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The MegaMan theme from MegaMan 2. Its from the intro where hes standing on top of the building where his helmet is off. I almost start to cry when I hear it.

Fantasy: I would like to be a professional martial artist. Probably in Kenpo Karate, Muay Thai, or Wushu. Reality: I would love to create movies, or video games. If I were to create video games it wouldn't be on the technical side as I'd rather be the guy designing the concepts and yelling at the programmers when they tell me the technology hasn't been made to do what I want my games to do. Movies would be great and instead of using anime or actors I would jump on the computer animation aspect of it and try to make something that uses concepts from anime and comics, but not it ways that are too hard for audiences foreign to anime and comics to swallow. When possible I would use actors in movies not so demanding on special effects, but I would refuse to use camera tricks that distort the action so you can't see. I hate that effect.

1. A lot of it isn't geared to mainstream audiences. Sometimes its even geared towards certain fans of other series, or genres. 2. A lot of it is bad to downright awful. 3. There are a lot of overused character-types, storylines, and concepts. When an anime does break ground it can be over-hyped simply because there isn't much that is all that different from the rest. 4. Its animation. Some still consider it childish, but as Adult Swim has shown there are many in the older demographics that are able to enjoy comedy based animation and anime. Where as other stations failed (Spike Tv's Gary the Rat, and Striperella). 5. The cultural difference as someone mentioned earlier. 6. You really have to be able to try new things in the first place. Some people have trouble giving strange new things a chance.

I got it the other day and I was reminded of how long its been since I played SC. I suck so bad right now, but thankfully I was able to get better with Siegfried, Kilik, and Yoshimitsu. I also noticed how good Zasalamel(sp?) is when I played through the game with him. [spoiler]I honestly picked him just so I could skip the clocktower scene but with no such luck. I think they tried to pass it off like it was his two subconscious's fighting each other but that doesn't negate the fact that I'm sick of that scenario.[/spoiler] The fact that you have to input commands at certain times in the cinemas is a neat idea but I'm also distracted by the background or something when it shows up. I rareley get it inputed in time or correctly.

Since my XBOX only had Halo on it for a year, I'm probably going to wait until I see the library line-up for the new consoles before I make a decision on what I am or am not buying in fall 2005 - spring 2006. I might wait a year or two if thats how long it takes for the next-gen consoles to develop a strong library. I'm was very happy with my XBOX until the last few months where nothing exlcusive to the Xbox itself really impressed me. Other than that its had the largest library of games of all my consoles. If I didn't trade all my games in after I play them (unless they're too good to trade) it would still have the largest library. So for me the line-up means more than the actual price of the console. I'm not going to buy all 3 next-gen systems only to have 2 out of the three collect dust. I got too many bills to be paid to throw away money.

I'm white and I apparently have a European ancestry, possibly British, but I have like 1/8 french in me as well. I don't know any more as my attemps to follow my family tree failed abysmally.

During an Interview, Pierce said that the best person to replace him would be Hugh Jackman (Wolverine in X-men, main character in Swordfish and Van Hellsing). Which Hugh was very gracious of since he admitted to being a huge bond fan. I think Hugh could pull off a good (but different) version of Bond. Time will tell if they even cast him though.

I actually just finished the 3 Halo Novels (Fall of Reach, The Flood, and First Strike) and I realized that I do enjoy reading books much more than I thought I did, just so long as the book is about something I'm already into. Like books based on comics, video games, movies I've seen. So once I get some cash I'm going to buy and read Star Wars Revenge of the Sith since I think it will be a good read. I need to since I spend a lot of my time Imaging CPUs at work and find myself with nothing to do sometimes.

Oh man I hope I can make it but I've been pennyless for way too long. Hopefully I can earn enough money to pay my share of a hotel and for admission before they stop taking orders. I'm keeping my fingers crossed I hope I make it.

I prefer Coke becuase it has a stronger kick to it when you first drink it. Pepsi is good but I just feel Coke helps kick me in the *** when I drink it. Just pouring it in a glass with some ice and hearing it fizz is enough to help me relax when I get off of work or when I'm just enjoying a good show on tv.

Name: Adam Age: 22 Gender: male Weapon(s): Glove/arm guard Rune(s): Shield Physical Description: Short and muscular build. Rough Beard and messy unmanaged hair. Wears an off-white GI, shin guards, sandals and an off-white head band. Personality: Quiet and reserved to strangers, but among friends he can be quite humorous and intellectually engaging. History: His home was ravaged by rogues and he was left for dead after his family left him behind. He was taken in by a traveling martial artist and was trained how to fight bare-handed. Shortly after his master died of old age and handed down to him a Shield Rune. He now walks alone searching for a new life.

