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Title: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on May 23, 2008, 10:16:25 pm
Similar to the XQZ ME WTF R U DOIN? thread in concept, but rather than post what you're doing, you post whatever bizarre thing went into your head and needs an outlet. Can be anything, positive, negative, normal, wierd.

Aside from this topic being a random stray thing in my brain, I have this to vent: I really need to start taking the good advice others give me, and the good advice I give myself, and stop worrying, stop being petty, stop being selfish, and start thinking positive more often.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Ellendesu on May 24, 2008, 01:55:00 am
I wish my current fling would want to do things other than sex more often.

I never thought I'd say that, but everytime they come over, its the first thing that winds up happening, I took them to see the new Indiana Jones movie, I take them out to dinner, play video games, all the stuff they like to do, but yet I can't seem to avoid getting jumped.

I'm not so much complaining as I'm afraid the entire relationship is being based on sex.

I'm thinking about how I'm gonna get a job tomorrow and its going to be awesome.

and I'm thinking about the 100s of rounds of ammo I'm gonna blow off after getting said job. FUCK. YES!
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on May 24, 2008, 03:42:29 am
It's absurdly hot in here.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Ellendesu on May 24, 2008, 11:47:59 am
If I don't get a job by next month I'm joining the fucking military.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Ellendesu on May 24, 2008, 02:48:04 pm
I got the fucking job. I know it.

YAY I DONT HAVE TO GO TO IRAQ!
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on May 24, 2008, 04:05:11 pm
Quote from: Atrician on May 24, 2008, 02:48:04 pm
I got the fucking job. I know it.

YAY I DONT HAVE TO GO TO IRAQ!

Yay! I'm happy for you! I just started my job on Thursday... I was so so very nervous... But it turned out alright and I really enjoy it, aside from getting up at 6 and not getting out until 5... ._.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Xierfrogs on May 24, 2008, 04:10:39 pm
Wishing there was some way to hum a song while typing. It just turns in to "hmm hmm hmmmmmm" and so on.

Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on May 24, 2008, 04:23:28 pm
Quote from: BubblegumCake on May 24, 2008, 04:05:11 pm
Yay! I'm happy for you! I just started my job on Thursday... I was so so very nervous... But it turned out alright and I really enjoy it, aside from getting up at 6 and not getting out until 5... ._.
That's me. I've got a class now that's like a job, except I often don't get to stop til 7 or so. =D

Random Thought: I need to quit listening to these damned songs that make my mood go goofy.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Hyperguy on May 24, 2008, 07:33:46 pm
3D video games are just grown men playing with dolls, except this time the dolls are made of polygons and math instead of joints and plastic.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bbqostrich-sama on May 24, 2008, 07:53:14 pm
They're not dolls, they're "figures" >:O
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on May 25, 2008, 06:26:59 am
Suddenly, it's obscenely easy to just plain not care about stuff. Maybe I slept it off?
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on May 25, 2008, 07:41:32 am
Quote from: Atrician on May 24, 2008, 02:48:04 pm
I got the fucking job. I know it.

YAY I DONT HAVE TO GO TO IRAQ!


Quote from: BubblegumCake on May 24, 2008, 04:05:11 pm
Yay! I'm happy for you! I just started my job on Thursday... I was so so very nervous... But it turned out alright and I really enjoy it, aside from getting up at 6 and not getting out until 5... ._.

You'll feel better after you get your first paycheck.  But you're still geared toward "school" and it'll take about two months before "working" feels normal.  Happens to everyone.


So what are you new working-types doing in your jobs?  (When I'm not wearing a mask and cape and fighting crime, I have a desk job as a programmer/systems analyst.)
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: YunaChou on May 25, 2008, 09:22:18 pm
WHY ARE GEORGIANS FUCKING PENNY PINCHING ASSHOLES THAT THINK THE RED CROSS IS A SCAM?
GODDAMN IT
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on May 25, 2008, 10:24:58 pm
Note to self; Next time I need to change my grip on a wax figure, I need to put down the hot palette knife I was going to use to shape it, rather than flip it around so I can tap myself in the forearm with it when I bend my wrist. >_<

EDIT: I used my 2000th post to try and advise a new user without realizing it. Naturally, that post has gone completely ignored.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on May 26, 2008, 01:08:19 pm
That Trashy guy's rant to get Viper was hilarious.  I hope he comes back.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on May 27, 2008, 09:32:08 pm
Quote from: YunaChou on May 25, 2008, 09:22:18 pm
WHY ARE GEORGIANS FUCKING PENNY PINCHING ASSHOLES THAT THINK THE RED CROSS IS A SCAM?
GODDAMN IT

And I want to know why they can't build a reservoir to trap water for Atlanta during drought seasons instead of hunting my native soil (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/02/20/tennborder_0221.html).  (See here (http://www.wdef.com/news/tennessee_lawmaker_files_resolution_refuting_georgias_border_advance_for_water/02/2008) for our response.)

God "dam" it!
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on May 27, 2008, 09:35:15 pm
I keep meaning to write down a ton of the stuff I think when I'm alone, but I do 95% of such thinking in the car, where I can't write it for risk of death or injury.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Xierfrogs on May 27, 2008, 10:10:40 pm
I do write the stuff down but I never remember where the crap I put it.

My brain is set on permanent shuffle. it plays about 2/3 of a song and then switches genres entirely
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on May 29, 2008, 09:17:00 pm
Downloading MSN Messenger was futile.[/Auron]
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on May 30, 2008, 05:14:06 pm
Gundam Seed has some awesome music.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on May 30, 2008, 10:26:56 pm
You speak in riddles. Let me see my enemy and I will cleave his skull to the teeth.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on May 31, 2008, 03:04:58 pm
Mongol General: Conan! What is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on June 03, 2008, 08:47:26 pm
I am very angry and cannot find an acceptable way to vent. I am going to explode.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: prominence on June 04, 2008, 10:15:20 am
Dumb video game characters like (insert name here) make me angry.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Hyperguy on June 05, 2008, 03:45:08 am
There are too many black robes in Mabinogi.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on June 05, 2008, 07:29:08 pm
Can't rely on people for anything.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on June 05, 2008, 11:27:06 pm
Thunderstorms are fun to watch.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: prominence on June 05, 2008, 11:48:44 pm
I was in a hailstorm once, with winds up to 70 miles an hour.  I didn't weigh very much.  in other news, i lament the passing of the red flag era.  sorry xierfrogs.  it's gone.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on June 06, 2008, 10:54:30 pm
Got a date got a date got a date! ^___^ Lunch, then Kung Fu Panda. Hope to God this goes well.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: 黒い灯影 on June 06, 2008, 11:39:11 pm
Good luck on that date... we'll be rooting for ya.

