The Old Skool Cult of Kefka, bitches!

[Cloud Strife X]

Firstly, to answer Dyluck's question: Tough choice, that. Back when I first finished SD3, it was my clear favorite over its predecessor (which I had played a good two years before), but today? I don't know if it's just sheer nostalgia, but I enjoy SoM more than its sequel. Irrational, I know. SD3 is better in pretty much every way, so i'll just have to pick that. SoM will always hold more of a special place in my heart, however.

Secondly, a very exciting thing happened for me today: I actually managed to find the ROMs for the original copies of Super Mario Bros. 1-3 on the NES. And by "original", I mean just that: no "super challenge" versions, no "upgraded" versions, no Super Sperm Bros, no Super Zelda Bros. 3, nothing but the good ol' original experience. I don't know if i'm just looking in the wrong places, but every good ROM site I know of won't offer the original three games due to some special copyright enforcement bullshit; they only have a million crappy hacked versions. I've been searching for the original versions for ages now. So yeah, proud moment for me today. I know, I know, I need to figure out how to make better use of my time. Until that proud moment comes, i'll curl up and play Super Mario Bros.

Oh, and jeez, LC, that sounds like it hurts. (Note to self: Duh.) But look, I think that there are certain times that one needs to just put down the videogames for a moment, and I think this qualifies. In all seriousness, here's hoping that it heals up quick, eh?

CP:
Final Fantasy V
Super Mario Bros. 2
Commandos

[Setzertrancer]

I would have to vote for SD3, because as you all stated it is better in everyway. I can understand likeing SOM because of it's original charm, but that's all it is really charm. SD3, was great fun to play and the magic and combat system was very interesting. I wonder why it was never released in english. Oh well.

I've been gaming less lately and spending more time on the internet watching a varieties of TV shows and stuff online for free. Been kinda drifting away from here because it's seemed really inactive or maybe my NOOB rush is over just like Dyluck.

@Dyluck, omg, only 10 more posts to the big grand dude, congrats. Me It still feels so distant especially with how inactive I've been lately.

[Georg Prime]

Yeah one other thing that I think SD3 had going on is it's difficulty. Atleast I felt some of the boss battles in that game were a bit harder than the ones in Secret of Mana. Though I do have to say that both featured some great boss battles, and that to me is always a big deal in rpgs!

Going on with SD3, what are everyone's favorite character(s)? And character combinations? And what classes did you choose?

The very first time I played the game I remember I went with Hawk, Angela, and Kevin. After my file got erased pretty early on into the game I restarted with Duran, Lise, and Kevin (Lise as my main character). This seemed to be my ideal setup. I have yet to play with Carlie at all.

I'd say overall Lise is probably my favorite character, I enjoyed her story of being this amazon princess trying to save her kingdom and her younger brother. Plus i found her to be a very useful and versatile character. Duran, the beastly swordsman was great as well, and after Lise became more of the support character, i found myself controlling him more often.

Classes wise, in final classes, Kevin was a God Hand, Duran a Duelist, and Lise a Fenrir Knight. I really want to replay the game possibly with different characters, but also trying more of the final classes (though I did once used cheats at the end to switch classes at will. It was hard for me choosing between the Vanadis and the Fenrir Knight for Lise, and i had a lot of fun using Death Hand for Kevin)

I'd still love to see an official translation, c'mon i'd rather see SD3 on the DS or VC on the Wii then have any of of these new games! Just think if you could have ONLINE sd3, oh man I don't even want to think about it. *drools* Square, stop messing around with this Children of Mana and Heroes of Mana crap and give us an official SD 3! Wow, actually doing some research i found out there that there are a lot of rumors and speculation (with some evidence) that SD3 might be released on the DS with Heroes of Mana. In some magazine articles in JeuxFrance, SD3 screenshots were included in the magazine. And the thing is, they weren't in SNES style resolution, they were in the wider DS format! *begins to soil pants*

@Setzer, thanks man, I can't believe I'm so close to getting there. I wasn't really paying attention to until last nite when i noticed I had 989! I'll probably hit it within the next few days. I'm sure we all will go thru active/inactive times though.

