Q and A

[moh]

As a flooring salesman, I appreciate njiska's answer.

I'm a part-time flooring salesman...*SHAMELESS PLUG*


we're meant for each other, drauch.

[drauch]

My "business card" is so fucking embarrassing I won't even post it. I work for such a shit hole that we don't even have an email address. /

[GaijinPunch]

Q: Ideal home design and why? Bungalo, 2-story, townhouse, shitty little condo, etc.

A: I've actually had more space than I need before. Living alone, I only need a bedroom, a man cave, and a living room. I could easily achieve this in 1000 square feet, which I know is big to some people, but I'm from America... and I've lived in shoe boxes for a large part of my life so fuck off.

Q: What were you for Halloween this year?

[jonny5]

Q: Ideal home design and why? Bungalo, 2-story, townhouse, shitty little condo, etc.

A: I've actually had more space than I need before. Living alone, I only need a bedroom, a man cave, and a living room. I could easily achieve this in 1000 square feet, which I know is big to some people, but I'm from America... and I've lived in shoe boxes for a large part of my life so fuck off.

Q: What were you for Halloween this year?

A: Cokie the clown

Q: Tits or ass?(probably been asked already, but wut ev's)

[trap15]

A: ooh that's a pretty tough one. I think I'm gonna go with tits though.

Q: How many posters do you have on display in one room?

[CptRansom]

A: Zero. My room is a barren wasteland, and the rest of my apartment is too minus one roommate.

Q: How many dolls/figures do you own/display?

[trap15]

A: One (soon to be two)

Q: How many dolls/figures does Elixir own/display?

[KAI]

A: 1, a real size Sakura Kinomoto doll dressed as Windia (Hoping to get one too soon)

Q: Do you have faith in humanity?

[jonny5]

A: 1, a real size Sakura Kinomoto doll dressed as Windia (Hoping to get one too soon)

Q: Do you have faith in humanity?

A: I have faith in humanity proving wrong any expectations I have for it.

Q: When you aren't playing games, what other hobbies do you enjoy?

[njiska]

Q: When you aren't playing games, what other hobbies do you enjoy?

A: Watching films, writing critical reviews of films and games, auto repair work, driving for the sake of driving and golf.

Q: What's the most you ever paid for a fancy bottle of booze and what was it?

[jonny5]

Q: When you aren't playing games, what other hobbies do you enjoy?

A: Watching films, writing critical reviews of films and games, auto repair work, driving for the sake of driving and golf.

Q: What's the most you ever paid for a fancy bottle of booze and what was it?

Man, slow day at work today

A: I bought my buddy a bottle of Patron silver for his birthday a month or so ago, was like $100CAD. Not really a lot, but I tend to drink relatively inexpensive stuff due to volume consumed

Q: How old were you when you lost your virginity?

[Drachenherz]

Q: When you aren't playing games, what other hobbies do you enjoy?

A: Watching films, writing critical reviews of films and games, auto repair work, driving for the sake of driving and golf.

Q: What's the most you ever paid for a fancy bottle of booze and what was it?

Man, slow day at work today

A: I bought my buddy a bottle of Patron silver for his birthday a month or so ago, was like $100CAD. Not really a lot, but I tend to drink relatively inexpensive stuff due to volume consumed

Q: How old were you when you lost your virginity?

A: 19.

Q: Why are you here aboard the shmujps forum? (better question: why should I let drinking be? )

[KAI]

Q: Why are you here aboard the shmujps forum?

A: Someone told me "That's a good place to meet girls".

B: Are you worried about the next gen consoles?

[CptRansom]

A: Nothing to worry about, IMO. Either good games will come out or they won't. There's still enough stuff from the last few generations to keep me occupied for the rest of my life.

Q: What's the strangest sexual request you've ever been asked?

[drauch]

Goddammit, I have a few, but I feel like GP or someone else may have a better story. Please deliver the goods!

[Moniker]

Q: What's the strangest sexual request you've ever been asked?

This might be good enough-

A: That I treat her like a cadaver, her playing dead, for some pseudo-reverse-necrophilia thing.

Q: Most times you've had successful intercourse within a 24 hour period?

[rancor]

A: 7 times with one girl in 24 hrs. (I was a 17 year old jackhammer), or 4 girls in one 24 hour period.

Q: Most regrettable big-ticket purchase? Gaming related or otherwise.

[chempop]

Q: Most regrettable big-ticket purchase? Gaming related or otherwise.

Buying a girlfriend a $400 scarf for her b-day a week or two before breaking up.

Would you sober up and abandon your friends in order to pursue an ideal job opportunity?

[drauch]

or 4 girls in one 24 hour period.

I think we need to hear this story!

