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« on: June 07, 2010, 03:04:34 PM »
-Kuhns uses bazooka!-
-....-
-It's Super Effective!-
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« on: June 07, 2010, 12:35:15 PM »
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Wtf.
:T
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« on: June 04, 2010, 07:33:08 AM »
Something that could have caused the PS3 error is not turning the PS3 off right. I had the same thing happen to me, but luckily I got the second one to work and didn't have to send it back. It's been fine ever since. I thought as much for the first one, but for the second I made sure to turn it off correctly every time I played it. The third one (the one I have right now) isn't acting up though...yet. :| One good thing I can say about Sony is that their Support is much faster/better than Microsoft's. 
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« on: May 05, 2010, 10:32:34 AM »
First off, Hiyo Miazaki is a god, and is in no way to be compared to any film maker EVER.
:B
Secondly, I'll say it again, if you want a story, READ A BOOK. Movie's, has you said, are a visual representation of a story, so my point is not that they should have no story, rather that they depend less on their story. Instead, movies rely on expressions, and imagry, has poetry utilizes diction and syntax.
I disagree, but can see where you are coming from. <:
Story means very little, it's just there so you know how to feel, because the Entertainment buisness (music, movies, writting and arts etc.) are only to inspire emotions.
....I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say here. Without the story of something, there would be no something. It would just be...a string of pictures/words/whatever. And while I agree that the entertainment business is all about running with cheap thrills, a good story (doesn't matter if it's a book, movie or even a comic book) has the potential of inspiring thought, as well as emotion. However, thought has to come from a good story--a good set-up.
How the emotions are inspired, depends on the form of entertainment. In a novel, it's important because there's very little else to go off of (not to say there is NOTHING else). In movies, my point is that the inspiration of choice emotions is derived MORE so from visuals and appearant tones.
Okay, I'm seeing where your coming from here...again.
The characters in Avatar were exeplairy (misspelled probably haha). The steady decline and decay of mind and morals, expressed through Jake Soule could only be expressed through his "Video updates", his expressions, eyes, tone.
Those video blogs were actually, in my opinion, cheap ways for the director to tell the audience what was going on rather than showing what was going on, as most of the visuals you were talking about earlier were wasted on the lush landscape of Pandora. ;P
The cinematography, the symbolism of the falling tree. The computer animation even, all support to the tone and feel of what little story is there, and that is what makes it such a great film.
Good graphics (and this applies to any visual media) cannot make up for a rotten storyline. I agree that movies have it easier setting up the tone and atmosphere, but without an equally as strong story to back it up, Avatar is simply an alien version of Planet Earth. All they need to do is cut the characters out and get some deep-voiced narrator to explain the rain cycles and already it would be a better 'film'.
An example of how not to make a movie or show would be like, almost ALL ANIMES. Look at DeathNote, or Naruto. Both have pretty good story lines, still, the visuals are nothing more than enough to remind millions of nerdy-metal-monkeys that they're still "cool" by some standards. The lines are HORRIBLY WRITTEN, the facial expressions are no more than angry or confused, and the character developement and design (mental, not phsyical) is nothing more that immature. "but there's story", and NOTHING else. Story is just the surface value of the art, to be taken by shallow sharks, hungry for a reason to indulge in their taste.
Can't say anything for Deathnote (never watched it), but your constant proposal that better graphics=better in general is shallow. Manga to Anime is the same as Book to Movie, its almost never as good as the original. You wanna talk about immature character development, then look at Avatar--oh wait, there is no character development. Everyone in that movie are either evil, gun-blazing tree killers, or kind, wiser-than-thou tree huggers who could do no wrong. Jake gets his legs back either way, no matter what evils he does everyone will always forgive him, and despite having no prior training, he goes in, learns their language, marries the tribal princess, uses rocks and sticks to defeat highly advanced technology and even gets to ride that...giant red dragon thingy (>_>). But, of course, that doesn't matter because everything looks pretty.
....