DAMN! I gotta work the night shift.. ohh well that means more money. More to spend on Viper stuff.. and what not.
it kinda sucks.. my work is supposed to end at midnight... but then im on security duty from 12 - 8 am... then work again at 5pm that evening...  at least i'll almost get my 8 hours of sleep.... 
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Ellendesu on June 07, 2008, 09:06:47 am
I'm leaving Kalamazoo to move back home to Hartford, getting an apartment with a special someone. Things have gone better than expected.

Never thought I'd say it, but I'm glad to be leaving this city.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on June 07, 2008, 12:37:19 pm
D&D 4E comes out today.  Sadly I will have to wait a while to actually play a game of it though.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Xierfrogs on June 07, 2008, 06:33:53 pm
Awesome for Atrician, there.

and 4E looks rilly good. Liek, I am the kid who makes up stuff and new monsters 'n such all the time, and it looks like it got thousands of times easier to make your own stuff in 4E. Plus, they unnerfed a lot of classes.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Xierfrogs on June 07, 2008, 06:34:48 pm
WHY IT SO HOT? I HATE HEET. I WANT COLD ALL THE TIME LI3K 51 DEGREES KELVIN WTF HOT GO AWAY.

All three of my meals involved waffles today.
Restaurants ftw.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on June 07, 2008, 08:19:22 pm
Quote from: Xierfrogs on June 07, 2008, 06:34:48 pm
51 DEGREES KELVIN

That's awfully friggin' cold.




Quote from: Xierfrogs on June 07, 2008, 06:34:48 pm
All three of my meals involved waffles today.

I hereby crown thee King of Saturday Meal Time.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Dudemaster47 on June 07, 2008, 10:37:57 pm
I have the capability of doing things without thinking. Even speaking and typing, I don't need to think.

As a result, I am very random.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on June 08, 2008, 12:05:04 am
I win I win I win I win I win
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Mirai Doft on June 08, 2008, 12:23:37 am
Quote from: Xierfrogs on June 07, 2008, 06:34:48 pm
WHY IT SO HOT? I HATE HEET.

A challenger appears! Warm = good.

Quote from: ROMate on June 08, 2008, 12:05:04 am
I win I win I win I win I win

Ehm... congratulations? =P
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: prominence on June 08, 2008, 10:34:46 am
last night my brother graduated from middle school.  I went to their graduation party because it was at one of my best friend's house.  We ended up spending most of the time holed up in his room listening to really loud music (he has a great speaker system) and playing video games like james bond.  anyways, halfway through the party my friend pulls out two huge boxes of fireworks from his closet and we proceed to go out into the field behind his house and light them all off.  It was really exciting.  some of them were the seriously huge ones they use in firework shows.  anyways, it was a whole lot of fun.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on June 08, 2008, 02:53:20 pm
Martian Successor Nadesico is quite possibly the greatest most epic show EVAR!
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Xierfrogs on June 08, 2008, 07:23:55 pm
Quote from: JG00 on June 07, 2008, 08:19:22 pm
That's awfully friggin' cold.

I hereby crown thee King of Saturday Meal Time.


I WILL MAKE COLD A CLOTHING AND PUT IT ON FOREVER

Also, I will rule with a just and...*sniff*...*BWAHAHAHAHA* AN IRON FIST OF IRON AND METAL!

Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on June 19, 2008, 05:14:05 pm
I hate it when a code that was working just fine after a quick edit stops working for obfuscated reasons.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bbqostrich-sama on June 19, 2008, 06:34:03 pm
Pyro achievement pack ruins everything D:
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: 黒い灯影 on June 20, 2008, 01:59:27 am
thought we were gonna party tonight, FACK!
Was hoping to drink and have some fun!
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on June 22, 2008, 05:37:02 pm
It's quiet...too quiet...AH! A BEAR!!!
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Ellendesu on June 22, 2008, 10:00:43 pm
I just came out to my father.

Awkward, but necessary. To prevent awkward-er holiday seasons.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on July 06, 2008, 12:12:15 am
I like corsets. But not the type that are made for like "training" or weird ass S&M shit like that. They don't even have to be lace up, I just like how it looks on my already hourglass figure. I also like lingerie.. But have none... ; ; ::Sniff::
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Ellendesu on July 06, 2008, 09:58:40 am
I'm pregnant.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on July 06, 2008, 10:11:29 am
Quote from: Atrician on July 06, 2008, 09:58:40 am
I'm pregnant.
lol. No you're not. Unless you're speaking in the sense of "I'm pregnant", like "We're pregnant", in that you knocked a girl up, then that's possible.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on July 06, 2008, 12:38:22 pm
Quote from: Atrician on July 06, 2008, 09:58:40 am
I'm pregnant.

Pictures or you're a liar.




Quote from: BubblegumCake on July 06, 2008, 12:12:15 am
I like corsets. But not the type that are made for like "training" or weird ass S&M shit like that. They don't even have to be lace up, I just like how it looks on my already hourglass figure. I also like lingerie.. But have none... ; ; ::Sniff::

Don't say such dangerous things! You'll give Guest a nosebleed.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on July 06, 2008, 01:14:48 pm
Quote from: JG00 on July 06, 2008, 12:38:22 pm
Don't say such dangerous things! You'll give Guest a nosebleed.

