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There's really nothing patriotic about raping the constitution. I really hope they don't get to google though because google is definitely THE service. They're a big rich company but most of their services are free for the consumer. They make all their money with advertisements and paid top-of-the-list search submissions. You know what this whole "patriot act" stuff means? It means that we're probably going to eventually become fascist of something like that. It means that the hegemony isn't working well enough for the government anymore so they're trying to take porn away. Pretty soon it'll be like communist china in the 50's. President Bush will be the next Chairman Mao. I don't know how many people know what I'm talking about, but it'll start out with just some phone eavesdropping, (taking away privacy) then they're trying to stop the porn industry (taking away freedom of expression) and next they'll outlaw it, and then they'll outlaw all violent video games, and soon they'll start calling things capitalist an goose stepping around the white house. *sigh* I hope it never comes to that. I'm too young for a major political cliff-dive!

The way I see it, video games aren't dangerous, but anything put into the wrong hands can be. Cars aren't dangerous, but the wrong person behind the wheel can make them dangerous, Guns don't kill people, because it takes a finger to pull the trigger. Giant killer robots don't... well... forget that last one. but my point is, that a kid could easily stab another kid in the face with a pencil That doesn't mean that pencils are secretly deadly weapons implanted in schools by the government, it means that kid is psycho. I don't think it's the games that made them stupid, I think they already wanted to race really badly and that's why they liked the game, but the game was no substitute for reality, rather than reality acting as a substitute for the game. Need for speed is NOT good enough of a game to get someone to act out their most heinous fantasies. It's just racing! If it was a deep rpg or something like that, maybe. but that's like saying that pinatas make all kids who play them want to go and beat the crap out of live (and flamboyant) animals with a stick. It's all nature nurture. Either they where born screwed up, or the environment they lived in made them screwed up. They just had really bad judgement, that's all. Sad really.

Personally, I do. I loved the first one, and I thought that Paper Mario and the THousand Year Door was just as great, if not a little better. I really hope they continue this series, but I pray that they do not ruin it. If they just keep mario's adventures the same, and don't try to tweak it too much, they should be good to go. The implementation of the "paper transformation" thing in the second one was a risky move, in my opinion, but they played it off very nicely. I do hope that they don't try to make RPG's of any other nintendo classic heros though. Picture a donkey kong rpg. That'd probably be horrible.

Thanks! I'd ask when the next one is but I think it's better to find out /after/ the year has passed so that you can reflect on the luck you had rather than just expect it.

You must not play many games. or at least never played Final Fantasy 7 or Kingdom Hearts ;-)

It's understandable that you'd want them killed, but that doesn't give you the right to do it, or you're just as bad as them. Then, by your point of view, you'd deserve to be killed too right? or do you think that you're exempt from a law that you decided on? think maybe that since you're you and they're someone else, and you don't have to deal with whatever comes after death, that it's alright to throw their lives away but not your own? And then supposing, after you killed them, they had someone that loved them that killed you, and this all just continued. then from your thoughtless and immature act of revenge, many more people died than was necessary. Should soldiers be killed too? Are they not killing people as well? I don't think that the fact that the leaders of two different countries are at a disagreement gives anyone a right to kill eachother, and it's still murder, just because the somone else said it's alright doesn't make it alright.

