So I think I'll finally buy a PS2.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:43 pm

I have had the FFXI pack with the HDD for some time but still haven't found a PS2.

Needs to be new and also cheap enough, I say.

At this rate I might as well hold out for a PS3...soo...maybe in 2013.

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:56 pm

Lol@ people worrying about wearing down the laser or the ps2 warranty.

Swap Magic wins again, biatches

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:57 pm

Never_Scurred wrote:Lol@ people worrying about wearing down the laser or the ps2 warranty.

Swap Magic wins again, biatches 8)

Oh, I had forgotten why I wanted the original style PS2 with hard drive. Yeah swap magic ftw.

Doubt I'll format the FFXI HDD just to play other games though, I can find a dirt cheap HDD as it is (or even a faster one that should work).

Square King · Post by **Square King** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:04 pm

I'm not too concerned about loading times on the PS2...in my experience, it's tolerable. *shrugs* Swap Magic seems like even more of a hassle than Memento, even after having to burn/patch imports. *double shrug*

Ah well. I shouldn't be spending money right now anyway and I still have MAME and doujins to tide me over for a while.

On the other hand, I really want Gradius V.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:43 pm

It's not about the speed so much as about saving mah lazar.

Well, I'll certainly have to ask around when I finally do it as to the best disc-to-HDD installation setup. What's the best one right now?

Square King · Post by **Square King** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:22 am

Ed Oscuro wrote:It's not about the speed so much as about saving mah lazar.

In before "Imma savin' mah lazer" meme.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:11 am

Ruined.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:01 am

swap magic.... folks still use boot discs these days, the horror.

dmauro · Post by **dmauro** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:51 pm

When/if your laser burns out, buy a new PS2 and stick your memory card (that has memento on it) in that one and you're good to go.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:57 pm

Jockel wrote:Plus Dragon Quest VIII

Heck yeah!!

And plenty of other great RPG's. Really, you can't go wrong, whichever region of PS2 you go with. Like the NES, it's got something for everyone-including every shmupper. If you like traditional shmups, it's got your back, and diddo with bullet-manic shmups.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:12 pm

dave4shmups wrote:RPG's

That's what is called an idiot's apostrophe. Look it up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:15 pm

Ceph wrote:
dave4shmups wrote:RPG's
That's what is called an idiot's apostrophe. Look it up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe

also an idiot's genre >)

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:38 pm

Ed Oscuro wrote:
Ceph wrote:
dave4shmups wrote:RPG's
That's what is called an idiot's apostrophe. Look it up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe
also an idiot's genre >)

bam!!!

and very true

Enhasa · Post by **Enhasa** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:47 am

Turrican wrote: Half a dozen there are masterpieces, playing them at release time wouldn't have hurt.

Breath of Fire 5
Valkyrie Profile 2
God Hand
Adventures of Cookie and Cream
Ico
Contra: Shattered Soldier

I agree, here are half a dozen masterpiece exclusives.

The PS2 has literally hundreds of decent games though, very impressive. Pretty much anything that started off in the arcades or on the Dreamcast is very good.

chempop · Post by **chempop** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:41 am

Don't miss ZoE 2, Klonoa 2, Katamari Damacy, and Fatal Frame

One of these days I'm going to think about imports for my ps2...

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:48 am

Good that you mentioned Fatal Frame.
Started playing Fatal Frame 2 today and enjoyed it so far.
Not as scary as i thought, though.
But at least it's decent fun.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:02 am

Ceph wrote:
dave4shmups wrote:RPG's
That's what is called an idiot's apostrophe. Look it up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe

Wikipedia wrote:An apostrophe is used by some writers to form a plural for abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols where adding just s rather than 's may leave things ambiguous or inelegant.

I suppose if you're leaving the acronymn all caps, and lower casing the plural s, then things are not ambiguous rendering apostrophe unneeded. RPGs could be accepted (I think... It could be taken as a mis-shift typo, making it ambiguous... Unless you take context into account), but rpgs could be confusing, making rpg's acceptable, as I understand the wiki article. An argument could be made, however, that in this case the apstrophe is just fine.

The idiot's apostrophe (according to the article) is when you use the apostrophe to pluralize normal things. "I took the dog's for a walk." Or things that can't be misread without the apostrophe "His power was in the 9000's!" Both of these examples are incorrect useage, and thus, "idiot's apostrophes."

Perhaps you should try reading your own link material, eh, Ceph?

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:27 am

An argument could be made, however, that in this case the apstrophe is just fine.

Certainly not.

RPGs = nominative plural
RPG's = genitive singular (=of the RPG)
RPGs' = genitive plural

Quite simple and no ambiguity.

By the way, even if you used lower case, "rpgs" (nominaive plural) and "rpg's (genitive singular) wouldn't be confusing at all.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:30 am

Who care's?

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:43 am

ceph doe's.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:07 pm

Your a grammer Nazi!

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:15 pm

OT: How come that you changed your "user" name?

Square King · Post by **Square King** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:37 pm

In other news, I secured a PS2 for $45! I think I'll try the Memento route first before doing any mods.

Gradius V this weekend. Productivity will reach an all-time low.

Square King · Post by **Square King** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:42 pm

Previous deal fell through, but I got one today. For free.

Someone sell me Gradius V!

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:28 am

Arvandor wrote: The idiot's apostrophe (according to the article) is when you use the apostrophe to pluralize normal things. "I took the dog's for a walk." Or things that can't be misread without the apostrophe "His power was in the 9000's!" Both of these examples are incorrect useage, and thus, "idiot's apostrophes."

Perhaps you should try reading your own link material, eh, Ceph?

RPG's is a pluralization... so it is an idiot's apostrophe. I don't think it excludes acronyms.