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getting my ass kicked by kids half my age in Initial D: Arcade Stage

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kndy-nt2099 wrote:

Haha... My friend did the same. Another friend worked for a video game packaging company and a few of the Asian guys couldn't go, so they came up with a scheme to scan their ID but change the photo, print it and laminate it.

lol yeah everyone does that... pretty simple actualy! :hehe:
don't ask the SRK ppl to make u a stick.. they're not the most reliableppl in the world.... i say just make it ur self... i made my own stick and it was only 40 bucks.... well cuz i have lots of spare parts and junk in my garage.. :sweat:

eightysix wrote:I just finished ghetto-rigging the Agetec I bought from my friend for $20 (!!!) by putting an 8-way resistor instead of that annoying stock 4-way one. Also, I put a bat-top on it since I still suck at using ball-tops. I don't know how the Japanese do it. :hehe:

hahaha my friend has an 4-way... when he let me try it i was like "man this thin sucks!" .... but hey u have what u have... HOW COULD YOU PUT AN AMERICAN STICK!!!! STICK TO SANWA ball styles dude!that's all i play with @ the little tokyo arcade! ... they're awesome!!!

Pemu wrote:A VF god, Kurita, is the only known japanese player to be confirmed so far for the EVO2004! Expect more players to appear as the event gets closer. VF Evo feels a bit inferior at the event since another upgrade of the game, VF Final Tuned

makoto, bas, ino, and alot more ARE NOT GOING to evo... i guess the combo of consoles and lack of interest and personal lifes contributed..... i think there was more hype last year... i'm not even sure i wanna got this year... maybe just to hagn out .. but that's a bout it.. sad really that the biggest tournament in the world has turned into kind of a 'convention' ..beh ....

ASZSephiroth ..CABLE will not show evo... no media outlet will ever take it seriouly.. unless some rich person sponsors it....

Meia-chan wrote: i like squall too even though he acts like that^^ he's damn so handsome. they say that squall's image was taken after Gackt... dunno if its true... :rolleyes:

lol.. i heard a bunch of things... i heard about gackt in japan.. in the US. i heard he was modeled after leonardo dicaprio....(this was back in the titanic FRENZY) .. and in England i hear that he was modeled after prince william!... now that is scary... (after all squall doesn't have big ears nor bad teeth :sweat: )
but yeah.. suqall is a hottie... i've seen some fan pics..and girls ALWAYS DRAW HIM IN HIS UNDERWEAR!!!!.... hot stuff...lol

gahbryel wrote:
i totally agree !!!! i bought my PS for the ffVIII game. DECEPTION !!! I decided to give it another shot. Finished the 1st CD. maybe i should start the 2nd tonight ^^ about relationships, i also agree, quitis is HOT ! Rinoa gets on my nerve, more than the over joyful Selfie.

the ending of the first CD is awesome! BAM ICICLE TO THE CHEST!... and the whole assasination attampt!... totally well produced.. i think that's why i wanted to do 3D ANIMATION.... cuz i saw this back in jr.high...
i totally agree with ur.. QUISTIS is uber hot!... heck she even has history with squall later on u find out why she loves himso much.... as oppossed to rinoa.. where they have no history.. they just meet and have one dance.. and BOOm fallin love.. what is up with that?.. yeah that happens IRL i lost count how manny times i had one dance with a girl..and suddenly she fell in love with me... :rolleyes: lol , yeah him and qusitis story line is cute...i think that if he never meet rinoa at that ball, he would've ended up with quitis... like that one ballroom dance... rinoa just dances and leaves... its like squall is just a pieceof meat lol... and then after quistis takes him outside and shares her intimate feelings with him.. and what does he say? "ARE YOU DONE!? I WANT TO GO TO SLEEP!" that was classic! lol

oh and don't get me started on the cute characters.... every ff has the... but the most noctiable ones where yuffie 7 selfie 8 riku 10 and that lil girl with the horn from 9 but i didn't like anyone from 9... so that lil girl doesn't count.. heck i can't even remember her name... :/

yuffie WAS HILARIOUS!... riku was too cute and funny... and selfie WELL SHE HAD A PANTY SHOT in her winscreen...lol :sweat:

eightysix wrote:

Yup, and Rinoa was modeled after Matsu Takako. :love_eyes:

i'm not sure about that one....