Guest.... Guest? (Who I doubt even read these topics) or YOU? With my honey blonde hair and megane? Muahaha.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: prominence on July 06, 2008, 10:05:28 pm
I got to ride a jetski over the weekend for the first time.  It was really fast and I kept almost falling off.  also the Vermont Symphony Orchestra at the Shelburne Farms was really quite beautiful this year.  great music plus lake champlain plus fireworks = a good night.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on July 14, 2008, 10:01:39 pm
Yay for Medicines.  After 5 years my blood pressure is finally back to normal range. (114/72 at the doctor's today.)
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on July 15, 2008, 05:18:13 pm
I saw Kung Fu Panda twice. Yes, it is that good.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on July 15, 2008, 07:44:14 pm
Quote from: ROMate on July 15, 2008, 05:18:13 pm
I saw Kung Fu Panda twice.

Way to go.  You've saved someone else the trouble of spending their money to see yet another humorless Jack Black movie.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on July 15, 2008, 07:53:47 pm
Stupid hot weather, my northwestern US/Northern European body isn't built for it.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on July 15, 2008, 08:28:35 pm
Quote from: JG00 on July 15, 2008, 07:44:14 pm
Way to go.  You've saved someone else the trouble of spending their money to see yet another humorless Jack Black movie.
How the hell was it humorless? o.O Did you actually go see it? It's not at all typical of his usual roles and movies.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Xierfrogs on July 26, 2008, 11:18:13 am
IT RAINED FROM LIEK TUESDAY UNTIL NOW, EXCEPT YESTERDAY, AND IT WAS LOVELY AND COLD, AND THEN THE RAIN DIED. AND I WAS SAD.

WE NEED MOAR RAIN COME BACK RAIN ARGARGARG

In other news, They un-nerfed Viera in FFTA2

Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on July 26, 2008, 01:18:39 pm
Quote from: Xierfrogs on July 26, 2008, 11:18:13 am
IT RAINED FROM LIEK TUESDAY UNTIL NOW, EXCEPT YESTERDAY, AND IT WAS LOVELY AND COLD, AND THEN THE RAIN DIED. AND I WAS SAD.

WE NEED MOAR RAIN COME BACK RAIN ARGARGARG

I agree with that sentiment.  Definitely need more rain up here.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on July 27, 2008, 12:16:23 am
Haiku are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refridgerator
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on July 27, 2008, 06:44:09 pm
Quote from: bfg00 on July 26, 2008, 01:18:39 pm
I agree with that sentiment.  Definitely need more rain up here.

Take mine.  I need to mow my yard but it's rained 7 of the last 10 days.  And I haven't even had a hurricane run me over.





Anyone else finding FFIV for DS much harder than the original?  Its noticably harder than the old FF4J-HardType, too.

Cagnazzo (the water elemental) is a freaking beast in this one.  In the original you could relax while Tellah killed him with nothing more than a pair of Bolt3 spells.  Now they've given him the capability to counter-paralyse and cast both Sleep and Slow on the whole party.  And when he whips up water around him you don't have time to cast Thundaga.  Half the time you can't get Thunder out because Palom's snoozing (he's very susceptible to Sleep) and Tellah's slower than molasses when he's Slowed.  If Cagnazzo does get Tsunami out you're likely doomed as its an instant kill on Palom and Tellah and usually takes Porom out, too. So bring Thunder-casting items (Zeus's Wrath) to stop Tsunami before he finishes it.  I got past him but it still took 5 tries.  Not the cakewalk that battle used to be.

Also, don't try the boss battles at Speed 1.  They'll likely attack twice before you finish selecting your target.  Knock it down to 3 to make things fair.

And lastly, I don't like that alot of useful treasure has been replaced with spell-casting item treasure.  About half the weapons and armor seem to be missing.





Quote from: ROMate on July 27, 2008, 12:16:23 am
Haiku are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refridgerator

That's not how you spell refrigerator, but it helps make your point.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on July 27, 2008, 11:31:43 pm
Yes I know. =D
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Hyperguy on July 27, 2008, 11:46:52 pm
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "If I had a nickel for everytime..."
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: 黒い灯影 on July 27, 2008, 11:56:33 pm
does variations of the sentence count?
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on July 27, 2008, 11:59:00 pm
I want bigger boobs... But not to have to gain weight or have a kid for them.. Or surgery... =D
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on July 28, 2008, 10:41:51 am
Quote from: BubblegumCake on July 27, 2008, 11:59:00 pm
I want bigger boobs... But not to have to gain weight or have a kid for them.. Or surgery... =D
Oh they're fine. =P
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: tetsaru arigashi on July 29, 2008, 08:15:03 am
Quote from: BubblegumCake on July 27, 2008, 11:59:00 pm
I want bigger boobs... But not to have to gain weight or have a kid for them.. Or surgery... =D

There's TONS of different B.E. methods...  o_o;

Quote from: ROMate on July 28, 2008, 10:41:51 am
Oh they're fine. =P

BLASPHEMY!  I may not be a bra... but I DO support big boobs.  =D
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Nitorin on July 29, 2008, 04:23:58 pm
Quote from: JG00 on July 27, 2008, 06:44:09 pm

Anyone else finding FFIV for DS much harder than the original?  Its noticably harder than the old FF4J-HardType, too.


Well I heard that back then...When FFIV was released in Japan.(Snes) It came out in America as FFII.I heard that our version(wich is totally true) was way easier cuz the japanese thought we sucks =P  I did'nt try the version on DS but I played on Ps1 version.It was way harder.Our characthers have less HP and SP too.On Snes the Paladin had so much more HP.

by the way,the boss..humm don't remember his name meh..Well its the part when you only have Yang,Cid and yourself in some Cave.The Bard play a song to help us kill the boss.That boss was a pain in my opinion.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Xierfrogs on July 30, 2008, 12:06:45 am
I am a cat. S-M-R-T.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: DualSoul on July 30, 2008, 02:09:28 am
Quote from: Djaidy on July 29, 2008, 04:23:58 pm
Well I heard that back then...When FFIV was released in Japan.(Snes) It came out in America as FFII.I heard that our version(wich is totally true) was way easier cuz the japanese thought we sucks =P  I did'nt try the version on DS but I played on Ps1 version.It was way harder.Our characthers have less HP and SP too.On Snes the Paladin had so much more HP.