[ZRO]

Either that or you're like me where you're really just not that active at all, because you keep your head WAY too far in one game. <.<; I've still yet to even bother to try and play that Seiken Densetsu series, so I've no clue about any of it. XD I loved Secret of Mana tho, and found the other Mana games I played to be enjoyable (Legend of Mana on PSX I think, and I can't remember the name of the one that was on GBA x.x; ). To be honest, I think I need to get my head out of FFXI, but hell, trying to get everything I can done on there takes so ****in long all the time. Not to mention there's that whole "I'm paying for it, so I'm going to get as much playtime as possible out of it" mentality that it inspires. XD

CP:
FFXI, duh.

[Georg Prime]

Well you've played a bit of the series if you have played Secret of Mana and Legend of Mana. If you enjoyed Secret of Mana, you'd love SD3, it's a godlike game no doubt. I have to say though, even though it does have multiple storylines, I almost prefer Secret of Mana's storyline over it. The mana series as a whole has a great storyline, but Secret of Mana has to be my favorite storyline. I've only played Secret of Mana, SD3, Legend of Mana, and Sword of Mana (though only finished the first 3). I haven't played many of the newer games like Children of Mana though.

Heh, i definitely see your thoughts on FF XI. That's kinda the reason I don't play online rpgs, because I definitely would get sucked in not only because of the addictive nature, but also to get my money's worth. SOMEDAY I will play that game, and play until i have no soul or a life. I wonder if they are going to make a sequel to it anytime soon?

Anywayz, I've been trying to post a lot in the "ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer" thread, but found that posting in there doesnt even increase my post count!? Heh, just trying to get to 1,000. ALMOST THERE..(1 more)..edit: nevermind i got it!

In terms of old school gaming, does anyone miss the difficulty and intense-ness (yeah that's definitely not a word) of the oldschool 2D shooters, a la Gradius, R-Type, etc?

I was just thinking of all the great times I had playing those games when i was young, and how damn hard they were. One of my favorites was UN Squadron, a game developed (i think), my capcom's US development studio and released for the SNES. The games are definitely a dying breed though, but i'm glad games like Ikaruga still exist (long live Treasure, one of the greatest developers ever!). I was thinking of these because of the Wii's VC, and how many GREAT oldschool games like those shooters are being released for it! AND Super Castlevania IV..*drools*

[Setzertrancer]

@Dyluck, HAPPY 1000th post, YAY!! (Confetti) (Fanfare)
Shame you didn't keep the GLC identidy until you passed the line, I remember you better as the guy who kept changing his name between varieties of GeneralLeoChristophe. I'm planning to overhaul my identidy the moment I reach 1000 posts, not my username, that'll never change except for the Caps you may have noticed. But I'm going to change to something completely different from my stan theme at the big 1 grand. But, (sniff) still nearly 200 to go, such big plans, so very distant.

Anyway, the greatest Oldskool 2D shooter I have play is by a long shot 'Tyrian'. Notice how much I emphasise it. That's because that's what this game deserves it was so ahead of it's time in awesomeness. It was kind of like the 1942 etc. games on an overdose of steriods. It had crazy insane weapons like the Orange juicer and banana blast. mind you only are few weapons were foodstuff, but they were the ones that made you lol in delight. Anyway there are over 80 of these awesomely creative weapons that each have 11 levels of upgradability, from just shooting one weak little banana to shooting 15 bananas at once in every direction posible. Honestly the creativity and fun factor of the weapons themselves make this game perfect but them I could continue to talk about how awesome everything else in the game is froms it's story mode to it's 2 player mode and the different ship types. Anyway it's decided I'm going to write a review about this soon and do better justice then ranting about it here will.

In my current gaming news nearly up to Sky Temple, but I can't figure out what to do after getting that chick's memory back, please help.

Also I recently got an issue of Retro Gamer magazine. Which was a great read and I'm going to keep collecting it now and maybe even back order.

