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| FF8 Theory |
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Dear GiggleShank, I sent this to Brad, but he never responded, so I'm giving it to YOU! I'll give my opinion on Ultimecia soon, but let's review some facts first. I've just beaten Final Fantasy VIII and I was thinking about the sorceresses. I noticed that all the sorceri were human, yet had some inhuman features. Edea had that curly horn and the veins on her face; Adel was a huge, grey-skinned, manly lady that could move her hair with her own will; Ultimecia had those shredded black wings; and don't forget that slug-like sorceress that you fight during time compression. It got me thinking that when a sorceress uses her powers, her looks gradually change. Also, since Edea looked like a normal lady at the end of FFVIII, I'm guessing that the weird looks go away if the sorceress stops using her powers. I then speculated as to what Rinoa might look like if she used her powers a lot, and I came to a startling thought: Rinoa might look like Ultimecia if she uses her powers a lot, therefore Ultimecia might be Rinoa! How would I come to this conclusion? Well, let's see what we know. 1. Ultimecia is from the future. The game never says how distant a future this is. Still, Ultimecia knows about Odine's time invention, so it can't be so distant that someone would forget about Odine's invention. 2. Ultimecia has wings. I thought that Rinoa would definitely have wings if her looks changed. Coincidence? 3. At Edea's house, Rinoa makes a speech about Squall will someday kill her. That never seemed to happen in the game, but when I played, Squall dealt the final blow to Ultimecia. 4. Ultimecia summoned Griever. How would Ulty know about griever!? Remember that Rinoa supposedly made a copy of Squall's ring. Maybe Ulty had Squall's ring! Maybe Squall's ring contained the GF Griever (much like Solomon ring had Doomtrain). What do you make of this? I just thought that since we knew so little about Ultimecia, maybe I could fill in her past. I just can't think of why Rinoa would want to become Ultimecia, though... Peter "Oh! Blood! What is it!?" Williams |
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Googleshng: |
| Science Lesson! |
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Hi Googs. Can I call you that? No? Okay, Googs. So anyway, you know how in Xenogears Citan says "It feels like you sacked your saccules and tickled your utricles one too many times! Wow, dizzy!" It makes perfect sense if you know what saccules and utricles are. Actually they're little organs in your inner ears that control your sense of balance. So, jumping off of Gears would mess with them, making you dizzy. See? Bio II is good for something after all. And Sailor Moon R: The Movie kicks booty. Now I have something to do on spring break. ~~SuperStar Moppy |
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Googleshng: |
| Greed |
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OK Google sorry that this is a FFT question, i know there are loads of
'em asked, but i'm pretty scared...I've been staedilt raising faith and
brave on my characters, and my best magic user has 85 faith....Ok now
after the last 4 battles it's flashed "warning!" and he's said something
to the effect of "i'm too religious to fight". Is he going to leave
after a certain number of battles? Can i lower faith permenantly with
"solution". What should i do???? Thanks for listening, I love the Q&A section, i've been following it for a couple weeks now. I used to think i knew so much about RPG's....well there are so many i've never played... Well I'll be sure to write again, so hope you get used to seeing my patented signature- ~Deyat |
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Googleshng: |
| I may not know art, but I know what I like, and hey! I know art! |
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Google, I'm sorry for bringing up this whole 'art' debate again but someone over the weekend(I think Brad...) brought up the fact that video games aren't considered art because they were made to make money. I'd like to point out that EVERY SINGLE PIECE of 'fine art' was made by the artist to put food on the table. I stopped having faith in the school systems after my English teacher told us that Shakespeare wrote his plays only because he had something to say to the world. That's just total BS. He wrote Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, and all the rest to make himself some quick cash, he just happened to also be a brilliant writer. So IMHO, a video game is art if the game's designers had 'something to say' to the world of us RPGamers. Money is always the top priority for making something, at least if your job is an artist of some kind. But, as you can tell, not all game designers have the drive to put in that little bit extra, and what they give to us is not art. But that shouldn't stop us from looking for the games that have shown to us that the designers had a grander dream than mere wealth. Those games are art. -Red Raven, who thought this was too short to be an editorial |
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Googleshng: |
| Those LOSERS? |
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Dear unisex-creature-that-thinks-it-knows-everything-about-videogames, In Front Mission 3, near the end of the game when you're starting the assault on the battle platform, you have to split your party into two teams. One is the outside attack force and the other team must go in to destroy the generator. Well, being an idiot as I'm prone to do at times, I didn't level up my team equally, so I've got 4 super-powerhouses and 4 weaklings. I'm certain I'll be spending a good amount of time in the simulator to level these guys up, but what I want to know is which team has the tougher task? Is the inside assault the tougher one as I think it is? Thanks for any help to clear this up for me. -Blackhawk |
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Googleshng: |
| Don't try this at home. |
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S'up Goog, I know the letter is a little late. I have have not read your column lately because I was too busy playing FM3. So I'm catching up with the archive. Anyways, while playing FM3 nonstop, I stumbled upon, I believe, a secret wanzer! Here's how to get it. In Emma's scenario, after the battle at the observatory, near the end of the game, go to the Armored Kinkakuji website. (ARMOREDKIN/JAPAN/OTHER) Then check out the third BBS in the BBS catagory. You will find a phone number: 555(XKR)224. Now, go to the Lawspite website. (AUSPEND/AUSRALIA/OTHER) In the garbrage pit, use the Inferno Dialer and dial the number. You will then recieve the secret wanzer, HOSHUN MK112! You must put the parts together yourselves. This baby has a powerful Heavy Plasma Gun. With a range of 9 squares and stronger then a melee weapon, this thing is unstoppable! Plus, once fully upgraded, it has the best stats. The only draw back is that the Plasma Gun cost 15AP to use! So I recomend equipping it with a melee weapon or a rifle also. There's more! Its battle skill is awesome! Body Smash allows for 1-hit kill! I killed the final boss easily! It takes up 5 slots though. AP-0 is great. It allows you to perform action for free. Great for the Plasma Gun! I don't know the skill for the body. Right now, I'm working on obtaining the HOSHUN MK112 for Alisa's scenario. I belive you can get it the same way, but I'm not sure when you can get it. But I will find out. Meanwhile, see if you can find a Xenogears cameo. Hint: it's on the 'net. until then, happy gaming! Shiro "Secret Agent Man" Takemura |
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Love the new layout. |
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Wow. It's awesome. Kudos to the designers. |
What's funny is that I got both of these letters before the redesign was fully put up. Still, thanks. | |||
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Since you like Haikus so much, read Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. The main character
uses them a lot! |
I don't like haiku. You must be thinking of Brad. Make good Quickies though. |
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I love the smell of dead zombies in the morning. |
Need Money! | |||
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Hey Google I got some quotes from games that you can guess, so, here we go.... |
Sabin, FF6 | |||
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"Skip the grapes and go for the shoulder rub. She has STRONG hands...."
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Working Designs sounding... Lunar? Maybe Grandia? | |||
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"Zombie Paper worked, so I wonder if someone will come up with 'Pretty Girl
Paper'." |
Earthbound. Some guy. Oh, no room for the rest of these, but Young Master must be from Xenogears. so I got at least half right! | |||
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The Last Laugh: Here's your CC pic. OK, sorry this is up so late, but you've had purdy piktures to look at while you waited. 8) Anyway, I hope you all like the redesign, and I'll see you around tomorrow... you know, metaphorically. I won't actually see you. |
Googleshng "Exhausted" @rpgamer.com
Isn't this great? I found a color that works on this background!
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