[rancor]

Not much of a story, just a matter of the planets aligning correctly. This was late 2005, and I was still a noob in Japan. I had picked up a pretty steady girl by my third week here. My ex-gf had come to Tokyo for a visit and I had just met another girl while out with the boys a few nights before. At the time 2 on any given day was fairly easy, but with the ex-gf in town I had gotten to number 3 and I figured that I most likely had a shot at 4, so why not go for it? The 4th was a craigslist pickup I had met a few weeks earlier who was wanting to do language/fluid exchange, and we finally sealed the deal. Sleazy.

[GaijinPunch]

Would you sober up and abandon your friends in order to pursue an ideal job opportunity?

Temporarily? Sure. I think I already did once if you want to get technical. Not sure if you can call it "abandoning" though. Providing food and heat is kind of an important thing!

Ever dated a good friend's ex?

[Ruldra]

Ever dated a good friend's ex?

Almost did. We were both into each other, but I knew this was going to destroy my friendship with the guy, and I don't think I'd last long with the girl anyway, so I let it go. She found someone else, my friendship is still strong, life goes on. Thinking with the wrong head will get you in trouble.

Ever had a stalker?

[KAI]

Yup, when I was in highschool, long story.

Q: Dual Shock or Xbox 360 Controller?

[njiska]

Yup, when I was in highschool, long story.

Q: Dual Shock or Xbox 360 Controller?

A: Xbox 360. I've never cared for the position of the Left stick on PS controllers. Namely because it's an odd angle to keep my finger at for a long time and at least with the right my finger moves about a bit. Also, an even bigger point of contention is the style of the stick. Concave beats convex for both comfort and grip. I fin my thumb can easily slide off of the Dualshock stick.

Q: That was an interesting question, so how about this: Dreamcast vs. Gamecube controller?

[trap15]

A: Gamecube controller, for sure. The Dreamcast controller is basically the epitome of bad controller design: hard to hold, hard to use properly, easy to slip your thumb off the stick. Gamecube controller is, in my opinion, one of the best controller designs: small, easy to hold, big and well-placed buttons, decent D-Pad, analog shoulder pads that don't have ridiculous feedback like the PS3/360, plenty of buttons.

Q: Keeping the trend of controller questions: What is your favorite (or least favorite, your pick) controller, and why?

[drauch]

Not much of a story, just a matter of the planets aligning correctly. This was late 2005, and I was still a noob in Japan. I had picked up a pretty steady girl by my third week here. My ex-gf had come to Tokyo for a visit and I had just met another girl while out with the boys a few nights before. At the time 2 on any given day was fairly easy, but with the ex-gf in town I had gotten to number 3 and I figured that I most likely had a shot at 4, so why not go for it? The 4th was a craigslist pickup I had met a few weeks earlier who was wanting to do language/fluid exchange, and we finally sealed the deal. Sleazy.

Sleazy, indeed! A true shmups forum legend.

[null1024]

A: Gamecube controller, for sure. The Dreamcast controller is basically the epitome of bad controller design: hard to hold, hard to use properly, easy to slip your thumb off the stick. Gamecube controller is, in my opinion, one of the best controller designs: small, easy to hold, big and well-placed buttons, decent D-Pad, analog shoulder pads that don't have ridiculous feedback like the PS3/360, plenty of buttons.

Q: Keeping the trend of controller questions: What is your favorite (or least favorite, your pick) controller, and why?

A: Going with favorite because you already explained why the DC controller is so bad. It does look cool though.
JP-style Saturn pad is my favorite. Nice number of buttons, in 6 button layout, fantastic d-pad, and is rather comfortable to hold. The US big boxy model 1 controller isn't terrible , but the d-pad is noticeably worse [even if not actually bad]. I would say the Saturn 3D pad, but the stick feels really crappy, even if it's better than the DC one.

Q: What is your least favorite console?

[njiska]

Q: What is your least favorite console?

A: Sticking strictly with ones I own, probably the Goldstar 3DO. I actually really like the 3DO library, but the Goldstar console is just extremely poorly built. Why eject a try when you can just eject the entire drive? Thankfully I have an FZ-1 and FZ-10 which are far better consoles.

If we're taking the library into account as well, then probably the Sega Master System. There just aren't a lot of great games release for it in North America and the ports of good games, like Double Dragon, are usually inferior.

Q: Favourite underdog console, based solely on the games available in your region. No imports

[trap15]

A: I'd say PC-FX, but since we're limiting to only my region (US), I'll go with TurboGrafx-16. For obvious reasons

Q: Where has been your most/least (take your pick) favorite place to live? Please only answer if you've lived in more than a couple areas

[KAI]

A: Near the airport...that place sucked so much.

Q: Do you think humans have reached their evolutionary limit?