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| Iggy 8608th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):Random thread rainbow edition" , posted Wed 20 Aug 00:25
How about opening a new random thread each time the old one reach 100 posts, like the one before ?
It could work for other stuff as well, the current SF4 thread, Tatsunoko thread, etc.
What does everyone think ?
Either way, there won't be any new price for the PS3 announced at Leipzig, said some guy of SCE.
My question is : why do they even bother to say that now ? Was there a rumor I wasn't aware of ?
Or are they just admitting in advance that their show will be lame, and they already begin to announce bit after bit of "there won't be this exciting thing, oh, and there won't be that exciting thing either" so we're not disappointed ?
I don't get Sony.
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| Nekros
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| "Re(2):Random thread rainbow edition" , posted Wed 20 Aug 06:17
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Either way, there won't be any new price for the PS3 announced at Leipzig, said some guy of SCE.
My question is : why do they even bother to say that now ? Was there a rumor I wasn't aware of ?
Or are they just admitting in advance that their show will be lame, and they already begin to announce bit after bit of "there won't be this exciting thing, oh, and there won't be that exciting thing either" so we're not disappointed ?
I don't get Sony.
New prices are announced when the installed base of machines permit to gain something via price drop. Simply, PS3 doesn't have the number of sold pieces to reach the price drop line. They announced the 80GB version instead.
Not the same thing, I know.
By the way, who here has the PS3 and is satisfied with it? I have it and I appreciate the console, but I would see more support from japanese developers. Ah, and stopping to be considered a multimedia center than a console with a powerful assets for games.
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| Shindekudasai
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| "Re(5):Random thread rainbow edition" , posted Wed 20 Aug 09:57
If you asked me 6 months ago which console I wanted and why, I would tell you the following:
PS3: MGS4, FFXIII
360: Blue Dragon, RE5, DMC4
However, FFXIII is coming to 360 so and I refuse to buy a PS3 just so I can play one game. On the same token, RE and DMC are both being ported to PC, so I'm not desperate to get a 360 either. Honestly, right now I'm perfectly happy with my DS and Wii, and except for "Gee, I'd like to play xxxx" reasons, I see no need to plop down hundreds of bones on something else. Sony and Microsoft BOTH need to get some pretty massive, awesome exlusives, and SOON.
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| Tai-Pan 274th Post
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| "Re(5):Random thread rainbow edition" , posted Wed 20 Aug 10:30
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Yes! PS3 will also support WMP library sharing, I managed to set this up in my old apartment but since I no longer have Windows on hand and it's been a while I can't say much about it. I do think it's a fantastic media center, moreso than the 360 because you can upgrade hard drives by yourself quite easily without voiding warranty, and it's easy to copy media to the hard drive from external drives, from discs you've burned, etc. Also the Blu-ray thing. I gotta run, but except AN UNBELIEVABLY THRILLING POST about my extremely mixed feelings about PS3 after a year of ownership when I return!
Will support WMP librar sharing? I can't share libraries right now? I'm too lazy to try it.
Well..I also use the system to play blue ray movies, which look AWESOME..however..I wish more titles were released.
So you are saying that I can transfer video files from an external drive to my PS3 and watch them without using other third party software?
I'm getting interested in this topic..can you point me in the right direction? (tutorials,,hints,, etc)
Thanks!!
"Those who follow the path of a warrior must be ready to die in order to stand for one's convictions live for one's convictions die for one's convictions"
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| Grave 1109th Post
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| "Re(6):Random thread rainbow edition" , posted Wed 20 Aug 17:28
I have made the drunken journey from Jamaica Plain to Brighton and now I am here to dispense wisdom! I wish we had 24 hour public transportation here.
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Will support WMP librar sharing? I can't share libraries right now? I'm too lazy to try it.
Well..I also use the system to play blue ray movies, which look AWESOME..however..I wish more titles were released.
So you are saying that I can transfer video files from an external drive to my PS3 and watch them without using other third party software?
I'm getting interested in this topic..can you point me in the right direction? (tutorials,,hints,, etc)
By "will" I meant "does." It works! And yes, you can copy files to the PS3 and watch them on it from external drives assuming they're formats the PS3 can read. I've copied divx versions of Sopranos episodes from discs a roommate burned and they play just fine. As for hard drives, I believe they have to be FAT32 formatted, but I think that's pretty much par for the course. I've never tried HFS+ or NTFS drives with a PS3 but I'm pretty sure they won't read.
