ria_oaks | FF ramblings

I happened to check Rpgamer.com a few minutes ago and noticed that FFIII:DS comes out today (I haven't really been keeping track...). I'm probably just being too over-emotional, but this day feels rather historic in the RPG world - the last Final Fantasy that wasn't released in the US is finally here. I checked, and it's been approximately 16.5 years since FFIII was released in Japan - well, better late than never, I guess. XD I mean sure, I played it years ago on a translated ROM and I won't be buying this version anytime soon (lack of a DS... and lack of time to play. woe.), but it's still cool to think that it's here. It's sort of a pity that the original version of the game will never make it here, most likely (how hard would it have been to include the orignal version in the new game, really...?), but the new version looks pretty spiffy. Hopefully I'll get to play it someday.

3 FF games in the past 2 weeks, 2 of which are new to the US (FFXII and FFIII:DS) and one of which only ever made it here in a mangled fashion (FFV Advance) - makes me miss the days when I could play all the time... I haven't really been into gaming as much the last few years, largely because of a. lack of time during school, b. other interests take up my free time, and c. i'm lazy., but I still get excited hearing about games and still want to play when I get the chance. I'm way behind on all the games I'm playing, but I still plan to ask for either FFXII or Disgaea 2 for Christmas (leaning towards the latter - FFXII will be easy enough to find for years to come, and it'll get cheap fairly quickly, whereas Disgaea 2 will start disappearing soon...). I am sorely tempted by FFXII, though - it's been getting fantastic reviews, and hell, it's FFXII! We've been waiting for this game for years, and it's finally here... and I really can't justify the time or money to get it. Part of me, too, is still a bit uncertain about it - but most of the reviews have said that the game is nothing like (and much better than) anything we've seen of it to this point, including the demo. I plan to give it a chance eventually, but can't do it yet.

And... I'm procrastinating. Back to my Farscape paper... it's due tomorrow at 9, so I need to get moving. Up to 5 pages, need about 12 - and I'm still blathering on about the context, haven't even gotten to analysing the series itself! Ehehehe. baaack to work.

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Heh, it was pretty funny. :) And god yes, those conversations on the way home... damn, remember the good old days of the RPGamer column? Brad and the arctic monkeys and Steve? And Thor? Remember the Steve job class? XD XD I still have that somewhere, too... actually, pretty sure it's on my computer. *scrounges*

*finds it* Got distracted along the way... my GOD the crap I have on this computer! Shit going back to '98... Weird old Sailormoon stuff, weird old video game stuff... scary. Anyway, behold:

STEVE JOB

Stats:

Attack: 99
Defense: 99
Magic Power: 99
Magic Defense: 99
HP: 999 at all levels
MP: 999 at all levels
Move: Always Teleport (100% chance)
Speed: 20
Always 2-swords
But s/he can still carry a shield somehow

Starting Weapons/Armor (also the best): Stevecalibur – 65 attack and magic power, always haste
Steve Chaos Blade – 80 attack and magic power, petrifies enemies
Steveascular Armor – +400 HP, +175 MP, has a picture of an arctic monkey on it
Steve Helmet – +250 HP, +80 MP, has ‘You Are Steve’ written on it
Skittle Ring – 100% protection against all status ailments. Always: Re-Raise, Protect, Shell, Regen
Blinking Shield - +80% evasion of everything, floats so s/he can use 2-swords, male one has picture of blinking Brad on it that really blinks, female one has a blinking Heather

Abilities:

Steve Stasis Sword – Attacks and adds Stop (100%)
Steve Split Punch – Attacks and adds Death Sentence (100%)
Crush Steve Punch – Attacks and adds Dead (100%)
Lightening Steve Stab – Attacks and adds Silence (100%)
Holy Steveascular Explosion – Attacks and adds Confusion (100%)
Skittle Throw (1MP) – 100% Petrified
Arctic Monkey Parasite (2MP) – Arctic Monkey latches onto enemy’s back and drains HP and MP
Steve Haste (3MP) – Hastes all allies (100%)
Steve Transform (5MP) – Turns all enemies into carrots with 25HP, 2MP, 0 Brave, 100 Faith, 1 Power, 1 Magic Power, 1 Defense, 1 Magic Defense, 4 Speed, 2 Move, 1 Jump (100%)
Steveascular Mimic – Lets her/him use any attack in the game even if s/he hasn’t learned it and cuts MP usage in half
Steve Hamedo – Attack before s/he’s attacked (100%)
Triple Slice – Attacks 3 times (Since Steve has automatic 2-Swords, s/he attacks 6 times)
Gained JP X 100 – X 100 of normal JP received
Gained EXP Up 90 – Get 90 EXP for each attack
Steve Stab (20MP) – Steals all of enemy’s armor, weapons, accessories, and items (100%)
Steve Heal (4MP) – Heals all allies on battlefield to full HP/Status
Steve Wall (6MP) – Protects all allies against every magic.

And last, but CERTAINLY not least...

The Great Steveascular Brad Kicking-Ass Ultimately Diminishing All Life on the Battlefield Attack (10MP) – Reduces HP of all enemies to 5, adds poison, silence, zombie, slow
Good times. :)

And we lost to a fucking turtle joke that made Brad laugh. It wasn't even that funny. We actually put effort into our entry.

I know, I'm still a bit bitter after 7 years. ;p (and on that note, seriously, seven years?? I'm starting to feel old... already.) But dude, we should have won, we were AWESOME.

You wouldn't believe some of the weird ass and embarassing stuff I've found in this folder. Like all my old FFA rants, which I flat down refuse to read.

Yeah I remember going through all that a few years back. I don't think...it's a good idea to read it again.

Hehe.

Like that editorial you have on RPGamer on console wars. Too bad you used your full name for that one.

It's amusing though. ;) At least to get nostalgic over the super-old stuff, like the old Sailormoon stuff...

No, the RPGamer editorial was a rant on FFA... it's called "FF Anthology - the TRUTH!" *cries*

http://www.rpgamer.com/editor/1999/q4/112499js.html

Oh... my. I can't read it. *hides* Would it create a time vortex if I go back and kill my 13 year old self??

If you were to go back in time to kill your 13-year old self, you would cease to exist; this would imply that you wouldn't have been able to go back in time to kill yourself; meaning, that you would grow up to this point where you go back to kill yourself, at which poing you would cease to exist; ad infinitum.

"( note - FFV spoilers. LOTS of them.) ( note2 - I only use the original names when it comes to V characters and the names of the games. Just thought I'd mention that...)"

"For years we've waited, hoping against hope that Square would finally agree to bring their great masterpiece, Final Fantasy V over to Canada (What? I'm Canadian, so sue me!) and the U.S."

"Well, sorry that was so long... I just needed to finally get out all that out of my system. Who knows? I'll probably start some great big controversy in the Editorials, but hey, we needed some new subjects. The FMV arguements and Console Wars are wearing thin very quickly. Er, and if anyone agrees with me on this whole FFV/A thing, could you please email me? My friend and I want to start a club for V lovers and A haters. Thanks for your time. Bye!"

D:

Yes, I figured that. ;) But why oh why can't I anyway? ;_;

Oh my. *cringes* We wanted to start a CLUB. Love it. Or at least I did and I dragged you into it. ;p Um, sorry for mentioning you in this? XD

It's okay. You didn't mention me by name or give out contact information. ;p

What's sad is that I still see adults type that way (no offense). I mean just.. wow. I really have no words when it comes to some people, sometimes..

Lol, yeah. "And this is my friend, ___ ___ at ___ ___ Road, North _____. And here is his telephone number: ______. Please call if you're interested in our club, omg!"

*runs away*

And that scares me too... what scares me even more is that I look at stuff I didn't even write that long ago and I swear it makes me cringe, too. Mostly I just hate reading what I wrote. I hope that's just me. :(

I notice that a lot of children and young teens are unable to separate subjectivity and objectivity in their arguements. These are basic critical thinking/composition skills. And that's fine; I mean, after all, they're children. It just disturbs me greatly when I see adults who are sorely lacking in this area. Gives me horrid flashbacks of having to proofread essays for other people near the end of highschool and in college English classes.

I swear, out of all the academic professions out there, the ones teaching English classes must *head desk* the most.

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