How come nobody's talking about X-2?  I know all you guys were gay for that game.  You practically grew a coat of lipstick as the then-world-famous job system coddled you in your ride through the abyss of girly pleasure.

...I take no responsibility for this thread.  ^_-;

Hey guys!  Thought I'd drop in and say what's up.  Well, that's done.

I also wanted to share a comment about a game music concert I went to.  It was my second, actually, and both orchestras played One Winged Angel, and both played it up ahead of time as like God's fucking gift to game music.  Personally, I don't care if I ever hear it again.

Missed you guys. :)

Shit, Dez-Man, I've been talking out of my ass on AD for 8 years.  :P
If you'd like to say anything I'd certainly welcome it.

Parn: are you kidding?  You reviewed the Welcome to Lodoss Island OST. That's probably the single most unique piece of coverage we have!  (Besides, a lot of the early soundtrack reviews are spartan.)

I think my knuckle caught a case of RESPECK. Is there an ointment for this?  Oil of clove, perhaps?

Sorry again for my inactivity 'Fanners.  I swear that one day I'll post here regularly, once more.

Anime Dream turns 10 this month, and to celebrate in a way that won't make me lose my mind, I'm merely collecting and posting memoirs (of any length) from any former AD staffers or contributors.  If you're anywhere on this list (http://www.animedream.com/ad/profiles) and would like to participate, PM your write-up to me or mail it to "mattb {at} animedream {dot} com".  Pretty much anything goes: talk about your experiences with or impression of AD, thoughts about anime in general, etc.  I'll take entries up til the end of the month.

(Thanks to Pat/Ramza for his entry.)

The sad thing is, I'm hardly playing games of late.  Square whore that I am, I'll pick up FF13, though.  :)

The suggestion that people who want stuff banned actually read scientific publications?  Classic.

No, they want shit banned because it's a slippery slope! It's a gateway drug!  I am the walrus!  Ice cream has bones!  Take your pick.

Needs moar hoars.

"The Dark Scimitar is real!"  For all of them.

Thousands of doujinshi artists scream as their "research" materials are taken off the shelves....

Even as an adult, the prospect of a Fed raid makes me kind of want to check this stuff out.  Weird.

Nallo's like a Ninja, or something.

Ha ha ha, keepin the dream alive.

(Edit: OK, so I realize how ridiculously late I am at responding to this.  This might be the first time I've actually read this particular board. ^^;;)

Thoughts in no particular order.  Except, they're ordered.

Happy [11?], RPGFan.  Thanks for giving me OCD and ruining my life.

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Nah, you guys rock.  I feel bad that I don't come around more often.

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Oh yeah?  Who remembers Hatless | ZP | Seifer^Almasy/Takumi^Fujiwara | Nallo | Eusis (what happened to that guy, anyway?) | Phoenix's Rage | Feena | XenoOffspring the punckof LUNAR | Skyclad | Prince Mars | Keith's sig?  My lawn.  Get off.

Kadamose was endless entertainment.  Keith's sig was endless entertainment.  Some random girl faked Seifer's suicide.  We've been through some weird shit.

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Not as bad as my first handle: "Cid (Which one?) (I don't know!)"

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Holy shit.  I was wondering what happened to you, and you've been here the whole time! I probably shouldn't say this, but Fenix Down is an awesome name and you should've stuck with it. :P

We desperately need a former handles database.

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Working Designs board 4ever (PBUH)

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Note to self: AD should have a "History of" article too, I guess.  We're 10 next January!

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Is Druff 40 yet?

My suggestion.  Also, I'd give less vertical space to the major-feature images, and put some padding between them.

Mad props to the 'Fan for changing the layout, esp. given that you did it in a short amount of time.  The horizontal navigation menu definitely works best for a site like this, IMHO.


God, I wish.  Like was already mentioned, RPGFan has a lot of old static content, and that's a killer.  It took me fully 2 years (longer, if I were honest) to go dynamic with Anime Dream, and a solid 2-3 months of that time was spent doing manual data entry.  I had less than a tenth of the number of pages RPGFan has.  It's a shit-ton of work.

Around last Christmas I spent a month redoing every element in every template AD has with class/id attributes, in preparation for our own layout switch.  It helped a lot -- I won't lie -- but there were still major changes in the structure of some pages.  You can't always change layouts with the flip of a switch.  In fact, I'd wager that very few are able to do that, and that their new layouts are very similar to the old.

I'm gonna go directly against your wishes and recommend School Rumble: the romance show where nothing goes right for anybody.  Gut-busting hilarity within.

The proper response is: "If you spend it on porn instead, you might lose some weight."  Kidding aside, he says that stuff to get a rise out of you, and clearly it's working.  Don't take the bait.  Let his words ring hollow a few times.

I'll tell you what won't work: badgering someone engaged in an unhealthy lifestyle about how unhealthy it is.  Except when he deserves it -- i.e. he threw some shit your way first.  Be prepared for the possibility that there's nothing you can do for him.

There's something you can do for yourself, though.  Stop picking up after him.  Don't lend him money.  The old saying, "don't buy a drunk a drink," applies to more than just drinking.  Don't let his bad behavior be a source of shame for you.