[Georg Prime]

Appreciate the congrats Setzer! It's hard for to me to believe that I only joined this october and I already have over 1,000 posts. Kinda crazy for sure. Yeah, It is kind of a shame, I went through three different versions of General Leo while here. I'm just mad that the best name, "General Leo" is taken. I plan on going through many identity changes as dead heroes from my favorite old school games. Chrono Trigger is next on my list, I think you guys could take a good guess on who I'm being. I mite do SD3 and Earthbound in the future too. Regardless, I will always be General Leo at heart. Speaking of Chrono Trigger, looks like my Chrono based club was doomed before it even began! It could be too early to call it's fate, but maybe it will sometime see a little action sometime. Due to the overwhelming posts in regards to Chrono related threads, I figured we had some Chrono fans here. Oh well though.

I'll definitely have to look into that game Setzer, what console was it for? The weapons in that game sound absolutely ridiculous, fruit guns??. The two player modes in those games are definitely the best though. I'll look foward to learning more in your review though. I'd love to get a subscription to a retro gaming magazine, I didn't really know any existed though. *LONG LIVE THE OLD SCHOOL BITCHES!* Has anyone played Square's very own old school style shooter, Einhander for the PS 1?

In non-old school news, Rogue Galaxy is out very soon and I'm pumped about that! Funny thing is, I'm not even done with Okami. I've been playing it in such small amounts lately for some reason, a lot of the time not at all. Just kinda been busier, and more often than not, I'm playing Day of Defeat: Source instead. I know it's a pretty short game though, and I'm probably around 50%-75% done with it already. Gotta get it done before I go head first into Rogue Galaxy.

[Scorpian]

Dead club is dead? o.O
Not much hooting and hollering from me. Been engrossed in The Sims 1 and Tie Fighter mostly. So not nearly as much Old Skoolness as I would..well ok Tie Fighter IS old skool enough for me I guess lol Anyways...um..yeah...OH with this post I am become A Dark Knight!! mwahahaha

[Setzertrancer]

I loved the Sims 1 and used to have every expansion pack and played it so much I tired every career twice over. However because I had played Sims 1 so much when I went and bought Sims 2 I found that it was too much of the same and since I had gotten sick of Sims 1, Sims 2 didn't keep me interested for much longer even with all it's expansion packs. Seasons looks like it may be a fun expansion though. Pets I havn't gotten yet and I'm not sure if I want to Pets dosn't sound like a particulary interesting addition to the game. Seasons however has new careers and that's probably one of my favourite things in the game. I would probably enjoy other things like going into town, but the load time are so long I avoid going into town like the plague. University is probably my favourite expansion so far because it was such a refreshing change from the normal type of game.

Okami sounds really cool, but I don't think it's going to be released here for a while as the game isn't even in the coming soon section of the game store. The magazine I got is called Retro Gamer and it's great I've played a few more old-skool game that I never would have known about otherwise. Like a VGA remake of King's Quest 3, when I found out about that I hunted it down and played it.

That's all I can think of to update about my oldskooling I'm looking forward to getting some Wiipoints soon so I can buy some classic games.

[Georg Prime]

Yeah, they have a lot of classic games already on the Wii, definitely a lot more to come too.

Yeah Okami is pretty cool, sometimes a little bit lacking in the action and difficulty department, but one hell of a great game for sure. Two big thumbs up from Dyluck. It's not exactly a game for everyone though, I can some people being turned off by it's very japanese influence, charm, humor and it's graphics. Probably will make my top 10 list..probably. It's hard for me to rate my all time favorite game though.

Is there really a VGA remake of King's Quest 3? I grew up playing Sierra's King's Quest/Quest For Glory Series. The only King's Quests I have played are V and VI though, I'd love to check out newer versions of the original though. Some of those old point and click adventure games used to be TOUGH. I remember in King's Quest V I saved at the wrong time at the end of the game and whenever I would load I'd die, basically I screwed myself over COMPLETELY. The newer King's Quest/Quest for Glory games definitely aren't the same as the old ones.

I too liked the Sims, I went a little custom skin/house crazy though. Created a house with Cloud, Squall, Cyan, and Sabin in it. Then had a house of naked lesbians. Then I had the white house which was home to Jesus and a Nun, and uh oh! , they had a baby! Jesus didn't want the world to know though, so I locked him in a room then deleted the door. Haha good times with the Sims, definitely got played out for me though, and that's why I never got into the Sims 2. Just kinda got old to me especially when I used the money cheats.