Just so we can be absolutely clear heres a list of un-true runes: Earth Wind Fire Water Lightning Mother Earth Cyclone Rage Flowing Thunder Resurrection Pale Gate Darkness Shield Blue Gate These don't include command runes of course. All these runes are ok to use?

[quote]Sony's PlayStation 3 will not come packaged with a hard drive, reports the latest issue of Famitsu. While the machine comes with a 2.5-inch hard drive slot, consumers will be required to purchase and install the actual drive separately. The news means that Microsoft's Xbox 360 will be the only one of the three next-generation consoles that will come with a hard drive. It comes with a detachable "outrigger" 20GB hard drive by default. Nintendo doesn't plan on the Revolution having a hard drive since the console uses 512MB of flash memory for data saving. For Sony, offering the hard drive separately will cut costs for the PlayStation 3, which is expected to sell at around 44,800 yen ($410) in Japan according to a recent analysis by Merrill Lynch Japan Securities. In recent interviews with the Japanese press, Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi said that he expects the initial capacity of the PS3's hard drive to be 80GB. While Sony hasn't released any figures on how much its hard drive is expected to be priced at, a 2.5-inch 80GB in the current Japanese market costs around an average of 20,000 yen ($180). Sony sells its 40GB hard drive (SCPH-20401) for the PlayStation 2 for 10,479 yen ($95). Given Sony's past strategies, it is possible the company will offer a hard-drive-bundled PlayStation 3 as well as a standard edition. When Sony launched its PSP in Japan last December, the company offered the handheld machine in two packages: a normal edition priced at 19,800 yen ($179), and a "Value Pack" edition priced at 24,800 yen ($224), which came bundled with a number of accessories, including a 32MB Memory Stick Duo for saving game data. However, in America, the PSP Value Pack is the only option available.[/quote] taken from [url='http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/07/01/news_6128501.html]Gamespot[/url] From this article there is hope that consumers in America will get the hard drive as how in Japan they had the option of getting the PSP by itself or getting the bundle pack where here there was only the bundle pack. I hope they do include the hard drive here in America since I hate it when my memory card becomes corrupted or my sisters misplace it.

I can get pumped listening to KoRN, Rammstein, Fear Factory, or Static X. Usually I tend to listen to Static X or KoRN as I can't find either my Fear Factory or Rammstein cds.

I play it from time to time. I'm not able to play it everyday because of my schedule and because some nights I just wouldn't take it seriously. I'm the overlord of clan [i][b]Hucklebuck[/i][/b] and I have a few other overlords help me keep it in order. Its set up so that even if I became inactive that other overlords and members would keep the clan active. That way I can play whenever I want without the worry that people will start leaving if I don't play. MY advice to future clan members? Don't make staff positions as they can promote others to overlord. And you can't remove overlords unless they willingly quit. Many a clan dissolve because of this. Only make Overlords and Members/Peons to keep it under control.

[quote name='The Monster']You do know that this isn't a sign up thread don't you. Will this be your character for the RPG or is it just a try out?[/quote] It was a try out to see if I understood correctly. Sorry for the confusion. :animeswea

Name: Adam Age: 22 Gender: Male Weapon(s): Nunchucks (Nunchaku) Rune(s): Flowing Rune Physical Description: Short and hairy. Rough Beard and messy unmanaged hair. Wears an off-white GI. Personality: Normally quite and to himself. Until he starts drinking then he can turn out to be pretty lively and knows how to have a good time. History: His home was ravaged by rogues and he was left for dead after his family left him behind. He was taken in by a traveling martial artist and was trained how to fight bare-handed and with weapons. His weapon of choice became the nuchucks and when he completed his training he was given the Flowing Rune as a reward. Shortly after his master died of old age. Adam now walks alone searching for a new life. Other: None.

I recently bought a preowned copy (10% membership card discount) from the store I work at (15% employee discount, total 25% discount :D ) just to say I completed the series. I started this game up with only a 15 minutes available to me the other night. I had low expectations for the game as I don't care for the character models in the game (i.e. the main character looks so lame). Personally I like the "loading screen" 2D animation better than the 3D model. Anyway, I put it in and after 15 mins I really have to say I didn't it so far. Now I know thats not giving an RPG enough time to develop, I understand they take time to build up. My main questions are: [list] [*]Does the game pick up and get a lot more interesting? [*]Does this game has interesting characters? [*]Does this game have cool and original runes? [*]I beat Suikoden 3 without a guide can I beat this one without the guide? [/list] I'm not bashing Suikoden 4 I'm just curious as I realize I didn't have enough time to get into it.

The new strip is really funny too. [img]http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/050627.jpg[/img] This isn't the first time they portrayed mario in this light. Check the archives to see how he may feel about toad. heh.. no fatties...

