the arena while I shopped it up with the others. Unit Lv.EX/Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00/13.32 48 24 25 24 22 20 17 SWD-A | LAN-C Lyn 20.00/20.00 53 24 29 29 30 13 19 SWD-S | BOW-C Hawkeye ??.??/20.00 56 24 20 18 20 17 14 AXE-S Nils 08.01 21 00 00 19 15 09 09 ----- Chapter 30 - 7 / 188 Rushed through the middle of the map tearing things out of the way, and ferried Eliwood across the river using Hawkeye. Abandoned Nils in a fort to forever avoid a Warrior because enemies were between him and the squad. Unit Lv.EX/Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00/16.70 50 26 26 24 25 20 19 SWD-A | LAN-C Lyn 20.00/20.00 53 24 29 29 30 13 19 SWD-S | BOW-C Hawkeye ??.??/20.00 56 24 20 18 20 17 14 AXE-S Nils 08.01 21 00 00 19 15 09 09 ----- Final Chapter - 7+2/197 tfw no door keys or luna to wreck the dragon with mfw athos unable to outspeed the dragon I was clearly unprepared for this, oh god Unit Lv.EX/Lv.EX HP PW SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00/18.60 51 27 26 24 26 22 19 SWD-A | LAN-C Lyn 20.00/20.00 53 24 29 29 30 15 19 SWD-S | BOW-B Hawkeye ??.??/20.00 56 24 20 18 20 17 14 AXE-S Nils 08.98 21 00 00 19 15 09 09 ----- Athos ??.??/20.00 40 30 24 20 25 20 28 MAG-S gg thoughts later

Oh, whoops. Well I had to redo C23 because I forgot to save, but this time around I Ninis' Graced Lyn and gave her a Killing Edge so she could tank next to the boss. Critikilled him on the enemy phase. Still four turns, Chapter 24 - 11/125 Lost my commentary, don't want to repeat it. Unit Lv.EX/Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00 35 16 16 16 16 12 09 SWD-A Lyn 20.00/03.21 41 18 24 21 18 09 13 SWD-A | BOW-D Hawkeye ??.??/07.50 52 18 15 13 16 15 10 AXE-A Ninian 03.67 16 00 00 14 12 06 06 NONE btw hawkeye's data for chapter 23 and lyn's hp data in general are at least partially wrong I just noticed so they're fixed as of now Chapter 25 - 8/133 Went through the snow, Ninian was blessed with the power of dodge and didn't even get hit by any of the long range spells so she could push Lyn and Hawkeye into the enemies. Completely abandoned Merlinus so I think he died around the time the snow stopped but he made for good bait for the enemies near the starting point because Ninian was backrunning. Eliwood's mad res stat continued to pay off as he shrugged off the damage the magics inflicted and had Lyn pave a path for him with some boosting from Ninian. Hawkeye killed off all the units outside the building so Ninian didn't get wyvern rided, and she could get Lyn to the boss. Misclicks meant I attacked Kenneth with a Steel Bow but she still critikilled so it apparently didn't matter, and Eliwood could seize on the same turn. Unit Lv.EX/Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00 35 16 16 16 16 12 09 SWD-A Lyn 20.00/03.21 41 18 24 21 18 09 13 SWD-A | BOW-D Hawkeye ??.??/07.50 52 18 15 13 16 15 10 AXE-A Ninian 03.67 16 00 00 14 12 06 06 NONE Chapter 26 - 15/148 Went through the eastern door, recruited Nino with Eliwood, sent the kid behind Lyn across the middle path of the map to where Jaffar was chilling and had Lyn murder anything before Nino could even think about reaping the exps. Lyn sent some arrows over the wall to get the Boots off an unsuspecting thief, and when it looked clear I had Nino talk to Jaffar because free things are nice. Meanwhile, Eliwood and Hawkeye and tearing apart the southern end of things, Ninian is pushing them forward and Hawkeye 1RKO'd the boss because he was bored. Eliwood decided to check in on the prince and they hung out until the end of the map because wow it's really barren in ENM. Unit Lv.EX/Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00 35 16 16 16 16 12 09 SWD-A Lyn 20.00/08.39 45 19 28 23 23 10 14 SWD-A | BOW-D Hawkeye ??.??/13.17 53 22 17 14 18 17 11 AXE-S Ninian 05.29 18 00 00 16 14 08 07 NONE Edit: Hypothetical question; if you penalized yourself by using an undrafted unit in a free chapter, is the penalty ignored if it's still within the free range or is it just appended separately?