In oldschool gaming news, I hope to be checking out Tyrian soon enough and once I am done with the few of the games I got going on, I'm thinking of replaying some old snes rpgs, possibly Ogre Battle and Seiken Densetsu 3.

*LONG LIVE THE OLDSCHOOL, SLAY THE N00BS!!*

[Setzertrancer]

I didn't like Ogre Battle much, what I never got about it was how little interactivity you would have in the game, you would get into a battle just to watch a CPU do the battle for you. I found that boring and didn't get very far in either Ogre Battle or the N64 one.

I've been trying to get Guantlet Legends fo work on my n64 emulator and it seems imposible even with 5 different plug-ins. One worked but only at 10 fps most other wouldn't even let me run the game. I don't understand why Majora's Mask and Conker's Bad Fur Day and even Perfect Dark work with no or little problems, with the defauly Plug-in but Gauntlet Legends won't work no matter what I try. Help appreciated.

Since I couldn't Get Gauntlet working I decided to try Phantasy Star IV for Genesis instead, because it appeared by many sources to be the best RPG on the Sega. Gonna play it when I get home from work, which is why I'm procrastinating with this message right now, better get back to it.

Heh, I'll talk about some funny Sims experiences I had next time when I have more time.

[Georg Prime]

Yeah that's true, It's kind of like in FF XII where you don't exactly completely control the characters but you can alter their strategy mid battle so you do still have a bit of control. Mostly you just want to make the right preparations before battle, what troops you put together, classes, etc. I thought it was a great game for it's time, being a realtime strategy rpg, in comparison with all the other turn based ones. It's gameplay was unlike anything else at the time. And it had a lot of replay value, depending on how you played the game, what characters you recruited, what classes you played with, how you defended towns, etc. I think it had up to 13 possible endings! I never got to play Ogre Battle 64 though, It's probably going to be on the top of my list if it ever gets released on the VC, or else I mite try to purchase it online or something. I'd say I like Tactics Ogre more than Ogre Battle though, that's more of your typical strategy rpg for sure. Both parts of the series are great imo though.

That's crazy about gauntlet legends not working though. That's one of the few gauntlet games I have beat (a friend and I never made it through Gauntlet IV for the genesis). My friend and I rented it one day and it took us awhile but we went thru it in 2 player mode, getting all the extra classes, etc. Simple games, but I think they can be pretty fun, especially in multiplayer mode. I actually wanted to try to rent and do the same for the newest PS2 version, but my Blockbuster doesn't even carry the game.

Phantasy Star IV is great, I wouldn't say it's the best rpg on the genesis, one of them though. I personally like the Shining Force series better, and in terms of Phantasy Star, I think II takes the cake as the best in the series (don't even bother with III i'd say though). I think to this day, Phantasy Star II is probably the hardest rpg I have played, if not, one of them for sure. I wanted to rip my hair out playing this when I was younger. IV is definitely good though, but I'd put it behind II.

Speaking of Genesis RPGs, i was reading Play magazine at work and read an article about this game Beggar Prince, originally a Chinese Genesis RPG released in 1995, it was translated to english by super fight team and is actually being OFFICIALLY released on Genesis carts. First commerical release since 1998, long live the old school!!

[Setzertrancer]

I think Guantlet Legends is the greatest Guantlet game ever made. I heard dispointing things about the more recent ones. I used to play it with two other players and it was insanely fun. It's one of the greatest multiplayer experiences I've ever had. I prefur cooperation over competition.

I've been playing Paper Mario for the N64 recently and wow, is that a great game or what. It is really cool seeing so many classic Mushroom Kingdom characters appear in an RPG. I also liked the small damage scale on the game. I mean 9 damage is awesome and your HP maxes out at 50. I think more RPGs should utilize the Action command idea, but it's practically become trademarked to Mario RPGs as they've been in them since the first one on Snes. Right now I'm giving superstar saga a try. Although it is quite good it is nowhere near as good as paper mario. I would really like to play 1000 year door or whatever paper mario 2 is called but I don't have a gamecube . I'm hopeing Nintendo might release GC games on the virtual console.

