I can’t stand number-crunching, minmaxing, speedrunning basement fucktard nerds who can’t respect other players’ preferences. If someone feels like putzing around, let them, and shut the hell up. Pass it on.

Let’s assume Ethan wasn’t intent on trying to game the system, and just plain forgot about a long-dormant account he had and tripped. I don’t think this is uncommon. He tries to set it up, and all he gets is a popup message telling him he already checked out the game, and full stop? No other info.

PlayOnline still holds the first place crown. And then imagine Square-Enix integrating it with their own shitty account management. I recently tried a free login thing with FFXI, and the setup process was... let’s just say I wouldn’t wish this task on my worst enemy.

And it only took the dev team three expansions to figure it out.

*Assuming you were intent on documenting your experience, that is.

There is also the Steam version, which... is a whole other mess unto itself.

Lmao nice justification. How about the idea that SE are just terrible at account management and promotion?

Welcome to Step 1 of the Wonderful Friction-Filled World of Square-Enix. Many more fun memories like this are ahead should you wish to continue.

You see, the boy you end up talking to has direct ties to Shinra R&D. His uncle works for Hojo. They were looking into lightweight materials that would not only resist physical damage, but also be able to transmit statistical data to their tracking systems.

All they’d need to do is just release a patch that adds facial expressions and call it the Perfect Anniversary Edition. I'd be more than fine with that. I'd fucking love it!

Yeah, IIRC the base non-Expansion Pak version only had multiplayer. The only way to do the solo story mode was to pony up the cash and buy the pak.

[drools] I’d hit that.

Sorry, but Halo is not even close. It was part of the problem, if not started it altogether. But lots of people gravitated to it, so my opinion doesn’t matter on that series.

I am trying to comprehend the demographics of the actual players who are involved. How old are they, and why a penguin game? And why did people feel compelled to create private servers for it in the first place?

We made a preset we called “Duck Hunt”. Max amount of sims. Pistols (1h and 2h). One-hit kills. Either a 5min timer or first to 25.

Post-PD, the state of first-person shooters have continued to disappoint me in terms of features. Perfect Dark should’ve been the floor, not the ceiling.

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Once anime is able to move away from the generic big-eyed, pointy-chinned, spiky haired schoolgirl/nerd guy stereotypes, then we’ll talk.

I’m interested in seeing how protective Microsoft will be on this. My initial expectation is they'll stomp it out of existence.