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Game Modification Station / Re: Gogo/Brush Patch v0.6 - I'm an impatient little bastard

« on: January 29, 2010, 04:12:55 AM »

ok, 25 hours. :/  a quick question on your updated Readme, which i am using to update the patch's website description:

version 0.05's Readme description ended with:

Like it was stated in the readme, he made "a[n almost] useless ability even less desirable".  It's not really a "fix", per se.

based on context, i leaned toward taking that second sentence to refer to my patch, since i had said i couldn't conclusively call brushless sketching "a bug" (more of a "logical error").

now your Readme is rearranged, and opens with:

This isn't really a "fix", per se; assassin17 of the Final Fantasy VI hacking community made a patch titled "Brushless Sketch Fix", which required his "Auto-Swordless Runic" fix.

since there's nothing proceeding "This", i take the first clause to refer to your patch, rather than mine.  which makes me think the assumption i'd made since early 2006 was wrong. :)  so to be sure: which patch "isn't really a 'fix', per se"?  it could be mine, for previously stated reason; or it could be yours, since the issue it resolves doesn't occur in the original game.

sorry to nitpick.  just wanted to be clear on this before doing the website updates, so i don't have to change anything again afterwards.

thanks.

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General Discussion / Re: Upgrade time

« on: January 29, 2010, 03:40:19 AM »

i know nothing about modern hardware, but www.pricewatch.com is a great site to compare prices.

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Slick News / Re: Temporary location and domain downtime

« on: January 28, 2010, 03:34:59 AM »

thanks both..  but i do have it on this computer, it turns out.  the (other) computer i use to keep a mirror of my website and upload the patches i have barely been using, so that explains the delay.  still inexcusable, though.  i'll update my website within 24 hours, i swear.  thanks for your patience on this matter, vivify93.

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General Discussion / Re: Google Chrome

« on: January 27, 2010, 02:52:22 AM »

regarding my Opera 6 difficulties:

- the slow downloading can occur on something as simple as a Google Images search results page, and there's no Flash there.  i don't even think Flash is enabled/installed in my browser anyway.
- no, nothing like 400-500MB cache.  my max browser cache settings is probably something like 50 MB, double digits.  and the cache isn't being burdened, because the problem will happen even when i just have one fresh browser window open, and am visiting my first or second webpage.

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General Discussion / Re: Google Chrome

« on: January 27, 2010, 02:50:16 AM »

yeah, IE6 has the time and date above posts shifted over, and i think the sigs shifted too.  can't say for sure now, as i don't have that browser on this computer.

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General Discussion / Re: Gamefaqs + eternal stupidity

« on: January 25, 2010, 06:43:47 AM »

do you mean the one that starts with "(STOP TYPING SO GODDAMN FAST. BE PATIENT DAMMIT.)"?  i'm not sure if that's moddable..

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General Discussion / Re: NFL season (2009-2010), week 20 - playoffs?!

« on: January 25, 2010, 06:40:06 AM »

 

don't do that with this one.  it could be fun to refer back to these.  was the 2007-2008 season entirely on DBI, or partially on here?  i checked DBI's archive, and its latest posts are November 2007, but i dunno if there were any posts made there after that which got lost..  that NFL season would have spanned both boards, but i can't recall if there were any "continued from before" NFL threads here.

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General Discussion / Re: NFL season (2009-2010), week 20 - playoffs?!

« on: January 25, 2010, 02:50:53 AM »

yup. :D

btw, what happened to last year's NFL topic?  i can't find it.  please don't tell me somebody needlessly deleted it when making this year's?

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General Discussion / Re: NFL season (2009-2010), week 20 - playoffs?!

« on: January 24, 2010, 11:01:11 PM »

Round 3 playoff results:

Lenophis: 0-2
Deathlike2: 2-0
assassin17: 2-0

Cumulative playoff results:

JCE3000GT: 0-4  (dormant again)
Deathlike2: 4-6
Lenophis: 4-6
assassin17: 5-5

ooohh.. look at me. :P  still, the best of us again being .500 is a sad commentary.  maybe we'll all be tied at 5-6 after the Super Bowl?

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General Discussion / Re: NFL season (2009-2010), week 20 - playoffs?!

« on: January 24, 2010, 10:54:03 PM »

yeah, that was a hell of a game.  the Saints did quite well for little time of possession, and the Vikings were pretty resilient to their frequent turnovers until the end.  i was probably rooting more for Minnesota, but am glad to see New Orleans reach their first Super Bowl, especially given what the city's been through.  a very nice finishing 40-yard kick from somebody whose season high was 38 yards. 

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General Discussion / Re: NFL season (2009-2010), week 20 - playoffs?!

« on: January 24, 2010, 06:47:37 PM »

^ really, i have no conviction on this game.  i just as easily could have spat out "Vikings, 28-24".  if home/road were switched, i probably would have switched in kind.  they're two great teams.  should be fun to watch.  was dead tired earlier, so slept through the whole AFC game.  a shame, as it was a good one, from what i read.