[Jin]

Ummm, yeah, I'm just going to bump this page up...even though I have been playing absolutely nothing.

I do have a renewed desire to get a Wii though. Apparently, many of the Homestarrunner games will be available for download and will work with the wiimoteamajig. Hella tight, yo...never shall I say that again.

Other than that, just the periodic round of Battlefront 2. Watching the movies always renews my desire to play that.

Oldest school is D&D.

Gauntlet Legends was an awesome game, although it's the only I've played in the series. Food is good.

CP:
Battlefront...kind of

[Georg Prime]

Heh, thank you Jin, i was thinking about doing the same although I don't have a lot of old school news to report. I guess lately i've been living the motto, that we are too busy playing games to post on here. And with that, i've been lost in the galaxy, ROGUE GALAXY that is! I got it opening day, and it's been sucking my life away ever since.

This is such a fantastic and original rpg. While it may have a few issues, an unoriginal, cliche, and very predictable story being one, at the end of the day it is simply one of the most fun rpgs I have played in a long time. Not saying it's better than FF XII, just a lot different, almost completely the opposite in every aspect. FF XII is slow moving at the beginning, this throws you right into the action, the license grid and other gameplay issues are very confusing, the revelation flow (rogue galaxy's upgrade system) is very similar to the license grid but is SO easy to use, so stream lined, and doesn't make every character seem generic seeing that each characters have their separate upgrades and abilities. If you complained about the battles being boring in FF XII because you don't control the characters, the battles in this game are intense and action packed due to the fun real time battle system. Think Kingdom Hearts..but much better and complex. And it's not just about button mashing either, there is a lot of strategy needed, especially with the awesome boss battles! Plus there is almost nothing to break up the game, load times are basically non existent, everything is seamless from battles to entering towns and buildings.

Anyhoo, I'm hoping to write a review by next week sometime once I am about done with the game. Three cheers for Rogue Galaxy, easily one of the best rpgs on the ps2!

And that's great news about the Wii Jin, I hadn't heard that. Those homestar runner games are hilarious. The Wii is definitely on the top of my list for next gen consoles but I still have a lot of life to squeeze out of my ps2 before I get into it. There's still A LOT of games I want to play. I'm glad to see more oldschool classics land on the Wii like Contra 3. That game is f***in tough! Maybe I'll finally get a chance to beat it!

[maxpower]

Hey sorry I have been slacking. I finished school and life is really crazy.

Anyhow in old school news. I busted out the 16-bit super Nintendo! I forgot how awesome that console is! I have been playing the heck out of games like earthbound and super mario RPG.

I think that this club should have an activity of sorts. SO just as a suggestion what if we make a new Old School Cult of Kefka, bitches holiday and claim that like FEB 21 or some day this month is official 16 bit day (or old school day)! And you celebrate by only playing games that were made for a 16-bit console for that day. You could invite friends over to play super mario world, or Street Fighter II and make a whole party out of it. Also we could use this holiday to promote our club we could make banners or sigs suggesting that other members join in on our holiday.

It's just an idea and I just pulled the dat of FEB 21 out of my rear end but it might be worth doing. Any ideas?

[Georg Prime]

Hey, props for busting out the SNES maxpower! I wish I could do the same, my friend lost my power adapter to mine that he was borrowing and I don't know where I can find another. Any ideas anyone?

I'm all game for a 16bit game, sounds like a good old school idea to me! As for banners, we do have the crowns Maxpower. I'm not sure if you were here when we were talking about them. Check out loco's sig for his crown. He was making some, I think him and I are the only ones with crowns as of now though. I don't have mine is my sig because I'm not General Leo at the moment though.

LONG LIVE THE OLD SCHOOL BITCHES!

[LocoColt04]

I'd post more myself, but as many of you already know, I bought a Nintendo Wii last Friday, so I've been without oldschool games for a short while now. When I can afford to, though, I'm definitely going to get a Wii Classic Controller and start collecting some of the titles available for purchase. /grin

As for me, lately, videogaming has been limited to whatever I borrow from work for the Wii as well as a ton of Guitar Hero II and then FFXI, of course.