Why try to prevent the citizens from murdering eachother if the government murders them instead? The part about the money scamming was especially unthoughtful because how is any amount of money worth life? and if money is equal to life, then couldn't we just demand a fine from the murderers instead? That wouldn't be fair though, would it? Neither would killing them for anything other than murder. Even supposing murder justifies murder, like an eye for an eye, then now there are two deaths where there are one. It's really not like they'll have time to think about how they screwed up if they are dead. It's almost like giving them an easy way out if you think about it, supposing there is something other than hell. Supposing there is hell, do you really think that someone should go to a sleepless eternity of pain and torture that they can't get out of, just for stealing money that the victim can just get back? Mortality isn't as simple and expendable as you may be thinking. Before you condemn someone to the ultimate penalty, think first of how any why they got the way they did. Think that you are not only killing (however many years old they are) of thought and memories, but also think of them when they where a child. Have you ever known any child to come out of the womb and immediately start slashing people away? Everyone was originally innocent, and it's only due to a mental disease that prevents them from understanding the severity of what they're doing, a tough life of mental and physical abuse, or things like that. Think of any 3 year old you know of, with their silly little thoughts about santa claus, their misunderstanding of words, how gullible they are about anything you tell them, their love for small furry things, how excited they are just to go to a big mechanical amusement park like disneyland, and then, after analyzing that little kid, then kill him. Take his future, his chances at repenting for bad things, his memories, the love he'll share, everything. Throw it away like it's absolutely nothing. Can you do that for some money? If you can, then I don't really think that you have any place to condemn someone, because you too are a murderer at heart, and an evil person if there is one. Every adult was a baby once, and they all became how they are due to their biology and surroundings. It's called the "nature nurture effect". No kid grows up planning to hurt someone else. If they do then they just don't understand the severity of what they're thinking.

I haven't played the snes ones, but I do have a snes emulator so I might give them a try. I just doubt they'd be as cool as friends of mineral town.

I'm year of the horse. "smart, attractive, charming" and other good stuff. but there's also "beware the rat" but I don't plan to marry a rodent anyway ;-). For those of you who don't know, the legend has it that Buddha asked all of the animals to meet with him, but only twelve showed up. He dedicated a year to each of these animals and said that from that day foward those born in each year will have some of the character traits of those animals. Correct me if I'm wrong though, so I don't go professing a false legend anymore. Can anyone calculate when the last year of the horse was? Was it recently?

I voted for. If the baby is already dead, then what reason is there not to make it's death meaningful? It's not using it's stem cells, so why waste them? They would have been dead anyway, so at least tribute them by making them heros. After all, they are saving lives, right? the whole "it's against god's will" thing is silly. No human knows "god's will". nor do they know with absolute certainty that there is a god. They only think they do. If you say to a religious fanatic that there is no proof to their religion, as opposed to darwinism, which has very few flaws as a theory, they will claim that there is proof to their religion, but will be unable to tell it to you. They know that they have absolutely no proof other than "faith" but they will still defend it anyway. Saying "faith" is proof of something is as ridiculous as saying "There is no such thing as gravity, because I don't think there is." You can't just make up whatever you want and pretend it's true. Some things just are how they are. Basically, they only use the "against god's will" thing as another way of saying "it's against my will" simply because they are afraid of change and are afraid that if their religion is disproved any more than it already has been, then it will cease to hold true even to them. No one wants to look like a fool when they find out they've lead a lie, right?

No matter what the crime, no human has the right to kill another. Maybe they do deserve to dow for that they did, but as humans, no one has the right to enforce that. I'm an agnostic, so I don't really have much of a religious standpoint on it, but more of a moral standpoint. I think that no matter how many people voted on it and no matter how many laws and huge documents where stacked upon it, no-human-has-the-right-to-kill-another. What makes the executioner any better than the murder him/herself? The answer is simple: Absolutely nothing. Murder is still murder. What is even more sickening than the number of people that voted "strongly yes" (you have your right to an opinion, and I have my right to be disappointed with it) is the fact that that in New Orleans child molestation is a capital offense. That's just completely ludicrous. A few extra years of innocence (although yes, it scars them forever, they are still alive and that's what matters) is not worth an entire human soul. That's casting your fellow man into the unknown simply for something so little as a mere social and moral taboo. I'm not in any way advocating child molestation, but I do not think it's grounds for murder. If, on the other hand, they also killed the child afterwards, then they then deserve to be brought to justice (my definition of justice is equality, a word which is long since lost in the minds of humans) but not by the hands of another human. This doesn't mean put them into a pit of lions or something, because it'd still be murder, but forcing a helpless animal to help. "yes they deserve to die, and I hope they burn in hell!" -Samuel L. Jackson

I agree with the admin. These forums are really engulfing. What do you want to talk about anyway? I'm sure there's something somone can do to help you, unless of course you're really a spambot just trying to gobble up email addies, but that'd be silly ;-). How about you tell everyone a little about yourself in the welcomes and introductions forum? You'll have friends in no time =D