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General Discussion / Re: NFL season (2009-2010), week 20 - playoffs?!

« on: January 24, 2010, 06:38:59 PM »

(2) Vikings vs (1) Saints - Saints, 29-27.  Both teams won big last week against solid opponents, and both by 31 points.  Now, the Saints were facing a swiss cheese defense, but they managed to shut down a first class offense.  The Vikings dominated their game on both sides against a more balanced Cowboys.  The Saints had a slightly better record in the regular season, and arguably could have been 2 better if they showed up against pathetic Tampa Bay the second time.  Home field advantage should be somewhat meaningful.  Favre fares well in the Superdome, but the Vikings were a mediocre 4-4 on the road this year, while the Saints were a strong 6-2 at home, and we saw what a rockin' loud place their turf was last week.  Against common opponents, I'd give a slight edge to New Orleans.  Both teams understandably beat the Lions by solid amounts; Minnesota lost to Carolina, while the Saints split them (albeit their loss was meaningless); both teams beat St. Louis, but Minnesota did more resoundingly; and both teams thumped the Giants, Minnesota moreso.  Brees was sackable this year, and after what the Vikings defense did with Cowboys and the Romo last week, I think Drew will see his share of frustration.  Not as much as Romo, as the Cowboys o-line is crappier (based off reg. season sacks anyway), but some.  Conversely, the Saints showed their ability to frustrate a great passing offense with a veteran QB last week.  Now, the vikings are more balanced than Arizona was. ... Damnit, the game's gonna start, so I'll stop typing now.

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General Discussion / Re: NFL season (2009-2010), week 20 - playoffs?!

« on: January 24, 2010, 10:18:38 AM »

(5) Jets vs (1) Colts - Colts, 24-18.  I've picked against the Jets two weeks in a row, and gotten burned for it, but I'm not done yet. :P  They didn't beat the Chargers by much, and had the Chargers not missed 2 kickable field goals (I'm ignoring the third from 57 yards, because that's crazy distance) and thrown 2 interceptions, the Chargers would have won that game.  Their questionable onside kick near the end didn't help, either.  The Colts' running game is slightly more abysmal than the Chargers', so it comes down to passing comparison between those teams.  Manning passed for more yards and more touchdowns during the regular season, but Rivers had the better QB Rating and TD/Int ratio.  Still, I think Manning can avoid throwing 2 interceptions against the Jets.  Like most QBs, Philip Rivers is a mental midget compared to Peyton Manning.  Just look at his picture:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/6763

The guy is clearly a doofus.  The Jets have a better record on the road than at home, so they're not fazed by hostile territory, though the Colts have a slightly better home record than the Chargers did (7-1 versus 6-2).  In their regular season matchup, New York won 29-15, but that was against Indianapolis' bench warmers, so it doesn't mean much.  However, it does mean that Manning didn't get to prepare much against the league's #1 defense, tapes aside.  Against common opponents, Indy has the edge.  NY split their series against New England, while Indy edged them out; NY minorly lost both games to Miami, while Indy beat them by a little; NY split against Buffalo, and Indy lost to them big in a meaningless final game.  Both teams beat Houston, but NY did so more decisively; both teams beat Tennessee, but Indy did so more decisively; and Indy edged out Jacksonville twice, while the Jets lost to them by a tiny bit.  It's not unexpected that a 14-2 team did better against common opponents than a 9-7 team, but figured I'd crunch the games anyway. :/  Speaking of records, Indy's is superb, and could have been even better, and New York's is unimpressive.  But a weak regular season record hasn't stopped them from getting this far, nor did a strong one do much for San Diego last week.  The Colts' defense is slightly inferior to the Chargers' in most areas (except in points allowed somehow), so New York will probably have another solid running game.  Sanchez just needs to stay fairly error free.  He wasn't hot stats-wise last week, but I still like his poise.  However, the question is whether his defense will get key turnovers to put him in a position to land another TD pass.  The Jets could march the field running last week, but they weren't able to score a ton that way.  They still needed help from their defense (and Mssrs. Rivers and Kaeding).  If Indy had shown more rust after resting and losing their last 2 regular season games, I might go against them.  But they won definitively against the Ravens, and managed to shut down their one-sided offense.  The Colts knew what was coming, and held Baltimore to 87 yards rushing.  I think New York will still be in triple digit yardage there, but they'll probably need to have more success passing than they did last week in order to win.  Indy's defense wasn't impressive in the regular season, but they can be quite overbearing in playoff games I've seen in recent years.  So I like the Colts.. yes, boldly picking the 14-2 team. :P

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General Discussion / Re: NFL season (2009-2010), week 20 - playoffs?!

« on: January 24, 2010, 03:19:01 AM »

So are you guys going to wait until kickoff again to make picks?

don't i always? :P

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General Discussion / Re: NFL season (2009-2010), week 20 - playoffs?!

« on: January 20, 2010, 09:21:26 PM »

strategy: we should all pick different combinations of winners/losers from here on out, so at least one of us is ensured (?) to finish at or above .500 for the playoffs. ;)