Another way I liked to get files on there was a program called PS3 Media Center X. It basically sets up a web server for the PS3 on your computer, and you can download files from folders you've shared on it. No fuss and rather convenient. You can find it at http://www.redkawa.com/mediacenters/ps3mediacenterx/
Anyway, yeah... great media center, but what about as a video game system? Hard to say. I really like the hardware, the XMB and the controller. I think the 360 controller is better all-around, but the PS d-pad, as bad as it is, is a million times better than the 360 one and I could not imagine playing Bionic Commando Rearmed on that thing. Still don't have a Dual Shock 3, but I suspect I will soon. I'd like to replay MGS4 with one.
And yeah, talk of exclusives doesn't much bother me. I had to have one for MGS4, but I already had one anyway. That's about it for me and exclusives right there. Well, Viva Pinata 2 might finally get a 360 in my house, but that's another story. Another reason I grabbed it was ease of importing, which hasn't worked out too well in my favor quite yet as the shooters I want keep getting announced for 360, and since I'll never have a Japanese 360 I'll never get to play them. Frustrating. However, it did get Battle Fantasia into my hands at last, and since there's still no US PS3 version announced, I feel like I made a good decision on that part. And this matters to no one but me, but the new Aquanaut's Holiday hits PS3 on Sept 25 in Japan. For me, this is big. Very big.
Another consideration is how you feel about PS1 games. I'm sort of obsessed with the 32 bit era, PS1 and Saturn stuff gives me a boner. The libraries of downloadable titles in the US and Europe are quite poor, but the Japanese selection is UNBELIEVABLE. Setting up foreign language accounts is easy and free. Network tickets are somewhat reasonably priced from stores like NCS, and I love to scoop this crap up. 600 yen vs. eBay prices for PS1 games? No contest. This aspect of the PS3 has made me terribly happy.
But that leads into my next big disappointment... backwards compatibility. Unless you're playing on a standard def TV, it doesn't matter what the hell model PS3 you have because UPSCALING SUCKS. The lag it introduces to games is real and it is shitty. For RPGs and such, it's inconsequential. For rhythm games and fighting games, it is absolutely unforgivable. First PS2 game I threw up on my new HD display was KOF XI (which lacks progressive scan support in the US release SUCK MY COCK SNK USA YOU SUCK I HATE YOU JUST GO OUT OF BUSINESS ALREADY.) and I noticed it suddenly became very difficult to perform combos I could do in my sleep. So much for getting rid of my PS2. Or my little CRT for that matter, because some games just look downright lousy. Disgusting combing all over the place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBYpU69mLgo demonstrates some of the lag mentioned above.
So... yeah. Good and bad, there it is. I kind of agree with the sentiments above that this generation is largely unnecessary and I could probably be happy with a PS2 and a DS, maybe a Wii. Will I still feel this way 6 months from now? We'll see.
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| Toxico 4435th Post
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|  "Re(8):Re(10):Re(10):Random thread Famitsu edi" , posted Fri 29 Aug 04:06:
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is there a good character list out there now? in the top screen of the new batch I don't recognize the red haired guy who's on reserve...
I would bet on that being Ralf....
Characters we know so far:
Confirmed through flyers: Elisabeth Blanctorche, Ash Crimson, Kyo Kusanagi, Leona Heidern and Goro Daimon.
Confirmed through trailers: Benimaru Nikaido, Athena Asamiya, Terry Bogard, Kim Kaphwan.
On these Pics: Ryo Sakazaki, Unkwown 1 (I claimed him to be Ralf).
Confirmed out of the cast: Chang Kohean & Choi Bounge (aren't they in one of those backgrounds?), and I think that one arcadia showed Bao in a background, that would mostly take him out of the cast if correct.
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| Ishmael 3265th Post
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| "Re(3):Random SQEX eats Tecmo Rainbow Thread" , posted Sat 30 Aug 00:22
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I'm sad to see Tecmo go, but this is just the natural course of things. Games have gotten so huge as an industry that the top companies can only be the biggest most predatory ones. I think more and more companies are going to start bowing out and getting acquired. It's already been happening with Sega-Sammy, Bandai Namco etc.
Again, I'm sad to see Tecmo go, but I don't think the world will be a worse off place with Squeenix getting bigger. They aren't the company we grew up with, but they do occasionally put out good games.
Compare them to EA or Activision. When I was a kid all EA and Activision games were crap. They were terrible developers, but they were never in it to make great games anyway, they just did everything they could to make the big bucks. They just kept buying and buying until there was no one left to challenge them. And now they're the 2 biggest games publishers in the world. The world is a poorer place if those 2 companies continue to grow and dominate the industry.
I can't blame Square or Nintendo or anyone else for selling out and playing the corporate game. They at least are capable of making a great game once in a while, so I'd say they are the lesser of the evils out there.
Then again, this doesn't necessarily mean that Tecmo is going to disappear. Squeinx has owned Taito for a few years now and that company -such as it is- continues to exist. Perhaps Tecmo will still be around as a name but Square will now make the big decisions and mind the bills. Judging from their recent actions Tecmo probably needs all the help it can get in that area.
