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Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #825 on:** October 13, 2015, 08:26:36 PM »

While I did enjoy FF12's text from what I recall of it, there are limits to how much I can praise any localisation that comes up with something as cringe-inducing as "technicks".

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #826 on:** October 13, 2015, 09:19:36 PM »

LETTERS FOR THE UI GOD
SPACE SAVING FOR THE FORMATTING THRONE

Fenrir · « **Reply #827 on:** October 13, 2015, 09:28:54 PM »

Fair point. Fair point.
I googled "alchemick" and found out that Dragon's Dogma has an alchemick vest. Quality of game is proportional to stupidity of made up spelling for me

Sierra · « **Reply #828 on:** October 13, 2015, 10:36:38 PM »

But Fenrir you missed out on so much stupid by playing that game without pawns. 'tis far stronger than a common goblin arghle bargle

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #829 on:** October 14, 2015, 05:07:06 AM »

Quote from: Fenrir on October 13, 2015, 07:30:22 PM

Woah nice. I wonder what part the translation had in making FF12's writing so much better than the other mainline FFs. Probably a pretty big part (despite Matsuno)

Considering that the direction that the VAs in FF13 got was "Make your sounds more like the Japanese version!" I think it was not well-recieved at Square.

SnowFire · « **Reply #830 on:** October 19, 2015, 09:41:46 PM »

e-sports has arrived: stupid people betting on them (and leading to all the usual problems this entails).

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/496866-yoda-b4-gerrard-banned-for-life-for-match-fixing

(Related, I assume we've all seen the beginnings of a mild crackdown on daily fantasy sports? Fantasy sports are good, but *daily* fantasy sports where you have no control over your options is just straight-up gambling on red vs. black. Sigh.)

Veryslightlymad · « **Reply #831 on:** October 20, 2015, 07:56:06 PM »

Let's do a crazy-hard sporcle because I'm interested to see where people trip up.

This took me several tries. I'll explain where I failed in small text:
http://www.sporcle.com/games/caramba/ABCs_of_Europe

Basically, name every country in europe, in alphabetical order.

WHERE I FAILED
Bosnia and Herzegovina (I kept spelling this wrong, and holy hell, this is finicky on spelling.)
Cyprus (What infuriates me, is I put this in as an answer EARLIER when I forgot some B countries, and then STILL forgot it existed)
Kosovo (Not officially a country! I feel robbed.)
Liechtenstein (I had this right, but it's impossible to spell.)
Malta (Honestly forgot you existed.)
San Marino (Ditto. Like, These two countries are places I was AWARE of, I just didn't think they were independent like I knew Andorra and Monaco were.)

I got nothing else wrong.

So.... 5 mistakes, I feel justified in all of them, except for one where I just boneheaded it up.

AFRICAN HARD MODE:
http://www.sporcle.com/games/caramba/ABCs_of_Africa

failures

Burundi. forgot.
Central African Republic. Acronym countries always trip me up. Should have grabbed this.
Comoros. Never heard of. It's an island nation. Do we count those?
Seychelles. Ditto.

And that's it! That's everything. I actually had an easier time with this than I did Europe (and suspected I would.) It took me about as many retries, though, for batshit idiotic reasons. Namely for "official" name disputes.

Cape Verde (Sorry. It's "Cabo Verde" on Sporcle. Fuck you.
Ivory Coast/Cote d'ivoire (I got this one right after the Cape Verde debacle, but fuck you.)

Country name disputes is the stupidest thing. Pretty much every country has multiple names depending on what country you're in, and there's not really an "official" one. Spain, for instance, will call themselves Espania, and will be ABBREVIATED as such in world competition, but our official name for them is still "Spain". Yet other nations we have to refer to in the official Spanish or we're just wrong? WHY?! Who decides this crap?

EDIT
I'd give you guys Asia, but Asia fucking cheats. Case in point:

PICTURED: Not in fucking Asia.
ALSO PICTURED: Darwin, Australia

Captain K · « **Reply #832 on:** October 21, 2015, 06:20:01 AM »

Get out your Huey Lewis records, it's Back to the Future day.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34569759?SThisFB

Captain K · « **Reply #833 on:** October 23, 2015, 02:49:49 PM »

http://tass.ru/en/society/831017

"Fear will keep them in line" probably isn't the best platform for your party to run on. Unless you're Republican.

Veryslightlymad · « **Reply #834 on:** October 23, 2015, 10:09:56 PM »

Ukraine did this. That's kind of a giant middle finger to Russia

Grefter · « **Reply #835 on:** October 26, 2015, 07:07:19 AM »

Quote from: NotMiki on October 03, 2015, 03:27:39 AM

Quote from: AndrewRogue on October 03, 2015, 03:15:06 AM
Rosa Parks persona incoming.

IT WOULD BE THE BEST THING

THIS WAS FUCKING WRONG

THIS IS THE BEST THING

edit - GUYS GUYS GUYS. IT IS FUCKING HAPPENING. IT IS ACTUALLY FUCKING HAPPENING. THE POINT AND CLICK ENLIGHTENMENT HAS HAPPENED.

Shale · « **Reply #836 on:** October 26, 2015, 09:31:46 PM »

http://thebulletin.org/okinawa-missiles-october8826

The newly declassified story of how, just after the Cuban Missile Crisis, American bases in Japan were erroneously told to nuke Russia (and a bunch of non-Soviet nations). People have generally assumed there must be a U.S. version of Stanislav Petrov we were never told about, and here he is. Captain William Bassett.

NotMiki · « **Reply #837 on:** October 26, 2015, 10:54:37 PM »

Jesus

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #838 on:** October 27, 2015, 08:11:41 PM »

Dunno if anyone else follows Brows Held High, but probably relevant to DL interests: https://t.co/EMFfGknDpF

NotMiki · « **Reply #839 on:** November 02, 2015, 04:50:26 AM »

http://steamed.kotaku.com/the-story-behind-steam-s-framerate-police-1732590111

Don't know whether to laugh or cry. I've played Guild of Dungeoneering. It's 100% turn-based. Demanding 60FPS is like demanding lossless audio of a Nintendo soundtrack. Quote unquote gamers always seem to find new ways to limbo under my expectations.

Grefter · « **Reply #840 on:** November 02, 2015, 05:20:57 AM »

You missed that when it really kicked up full steam (lOlololol funny accidental pune)? Yeah I also love how fucking blind and stupid it is to ignore the context. Locking the game at 30 FPS lets you target lower and lower end hardware (or space for you to port it without completely reworking the entire game!)

They are literally mad at people for servicing their target demographic.

The only reason I haven't picked up Guild of Dungeoneering is because I am holding out for an iOS port. It looks damn fun and I want to be able to play it on a phone.

NotMiki · « **Reply #841 on:** November 02, 2015, 06:07:59 AM »

It's ok. It is musically narrated by a jaded old bastard who thinks your continued success is a sign of the fall of decent society. That pretty much never gets old. Gameplay's hit and miss.

The Duck · « **Reply #842 on:** November 02, 2015, 01:53:00 PM »

fuck your story, Toby Fox, Undertale needs to be experienced in 60 fps.

The Jackbox games are also on there, which is ridiculous. Clicker Heroes is also a really good one because people really need to see gold falling out of enemies at high framerates. Also Heroes of Might and Magic 3.