1991

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:20 am

JJG wrote:if a Japanese gamer were to come to these forums and they didn't know English well they'd get ridiculed.

Bollocks. I don't recall any foreigner ever being ridiculed here because of bad English skills. Darius11's mother-tongue on the other hand most certainly is English, and his posts made him sound like an imbecile who maybe, just maybe, should spend a little time reading a book instead of playing videogames every now and then. Or at least re-read his messages before posting them.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:27 am

I agree with Ceph. The only people I will ever be tempted to hassle about English skills are native speakers. If Darius11 is not then I apologize. The first post still doesn't make sense.

Yes, 1991. And. There were games. That he didn't play. Etc.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:59 am

I think 1991 was totally sweet, and by sweet, I mean awesome. I can't wait to start Yoga next year. I think that back then I finished Space Harrier on the SMS, which is bragable.

Cock.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:44 am

JJG wrote;

I think it's interesting that a lot of shmup players bow down to Japanese gamers and mention things like "innate skill." Yet if a Japanese gamer were to come to these forums and they didn't know English well they'd get ridiculed.

Like Ceph & Rob say, we certainly wouldn't.
In fact we did have one Japanese player talk to us for a while (on click-stick). RAM the Ibara Black Label WR holder and Insanity Replay Player. Trust me, we were nice to him.

Spitlips · Post by **Spitlips** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:21 am

JJG wrote:Bwahahahahahaha, dork...

You are worried people are getting ridiculed are you?

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:02 am

Space Harrier on the SMS, which is bragable.

I came very close, I used circle patters

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:19 pm

ED-057 wrote:My MSX2 is mightier than yours!! It has 512KB of RAM and a 1.4GB harddrive!!1! Although I don't have Space Manbow, I do have Shogi

P.S. All your port are belong to ever. Or something.

my MSX2+ ALSO HAS 512Kb, so shut up!

But I never got arsed to hook up an HD at it. Are yours Scsi or IDE ?

And like Ceph already pointed out, yeah, it was a pirate version. The only original MSX software we had here in Brazil was national software... which many times was developed by the same people who would distribute pirated Japanese games, and then would complain people were pirating their software

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:38 pm

Super Laydock wrote:
Shatterhand wrote:I have Space Manbow too. My version even has an INVENCIBILITY mode , do yours have?
No, or are we talking code input here!?

I also have Aleste 2, Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2.... though they are all pirat.... erm, alternative versions.

Not many people know this but when a Roman emperor does thumbs up he's giving the OK to finish the deafeted warrior,thumbs down is saying no to finishing him.Many people in hollywood think it's the other way around.

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:12 am

Shatterhand wrote:my MSX2+ ALSO HAS 512Kb, so shut up!

lol, OK but does it have ren sha turbo?? I have an ide cartridge from sunrise, it works also with ls-120 floppy drives which I think is cool.

As for 1991, I don't think I had any shmups at that time so it probably was a sucky year

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:54 am

Please tell me this is not a troll: http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/show ... hp?t=43924

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:15 pm

I have swear i know already

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:47 pm

Holy crap, I saw this thread when it first started and assumed I'd never see it again. Meanwhile it seems that some of you have been struggling with the same sort of problem that I have all week...

...I've spent the entire week grading papers and thinking about why it is that some native speakers have such trouble writing well. Is it that they don't think clearly? Is it that they aren't sufficiently careful? Or simply don't care? Surely there are different sorts of cases.

But more important than the issue of explanation is the issue of how to remedy the situation. Do people need to read more? Will it help if they concentrate on being more careful?

My simple-minded conclusions so far: Try to find some time to read and write each day. Proofread! Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. Nothing I write is worth shit the first time it comes out-- that's why my contributions here are mostly crap. It's only the stuff I rewrite for a year or more that's really worth reading.

bay · Post by **bay** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:53 pm

Rob wrote:Please tell me this is not a troll: http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/show ... hp?t=43924

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:16 pm

Dale wrote:
Super Laydock wrote:
Shatterhand wrote:I have Space Manbow too. My version even has an INVENCIBILITY mode , do yours have?
No, or are we talking code input here!?

I also have Aleste 2, Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2.... though they are all pirat.... erm, alternative versions.

Not many people know this but when a Roman emperor does thumbs up he's giving the OK to finish the deafeted warrior,thumbs down is saying no to finishing him.Many people in hollywood think it's the other way around.

Well actually it's both made up...

I was made curious by you're claim and did some small search

There are, in reality, no ancient references to the thumbs going either up or down in the Colosseum, at the vital moment of decision.

From this (quite niceand interesting) article on the origins of the thumbs up gesture.

I used it only with the modern meaning of the gesture in mind as I have no intention to have Shatterhand get slain or anything.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:22 pm

I used it only with the modern meaning of the gesture in mind as I have no intention to have Shatterhand get slain or anything.

Thank God

ccovell · Post by **ccovell** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:16 am

professor ganson wrote:...I've spent the entire week grading papers and thinking about why it is that some native speakers have such trouble writing well. Is it that they don't think clearly? Is it that they aren't sufficiently careful? Or simply don't care? Surely there are different sorts of cases.

<offtopic>

One, obviously it looks like many people think that writing is the same as speaking, so they write as they would speak a stream of ideas. No punctuation.
Two, many school systems revised their education programs to de-emphasize grammar, or not even teach it at all. I remember in elementary school not being taught 'grammar' outright untill the sixth grade, and it was cursory at best. The grammatical words I know today I learnt through French immersion.

</offtopic>

...What was this topic anyway?

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:22 am

It was the topic ever.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:43 am

No shit it was the topic ever. Although I think that Darius11 will only live on in his now legendary phrase, for I believe we have scared him off. Let us all bow our heads in remembrance of his innocent (or idiotic) lack of grammer and punctuation as we carry on and take his iconic pseudo-english with us.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:26 pm

I wonder how it is that i always miss these...

stratos · Post by **stratos** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:59 am

circuitface wrote:I wonder how it is that i always miss these...

Hey, I was thinking the same thing

this is the shame ever

angrycoder · Post by **angrycoder** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:36 am

welcome back fev. Do you sell prints of your work? There are a few I would definitely buy.

Nate · Post by **Nate** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 6:38 am

OMG Rob's responses early in the thread! Jesus. I just spent the last five minutes twitching and crying! I actually popped my back laughing so fucking hard and my nose is runnng!

Classic. Glad I can come back later and read again this weekend. This is easily the thread ever!!!

-Nate

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:10 am

haha...I just now stumbled across this. Damned if I didn't agree with Rob on this one. Reading somebody who types that bad hurts my head (re: Darius). Maybe the kid was drunk or something? This thread along with "it's just you" rank among my favorites so far. But hey- at least I wasn't the one that dug the fucker up : P

durias · Post by **durias** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:25 pm

This should be required reading for all new forum members.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:08 pm

Maybe it could be added to the faq?

durias · Post by **durias** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 6:33 pm

CMoon wrote:Maybe it could be added to the faq?

That's the idea ever.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:37 pm

durias wrote:
CMoon wrote:Maybe it could be added to the faq?
That's the idea ever.

durias11

jk, I just wanted to say that.

durias · Post by **durias** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:48 pm

Rob wrote:
durias wrote:
CMoon wrote:Maybe it could be added to the faq?
That's the idea ever.
durias11

jk, I just wanted to say that.

The word-play ever.

Grin.

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:28 am

I read and understand this thread, and I hope it will help me become the poster ever.