I'd also like to add that I am talking about good story lines, in general. Neither Avatar nor Naruto fit the bill on that one. Lots of pretty graphics and lots of storyline are both bad in my book, they both do the same thing for a story:bog it down.
There's too much focus on story, to little on everything else. Story is just another aspect of entertainment, a little one, to keep you on track. Too much more story in that movie, and it would have easily been overkill.
And if you don't believe it's "such a stepping stone", then just look at all the up-coming 3D films, filled identicly, and yet nowhere near the quality. That's what makes a stepping stone, when it's set a new bar, high and more diffecult to grasp. The visual effects are better than any in the past, that's what made Matrix and STAR WARS so great.
Actually, there isn't enough focus on the story, the plot, the characters, why they are doing the things they do and/or why we should care. 3D films...so what? I'll say this as my final point, because I can see we'll never agree on this:
Good writing can save bad visuals. Good visuals cannot save bad writing. The only thing Avatar inspired in me was the irritating feeling that the makers of the film thought the audience were a bunch of idiots. You don't think, you're not surprised at any of the 'plot twists', you aren't left with any mind-numbing-stay-up-for-hours-thinking-about-it-thoughts. You simple sit there, soaking up the pretty graphics like a spoon-fed child, too dazzled to actually form a coherent thought other than 'more please'.
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Mac computers are so freaking overrated. >:U Why do I have to use them for my computers and art class? *Smashes Mac*
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« on: May 05, 2010, 09:49:57 AM »
First off, Hiyo Miazaki is a god, and is in no way to be compared to any film maker EVER. :B Secondly, I'll say it again, if you want a story, READ A BOOK. Movie's, has you said, are a visual representation of a story, so my point is not that they should have no story, rather that they depend less on their story. Instead, movies rely on expressions, and imagry, has poetry utilizes diction and syntax. I disagree, but can see where you are coming from. <: Story means very little, it's just there so you know how to feel, because the Entertainment buisness (music, movies, writting and arts etc.) are only to inspire emotions. ....I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say here. Without the story of something, there would be no something. It would just be...a string of pictures/words/whatever. And while I agree that the entertainment business is all about running with cheap thrills, a good story (doesn't matter if it's a book, movie or even a comic book) has the potential of inspiring thought, as well as emotion. However, thought has to come from a good story--a good set-up. How the emotions are inspired, depends on the form of entertainment. In a novel, it's important because there's very little else to go off of (not to say there is NOTHING else). In movies, my point is that the inspiration of choice emotions is derived MORE so from visuals and appearant tones. Okay, I'm seeing where your coming from here...again. The characters in Avatar were exeplairy (misspelled probably haha). The steady decline and decay of mind and morals, expressed through Jake Soule could only be expressed through his "Video updates", his expressions, eyes, tone. Those video blogs were actually, in my opinion, cheap ways for the director to tell the audience what was going on rather than showing what was going on, as most of the visuals you were talking about earlier were wasted on the lush landscape of Pandora. ;P The cinematography, the symbolism of the falling tree. The computer animation even, all support to the tone and feel of what little story is there, and that is what makes it such a great film. Good graphics (and this applies to any visual media) cannot make up for a rotten storyline. I agree that movies have it easier setting up the tone and atmosphere, but without an equally as strong story to back it up, Avatar is simply an alien version of Planet Earth. All they need to do is cut the characters out and get some deep-voiced narrator to explain the rain cycles and already it would be a better 'film'. An example of how not to make a movie or show would be like, almost ALL ANIMES. Look at DeathNote, or Naruto. Both have pretty good story lines, still, the visuals are nothing more than enough to remind millions of nerdy-metal-monkeys that they're still "cool" by some standards. The lines are HORRIBLY WRITTEN, the facial expressions are no more than angry or confused, and the character developement and design (mental, not phsyical) is nothing more that immature. "but there's story", and NOTHING else. Story is just the surface value of the art, to be taken by shallow sharks, hungry for a reason to indulge in their taste. Can't say anything for Deathnote (never watched it), but your constant proposal that better graphics=better in general is shallow. Manga to Anime is the same as Book to Movie, its almost never as good as the original. You wanna talk about immature character development, then look at Avatar--oh wait, there is no character development. Everyone in that movie are either evil, gun-blazing tree killers, or kind, wiser-than-thou tree huggers who could do no wrong. Jake gets his legs back either way, no matter what evils he does everyone will always forgive him, and despite having no prior training, he goes in, learns their language, marries the tribal princess, uses rocks and sticks to defeat highly advanced technology and even gets to ride that...giant red dragon thingy (>_>). But, of course, that doesn't matter because everything looks pretty. .... I'd also like to add that I am talking about good story lines, in general. Neither Avatar nor Naruto fit the bill on that one. Lots of pretty graphics and lots of storyline are both bad in my book, they both do the same thing for a story:bog it down. There's too much focus on story, to little on everything else. Story is just another aspect of entertainment, a little one, to keep you on track. Too much more story in that movie, and it would have easily been overkill.