You seem to have missed the part where JG00 mentioned it was harder than the JP FFIV as well.  To anyone who owns the game, how are the dubbed voices?

Quote from: Djaidy on July 29, 2008, 04:23:58 pm
by the way,the boss..humm don't remember his name meh..Well its the part when you only have Yang,Cid and yourself in some Cave.The Bard play a song to help us kill the boss.That boss was a pain in my opinion.

I believe that was the dark elf.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Nitorin on July 30, 2008, 12:19:43 pm
Quote from: DualSoul on July 30, 2008, 02:09:28 am
You seem to have missed the part where JG00 mentioned it was harder than the JP FFIV as well.  To anyone who owns the game, how are the dubbed voices?

I believe that was the dark elf.


meh >_< my bad~   Voices?I saw some previews but I had no idea there are voices.

About Dark Elf I think your right =P
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on July 30, 2008, 06:19:27 pm
Quote from: DualSoul on July 30, 2008, 02:09:28 am
You seem to have missed the part where JG00 mentioned it was harder than the JP FFIV as well.  To anyone who owns the game, how are the dubbed voices?

Pretty good.  It sounds a little electronic though as you'd expect from the compression and downsampling for the DS's capabilities.  Its only used in the really important scenes though.  I'm up to the Three Sisters and there's been maybe 4 or 5 total minutes of voice audio so far.

Graphics-wise, the rest of the game is close to FF7 for ye olde first generation Playstation.  But obviously, there's less screen resolution and the characters are noticably more super-deformed so the faces can be made out more clearly.

But the video! The opening 3 minute video is worth the $40 alone though.  Its got a great frame rate (I'd guess 25 fps) and uses the full resolution of both screens.  I could hardly believe the DS was capable of that quality.

By the way, the game uses the 1 gigabit rom chip for the DS.  The original SNES game was a mere 8 megabit - so the DS version is 128 times bigger.  I'm sure alot of that went to the video.  It also makes one wonder if a faithful remake of FF7 will be in the works in a couple of years.  I think Square could make it happen with a 4Gb chip if they convert half the video to polygon-scenes.

Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on July 30, 2008, 11:35:47 pm
Quote from: JG00 on July 30, 2008, 06:19:27 pm
By the way, the game uses the 1 gigabit rom chip for the DS.  The original SNES game was a mere 8 megabit - so the DS version is 128 times bigger.  I'm sure alot of that went to the video.  It also makes one wonder if a faithful remake of FF7 will be in the works in a couple of years.  I think Square could make it happen with a 4Gb chip if they convert half the video to polygon-scenes.

That would be awesome.  My old copy of FF7 has crapped out on me so I would love to get a new one with update graphics.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on July 31, 2008, 12:02:29 am
Why did Square make all the relatively easy fights hard and all the hard ones easy?

The Magus sisters are so easy now they did maybe 2000 damage tops to me, killing only Yang once during the course of battle.  These ladies are tough in the original, even when you know exactly what to do (that is, to kill Mindy first.)

Yet the formerly easy Calcabrina (the doll in the dwarven castle) now has one hit kills with its 1100+ damage foot stomp counter.  The Calcabrina fight thus evolves into attack, get stomped, cura, cura, jump attack, get stomped, cura, cura, possibly get Hold or Confuse cast against you, repeat.

And right after Calcabrina they throw Golbez at you.  This battle is possibly a game showstopper.   If you've played FF4 you know you get to start this battle with three dead characters and just Cecil and Rydia living.  Well, harder than the original that it is, Golbez doesn't give you a single turn to recover, attacking before you get a chance to do anything with Bio, which forces you to heal with Cecil.  Rydia gets one attack, then the shit hits the fan.  No matter what magic he casts next you're screwed.  Bio, Fira, Blizzara, and Thundara will force Cecil to heal your two members or you'll die from the poison of Bio before his next chance to cast Cura comes around.  Golbez's only other attack is Osmose and thats no better because if he gets Cecil you're healing spells are gone and you're forced to choose between hipotioning both characters until you can't anymore, or ethering one of the two and letting the other die; if he Osmoses Rydia your only means of attack disappears but at least it gives you a turn to get ahead of the poison countdown.  In the original you used to get a chance to phoenix down and heal up Rosa to defend against his attack, but he's too fast in this one.  Every time I revive Rosa he knocks her down before the followup Cura can be cast.  Very aggravating because without both Cecil and Rosa up you're not getting Yang or Kain up either.  Seems that the only way past Golbez is to hope he keeps Osmosing Rydia until Rosa is able to help.  So far I've not seem him cast Osmose twice in a row that you'd need to get Rosa to where she can help.  I got torched by him four times tonight and suspect I'll now have to spend alot of time fighting dark imps to raise some levels before I'll get enough HP to survive the Bio poison countdown for more than one turn.

These boss battles are really starting to piss me off.  The one hit kills and super-counters are too much.  To always do 60-120% damage to a character wearing the maximum armor you can give them at that point in the game is retarded and demonstrates a lack of playtesting.  (They even gave a couple of one hit killers to normal enemies, too.  I got surprised once by a pair of the ice panther enemies and they both cast Icestorm before my characters ATB bars filled, doing 650-700 damage per character and wiping out the whole party before I even got a chance to react. Lousy.)  I don't remember using Cecil to heal much during boss battles but he's doing that more often than attacking now.  Not the role he's intended for but the one the game forces you to play.

