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by Roas Atrades
Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:11 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Wow...it's been awhile...
Replies: 13
Views: 13904

Rune Lai wrote:Um... I don't suppose you're still working on <I>If Love Were Only Part of the Equation</I> are you? ^^;


This makes me laugh. :lol: Having been a member of Rune's stable of Lunar writers....I just find this funny :lol:
by Roas Atrades
Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:09 pm
Forum: Anime, Music, TV/Movies, and Books
Topic: What are you currently reading?
Replies: 181
Views: 220824

I just picked up the new Eddings book this week, Crystal Gorge, the third book in the Dreamers series. The Eddings are two of my favorite authors, because the way they write characters was one of my major influences when I started writing. They are never much for battle scenes and super description,...
by Roas Atrades
Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:04 pm
Forum: Lunar: Dragon Song
Topic: Lunar: from the best games ever to the most common, mediocre
Replies: 43
Views: 50118

Wow.... Glad I can be a regular poster here instead of a mod, so I don't have to stress this. Anywho. Even though I am not the hugest handheld fan out there, I will give the DS time when it's cheaper in the future. Fire Emblem is a really good game that I want to play some day. And I am sure a few m...
by Roas Atrades
Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:39 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: What are You Currently Playing?
Replies: 518
Views: 484090

- Recently finished a first run through of Radiata Stories

- Soul Calibur III (YAY!)

- currently on break from FF XI, but going back soon

- Romance of the Three Kingdoms X

And come December, I eagerly await DQ VIII (weasled it for X-mas present).
by Roas Atrades
Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:36 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Suikoden V
Replies: 17
Views: 20180

Well, everyone has pretty much said what's needed to be said about IV. - traveling sucks - 4 person pty....I want my 6 back - very lacking story/main hero. Plus the supporting cast kinda sucked too. I didn't like anyone, and I am pissed off about certain endgame characters. - too few islands and tow...
by Roas Atrades
Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:25 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Wow...it's been awhile...
Replies: 13
Views: 13904

And the All Star team bench keeps getting longer :D
by Roas Atrades
Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:39 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
Replies: 64
Views: 67405

Youths might struggle with complex moral questions involving turning a friend in that everyone else calls a slave, but you don't quite see that way? ... I guess that's exactly why you brought Huck Finn up. I'm not quite sure what you mean with the first part of that. I was merely bringing up someth...
by Roas Atrades
Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:23 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
Replies: 64
Views: 67405

No further comments from me. You guys are looking at things in a direction different from mine. If you mean a direction of rational solutions with a humanistic point of view as opposed to flying off in a hysterical panic without any foundation for possible claims... ...then yes, a different directi...
by Roas Atrades
Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:19 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
Replies: 64
Views: 67405

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Thompson says that video games are corrupting young minds-- he dubs some games as murder simulators. Do you think he's wrong? I don't believe games are at the point where one can really be compelled to kill outside the virtual world, but I do agree that most video games...
by Roas Atrades
Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:06 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
Replies: 64
Views: 67405

Rosa, I wasn't attempting to pin-point any specific person as being "brainwashed." I believe I threw the word out correctly, and I had every privalege in doing so. Good to see you've been gaming for some time. First, name's Roas. Second, are you going to throw more than just a one liner at me in de...
by Roas Atrades
Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:46 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
Replies: 64
Views: 67405

Oooh, I've played that game! Mainly with my brother, so I don't need five turns to take over everything, but it's very fun. You also have ocean spaces that connect continents, and different commanders that get a D8 instead of a D6. Try playing it with a full group. It's wild. Especially when you ra...
by Roas Atrades
Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:13 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
Replies: 64
Views: 67405

Well, I meant more like Alpha Centauri. My favorite play-through of that was as Chairman Sheng-ji Yang of the Human Hive. I colonized like mad and introduced cloning to increase the best of my citizens a hundred fold. Of course, I'd weed out those who didn't 'agree' with my police state and focus o...
by Roas Atrades
Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:14 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
Replies: 64
Views: 67405

I actually have never heard of Risk 2210. I'll have to look into it. Sounds like a fun new twist to the game! Oh man, it's great fun. It used to be our default game to play in college when we weren't doing serious gaming. It is only 5 turns, so it only lasts about half an hour, but it is so much fu...
by Roas Atrades
Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:02 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
Replies: 64
Views: 67405

Hey, I tried to get you all to play Risk through the PS2 with me, and ya'll was scaaaared. I play Risk, but I play the physical version of Risk 2210 (I think that's the #. I never remember) where we get to use nukes Ah.....good times. Stockpiling Nuke cards until someone plays Aramagedden on the fi...
by Roas Atrades
Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:36 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
Replies: 64
Views: 67405

I urge people here to think about the matter a little bit more deeper and don't buy in simply to what OTHERS are saying. Think for yourself. Use reason. Don't be brainwashed. Listen man, I've been playing videogames for over 20 years now. So, I've lived through the entire evolution of videogames to...
by Roas Atrades
Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:04 am
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: If you got the money...
Replies: 6
Views: 7886

Wow, I could make some decent cash for my Lunar stuff. Then again, A) I'd never sell them. B) if I wanted to sell my SegaCD versions, I butchered the manuals for an RPG collage I made in highschool.
by Roas Atrades
Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:27 am
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: Writer's Curse...your good idea someone thought of first
Replies: 17
Views: 20116

There were all kinds of stories going around the 'Net about launch PS2's breaking. I'm assuming this is what he was talking about. Yay, the Internet. The greatest tool of mass miss communication. Rule #1: Question everything you ever hear on the Internet. Rule #2: After that, question again for goo...
by Roas Atrades
Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:25 am
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: Writer's Curse...your good idea someone thought of first
Replies: 17
Views: 20116

I don't really have anything personal against either Xbox and PS2, seeing as I don't own either. The Xbox's games just don't interest me, and the PS2 has too many mutters about the hardware breaking down, and whatnot, which compels me to wait until the generation is well over before (probably) pick...
by Roas Atrades
Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:45 pm
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: Pandemic Season?
Replies: 14
Views: 14485

There're reasonable constraints stemming from legitimate concerns, and then there're stupid constraints stemming from knee-jerk reactions. KF Well, that is the specialty of today's media...knee jerk reaction. They are so hot to spam the airwaves, they never take a moment to look at all the possible...
by Roas Atrades
Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:31 pm
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: Pandemic Season?
Replies: 14
Views: 14485

I'm sorry... I hope that my post hasn't angered or annoyed anyone. I just thought since the Bird Flu has been mentioned so often in the news it might've been worthy of a discussion. I certainly did not mean to express that it was more important that other issues. Again, I am sorry if it came across...