...but to be specific, here's EVERYTHING in my CP for the past week:


Pokemon LeafGreen (GBA)
Diddy Kong Racing (NDS) (yes, that's right, it's NOT released to the public yet)
Advanced Wars: Dual Strike (NDS)
Excite Truck (WII)
Wario Ware (WII)
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (WII)
Wii Sports (WII)
Final Fantasy XI (PC)
Guitar Hero (PS2)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Soul Calibur III (PS2)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)


...and while I DO have my copy of Rogue Galaxy, I refuse to remove the wrapping until I finish at least two of the other RPGs I'm in the middle of at the moment -- a list which includes Shadow Hearts, FFXII, DQVIII, and three others for the PS2.

[Cloud Strife X]

Like pretty much everyone else (so it seems), I haven't said much of anything lately because I haven't played anything old-school lately. In my case, it's because my laptop died on me, and hence I can't use any of my emulators anymore. *sob* I'd love to break out with my SNES, but since it's in the US and i'm in Norway, there isn't much I can do. So, the only game i've played at all in the last few weeks has been Counter-Strike (LAN parties for the win!), and too much of it. I've almost gotten my external hard drive to work again (yes, it broke too), and it's got Starcraft, Medieval: Total War and a few other gems on it, so the situation's not too bad. Until then, though...

CP:
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero. *cries softly*

[azrafel]

Not been up to much lately. Although I may pick up Star Ocean (snes) soon and play through that.

On another note : I've finally moved into the Next Generation. I've bought a ps2 (no, that's not a typo). It only took me 8 years to buy one. Lol.

CP : Star Ocean 3 : Till the End of Time

[Georg Prime]

Star Ocean for the SNES is a great game I thought, especially considering the time it was doing some great and innovative new things. I've played all 3 games in the series to the max, and I still conclude that Star Ocean: The Second Story is the best in the series though they all are great and amazing games.

I'm still playing through Rogue Galaxy, though I'm stuck on this stupid one on one battle. It's funny because some reviews I have heard of the game say It's really hard and some say really easy. My experience thus far (about 15 hrs), is that the game definitely isn't that hard, but definitely not overly easy at the same time. I'll put it this way, if you have enough healing items and stay on your toes, you won't have much of a problem. Some of the enemies can wipe you out pretty fast if you aren't careful though. I know for a fact that the game was dumbed down from the Japanese version which people complained was too hard. I really don't mind that much, it goes with the overall fun feel of the game, it's such a nice lighthearted break after the serious nature of FF XII.

God this game has so much going on though, I've spent a shit load of time just messing around with the weapon synthesis system and upgrading my weapons. Fun stuff for sure.

I don't know why, I've never been able to get into CS. I'm a pretty hardcore Day of Defeat: Source player (im in the top 40 or atleast usually top 100 of most of the servers I play on a regular basis, 32 at the moment in my favorite. ), but CS is too hardcore and intense for me and my skills don't seem to transfer over well. Even though people say If you are good at one, you'll be good at the other, I feel like it's apples and oranges here. Day of Defeat seems like more of a pure team based game and takes a little more thinking and strategy while CS seems more like lightning fast trigger fingers and knowing maps like the back of your hand. You definitely die in CS A LOT faster than in Day of Defeat too.

[LocoColt04]

I don't know why, I've never been able to get into CS. I'm a pretty hardcore Day of Defeat: Source player (im in the top 40 or atleast usually top 100 of most of the servers I play on a regular basis, 32 at the moment in my favorite. ), but CS is too hardcore and intense for me and my skills don't seem to transfer over well. Even though people say If you are good at one, you'll be good at the other, I feel like it's apples and oranges here. Day of Defeat seems like more of a pure team based game and takes a little more thinking and strategy while CS seems more like lightning fast trigger fingers and knowing maps like the back of your hand. You definitely die in CS A LOT faster than in Day of Defeat too.

