Posts made by descendfromgrace

@Mbun At the time there wasn't a valid option. Those who didn't know how to get it directly via news groups or torrents simply paid sites that would host the files and let you download. They weren't being brought over or translated officially so where should the money go but to those that would host it and get you access to it? Outside of a few small companies it wasn't a thing yet. Then free sites happened and streaming happened. The site I used had 1000's of episodes and years and years of older stuff so even if I downloaded all the hours that my family wasn't wasn't using the phone I couldn't keep up. It was what was a decent option at the time. Then the internet got better and those sites mostly went away.

It's been over a year, how is your game going?

My parents split when I was young and my dad would take me to see a movie every Saturday. He would sit through countless cartoon movies as I was too young for more mature films. One Saturday in 1984 we are looking through the paper for a movie to watch and the only thing we see that is a cartoon is in Philadelphia (an hour from my house) but he smiles and say we can go anyway. We drive an hour to see a movie neither of us had heard of and it forever changed my tastes. It was Warriors of the Wind now known as Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind.
I was enamored and had to know more. Did you catch that year? There was no internet to speak of. Renting videos was barely a thing and Anime sure wasn't available outside of Robotech when that became a thing later. As I grew older I found older fans who would give me raw VHS tapes with no subs. This is how I saw Laputa, Ninja Scroll, and others for years. Eventually I found shops in Chinatown in Philly that had fansubs. I slowly built a small collection while convincing the local mom and pop video store to have an anime section and requesting a ton of titles I wanted to see. Things I had only heard rumors about but they had the access and buying power and I had the knowledge.
Then the internet happened and more and more I found ways to get access to anime. Sites that would let you download for a fixed fee as long as the title wasn't licensed in the US. This is how I got into Naruto. It had like 30 episodes out when it showed up and I started grabbing it. Then AMVs were the way to find new series. See a few AMVs of a series that looks neat you go grab it. DVDs started coming out and everything got awesome.
Seeing it as a given to know what anime is in the current culture is amazing to me. I have guys starting at my job who have never known a world without Anime. I was talking about this to a new guy who is 25 and he was telling me how his generation would get into stuff from cartoon network and then see how different the subs were. He couldn't believe about watching raw tapes and just guessing as best you could about the dialogue and meaning. I am turning 40 in a few days and I have been an anime fan for the last 33 years. I can't wait to see what the next 33 years have to offer.

That's awesome! You did a really good job on that.

@ElTorro Everyone learn from my mistake. I thought some epic music might help him mash better but instead it just put him on edge. Keep it smooth.

I have some steam games if folks want them. Just let me know. (Fair warning I come on here once a week or so)

Saints Row 2
Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package
Saints Row IV
Hacknet
Styx: Master of Shadows
WWE 2K16
NBA 2K16
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Multiplayer Starter Pack
Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition
Dead Island Riptide Complete Edition
Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition
Risen
Risen 2: Dark Waters Gold Edition
Risen 3 Titan Lords

As someone who never played a bit of pokemon I really love these series.

https://twitter.com/Owens1Nick not that I use it a ton.

This was so great! Such a huge smile and laughs throughout. L&R

A great demo. I look forward to watching this grow.

@Stormcrownn Matt Mercer is just awesome in most things he does.

Happy Birthday!

So I just listened to Steve Bloom (Spike from Cowboy Bebop and so much more) make total sense of the voice actor strike. Check it out here.

Is there anything we can do as gamers to try to encourage game publishers to treat all their employees more fairly and with respect?

@mannyonthemoon Thanks for the info!

@Haru17 Yeah it seems insane but it is really a thing that can happen. The laws that are in place tend to protect the site or service but not the person who makes the post. So when I said it is good that steam did this it was because they are already protected but we as users are not.

@Haru17 http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/local/complaint-filed-in-fairfax-county/164/

https://www.eff.org/issues/bloggers/legal/liability/230

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/social-media-online-defamation.html

http://ideas.time.com/2013/01/07/yelp-reviewers-beware-you-can-get-sued/

Don't spoil the next Deus Ex for me.

@Haru17 Libel laws wouldn't exist if that were the case.

@Lotias Oh you are too but it was late at night and I only had so much sass to give. You were the most helpful and the first to give help.

The whole concept of Final Fantasy is that any game you play is the Final Fantasy adventure of that world. So no matter the number the concept is that you will be taking part in the greatest and most epic story of that world. Thus you can start with any of them but I would say avoid the MMORPG ones as a starting point.

I know what you are thinking, but the sequels to the main games are really just filler and subplots being explored. So grab any main numbered game and have at it. 7,9, and 12 are some fan favorites you can buy for cheap and play through while waiting for 15 but no game is needed to be played beforehand as each story is independent to the world of each game.

Minor Spoilers below:

You will find a lot of the same items and summons across multiple games. Getting used to the changes between 7, 9, and 12 can get you in a really good spot to enjoy 15 but is in no way required.

@ChaosBahamut Yeah, FEAR is on sale so you can grab the whole series really cheap. $6.50 I am not sure about but cheap. Why the heck do you only have $6.50 anyway? Do you have food? Should we be donating to local charities for you? :o)