ASZSephiroth wrote:kndy-nt2099, who are you on shoryuken.com, because I have afew buddys that are on that site.


I'm probably just going to watch it on cable TV if they put it on, that is.

Hey ASZSephiroth,

I go by kndy2099, I'm more of a lurker and just download videos of certain competitions.

kndy

lovelessemotion wrote: i'm not even sure i wanna got this year... maybe just to hagn out .. but that's a bout it.. sad really that the biggest tournament in the world has turned into kind of a 'convention' ..beh ....

ASZSephiroth ..CABLE will not show evo... no media outlet will ever take it seriouly.. unless some rich person sponsors it....

Hi loveless,

I was reading the forums about them charging $20....me and a few people from J!-ENT are just there for several hours to get video footage, interview and take some photos. Although it would be nice to play "Tekken 5" but curious if we can get in there for press or we have to pay $20. Haven't heard back from evo staff...so I posted on shoryuken, hoping to get an answer.

kndy

i'm gonna go to find ur thread.... hope its not covered in flames.. hey man u should go in ur auron outfit... do u still have it?.. that thing was BADASS....

and i think the 20 bucks is just for ppl entering the tourney, and ppl who want to get into the free play room.... i think that if ur just there to watch u dun have to pay jack... besides ur press and evo wants all the exposure it can get! i think u should be fine

lovelessemotion wrote:i'm gonna go to find ur thread.... hope its not covered in flames.. hey man u should go in ur auron outfit... do u still have it?.. that thing was BADASS....

and i think the 20 bucks is just for ppl entering the tourney, and ppl who want to get into the free play room.... i think that if ur just there to watch u dun have to pay jack... besides ur press and evo wants all the exposure it can get! i think u should be fine

Auron...hehe...don't think so...:twisted: I'd probably get jumped in the parking lot!

Hehe...the cosplay thing was part of my one year report (cosplay underground www.nt2099.com/cosplay/) on cosplay on why people did it. Auron cosplay was for me to pretty much learn myself on how the experience was (making an outfit and then walking around a con with it on)...one time was enough for that...hehe. Not my thing but I do appreciate people with the talent to make it and look good wearing it.

We just found out it's Cal Poly Pomona....we thought it was Cal Poly near the beach. Hoping the breeze would make things cool...but the fact that they emphasize people to wear deodarant tells me it might be all hot and sweaty at evo. Will be there for a few hours and gives us time to go to the Shrine Auditorium and see what coverage we can get for GPhoria.

kndy

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lovelessemotion wrote:
lol.. i heard a bunch of things... i heard about gackt in japan.. in the US. i heard he was modeled after leonardo dicaprio....(this was back in the titanic FRENZY) .. and in England i hear that he was modeled after prince william!... now that is scary... (after all squall doesn't have big ears nor bad teeth )
but yeah.. suqall is a hottie... i've seen some fan pics..and girls ALWAYS DRAW HIM IN HIS UNDERWEAR!!!!.... hot stuff...lol

the ending of the first CD is awesome! BAM ICICLE TO THE CHEST!... and the whole assasination attampt!... totally well produced.. i think that's why i wanted to do 3D ANIMATION.... cuz i saw this back in jr.high...
i totally agree with ur.. QUISTIS is uber hot!... heck she even has history with squall later on u find out why she loves himso much.... as oppossed to rinoa.. where they have no history.. they just meet and have one dance.. and BOOm fallin love.. what is up with that?.. yeah that happens IRL i lost count how manny times i had one dance with a girl..and suddenly she fell in love with me... lol , yeah him and qusitis story line is cute...i think that if he never meet rinoa at that ball, he would've ended up with quitis... like that one ballroom dance... rinoa just dances and leaves... its like squall is just a pieceof meat lol... and then after quistis takes him outside and shares her intimate feelings with him.. and what does he say? "ARE YOU DONE!? I WANT TO GO TO SLEEP!" that was classic! lol