I know it sounds like I'm complaining but I think I have a right.  I put FF4 up there behind only Skies of Arcadia and Dragon Quest 4 on my list of all time favorite RPGs, but the DS remake is seriously threatening that ranking.  Its got a lot of eye candy but game-wise its not holding a candle to the original.  Its just too inconsistent in its progression of difficulty from one dungeon to the next and from one boss battle to the next.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Nitorin on July 31, 2008, 01:04:02 pm
>_> meh  Well I'd still like to play. FF4 is pretty much one of my favorite too(even tho FF6 was the best in my opinion). And wow 1 hit kill sucks so bad.Lol even normal monster? >_< I guess you need lot of revive potion(pheonix down?).
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Xierfrogs on August 01, 2008, 11:33:34 am
I loved it in FF6 when you got attacked by the train. It's like "OH SHIT THERE'S A GHOST TRAIN IT'S GOING TO KILL US" but then 1 phoenix down kills it. ><
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on August 02, 2008, 06:23:14 pm
Quote from: Djaidy on July 31, 2008, 01:04:02 pm
I guess you need lot of revive potion(pheonix down?).

You need alot of everything.  Alot of enemies gain status counters and if you're not careful you can run out of the curative items at a bad time.  And if you're really unlucky you can get poisoned or stoned before you're even given the opprotunity to even purchase the needed items (antidote and gold needle respectively.)  All I can recommend is that, as soon as you get the chance, load up on 20 or so gold needles.  Obviously you're using alot more magic in this version than the original, so you need to have some ethers handy every once in a while, too.  I probably burned 15 ethers in the Loadstone Cavern alone, because you constantly need to restock Telleh's black magic and Cecil's white.

I think the games been setup to use a wider area of magic that you used to.  Esuna took a backseat to the curative items in the original - now its a relief when your character learns it for the reasoning above.  On the otherhand Life (now Raise) used to be easy to cast in the original - now its a whopping 25mp and phoenix downs are the way to go unless you've got MP to burn (probably not until you free Rosa, as Telleh's black magic is far more valuable and Cecil [usually] doesnt learn it until you've already got Rosa back.)  And spells you never bothered with in the original are needed now...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Nitorin on August 03, 2008, 02:35:26 pm
hummm The game sound cool but you know what?I hate when they make a game,harder by adding monster with 1-hit-kill,always faster then you(attack first),give them crazy spell that destroy your entire party...You can't no more rely on your *RPG SKILL*. I mean what can you do?Only option left? LV UP
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on August 03, 2008, 08:36:48 pm
Well if you played the original its a good buy - it plays like a hard mode on some other RPGs.  But if you haven't played the original it may be over the top.

Actually I've only spent time leveling up three times: when I first got Rydia and couldn't go far from Kaipo before she'd die; when I first got the twins and they couldn't go far from Mysidia before dying, and when I got Rosa back and immediately went underground to face Golbez (see above).  I clearly recall doing alot more leveling in the original (especially at the very beginning, when Cecil becomes a level 1 Paladin, and again right after the Golbez fight when you regain a very weak Rydia.)  I think they've increased the EXP given for each fight so you fight less battles and raise levels faster.  Its therefore adjusted the areas and times when you need to level up to keep up with the story.  Less sidetracking to level up than before but not quite the art/science that newer RPGs have mastered.  (IMHO, Skies of Arcadia and FF9 [barring the optional Ozma battle] both nailed it perfectly - there's absolutely no need to level up beyond the battles those games have provided along the way, yet they remain enough of a challenge to not be too easy.)

Wish they would have risen the new party members levels a bit to be more in line with the rest of the party though.  When you get Edge he comes in at level 35 but the rest of the party is probably 45 or higher.  Rosa's got more HP than he does right now and that's just wrong.  At least he's not dying with every hit...
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on August 03, 2008, 10:10:31 pm
Quote from: Hyperguy on July 27, 2008, 11:46:52 pm
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "If I had a nickel for everytime..."
Woooh, I must be tired, I randomly read that as "If I had a nickel for every dime..." .. LOLZ.  Also, On the FFIV tangent. I just saw the Shark-creature things (forgets their names) But.. The one.. the one with the cowboy hat... ::Giggles.. cracks up:: It's so damn cute in the strangest way. HAHAHAHAHA. Also, I want to be a Viera, They're hot. BUT NOT FURRY! D:<
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on August 04, 2008, 07:46:46 pm
You mean this dude?

(http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3017/273226-final_fantasy_tactics_a2_seeq_ranger_large.png)

That's a Seeq.  The ones sporting cowboy hats are Rangers.  (And technically its FF Tactics A2, not FFIV, not that it matters much.)









But Viera?  You seem more like the Gria type.

(http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3017/273168-final_fantasy_tactics_a2_gria_ravager_large.png)

(And you'd get to be horny all the time, too, if you catch my drift.)
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on August 05, 2008, 11:10:28 pm
Want to see Patrick Stewart with hair?  Watch I, Claudius.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on August 07, 2008, 05:17:38 pm
This comic series, it aggravates me, and it needs to stop.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on August 07, 2008, 06:11:56 pm
Just one more week till vacation.  WOOO!!!
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on August 09, 2008, 04:05:22 pm
As a matter of fact Mr. Kimmel, I did see all eight of Bironos's field goals, you impertinent ass.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: YunaChou on August 11, 2008, 09:17:07 am
There are too many young people and that means gasing needs to come back in style
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on August 11, 2008, 04:49:18 pm
Quote from: YunaChou on August 11, 2008, 09:17:07 am
There are too many young people and that means gasing needs to come back in style

Who do you define as "young people"?  Isn't young relative after all?
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: YunaChou on August 15, 2008, 10:21:22 am
16-25
They need to make a test to why they should live
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on August 15, 2008, 12:20:46 pm
And what brought this on, exactly? =\
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: YunaChou on August 16, 2008, 01:23:40 pm
Intelligence and maturity :3
LIKE HOW YOU SHOULD BRING YOUR DAMN ID CARD TO THE MOVIES IF YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A RATED R MOVIE
THAT WILL BE A QUESTION, STUDY PEOPLE
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on August 17, 2008, 01:54:46 pm
I'm officially going crazy.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on August 20, 2008, 01:57:08 pm
Quote from: ROMate on August 17, 2008, 01:54:46 pm
I'm officially going crazy.