What really grinds my gears, is when elementary school kids have cell phones. What in dante's inferno does a fifth grader need with any form of telecommunication?!? Granted, their parents may give it to them in case they are stuck somewhere and for safety purposes, but too often these days, they also have Ipods! This perplexes me beyond belief. Here's a simple little equation to show just how litttle sense this makes:4'th grader's music collection?barbie songs and maybe their older sibling's leftoversipod?1gigWhat is done with the other 200 dollars of space? Absolutely nothing, my friends. In my day (although I'm only a highschool student) all kids really neded was a stick to beat eachother with and maybe a ball or something. Now, somone who can barely even spell pentium has the latest in micro technology sitting in their scooby doo lunchbox. Why is this? flip phones? what, so that the kid can take pics with it of his butt and of poo he finds on the sidewalk? text messaging? what, so the kid can type in 5318008 and turn the screen upside down? (you may remember this from the days of second grade with calculators, especially if you're a boy. hee hee) geh... I've ranted too much. Ya see what you did Sarah81? lol

[edit] Would you be offended if I made a few about the switches and variables, or the character creation? I don't know if you're claiming rpgmaker as your tutorial territory or not, since this one seems to mainly be about the map setup.

Very nice. I'm a bit of a veteran in rpgmaker2000 (I don't much like xp though...) and I can personally say that this will work well for newbies that are confused with the setup. Nice use of pictures.

(sorry mods, I had more to say but some weird thing happenned with my browser or something and I meant to indent,but accidentally submitted. Please merge posts.)Video games are NOT the cause of teen violence. Hormones are. If a child grows up not knowing all of the brutality of the world, then they'll grow up thinking it's a safe and happy little place, and will be harshly shocked when they find out it isn't. It's better to know nothing at all then only half of a story, so you can't just just cover up the ugly half and pretend it isn't there. If a kid kills somone, it's because they wanted them dead. It's still completely wrong, but they know that, and they just think that's the only thing they can do. Hormones push them to the limit, and stupidity skips along. The games, if anything, help them vent. Without venting it would all be much worse. It would all just build up inside of them and they'd explode all the time. Which is worse, a habitual serial killer, or a kid gone wrong?

The thing is, hillary clinton and all those other politicians noone really cares about, want to try to feel like their making a difference. Ya know how grandparents always talk about "my pappy came here with nothing but the shirt on his back and worked so hard for this family"? well it's gotten to the point where we really have it all pretty perfect, so people just can't except that, and are trying to find every little thing to complain about. It's the same thing as the whole "the name 'dodge ball' is too vicious sounding. let's call it something else so the kids don't grow up in a hostile world!" well the bitter sweet truth is, it is a hostile world and there's nothing anyone can do about as much as they try. It is possible for everyone to stop murdering and stealing and raping, but it's really not freezable. It'll just never happen, as simple as it is.

The thing is, hillary clinton and all those other politicians noone really cares about, want to try to feel like their making a difference. Ya know how grandparents always talk about "my pappy came here with nothing but the shirt on his back and worked so hard for this family"? well it's gotten to the point where we really have it all pretty perfect, so people just can't except that, and are trying to find every little thing to complain about. It's the same thing as the whole "the name 'dodge ball' is too vicious sounding. let's call it something else so the kids don't grow up in a hostile world!" well the bitter sweet truth is, it is a hostile world and there's nothing anyone can do about as much as they try. It is possible for everyone to stop murdering and stealing and raping, but it's really not freezable. It'll just never happen, as simple as it is.

Don't WATCH it, READ ir! In my opinion, the mangas are always better. Besides, although the manga is continuing, the anime has ended a few years ago. I'm not entirely sure why, but in he manga the mangaka said something about that. If you'd like, I can tell you where to get scanlations of the whole series, since it's not out in volumes in america yet. Just pm me if you're interested, because I'm not entirely sure if scanlations count as a nono on this forum, although I think hunter x hunter is unlicenced.

Harvest moon is a series of games. They're very unique, because they're the only game in which you play a farmer. It sounds very boring when you hear about it, but it's really not as simple as being a real farmer. They're not really action packed or anything, but you have to keep your farm alive, take care of your animals, keep in good relations with the villagers, get married, buy tools and upgrade them, win competitions, upgrade buildings, cook, fish, build, lumberjack, and a ton more. I know it sounds really lame, but it's actually a pretty fun series.