Chapter 16 - 9+4/71 Javelin!Marcus.jpg I tried this with just Lyn and Eliwood, clearing the chapter would've taken about fifteen turns but by then the soldiers got wrecked, so I had to restart for the gaiden. Anyway on the successful run I had Eliwood frontrun while Lyn murdered anything that he didn't get, she was pretty crit-happy. Marcus made sure anything in range of her didn't live to see their own phase, and not a single soldier because Lyn killed Raven since she was lagging behind. Unit Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 19.04 34 16 15 16 16 12 08 SWD-A Lyn 08.50 21 09 12 15 08 04 01 SWD-C rip the ten res eliwood but oh yes the strength procs the draft gods have answered my prayers Chapter 16x - 4/75 Sent Lyn into the woods near all the powerful units, equipped the Mani Katti and had Eliwood take the bottom route to stall the Paladin with an Iron Sword. Lyn was dodgy enough to not get hit at all in addition to being able to wrap up the map by the fourth movement, while gaining three levels that despite ripping her strength combo, hers is five levels above average anyway and she got some interesting growths instead; she's fairly defensive now. She's pulling a lot of weight already and I'm very pleased. Unit Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00 35 16 16 16 16 12 09 SWD-A Lyn 11.02 23 10 14 17 09 05 04 SWD-B Chapter 17 - 5/80 Lyn and Eliwood rushed through the shamans, Lyn was really dodge-happy this time around so I didn't even need to sift the Pure Water on to her. Eliwood was blocked off by shamans when I pushed Lyn ahead to not get murdered by the mercenaries, and tried to Mani Katti the boss, but no crits. Instead she dodges his Luna, and then does it again to kill him on the enemy phase. No complaints. Unit Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00 35 16 16 16 16 12 09 SWD-A Lyn 13.94 24 11 15 19 10 05 04 SWD-B Chapter 18 - 8/88 No idea how you successfully keep Dart out of combat while also offing the boss in six turns. neither Lyn nor Eliwood can rescue him, and I was forced to take the bottom route Unit Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00 35 16 16 16 16 12 09 SWD-A Lyn 15.68 25 13 16 20 12 05 05 SWD-A Chapter 18x - 7/95 Another mad rush where Lyn was clearing a path for Eliwood, including how she 1RKO'd the boss. With Eliwood's level capped there was no reason to kill enemies unless they would interfere with a faster chapter clear. Knights were a pain and ate through Mani Katti uses but I preferred to give Lyn the potential experience and the Rapier is pretty worn down anyway. Unit Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00 35 16 16 16 16 12 09 SWD-A Lyn 19.36 29 16 19 20 15 05 06 SWD-A Chapter 19 - 5/100 Sent Hector next to Merlinus, and the other two through the cavaliers and the paladin boss Unit Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00 35 16 16 16 16 12 09 SWD-A Lyn 20.00 30 16 20 20 16 05 06 SWD-A Chapter 20 - 3/103 Had Ninian push Lyn forward the first turn to clear a bunch of enemies near the boss, then had the same for Eliwood so he could cut off a wyvern rider looking to murder Ninian. Eliwood lent Lyn his Killing Edge and she went to 1HKO the boss with a critical. Unit Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00 35 16 16 16 16 12 09 SWD-A Lyn 20.00 30 16 20 20 16 05 06 SWD-A Ninian 01.23 14 00 00 12 10 05 04 NONE Chapter 21 - 3/106 Eliwood got Ninian'd down through the enemies while she dodged the ballistarcher and Lyn helped clear a path. 1RKO'd the boss using a Rapier. Unit Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00 35 16 16 16 16 12 09 SWD-A Lyn 20.00 30 16 20 20 16 05 06 SWD-A Ninian 01.57 14 00 00 12 10 05 04 NONE Chapter 22 - 4(?)/110 Lyn went west a bit, Eliwood went southwest, they reconverged after Eliwood snatched Hawkeye and Pent did most of the work. Unit Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00 35 16 16 16 16 12 09 SWD-A Lyn 20.00 30 16 20 20 16 05 06 SWD-A Hawkeye 04.00 50 18 14 11 13 14 10 AXE-A Ninian 02.11 15 00 00 13 11 06 05 NONE tfw skipping the tactician thing at the start costs me the Afa's Drops Chapter 23 - 4/114 These are becoming progressively more plain, it seems. Probably because these aren't very long runs of the maps. I've never been on this map before so I was probably inefficient, but I Ninian'd Lyn and Hawkeye on to the boss. Hawkeye made room, Lyn thankfully critikilled Lloyd because he was able to 1HKO if he hit and it went into the enemy phase. Eliwood just beat up some monks near the starting point so Ninian didn't have to lose more health. Unit Lv.EX HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 20.00 35 16 16 16 16 12 09 SWD-A Lyn 20.00 30 16 20 20 16 05 06 SWD-A Hawkeye 04.00 50 18 14 11 13 14 10 AXE-A Ninian 02.11 15 00 00 13 11 06 05 NONE

Is well acquainted with Xenoblade Chronicles.