Same here.  Too much stuff happening all at once.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Hyperguy on August 21, 2008, 10:48:01 am
I've gone crazy.  Next comes making crazy work for you.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Xierfrogs on August 21, 2008, 11:49:39 am
I keep crazy in a box. Sometimes I put it on a leash and walk it around the subway station.
Or I take him to hospitals and he reads comics to the patients with aneurysms.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on August 22, 2008, 06:57:33 pm
Enough of this 3rd wheel bullshit.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Hyperguy on September 06, 2008, 11:48:55 am
Undead rogue.  Oh yeah, that's real original.  I bet you're also the first person who killed someone in stealth mode and ate their corpse right after.

Gnome Warlock.  Oh yeah, that's real original.  I bet you're also the first person to summon an infernal or show up on a dreadsteed like it mattered.

Orc Hunter.  Oh yeah, that's real original.  I bet you're the first person to figure out that Orcs have a racial bonus that increases their pet's damage.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on September 06, 2008, 01:46:02 pm
The Facebook D&D mini game is pretty fun.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on September 07, 2008, 12:31:39 am
Wait.. Wait... There were quite a few more posts here after ROMates before just today. Hypaguy-san! You PHAIL!! ....  But yeah....  >.> I'm playing a "star-packed" or whatever, Fey based (statistically), cat-girl (Not furry, Just like cat ears, I know, ghey, I think it's cool) Warlock. D&D is... meh to me.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on September 07, 2008, 03:20:17 pm
I just like the Mini-Adventures they have in the app because the writing for them is fairly funny and pretty decent.  I'm playing as a Half-Elf Paladin.  I really need to play some more 4E though.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on September 07, 2008, 05:57:17 pm
Quote from: BubblegumCake on September 07, 2008, 12:31:39 am
Wait.. Wait... There were quite a few more posts here after ROMates before just today. Hypaguy-san! You PHAIL!! ....  But yeah....  >.> I'm playing a "star-packed" or whatever, Fey based (statistically), cat-girl (Not furry, Just like cat ears, I know, ghey, I think it's cool) Warlock. D&D is... meh to me.
Star Pact. I got a Human Fighter who is brutal as hell.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on September 07, 2008, 11:26:04 pm
My character is shy...  I find role playing when your actually around the people... And not like.. sexy role play....  is kinda strange.. o.O That's just me though. ::Shrug:: ::Looks at banner::  ....Hyperguy... why are you messing with my drinks? Seriously, That's not very cool. =(
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on September 08, 2008, 10:43:05 am
My character likes to use combat and death as the ends to his means. Right now, the party is trying to get a syndicate of bandits to leave the region peacefully or turn to legitimate business in order to get them to quit hassling our hometown, but I'm very much "KILL THE BASTARDS!"
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on September 08, 2008, 05:00:46 pm
Quote from: ROMate on September 08, 2008, 10:43:05 am
"KILL THE BASTARDS!"

And isn't that truly what D&D is all about?  Killing and looting?
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on September 08, 2008, 05:43:09 pm
It's also about overcoming challenging puzzles and developing a rich character and story. =D But yes, killing and looting is also a very large part of the game.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on September 08, 2008, 07:54:24 pm
Quote from: ROMate on September 08, 2008, 05:43:09 pm
...and developing a rich character and story.
A SEXY rich character. =D

Also, Damn it. You think red pantyhose would be easier to find. I have a pink belt in not only Google-fu, but Internet Search no Jutsu...  And practically the only sheer red pantyhose I can find (which I need for a costume) are CROTCHLESS.. WTH.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on September 09, 2008, 12:18:16 pm
Will it really make that much of a difference? I mean, nobody's gonna see your crotch (we hope)
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on September 10, 2008, 09:35:09 pm
Quote from: ROMate on September 09, 2008, 12:18:16 pm
nobody's gonna see your crotch

Never?!


That could be something of a disappointment for Cake-chan.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on September 10, 2008, 09:48:31 pm
Quote from: JG00 on September 10, 2008, 09:35:09 pm
Never?!


That could be something of a disappointment for Cake-chan.
;___;  ::Whimpers, bottom lip quivers::
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on September 10, 2008, 10:35:46 pm
Quote from: BubblegumCake on September 10, 2008, 09:48:31 pm
;___;  ::Whimpers, bottom lip quivers::
I mean nobody at the con where you're wearing the costume will see. Certainly someone will see, but hopefully not til you've had married and stuff.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: YunaChou on September 12, 2008, 06:04:11 pm
My mother tried to get me arrested
/ultimate win
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on September 12, 2008, 07:00:55 pm
Quote from: YunaChou on September 12, 2008, 06:04:11 pm
My mother tried to get me arrested
/ultimate win
WHAT?
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: YunaChou on September 13, 2008, 12:43:00 pm
In a nut shell:
She needs to learn to pay tickets on time
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on September 13, 2008, 03:03:36 pm
I still think that sucks. =\

Carving a woodblock for printmaking is rough on the elbows. Also, Cobb Hall is lonely on weekends.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on September 13, 2008, 03:19:22 pm
Ano hito no daisetsuna hito... ni naritai...   
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on September 14, 2008, 04:29:45 pm
Ich habe hunger, hunger, hunger.
Habe hunger, hunger, hunger.
Habe hunger, hunger, hunger.
Habe durst.

Wo ist die käse, käse, käse.
Käse, käse, käse.
Käse, käse, käse.
Wurst.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on September 14, 2008, 07:44:48 pm
*promotes all his friends at the apartment to joint-captaincy of the Failboat*
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: YunaChou on September 16, 2008, 11:46:57 am
Aww come on
Buddy shouldnt be on the fail boat : <
...Josh built the fail boat
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on September 16, 2008, 07:12:18 pm
:Giggle: I'm just amused that he's called Buddy.... I mean.. Sure there was Buddy Holly...  But.. Usually I think of that as a dog's name. ::Shrug:: Oh well.