oh and don't get me started on the cute characters.... every ff has the... but the most noctiable ones where yuffie 7 selfie 8 riku 10 and that lil girl with the horn from 9 but i didn't like anyone from 9... so that lil girl doesn't count.. heck i can't even remember her name... :/

yuffie WAS HILARIOUS!... riku was too cute and funny... and selfie WELL SHE HAD A PANTY SHOT in her winscreen...lol

i'm not sure about that one....

Nooo, I hope Squall is not modeled after Gackt...Squall's so hot but Gackt so isn't, in fact, Gackt kind of scares me :sweat: Maybe this just shows that real people won't look good like animated people :nut: And Rinoa doesn't really look like Matsu Takako at all...their face shapes are totally different...tho Rinoa does kind of look like this Chinese/Hong Kong actress I know called ’£™Ö‹Ê Maggie Cheung

I would be playing Final Fantasy 7. when I can get out and buy me a PS2.

*smashes fist against the wall in anger* :mad:

ASZSephiroth wrote:I would be playing Final Fantasy 7. when I can get out and buy me a PS2.

*smashes fist against the wall in anger* :mad:

You can play FF7 on the PC can't you?? Don't think you need to get a PS2 just to play FF7...

Like your avatar :P. Supaa Saiya-jin Mirai Toranksu isn't in? Use to be one of my fave DBZ characters haha.. My fave was Majin Vegeta though..

Talking about FF8..

Quistis: I'm not asking you to say anything. I just want you to listen...

Squall: Then go talk to a wall...

ME: =_='' :beaten:

Jeanxi wrote:Nooo, I hope Squall is not modeled after Gackt...Squall's so hot but Gackt so isn't, in fact, Gackt kind of scares me :sweat: Maybe this just shows that real people won't look good like animated people :nut: And Rinoa doesn't really look like Matsu Takako at all...their face shapes are totally different...tho Rinoa does kind of look like this Chinese/Hong Kong actress I know called ’£™Ö‹Ê Maggie Cheung

lol..gackt is cute in some ways but there are poses that he looks mad fugly, i dont think squall is modelled after gackt, although he was bujingai, speaking of that i heard tidus was modeled after takky, is that true? (my bad if this was brought up)

DragonSpirit164 wrote:

You can play FF7 on the PC can't you?? Don't think you need to get a PS2 just to play FF7...

Like your avatar :P. Supaa Saiya-jin Mirai Toranksu isn't in? Use to be one of my fave DBZ characters haha.. My fave was Majin Vegeta though..

I guess it never really crossed my mind to get it on the PC. Wait, I think my cousin has it for the PC so I'll just get it from her.


Mirai Toranksu is still my favorite DBZ character of all time. Second to him is Majin Vegeta.

ASZSephiroth wrote:I would be playing Final Fantasy 7. when I can get out and buy me a PS2

Isn't it a PSX game ? Good old PS 1 so to call. At least, it is in America.

DragonSpirit164 wrote:Talking about FF8..

Quistis: I'm not asking you to say anything. I just want you to listen...

Squall: Then go talk to a wall...

ME: =_='' :beaten:

I remember that part. Squall really didn't know what he had! I wish I had a teacher like Quistis! :naughty: :beaten: :hehe:

eightysix wrote:

I remember that part. Squall really didn't know what he had! I wish I had a teacher like Quistis! :naughty: :beaten: :hehe:

hehe, last game i started, i played with one thing in mind, Quistis will finish with squall. Now, i just gotta finish the game at least once to see if i'll succeed or not :mrgreen:

Hi everyone,

Just got back from our road trip from evolution and G4TechTV's G-Phoria. Evolution was cool and I had fun interviewing the guests and some of the competitors. Interesting insight from people regarding their feelings of arcade vs. console to female participants and the difficult for guys having to go against girls (because people boo guys who beat on the girls during the video game fighting competition). But all in all, this event is intended to what the people putting the event on intended and that is an event for those who are interested and want to compete or watch video game fighting competitions.