And if you don't believe it's "such a stepping stone", then just look at all the up-coming 3D films, filled identicly, and yet nowhere near the quality. That's what makes a stepping stone, when it's set a new bar, high and more diffecult to grasp. The visual effects are better than any in the past, that's what made Matrix and STAR WARS so great. Actually, there isn't enough focus on the story, the plot, the characters, why they are doing the things they do and/or why we should care. 3D films...so what? I'll say this as my final point, because I can see we'll never agree on this: Good writing can save bad visuals. Good visuals cannot save bad writing. The only thing Avatar inspired in me was the irritating feeling that the makers of the film thought the audience were a bunch of idiots. You don't think, you're not surprised at any of the 'plot twists', you aren't left with any mind-numbing-stay-up-for-hours-thinking-about-it-thoughts. You simple sit there, soaking up the pretty graphics like a spoon-fed child, to dazzled to actually form a coherent thought other than 'more please'. ---- Mac computers are so freaking overrated. >:U Why do I have to use them for my computers and art class? *Smashes Mac*
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« on: April 30, 2010, 11:34:11 PM »
If I didn't know any better, I'd say you are trying to rush the Team with your post. Pointless, pointless topic. 
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« on: April 29, 2010, 07:34:42 AM »
i actually sorta disagree with the Avatar thing...If ya want a story, read an effing book. Star Wars story sucked. And almost all movies with a good story were that way because they were pulled from a book or graphic novel of some-sort. Movies are eye candy, and not much else, and for this, Avatar was and always will be a great stepping stone in movie history. Spirited Away had an amazing storyline, and it wasn't based on a book. Movies use pictures to tell a story the same way a book uses words. Saying that a movie's quality is based on visuals is the same as saying a book's quality is based on the covers and what kind of font the author decided to use. I saw nothing in Avatar that I hadn't seen in a video game before. I almost was expecting a 'skip scene' button to appear, and sadly it never did. Avatar is not a stepping stone in movie history (IMO) it's just an overinflated fad that proved that people can be easily wowed by lame storyline, flat characters and pretty graphics.People complaining about Twilight. If you didn`t like it then you didn`t but no need to go on and on about it. It gets really really irritating. No offense to you dude! Complaining about Twilight is fair game, as this is a rant thread...kinda. :B *Note: Oops, accidentally deleted the next reply. >_>; Feel free to reply again L & S.
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« on: April 28, 2010, 03:53:18 AM »
My Risky Question,
If you've been playing poke'mon MMO's for awhile you will know of Poke'net. They where C&D ordered awhile back by Nintendo. My question is, what makes Poke'mon Universe so certain that they will not get shut down by Nintendo like Poke'net and what makes them think they can survive like Pokemon Cyrus, Pokemon World Online and Pokemon Destiny because the amount of members is growing much and Poke'net was shut down when they had over 1,000 members and this community is way bigger than that.
Thank you for all replies.... Greatly appreciated You're welcome.