Are people limited to characters within the Suikoden games or are we making up new characters?

[quote name=''The Monster'']Hmmm, It appears that you have a thing for ninjas from your party choices in Suikoden 2. I also would have chosen Mc'Dhol but I kind of lost my memory card with the save data from number 1.[/quote] Well I never really got all 108 stars of destiny in Suikoden 1. My friend however did and when he couldn't find one of the stars in Suikoden 2 he let me use his save file from the first game. So we in essence helped each other so we could see the best cut scenes and endings in both games. Thats teamwork for ya. As far as the ninjas go, in Suikoden 2 the [b]TECH[/b] stat was pretty useful. Characters with a lot of [b]TECH[/b] points would dodge, counter, and double strike more often. Combine that with double beat runes and almost every character on my team was attacking at least twice every turn. So instead of going magic or brute strength I relied soley upon extra turns and attacks. It worked to say the least. Plus ninjas are cool. [spoiler]Sasuke had a crush on Kasumi and Mondo was aware of this. Some pretty dialogue was exchanged between Sasuke and Mondo because of this.[/spoiler]

I've been a member of [URL=www.animex.com]animex[/URL] for over two years and I know a lot of the members there and have so cool friends on that board. However recently they had to get rid of the areas for off-topic posts and its become strictly a fan board. Which is fine but I wanted something that had a "Otaku Lounge" so to speak. I did a google search for some anime wallpaper and I found a site that had some cool wallpaper, but it also had a message board, which turned out to be otakuboards. I liked the layout and found that the rules prevented the possiblity of having to get rid of the off-topic areas by having stricter guidlines for posting. And thats that.

[quote='Adahn"]Those of us who have a belief system of some sort surely devote parts of their mind to faith. The thing about faith, in any religion, is that it cannot exist if it is proven. To know, without a doubt, how to obtain your best possible afterlife would require no self-searching for truth or questioning of your religion. This does not mean that you cannot believe, with all your heart and soul, that your religion is true, but basing that belief on evidence would destroy one of the most essential parts of religion; faith in the unknown. Those who have no religion, correct me if i'm wrong, would probably consider themselves at the center of the universe. If you believe there is no life after death, then life must be spent with the knowledge that your own life is the most important part of you. If you recognize yourself as all-important, then the most sacred knowledges must be gained through life, and true insight must also be gleaned from the unknown, because the most sacred things are those not easily obtained.[/quote] Interesting point of view so say the least. I've never heard religion expressed this way and its quite refreshing on the ears. I like to believe that a person can find something to believe in besides the religions passed onto us. I don't mean jumping from religion to religion but finding something on your own to believe in. As a joke George Carlin made mention to worshiping the sun. The main concept of the joke was that Carlin could count on the Sun to always rise and fall. It was something not completely understood and It is in the center of our immediate universe. The punchline was that he found it answered his prayers at the same ratio that he felt God did. Not funny to all, controversal to some, but it provokes an interesting point if you dwell on it further. Does it make sense to worship a star? Again it is the center of our immediate universe. Our planet revolves around it. It provides the energy for things to grow and changes our seaons depending on where we are in position to it. It plays a direct role in our direct day to day lives. If someone had trouble believe any other religion they probably would have an easier time with this concept. It has no bible, no priests, and no requirements. Me personally I've had a hard time accepting concepts of afterlife. I believed that most people did the right things in lifes just for the promise of immortality in the afterlife. I also didn't understand how something could be mortal and then be immortal in the afterlife. The term afterlife didn't seem to make much sense either. How do you live after death. Obviously my faith wasn't very strong. I didn't want to accept atheisim however. A few quotes/comments helped me to find what was right for me. I believe Einstein said that all matter never ceases to exist, it changes and takes different forms. A quote that made more sense about life and death was "all things have a beginning and an end". This sounded like the most fair thing in life you'll find. Everyone will have a chance to live. Everyone gets a turn. But what to believe in? The concept of energy is the easiest to believe in. Energy is all around us. I found it easy to believe in the energy of the planet flowing like an ocean/river all around us. I like the thought that maybe when I die I could join that energy and flow around the planet forever. I wouldn't be sentient but I would be here still. Basically thats where I stand. I still take bits and pieces from other religions like the teachings of Christ since I believe in his lessons and the way of life he propossed. I also believe in Karma as the energy around us would ensure that what goes around comes around. I hope I don't offend anyone, but this is where I stand on this subject.

[b]Pretty Ricky: Grind wit me[/b] - Simply overplayed and well past wearing out its welcome. The 15 minutes of fame should have been up for this one-hit wonder a long time ago.

If you like rap I suggest [b]Smif-N-Wessun[/b]'s [b]Hellucination[/b]. Its an awesome song if not just for its beat.