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| chazumaru 610th Post
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| "Re(3):Random SQEX eats Tecmo Rainbow Thread" , posted Sat 30 Aug 00:50:
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When I was a kid all EA and Activision games were crap. They were terrible developers
When was that? I have pretty fond memories of EA games from when I was a kid (around the Mega Drive days). They were also quite before their times in terms of pushing the people behind the games they were making (which of course made their handling of the PS2 era even weirder). They only turned insufferable around the PlayStation days - and if that period was your childhood, i understand your feeling.
It is also obvious that my tastes had evolved by the time I became a teenager, and EA was not trying to get me anymore. So it was only natural that I would not like their new line-up (although this does not excuse their behavior and impact on the business around 1995~2005 in my book).
If I remember correctly, Activision is the very first third party publisher in existence. So i would guess they had their good and bad times as well.
I don't enjoy any of their games, but I was under the impression they suddenly and unexpectedly surged to power with proper investment in high quality projects (COD 1&2, Guitar Hero) with all the money made from Tony Hawk, which itself was quite innovative at the time of its release. And then the merger with Blizzard secured their condition on the long-term. Only after all that did Activision become less commendable.
In a nutshell, unlike what you seem to imply, I am under the impression these two publishers rose to power for perfectly valid reasons and were rewarded for publishing innovative games and/or product that answered the crowd's needs better than their competitors, and pursuing smart business expansion policies that did not hurt the market and possibly paved the way for other publishers to understand how to grow healthier. They only resorted to less amicable practice and policy once they got hold of the alpha male position (EA in the Nineties, AcBlizz nowadays).
Also consider that the consumers' perception of their practice changed because of that new position.
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| Pollyanna 2552th Post
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| "Re(4):Random fighting game bosses" , posted Sat 30 Aug 09:53
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I'm guessing a lot of Cafeers are on the same train, which makes me wonder what the point of putting up a site in all Japanese without any instructions on what we should be doing is. If I'm not mistaken, there are only about 3 or 4 folks here who could actually read Japanese.
Guess it's a mute point since you need to be a member to view this particular link anyway...
I could understand complaining if someone put up a link to a huge page of text with no pictures, no description and a comment like "this is hilarious, check it out" (which has happened before), but this is just a link to a video which could be reached through a simple registration page. In the time it takes to complain, you could probably run it through google translator and be watching the video.
Also, as stated, the instructions have been posted before, and a simple "could someone help me out" gets a positive response.
But I realize I'm kind of being a hypocrite here...complaining needlessly about a post with (what I see as) a needless complaint, so I'll turn this into something constructive...
How many people here DO know Japanese?
At least a working knowledge. I can think of 8 off the top of my head?
I'm nowhere near fluent, and I can't form sentences worth a damn, but I'm good enough to get through most RPGs without a problem, and Gyakuten Saiban...very slowly.
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| ONSLAUGHT 3723th Post
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| "Re(5):Random fighting game bosses" , posted Sat 30 Aug 11:38
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I could understand complaining if someone put up a link to a huge page of text with no pictures, no description and a comment like "this is hilarious, check it out" (which has happened before), but this is just a link to a video which could be reached through a simple registration page. In the time it takes to complain, you could probably run it through google translator and be watching the video.
Also, as stated, the instructions have been posted before, and a simple "could someone help me out" gets a positive response.
Ah, elitism, the bread and butter of the cafe!
にょにょにょ。
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| Iggy 8624th Post
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| "Re(6):Random fighting game bosses" , posted Sat 30 Aug 17:54
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Which is information that I didn't know because 1) Iggy didn't mention it and 2) I CAN'T READ JAPANESE!
OK, so. I said it was a link on Niconico, and since it's the billionth time I've done such a thing, I thought people started to know what it was, or already asked about it the first times, had help like the one Nobinobi provided or just told to themselves "OK, it's yet another of those stupid things that make Iggy giggle, I don't care" and scrolled down to the following post.
Apparently you missed the 999 million 999 thousand 999 first times, or maybe you forgot. What should I do ? Since you may forget again next time, and mentioning as a kind of warning the name of the site is not enough, should I say in red, bold letters THIS SITE IS IN JAPANESE, DON'T CLICK BECAUSE YOUR HEAD MIGHT EXPLODE, or just refrain from posting because it might confuse some people and those who would get it or have registered an account from the times before, well, they're on their own now ?
