Chrono Trigger DS: Something Positive To Say

[Fifthfiend]

I mean I figure it's like every samurai anime ever where whichever apprentice is like super-badass with the wooden stick slappin-people sword and then his sensei hands him a forserious katana and goes okay you're such a badass, go fuckin' cut somebody, and the apprentice is like HOSHITS OMG!

There's generally that practical gap between training up a skill and then actually using that skill to cut pieces out of a dude who himself is trying to cut pieces out of you.

...which begs the question of how Crono just rolled up out to the fair one day and did a shrug to himself that says hey, I guess I'll wordlessly murder my way through legions of adversaries? But I guess that's just how Big C plays the game.

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

I mean I figure it's like every samurai anime ever where whichever apprentice is like super-badass with the wooden stick slappin-people sword and then his sensei hands him a forserious katana and goes okay you're such a badass, go fuckin' cut somebody, and the apprentice is like HOSHITS OMG!

War is a nasty thing. People undergo extensive training to de-humanize the enemy and frankly themselves to help them not go batshit crazy from knowing they killed another human being. Even my Grandpa said he was told in WW2 that he should never look if he thought he'd shot someone.

And then you have the people who snap, or "don't come back the same," or have PTSD. Murder simply isn't a normal part of the human condition as we know it.

[Ryong]

Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

Infraction

Well, geez, sorry, I just had seen the comic with everyone calling Magus "FIENDLORD!" and then Marle says "FRIENDLORD!".

Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

...which begs the question of how Crono just rolled up out to the fair one day and did a shrug to himself that says hey, I guess I'll wordlessly murder my way through legions of adversaries? But I guess that's just how Big C plays the game.

Marle is even worse at it, then, because okay, she's supposed to be a tomboy but she's still a princess. You'd expect her to freak out about killing things but nope, she just goes around shooting arrows at stuff and freezing them to death while healing her friends. Lucca is a teenager mad scientist that uses fire and guns. I think the point doesn't work with her as much.

...All this just made me notice how much more uncaring Serge is, by killing baby dragons and their mother in the very start of the game to make a necklace. Weird how he has to kill so many to get three scales, too.

[Mirai Gen]

Naw Lucca's awesome cause she carries around grenades guns and a flamethrower. In the name of Science!

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Ryong

Well, geez, sorry, I just had seen the comic with everyone calling Magus "FIENDLORD!" and then Marle says "FRIENDLORD!".

Yeah plus you know, this thread where a bunch of people said why that thing annoyed them that I know you saw because you took time out of your day to insult half the people posting there.

I don't know what you think a warning for trolling means but it sure isn't "argue that you weren't trolling while continuing to troll." Enjoy oh let's call it three days off to contemplate that.

[Corel]

How far are you through the game Dante? Let us know when you (Or anybody else for that matter) get to the bonus content: I'm interested to hear what they've made for that. I've heard that it's a randomly generated dungeon or something along those lines?

How's the strong wind effect now? I remember that used to make my ears bleed profusely - it makes you wonder how/why they made such effects back in the day!

Edit: Also when you get to the Underwater Palace, give the Golem Twins my regards.

When I say regards, I mean double tech'n their ass.




DIE GOLEM TWINS DIE.

[POS Industries]

Yo, Fifth, I read through the entire thread and there are four people who briefly mention that they don't like Fiendlord because it sounds kinda silly and the entire rest of it is a debate over just how inappropriate Frog's dialect in the SNES version may or may not have been. Unless you mean "People don't like it because they don't" is an adequate explanation, I don't see what you're getting at.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by POS Industries

Yo, Fifth, I read through the entire thread and there are four people who briefly mention that they don't like Fiendlord because it sounds kinda silly and the entire rest of it is a debate over just how inappropriate Frog's dialect in the SNES version may or may not have been. Unless you mean "People don't like it because they don't" is an adequate explanation, I don't see what you're getting at.

If people have a problem with a moderator action they need to post about it in the Forum Stuff forum or bug me about it via PM and I'll respond to it there; I'm not going to derail the rest of this thread to argue about it here.

[Mirai Gen]

One of my favorite things in CT is killing the Golem the first time you arrive at Zeal, and then Dalton uses his fire-hits-you attack that KOs you in one hit.

Sorta like beating Gades the first time in Lufia II.

I love having times when you're supposed to lose but you don't.

[BitVyper]

There's generally that practical gap between training up a skill and then actually using that skill to cut pieces out of a dude who himself is trying to cut pieces out of you.

Well, training does generally include sparring at the very least, as well as excersizes with live blades, and ones designed to give you a feel for cutting through things and make your cuts more efficient. Granted, it's still not the same as being in actual fights, but it's not too far off.