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Might try to squeeze another update in sometime this week since this one was so short. Looking like I'll be sticking to updating on Sundays and occasionally on holidays or whatever days I get off. Usually too burned out on weekdays to do much and busy Saturdays what with household chores and hosting board games so that's where I'm at.
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Nov 8, 2015 15:52
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My personal guess with the clock is that it's an indication that Quan died a week before the events of the game, which is when Vivi left Quan's Dwelling and started heading to Alexandria.
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Nov 8, 2015 16:08
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I will never get why that track is called 'Aerial Battle' also damnit Quan
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Nov 8, 2015 16:11
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I can explain the data-sharing Marcus has with a later character, sure, but I won't be showing it off, as it would involve gaining levels. Oddly it's different from Blank. I wonder how Cinna would affect Quina if Cinna could actually gain levels.
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Nov 8, 2015 16:17
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Makes you wonder why Quan was really hated by Quale (and maybe all the other Qu's). 
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Nov 8, 2015 16:17
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DeafNote posted:I will never get why that track is called 'Aerial Battle' Because in pretty much every other source it's Fairy Battle and whatever source I got the song names from probably just made them up on the spot. I'm gonna start changing them as necessary (for instance, the original track name for the gate song is "Boudary South Gate" with no N). I'm still keeping Steiner Stealth though.
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Sum Mors posted:Makes you wonder why Quan was really hated by Quale (and maybe all the other Qu's). Quale called him a bigot so I guess Quan posts on whatever the Qu version of Stormfront is.
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Quale called him a bigot so I guess Quan posts on whatever the Qu version of Stormfront is. Yet Quan was raising a black mage as his grandson (to eat him but still) so maybe Quan changed. Or maybe qu hates walrus-people instead. Also this gave me the idea of referring to Qu as qu for third-person pronouns so maybe this will make my life easier when writing about Qu's.
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I always thought that Quan was a "bigot" because the Qu had some sort of "food that talks is not food" rule, but Quan didn't apply that to non-Qu. Don't know where I got that from, and it's probably wrong.
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Nov 8, 2015 16:33
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The universe really loves to pick on Vivi. Has one happy thing happened to him this whole game? And, wow, I missed out on almost all of those dialogue changes in Dali. I think I've only ever gotten that Elixir once, in fact.
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Speaking of Cinna, despite only being in a few fights in disc 1 and getting his data replaced before the disc is even over, he's as functional as the other two Tantalus members. He has a menu portrait which is terrifying:  And a victory animation even though every fight he's in fades to black without victory animations playing. 
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So basically Cinna is prototype Wakka?
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ApplesandOranges posted:So basically Cinna is prototype Wakka? Remind me to beg Dark Id to make a video of Wakka's victory animation while he's hasted, if he hasn't done that already.
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:The universe really loves to pick on Vivi. Has one happy thing happened to him this whole game? He met Steiner I guess.
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Remind me to beg Dark Id to make a video of Wakka's victory animation while he's hasted, if he hasn't done that already. Hasted, of course.
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Remind me to beg Dark Id to make a video of Wakka's victory animation while he's hasted, if he hasn't done that already. The only thing more amusing than Hasted Victory Wakka is Hasted Victory Lulu. 2001 jiggle physics are a hilarious thing when played at fast forward. Like a freaking whirlpool in a pair of water balloons.
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I wash my face everyday you know
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:The universe really loves to pick on Vivi. Has one happy thing happened to him this whole game? The shopkeeper in Lindblum gave him a free kupo nut. 
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Quale called him a bigot so I guess Quan posts on whatever the Qu version of Stormfront is. The Qu Qlux Qlan?
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Nov 8, 2015 20:40
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Cast members we've already met, as designed for Pictlogica Final Fantasy:       
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IM PRETTY MIFFED ABOUT THIS KIDNAPPING THING JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW
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Wait a minute, spiral-shaped red eyes, one eye perpetually covered... Haven't I seen this before? EDIT: (image of a certain Naruto character that I apparently can't hotlink because fan sites are jerks) ...Huh. I think I know why she's so overpowered now. Bufuman fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Nov 8, 2015 |
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Were you gonna fight any Mandragoras near Quan's Dwelling? Pretty good source of EXP right now, even though their gimmick can really gently caress you up if you don't keep track of their HP.
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ApplesandOranges posted:My personal guess with the clock is that it's an indication that Quan died a week before the events of the game, which is when Vivi left Quan's Dwelling and started heading to Alexandria. Hobgoblin2099 posted:The universe really loves to pick on Vivi. Has one happy thing happened to him this whole game? Vivi just wanted to see a play to cheer himself up. We all know how that went.
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Gnoman posted:I always thought that Quan was a "bigot" because the Qu had some sort of "food that talks is not food" rule, but Quan didn't apply that to non-Qu. Don't know where I got that from, and it's probably wrong. I always kind of suspected that the translator meant to write "heretic" but had a weird brain fart and came out with the wrong word, and nobody noticed in testing.
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epenthesis posted:I always kind of suspected that the translator meant to write "heretic" but had a weird brain fart and came out with the wrong word, and nobody noticed in testing. 
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It's an odd choice of word, but there's always the option that Quale doesn't know the correct meaning. It wouldn't be the first time something like that happened.
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I appreciate that they don't restrict Dagger to just where she needs to go, so there's this wandering and exploration without the relevant people.
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If Quale calling Quan a bigot is an error, I wouldn't say it's one that really detracts from the story. It's obvious the two have some history and Quale is doing the worst job at hiding it. The basis of that insult could be anything from Quale not knowing what that word means to Quale just casually insulting that guy he doesn't like who he totally doesn't know by the way, nope, nu-uh. Sometimes word choice is crucial, but here I think it's enough to communicate there's some bad blood between the two. Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Speaking of Cinna, despite only being in a few fights in disc 1 and getting his data replaced before the disc is even over, he's as functional as the other two Tantalus members.
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Tae posted:He met Steiner I guess. Actually, all the party member slike him and respect him and try to help him out. Getting involved with the war really is been the best thing that happened to him.
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to be fair quan apparently taught vivi stuff so presumably quan had a change of heart on the whole 'eating him' thing at some point
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Knowledge is power, and power is delicious.
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KataraniSword posted:Vivi just wanted to see a play to cheer himself up. We all know how that went. God, just-Vivi had nothing until meeting Zidane and co. Poor kid. 
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FinalGamer posted:Which, may I add, somebody scammed him by palming off a fake ticket to him. Except Grandpa Quan who apparently decided not to eat him after all. That's something, at least.
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Given the conversation in front of Ice Cavern, though, Quan is dead. So Vivi is essentially homeless/a cave dweller and went to that play to have something to enjoy. 
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Did Vivi even know magic before joining up with Zidane & Co and getting some wand or staff or rod? A black mage without magic is a sad existence indeed. e: actually, I think he used some magic in the play, so nevermind on that
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Reading this thread reminded me how much I love Tetra Master, the card game that is
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Gamesfreak13563 posted:Reading this thread reminded me how much I love Tetra Master, the card game that is This is revenge for All The Bravest existing, isn't it. 
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Oh hey, today is the fifteenth anniversary of FF9 hitting the U.S. Also it's beating Kingdom Hearts on GameFAQs. Update this weekend assuming I don't spend all my time playing Fallout 4.
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