Fire Emblem Gaiden Admittedly I haven't tried many SNES RPGs, might need to get on that soonish.

I'd get it but I don't know any Europeans who want to get the game. And I'd also have to invest a fair bit of time to play online in the first place, now.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy. This author kid is a rebel, he uses minimalist punctuation and the dialogue is really basic and vague past the first line of a conversation: you need to keep track of who's talking yourself, but that's pretty easy as you get a stronger feel for the characters' personalities. But the simplicity grew on me; it actually began to feeling fitting for the scenario of the book. Would recommend, a strong read.

1. Batman, sounds less generic and thus more interesting to be. 2. Bear, the water would kill me before the shark could; at least I can't drown in grass or whatever. 3. Set on fire, I love me some cold water when I control the intake. Not only does cold water sound dreadful to swim in, it'd be like dying in multiple ways at once since I'm freezing AND drowning, no thanks, that's nightmare fuel. 4. Rich and unknown, I don't know how to cope with masses of attention nor do I want to. Plus, being poor isn't a nice time in the first place.

/intuition

Chapter 15 - 8/58 Sent Eliwood through the mountains because I felt like it., Lyn and friends kinda went through the forest but kinda didn't because I wanted to feed Lyn some kills while it was still a good time for her but didn't want her to get curbstomped. Eliwood kinda ignored the units beyond the mountains, and I used the Killing Edge to critikill the boss in the form of a 1RKO, and immediately seized. Probably could've gotten Lyn more exp, and possibly shaved a turn, but good enough given they got some nice levels. Unit Lv.EXP HP ST SK SP LK DF RS WRANK Eliwood 18.35 33 15 14 16 15 11 08 SWD-A Lyn 05.92 19 06 10 12 06 02 00 SWD-C Praying for Lyn to get strength this time, she was screwed in my ongoing HHM run and barely got speed either.

Chapter 14 - 14/50 Eliwood charged through all the cavaliers at the start with a rapier, Erk died after a while, I brought and sent Marcus to the armory after most of the enemies were dead and have him buy some more swords in preparation for Lyn next chapter. The rain wasn't helpful admittedly and I feel I could probably shave off a turn, but I don't want to restart because I got pretty good level-ups. Name Level HP Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res WRNK Eliwood 16.52 31 13 13 14 14 11 8 A-SWD [AVG] 16 30 12 13 13 14 10 5 N/A tfw my eliwood is barely above his rounded average stats Thought he'd be doing a lot better than that comparatively with that mad resistance stat.

Pretty sure they're called "chips".

so I was coming home late because of parent's evening (went on my own though), was near home by about 7:30pm and because it's nearly winter it looked like it was two in the morning suddenly I hear a bang when I'm waiting at a bus stop, I dropped my stuff and raaaaaaaan turns out it was "supposedly" just fireworks, but is today even (inter)nationally special

the devs were drinking all night

Admittedly I feel like I'm doing fairly poorly. Chapter 13 - 12/29 Marcus had a party on the eastern side the map, meated all of the enemies there while my other units ran to the west for Eliwood to 2HKO the snags and visit the village, then he blitzed through the soldiers and only critted the boss when he would've finished him off anyway, which was dumb. Although I wanted to recruit Guy so I could snatch his killing edge, and couldn't have done it that turn anyway, so it worked out. Name Class Level HP Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res WRNK Eliwood Lord 10.33 25 10 9 11 12 8 5 B-SWD Chapter 13x - 7/36 After the first couple of turns, I let Eliwood run to the village to get some cash and just arranged my rescues and meat units to take the minimal amount of damage from attacks, it also worked out. Name Class Level HP Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res WRNK Eliwood Lord 12.26 27 11 9 12 14 9 7 A-SWD Starting to think my Eliwood believes he's a magic user, with that resistance stat. Would rather that be strength, honestly.