Holy shit dude, the people who say they're practically the same are practically retarded. The games, while they both utilize the Source engine, have completely different mechanics and physics, and therefore play nothing like one another. For the record, I suck pretty hardcore at DoD:S.

You're right about the difference between the two though. CS:S is all about reflexes and map memorization -- the latter, I'm excellent at, though the former still needs work. My aim is spot-on, and I never miss... the problem is that my reaction times are usually slower than those of the other person. If I get the first shot off, I live, plain and simple. I just happen to die more often than kill simply because of my slow reaction time.

CS:S isn't ENTIRELY about that, though. Strats come into play when you're in competitive leagues like CAL (Cyberathlete Amateur League) as I am.

Gee Loco, that's all you've been playing for the last week?

If it's any consolation, my list of games for this past week's play is incredibly small in comparison...

Final Fantasy XI (PC)
Ar tonelico (PS2)
Wii Sports (WII)
Final Fantasy VI (GBA)

[Cloud Strife X]

I don't know why, I've never been able to get into CS. I'm a pretty hardcore Day of Defeat: Source player (im in the top 40 or atleast usually top 100 of most of the servers I play on a regular basis, 32 at the moment in my favorite. ), but CS is too hardcore and intense for me and my skills don't seem to transfer over well. Even though people say If you are good at one, you'll be good at the other, I feel like it's apples and oranges here. Day of Defeat seems like more of a pure team based game and takes a little more thinking and strategy while CS seems more like lightning fast trigger fingers and knowing maps like the back of your hand. You definitely die in CS A LOT faster than in Day of Defeat too.

Haha, yeah, I guess that's true - reflexes are everything, which is why I tend to die so much - more often than not I end up leading in kills, but i'm usually leading in deaths at the same time, or close to it. And yes, I know every little nook and cranny of every good CS map, and even a few shitty ones. But once you've got it all down, the game is worth it.

Oh, and i've never played DoD, so I can't compare 'em. It sounds like a good time, though, and maybe a nice change of pace from CS, which we play EVERY WEEK. I'll look into it.

Cloud, that avatar is SICK!!!

Bow down and respect tha T, foo'! I just figured it made sense, with my Mr. T-worshipping history on TFF and all.

In any event, a small update on my computer situation: since I can't get my personal laptop to work, I just took the hard drive out and placed it in an external box, so now I at least have access to my ROMs. But I can't make any of my SNES save states work, so all my progress on FF5 has come to naught. *cries again*

CP:
CounterStrike:CZ
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

[Dauragon]

Cloud, that avatar is SICK!!!

Ahem.

Gee Loco, that's all you've been playing for the last week?

I haven't played something old school in soooooo long. The oldest game I've played recently is Twinsen's Odyssey, which happens to be 3D, but also happens to be about 10 years old. Fun game. That was about a month ago, when I had more free time, so I haven't really been playing much of anything since then. Sigh. Just the way it goes.

CP: Budweiser. Its replay value is pretty good.

[Victoria]

Let's see. My setup for the week is this:

Suikoden Tactics - PS2
And.. what you see here in my sig, too.

Don't really have too much to add except I got my taxes done today. I get 161$ back, whee. o_o;

[Plastik Assassin]

I haven't posted here in ages. I have lurked it daily though.

No old school lately, except for about 5 minutes on Carmageddon for the PC. God that game is horrible. I got such a kick out of it when I was 13 though...

Working my ass off, sleeping little, and loving every second of FFXII. I may be alone in this, but I think that this one is my favorite so far. Plotwise its a little thin, and the license board is gay, but I can't seem to put it down....

So yeah. Still alive. Just lurking.