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All in all, what I expected and it's great to see many people there. Also, cool to see quite a few people from all over the country and the world in attendance.

Off to G-Phoria:

STOP 1: Since I support John and Kal's work for "Harold and Khumar Go to White Castle", we figured why not stop by the makeshift restaurant in Hollywood. This makeshift White Castle was put in Sunset Blvd. for a week to promote the movie and people had the opportunity to get two free WC burgers and watch New Line Cinema actresses work and shake it with their hula hoop. Sorry, the pix are on our photographers camera.

STOP 2: [after a stop at Blowfish Sushi in Sunset Blvd.] - Note...even though it's known for it's cool, anime and Japanese pop culture setting and celebrities frequent the restaurant, for $50...I think I could treat a friend or two and get larger portions than what I received at Blowfish just for myself (and better food). Great restaurant in terms of service and setting/decor but the price of food and the taste is just not as great as we expected.

G-Phoria - We saw Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb of X-Play, We think we saw Carmen Electra and also Anna Nicole Smith but the truth be told. They gave press two different classes....orange tags and blue tags. Very strict...no camera...no audio records...nada..zilch....crap for orange badge peeps.

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Those who were close with G4TechTV and their family got to go in and get blue tags and were so fortunate to be able to check out the video game area...play Halo 2, Tekken 5 and other upcoming games and were invited to the post-party. So, many people were squeezed into bleacher seats and I'm not sure what the duration of the show is when it debuts on August 6th but with 20 minute pauses and a few glitches, the award show started at 6:00 p.m. and my gosh...I think after 10 p.m., it was still going on. I think media and people with orange badges really started to leave early. KUDOS on the set decore and hardwork froms staff despite some glitches. A big hit among viewers was the Legends section. Jada Kiss had to perform twice and it's sad that a few people were into it and generate any excitement, trying to get the young people (selected to be in the front) into it but Anna Nicole and Jada kiss were affected by this the most. I wonder if people wanted to have a fun time or they went there just to see the celebs or hope to see themselves on TV. fo As for the awards, people seem to be disappointed when Midnight Racer won best racing game (I think people there wanted Mario Kart), Rikku of FFX-2 won best video game babe but no one we talked to was willing to stay for the whole thing. It seems during the pauses, people were just like...screw this...blue tags went to play games, celebs went to the back for a smoke or chat and people were leaving. Of course, you won't see these crazy things on the award show but nevertheless, I'm sure the magic of editing will make this video game award show look cool on television. August 6th is when it airs on G4TechTv.

kndy

Kndy
thanks for the report! Did you interview the japanese players and who were they? Can't wait to read your full article on the event and the interviews. thanks!

Pemu wrote:Kndy
thanks for the report! Did you interview the japanese players and who were they? Can't wait to read your full article on the event and the interviews. thanks!

Hi Pemu,

An article will be coming up which is about video game events. "Gamers Night Groove" in NYC, "Evolution 2004" and this "G-Phoria" video game awards show.

I interviewed Daigo who is a major player and the guy to beat but he is a very quiety, not sure if shy but as much as people wanted to find out some things about his style of playing and so forth, I knew my time was limited and his focused on the competition. And like most interviews I do, I try to go outside of their interests that people know them for and ask about music, his hair, women, etc.

The other is the Virtua Fighter competitor...Ryoushi, I think (I have to listen to the tape) but he is an individual who received a special ranking in Japan. Cool guy.

Then I pretty much interviewed a female competitor...there were not many but the discussion was about her getting into competiting and why she does it and the challenges for a female video game competitor at these competitions.

Interviewed a person who goes to watch. Why does he just go to watch...is that gratifying for him.

And other players as well.

Hopefully I get the photos from our photographer soon, so I can start gettings laid out for the article.

kndy