We aren't certain about anything. We know the dangers of releasing a unofficial Pokemon MMORPG. If Nintendo sent us C&D letters, we would have no choice but to make an original game shut down the project. Simple as that. They got shut down for making money off the Pokemon name, if anyone makes Money off "Pokemon" they will get shut down. They weren't making a dime off the Pokemon name.
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« on: April 28, 2010, 03:43:45 AM »
Hur, locked.
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« on: April 21, 2010, 05:31:47 AM »
This would allow players to essentially carry 12 Pokemon around. Sounds a little like a crutch for lazy, unprepared players.
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« on: April 16, 2010, 08:40:17 PM »
Pokemon Crystal was my 1st and most favorite pokemon game......EVER!!!!!!!!! But what i hated is everytime when i'm in a cave, 90% of the time a Zubat pops up as the wild pokemon  Hur, welcome to the club. That's been going on since Red/Blue. :B
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« on: April 15, 2010, 06:58:41 AM »
I wanted to make something truly original and new but i didn't want to ruin the overall feeling of the Pokemon trilogy and I do not know any plans for your current story so here is my plot from scratch:
You play as a student that just transferred from another location and you have just reached the point of a big Pokemon test. You however, have absolutely no experience of battling so your teacher lends you one (Choose a starter Pokemon). You battle and pass your test as your teacher becomes impressed with your abilities. (Tutorial Ends) The teacher will have a large number of missions available depending on your grade level but you will soon encounter a new gang called "Team Ultimate" which plans on using illegal items and Pokemon to capture all of the Rare Legendary Pokemon in order to accomplish their goal. As you progress, "Team Ultimate" puts their goal into action by attempting on controlling and hypnotizing all the Pokemon in the world to do their bidding. In order to stop them, you need to be able to access new areas and grade levels by collecting Gym Badges. At one point you will see "Team Ultimate" scattered across different lands holding different Legendary Pokemon and you will need to capture 1 one them in order to throw the gang off balance. Since "Team Ultimate" has already captured the Pokemon, you will need to get hold of a illegal Poke-ball that captures the opponents Pokemon in order to temporarily foil their plan. There will be many other side quests also that will contain individual stories attached to them.
Features:
- Player Customization
- Team Battle
- Hm abilities
- Trade Menu
- Black Market (sell illegal items for lots of $$$)
- Downtown area (Includes Criminals, Black Market & Hidden gang base)
- Illegal Pokemon (Pokemon that have unbalanced abilities)
- Illegal Item (Disables a Pokemon from fighting a battle)(can only be used once and only on a person with multiple Pokemon)
- Multiplayer Tournaments
- Walking Pokemon that follow you
- A separate story (Play as a member of "Team Ultimate")
Like I said, since I do not know your original plans I made a new concept to the plot while still maintaining the Pokemon feel to it.  http://pokemon-universe.com/index.php?action=announcement;aid=2
http://pokemon-universe.com/index.php?page=story
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« on: April 14, 2010, 05:22:43 AM »
True on every account, however:
1. starts off with a character that does not know what is going on These are usually the main characters, or sub-main, simply for the reason that the viewer can relate to them. Also, when it becomes apparent that something needs to be explained, it is better to tell a character that doesn't know what's going on rather than one character telling another character what they should already know.
2. has a character that knows almost everything There at least needs to be one. After all, if a bunch of characters-that-don't-know-what's going on run around, it would make for a very confusing, not to mention boring, story. Info dump anyone?
3. has a chick whether it be main character or random character that has abnormally large hooters There are animes out there with all male casts--if you're in to that kinda thing. :|
The large hooters are a must though-err, without them, anime wouldn't have their pervert scenes and would lose a good 67% of their fan base.
4. when says that the person is an average day high school student they NEVER are! Again, we are tricked into thinking we can relate to them. Sometimes they are average kids...until crap starts to happen AKA the plot.
The only truth is that most anime is cardboard cutouts of the same crap. There are always going to be familiar roles, some are just done more tastefully than others. It's the same in every media outlet.
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