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| Iron D 2972th Post
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| "Re(7):Random fighting game bosses" , posted Sat 30 Aug 20:41
Iggy and Pollyanna:
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Apparently you missed the 999 million 999 thousand 999 first times, or maybe you forgot. What should I do ? Since you may forget again next time, and mentioning as a kind of warning the name of the site is not enough, should I say in red, bold letters THIS SITE IS IN JAPANESE, DON'T CLICK BECAUSE YOUR HEAD MIGHT EXPLODE, or just refrain from posting because it might confuse some people and those who would get it or have registered an account from the times before, well, they're on their own now ?
Stop taking my comments so personally. This was actually kind of a reaction to this generally happening at the Cafe. There ARE many times that someone will post a link to a site that's completely in a language that most Cafeers aren't familiar with (I've seen this done with Japanese, German, Spanish and French...I think I even remember seeing Portuguese and Italian links) as if we all are fluent, and there will be no instructions or no mention of whatever the hell it is we're supposed to be doing there. THIS is what bugs me. NOT the fact that it's in Japanese in particular.
The reason I brought it up now? Well admittedly I HAVE seen Niconico mentioned here before. I just haven't had the interest in the conversations to see what the hell a Niconico was. Despite my bringin it up now, I DO usually avoid conversations that don't interest me because...well...they don't interest me. The mention of fighting game bosses drew my attention though. So yes, you may have mentioned accessing a Niconico account 9,000,000 times or whatever, and I must have missed most of them, simply because it wasn't until now that I've had any real interest in anything involving the site.
But now that we've had this argument (and thanks to Nobinobita) I now know what the heck to do with Niconico link. So no Iggy, you don't have to put a big, red, all caps message with every Nico link you use.
All I'm asking is that when ANYONE does throw up a link in some language that most Cafeers might not understand (and it's not Nico...I guess) and the link does not at least provide pictures, that there could be a little clarification of what we are looking at, instead "here's some info on that new JRPG!" followed by a link entirely in Kanji with no pics.
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| Iron D 2976th Post
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| "Re(10):Random fighting game bosses" , posted Mon 1 Sep 07:44:
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I've just scratched up a script, this should make things easier in the future when anyone needs to watch a Nico video without an account. Signing up for an account is a headache, especially since you need to pass through a grace period.
Woah, that's awesome, Prof. Can we pass this link along on other forums or do you prefer that it stays rather confidential for some reason?
Also I guess we reached the self-defined Size limit of the Random Newspost.
Sure, feel free to pass it along and whatnot. The script basically redirects, so there's not much for me to take credit on.
[edit] Now added support for mylist and wordsearches, and added links to rankings.
Freaking sweet. Thanks, Prof.
Edit: Whenever I click on a link after putting the URL into the script, I'm taken back to the login page. Am I doing something wrong?
Er.....
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| Maou 1473th Post
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| "Re(2):Re(10):Random fighting game bosses" , posted Mon 1 Sep 10:35
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I've just scratched up a script, this should make things easier in the future when anyone needs to watch a Nico video without an account. Signing up for an account is a headache, especially since you need to pass through a grace period.
Woah, that's awesome, Prof. Can we pass this link along on other forums or do you prefer that it stays rather confidential for some reason?
Also I guess we reached the self-defined Size limit of the Random Newspost.
Sure, feel free to pass it along and whatnot. The script basically redirects, so there's not much for me to take credit on.
[edit] Now added support for mylist and wordsearches, and added links to rankings.
Freaking sweet. Thanks, Prof.
Edit: Whenever I click on a link after putting the URL into the script, I'm taken back to the login page. Am I doing something wrong?
Hey Iron D, the link above to the boss collection is actually just a link to a "My List" of assorted videos, which is why it doesn't load automatically from the Prof's script. If you use the following link, available from the My List, in the Professor's NicoNico Loader, you should be able to watch it: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1069115
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| Iron D 2976th Post
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| "Re(3):Re(10):Random fighting game bosses" , posted Mon 1 Sep 11:48
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I've just scratched up a script, this should make things easier in the future when anyone needs to watch a Nico video without an account. Signing up for an account is a headache, especially since you need to pass through a grace period.
Woah, that's awesome, Prof. Can we pass this link along on other forums or do you prefer that it stays rather confidential for some reason?
Also I guess we reached the self-defined Size limit of the Random Newspost.
Sure, feel free to pass it along and whatnot. The script basically redirects, so there's not much for me to take credit on.
[edit] Now added support for mylist and wordsearches, and added links to rankings.
Freaking sweet. Thanks, Prof.
Edit: Whenever I click on a link after putting the URL into the script, I'm taken back to the login page. Am I doing something wrong?
Hey Iron D, the link above to the boss collection is actually just a link to a "My List" of assorted videos, which is why it doesn't load automatically from the Prof's script. If you use the following link, available from the My List, in the Professor's NicoNico Loader, you should be able to watch it: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1069115
Thank you very much, Sir.
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