Also, Work is so stressful right now. I'm caught in the middle of 3 different departments, including my own (which belittles me and treats me like I have no clue what I'm doing, while the guy who is newer than me, never gets questioned on what he's doing and doesn't have his documents and layouts printed out 4 times a day and marked up in red pen so I have so many papers on my desk I can't even think straight, and he gets paid more than me, Never realized how women were treated differently in the real world until I got there. Bullshit) and all with deadlines and then making it my fault when things don't happen that aren't my fault... And ARGGG!!! ::Cries in bathtub::
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on September 16, 2008, 08:09:07 pm
Quote from: YunaChou on September 16, 2008, 11:46:57 am
Aww come on
Buddy shouldnt be on the fail boat : <
...Josh built the fail boat
Josh built it big enough for his 500 pound ass and most of everyone else. We've all been having fail moments lately.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Hyperguy on September 16, 2008, 08:13:07 pm
Bitches don't know 'bout my 300 DPI scanner settings word up mother fuckers.

Consequently they dismiss my mad run-on sentence usage.

My crackers are saltines.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: R-9 on September 17, 2008, 03:47:34 pm
I got my first writing credit yesterday.

Granted, it's as a contributor to rather obscure tabletop mecha game from a small-time publisher, but some of my cranial byproduct is now in honest-to-God, wood-pulp print.

I'm sure I would be able to appreciate it more if I wasn't ill.

Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Hyperguy on September 17, 2008, 04:45:44 pm
What ailment and what obscure tabletop mecha game?
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: R-9 on September 17, 2008, 06:02:23 pm
Stomach problems, mostly.

The game is Wardogs, by MJ12 games. I'm the Unit Designer that's not Todd Pote. The game borrows more in terms of aesthetics from Battletech and Heavy Gear than anime series out there. Of course, Mecha games that have their design informed by anime stylings tend to be RPGs, such as Mekton Zeta, while the more western-derived ones seem to be mostly pure wargames, such as the ones mentioned above, but that's neither here nor there.

I go by RiflemanIII on the mj12 forums. Was my name back when I was a big regular of the Classic Battletech boards.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on September 17, 2008, 10:46:10 pm
Hope you get better soon.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on September 20, 2008, 10:33:24 pm
I have a gorgeous melody stuck in my head.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: prominence on September 21, 2008, 06:55:58 pm
awesome.  first radio show of the year went off without a hitch.  most excelent.  and maybe next week i'll be able to actually get a good mix instead of randomly thrown together songs.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on September 26, 2008, 07:39:08 pm
::Sighs:: Looks like another lonely Friday night for me....  Already in my PJs,  I should be sewing....  But I think I'm just going to watch the debate and bum around the house. I'm such a loser.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: MMX on September 26, 2008, 07:54:23 pm
You should sew your PJs together.  Because then you'd be doing two things at once.  Wearing PJs and sewing PJs!
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on September 27, 2008, 12:54:55 pm
I hate you, 403 errors.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on September 28, 2008, 07:47:55 pm
Nearby stations are out of gas again.  That's the second time in less than a week - and no hurricane this time.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on September 29, 2008, 06:36:43 pm
I'm sick.... I feel like crap... And my back is killing me, I really need it rubbed, or cracked or something. ::Sneezes and rolls over:: Ughhhhh....
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on October 09, 2008, 07:18:27 pm
I. want. to. ...   
... So... my boyfriend dumped me... Because he's selfish and doesn't want to even try to do small things that would benefit him, and myself. Or have my best interests at heart. I always had is. Always. ... And I am not very social.. So.. Now that I'm out of college.. Finding guys won't be really easy... especially one that is of the type I like, and need to have...
So, as if I wasn't already on the breaking point already... All of my friends are not in the area. 2 are in Japan, one is back home in Indiana, and I don't have a huge group of friends, those were the best and closest and pretty much who I hung out with. So... The social interaction and fun I had was with my boyfriend's friends...  Yeah...  I can't do that anymore...
And so there's that. Then work. It would take like 10 pages for me to type out the whole damn situation but yesterday there was a meeting in the department... And said they were going to higher an extra person, just part time, and take away some of my jobs and give them to the new person, since the new guy (I've been there longer than him and I've only been there 5 months) will be busy working on the website so much o fthe time (when most of the time he's bored out of his mind with nothing to do, this company is ass backwards and knows nothing about technology, are mostly fairly old, and 90% women, so they think, even though I told them I know about computer things and shit, that was half of my major, they just assume I don't know and he does.. so they give him the website to do, the new website, he got to have meetings with all of the executives his 3rd week in. Is told stuff none of th rest of the graphics department is.. and shit. I found out he makes more than me, And he's like 2 years older than me, but graduated this year.) when he doesn't do anything in the graphics department! And they go over my work with tooth and comb, and then again with a flea comb, and talk to me lik eI have no clue what I'm doing, When I do, and I have my portfolio to prove it. They NEVER question anything he does, (my boss especially). When she leaves early, she always asks what I have to do... NEVER HIM. He's done a few faxes and the newsletter, and I've seen plenty of mistakes, which they would have sat down and talked to me about but they just let it go with him. He got to move desks to the comfy one with a chair on the ground, mine is a high up desk with like a bar stool chair, and I'm so short my legs don't reach anywhere and it kills my back. They moved him because he was going to be working (was hired to) on the core catalogs (as well as web), since the other person who does it sits in front of him. But no, Now they decided he's not going to. And now I get shifted around even more! And the girl who i took over for, Did tons of shit and didn't do a lot of things which now loom over ME and I have had to fix everything. Not only that, but  because she didn't listen and follow directions... Yet they didn't fire her, she just got married nd left, I now today had one of the other members of the graphics team have to sit and watch me layout 10 dumb catalog pages, doing the same damn 5 actions over and over again. Because, yeah, I'm 12 and don't know how to do SHIT. I have my degree. I graduated from a tough college with a good GPA, Even if I didn't, I already have proven myself. My first catalog that I did was printed and arrived Monday, and yet now they are second guessing everything I do, but not Evan. I know it's because he's a guy. And I never take a lunch break, or a regular break, which are paid for, so I don't get more money for not taking them, and work 9 hours straight, and only get paid $10 an hour, which is crap compared to other jobs for college degrees. It sucks because other than this whole drama I like working there. I love working with the product we have, it's my passion. But yeah. Everything .. Everything is falling apart and I am so confused and devistated and lost I cannot for the life of me seem to find any of the pieces....
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: MMX on October 09, 2008, 09:58:21 pm
That's one thing I always pitied the graphics guys at my job.  I do a site completely half-assed and as long as it works even my technical manager might let it slide or say "hey here's a mistake" and then fix it on his own.  Graphics guys however get the client all in a huff and they come down and have to have a meeting and of course our manager has to let them 'cuz you know they're the client.  Goddamn client is like some completely unappeasable master looming over their heads.