CP: Final Fantasy XII ( PS2 )
That bouncy game on my iPod ( iPod )

[Scorpian]

Noticing alot of us elder members of the cult ( aside from LC ) aren't posting much lately, I myself haven't had a post on TFF at all in a few weeks. Busy busy ya know? As far as gaming, for me it's slowed to a crawl. Outside of Modding on FFL ( byond://72.138.177.132:9868 ) I haven't touched so much as a controller ( except to watch DVD's ) in a good while. Too much preparing for my son's bday and working I chalk it up to. But, oh well, at least I'n here letting youse guys know I'm still alive and kicking ( such as it is ). I'll try and keep an eye out for the gang , but if I know them their too busy in FFXI-Land to talk to anyone XD

[Dawezy]

Meh, its all good~

Aside from the occasional injection of various Hentai genres and FFXI gametime I've been occupied with shit around my new place, incase I forgot to mention I recently moved out of my mum's place. Sharing a unit with my brother now, 3 bedroom 2 story joint.. its rather spacious but I still have alot of shit to sort out and my usual pile of junk centered in room. Amazingly enough I logged out of FFXI early tonight where ZRO and I have been going rather spastic with randomness and he flashed me with this extremely addictive retro movie.. you've been fore-warned this River-City Random flash is FULL OF WIN AND GOLD!

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/28805

During my Offline period when I was moving house I spent quite alot of time playing Oblivion and I couldnt resist taking a few shots..

Got Arrow?
I'm with stupid!
The highlight of this scroll made me laugh.. (lolWhore.jpg is filename incase TFF censors it out)
Yes, yes I do.
Dark Brotherhood storyline is sweet, couldnt resist.

And one late night on FFXI during Besieged I was rather drunk, so the screenshot speaks for itself. XD

I WUV U TOO >:3

Oy (".")/

EDIT: Oh, and because I can: http://www.dawezy.com/random/pirate.swf ARR!
EDIT2: Full song here

[Georg Prime]

^Looks back to CS posts^ Oh yeah, CS definitely requires strategy too, I guess It's just a lot different than DoD. I too have a friend who is in a Cal-I clan, or is Cal-O? I've seen him wipe out entire teams. Damn maybe you'd know better than me with those names I don't really remember. I used to actually play CS 1.5 awhile ago, I was decent at it. If I practice enough in Source I can get good, once I learn the maps, I have great aim for sure I've been accused of hacking in DoD on a few occasions (mostly by crybaby n00bs who don't know what they are talking about), I don't always have the fastest reflexes but usually I do good. One day I decided to practice CS all day and I got good but then when i switched back to playing DoD i did horrible. Heh, I feel like I can't be good at both at once, so I'm just sticking with DoD.

@Plastik, I really liked FF XII, certainly a lot more than a lot of recent games in the series. It's definitely up there for me, but not one of my all time top favorites. You gotta give it props for doing so many new things, but some things like the license board weren't really implemented right I think, but it was a good concept. I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing, but it felt so much like a MMORPG to me, I'm not sure coming from you FF XI players if that's good, but I don't play any really. Overall, I think It'd be around 4 or 5 or so on my list (behind VI, Tactics, IV, I, and MAYBE IX)

@Dawzey, Hilarious Oblvion pics, I have played it briefly at a friend's house. Definitely a lot of fun, he completed the Dark Brotherhood storyline awhile ago, I'm not sure what he is doing now though. You don't even have to be doing much to be amused in that game though.

So yeah I've been plugging more hours into Rogue Galaxy, I think I'm at around 25 hrs or so which is probably half way or more with the main quest. I'm at Chapter 9, and there are 13 total so seems like it should be more, but this game has more sidequests, mini games, and stuff that I can shake a stick at. In a world of overly cinematic rpgs, It's nice to see a game that revolves around it's great gameplay. Did i mention the dungeons and towns in this game? They make FF XII's look like ant hills, I swear I spent 5+ hours in one recently, these things are huge, expansive, and just damn time consuming. The game has a strange over abundance of save points though so it's never that big of a deal..anyhoo..

LONG LIVE OLD SCHOOL BITCHES KEEP SLAYING N00BS!

[Jin]

Death to Oblivion! >=( Except when playing with the corpses. That's good fun.

FINALLY, I've been doing some old skool gaming again. I randomly decided to start playing, dun dun dun, SIM CITY 2000 again and I'm completely hooked. Let's party like it's 1994. =)

Those people though, such whiners. They want better funding for schools, police, etc but bitch about high taxes. Eeesh.

Other than that, random Rise of Nations and Civ 4 runs.

CP:
Sim City 2000
Rise of Nations
Civilization 4