I've very frequently struggled with the idea of grabbing my computer by the handle (I have taken the casing off of it because of overheating and space, so on the top corner there's a nice hand side little handle for some weird reason I have yet to understand) and bashing it into the skull of my worst enemy. This, of course, would not only kill two birds with one stone, but it would in turn resurrect two horrible zombie birds out to kill me, because not only would I have committed severe assult, but I'd also have no comp :/Besides, I'm poor and would never be able to get another one unless I.. oh wait! no computer for pyramid schemes! darn!

Personally, my favorite would have to be Friends of Mineral town for the gameboy advanced. I play it on a rom so I don't have the annoyingness of a tiny screen, but all in all I think it's the best. I was very disappointed in the newest addition, A wonderful Life. The things you can do are very limited,and they tried to hard to change the farming system and the basis of your farm. Really, the only plus is the awesome graphics and the fact that you can raise your kid. Out of all of the harvest moon games, which is your favorite?

Erm... so you're saying you couldn't beat a sailor moon game without cheats? Jeez. That's really really bad...Well I'm not a big fan of sailor moon, but I am a big fan of japanese schoolgirls =D. Did you know that themangaka of sailor moon was married to the mangaka that maid Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter X Hunter? If he likes her then she must be doing something right, eh?I'm not flaming, but: Usually games that revolve around animes or shows tend to be the ultimate suckage. This is mostly due to the fact that you're often able to change the outcome of the actual story, which is in my opinion as bad as saying "screw you" to the origional plot. It's the same reason I dispise fanfics and everything they stand for, and all they really stand for is a reader's pethetic attempt to try to become a part of something that is origionally cool, by manipulating the characters to say stupid things they would never say, and do things they would never do.

GTO does rock... best manga ever (sorry hunter X hunter! please forgive me!)I can agree with you, but simultaneously disagree. In an earlier post I said that they where much better as an addon to an rpg, in response to Jeigh's post. By themselves, you're right, they do take no skill whatsoever (most of them are really just based on simple logic, like when your choices of dialogue are "show me them hooters!" or "Pleased to meet you miss", which one do you think will get you a quick game over? lol) The entire purpose of them though is really go get the goodies at the end, but feel like you've somewhat earned them. That's why people enjoy them by themselves. I don't think very many people would openly admit to liking stand-alone ones with no goodies. Think, if you will, of final fantasy seven. I think that we can all agree that that was the best rpg ever, yes? (just try and argue about that! hee hee >.<) Well there where many instances in it where you had opportunities to "woo the two ladies" like when at one point, cloud had a flower and was able to give it to either the little girl (his partner's daughter) or one of the two girls that eh could get with. Although unnecessary to the storyline, it just adds a bit of realism to it. If anyone here has played fable, then they may or may not be familiar with the marriage system. In this system you can marry a random girl in a village by first seducing her, and then giving her a big fat expensive ring, and later moving in with her. Of course this has nothing in any way to do with the story line, but it just makes your character seem like a normal guy in a normal world, rather than a lifeless hunk of pixels in a two dimensional box, eh? I think that you are right about the fact that they are boring, but when they influence the personality of a character you've already grown to love and are surrounded by an already action packed game, then they get a little interesting. In response to the tidbit about the end of the world, nay, it will come when all decent mangas have been converted to anime form, and then stolen by america and put onto cartoon network, at which point they will be then converted to pure feces due to the horrible voice acting, editing out of all jokes my grandma wouldn't even find offensive, every little drop of blood from the battles, and every last japanese word is mispronounced. THEN the world will finally spiral into a little pit of yuppie oblivion =D

Hah. Novelty items... Nicely said. Well like I mentioned earlier, there are some that are of adult orientation and others that are not. Most, however are of adult content because let's face it, no one wants to play a game like that with no "reward' at the end. That's why I prefer when they're attached to rpg's as side quests... I suppose they're like cult classics, some thinkk they're kinda cool, and some think they're completely lame.