Also I feel bad for some of the female employees at work because some of the female managers and especially female clients are rougher on them than on the men.  I never understood why

cake you should do exactly like your predecessor did.  they're treating you like her so you might as well give them what they're expecting they'd have only themselves to blame.


... damnit i've posted in the rnadom thought thread.  now I have to commit seppuku to retain my honor.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: JG on October 09, 2008, 11:13:05 pm
Work is like that sometimes.  Competant people are often given jobs not befitting their skills while other projects go to knuckleheads who can't dig themselves out of the holes they create.  You'd be surprised how much "experience" means to managers.  You get two years of doing anything and suddenly you're an expert while people fresh out of college, who are possibly better equipped, are completely ignored.  I had the same uphill battle for my first year as well.  You just have to deal with it until you've been around long enough to have proved you can do the work without having to explain yourself.

Be careful what you wish for though.  If you get to be too good you get all the work.  That's how I've ended up with four times as many projects as anyone else in my department.  I could go into a similar rant but I won't.  But I am available to give advice for all of you just entering the workforce though, seeing as I have quite a few more years under my belt but I'm not quite old enough to have forgotten what you're going through right now.


Sorry to hear about your break-up, too.  You got friends here though.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on October 09, 2008, 11:26:09 pm
Thanks guys for being sympathetic to my situation and on the advice. ^^ I appreciate it..
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Hyperguy on October 10, 2008, 10:29:20 am
"You won't have a chance to get bored, with so much level grinding, chatting, PKing and leveling-up to do. " - Conquer Online

Do people even read what they write?  Level grinding and leveling up are essentially the same thing, and chatting is what people in MMOs do when they're bored.  So how the hell am I not having a chance to get bored if two of the things in MMOs most heavily associated with boredom are being mentioned as features?  That's stupid.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: prominence on October 11, 2008, 10:45:19 pm
Tomorrow i've got a radio show.  me and a friend play trance and electronic music, so you guys should listen.  it's from 4:00 to 6:00 eastern time on 91.5 wnmh.  or go to wnmh website and stream it over the internet.  so, yeah.  listen and let me know how we do.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: YunaChou on October 14, 2008, 12:13:09 pm
Ex-boyfriend-chan can suck my phantom cock
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Hyperguy on October 14, 2008, 06:02:50 pm
Phantom cock sounds like a super power that'd make lesbians envious.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: ROMate on October 14, 2008, 08:43:20 pm
Quote from: YunaChou on October 14, 2008, 12:13:09 pm
Ex-boyfriend-chan can suck my phantom cock
D= GASP
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on October 14, 2008, 11:26:07 pm
Wait.. Wait.. Wait... Which ex-boyfriend-chan? Mine? Yours? ROMate? Hyperguy? Dr. Dre? Gackt? Simon Cowell? Mr. Bill? Oh, don't tell me.. It's The Hulk isn't it?
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: YunaChou on October 14, 2008, 11:35:44 pm
Phantom cock for all!!!
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Moge on October 15, 2008, 06:27:51 pm
Why do little girlies with boyfriends post on this forum?
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: YunaChou on October 15, 2008, 06:47:05 pm
Because you want a boyfriend too, little girl
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Hyperguy on October 15, 2008, 07:29:20 pm
??? =D
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on October 15, 2008, 07:56:49 pm
Quote from: Moquin on October 15, 2008, 06:27:51 pm
Why do little girlies with boyfriends post on this forum?
I dun have a boyfriend... ::Sniffs::
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: BubblegumCake on October 18, 2008, 07:26:10 pm
Where are all of you guys? ... ::Sighs, frowns:: I hate this...  I hate being so lonely..
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Hyperguy on October 18, 2008, 07:55:49 pm
Playing yet another MMO.  This one's Rumble Fighter, (http://rf.ogplanet.com/) and I just beat up enough people to afford ninjitsu fighting style.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Moge on October 18, 2008, 10:13:16 pm
Quote from: BubblegumCake on October 18, 2008, 07:26:10 pm
Where are all of you guys? ... ::Sighs, frowns:: I hate this...  I hate being so lonely..
You aught to learn to pick up and play a videogame.  Or read a book.

The Mother 3 translation patch out is out.  FUCK YEAH!

Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on October 19, 2008, 03:42:11 pm
Initial D has freaking awesome music.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: YunaChou on November 09, 2008, 11:15:41 am
Rock concerts leave you the same way the next day as alcohol D:
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: bfg00 on November 09, 2008, 04:36:53 pm
Need more epicness!
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: EnsignRyusei on November 22, 2008, 03:30:07 pm
Vita figurine finally arrived

(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll132/Remilia129/Afbeelding003.jpg)
(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll132/Remilia129/Afbeelding006.jpg)

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll132/Remilia129/Afbeelding001.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll132/Remilia129/Afbeelding002.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll132/Remilia129/Afbeelding004.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll132/Remilia129/Afbeelding005.jpg
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: Ellendesu on November 22, 2008, 05:31:26 pm
Are you going to cum on it and post the pics?

I got first dibs.
Title: Re: The Random Thought Thread.
Post by: EnsignRyusei on November 23, 2008, 08:43:04 am
Quote from: Atrician on November 22, 2008, 05:31:26 pm
Are you going to cum on it and post the pics?


(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll132/Remilia129/RemiliaNo.jpg)