FF ramblings

[ria_oaks]

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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[bk635.livejournal.com]

The pink is the default. I chose it because it would weird out...pretty much anyone who knows me. I don't know if I'll keep it..haha Maybe I'll tinker around with it later and make something more serious. I just added some more textual changes.

And yeah, that's one of the default ones. They added a lot more features, themes, and styles.

Yeah I know, I don't have anything to post. I'm a boring individual.

See, the only thing I can't figure out is how to add the "Previous xamount Entries" link to my Friend's Page. It's at the bottom of my Journal page, though. The link disappeared with my old style which prompted me to mess around with the settings, and well, this is the result.

And yeah, I had more links, but I got rid of them a long time ago.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Is the cat a default theme? Because I don't see anything like that... I only see a short list of layouts available.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

It's the 'Cuteness Attack' theme, and the cat header is the default. You can then change its face, but I can't find an option to remove the cat completely. You're most likely going to have to do a little CSS editing to get rid of it.

If the fixed background/scrolling journal entries is what's interesting you, then try out different layouts because some may also have that feature. Mess around with yours too!

And I thought the list was pretty long. ;p

[bk635.livejournal.com]

My layout is so awesome.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Yes it is. And it's not fair that I can't seem to access those layouts. ;__; Stupid LJ.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Here, right? http://www.livejournal.com/customize/style.bml

That's..strange. Try changing your style system (http://www.livejournal.com/customize/) to S2 if you have it at S1, and see if that makes a difference.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Huh, changing it to S2 worked! Go figure... I thought that would result in fewer options. XD

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Yeah, S1 is generally reserved for those that like to custom-tailor their journals to specifications more thorough than those offered with pre-made styles, but it usually requires knowledge of HTML and CSS, I think.