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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)

« on: July 12, 2012, 02:39:15 PM »

I see your George Washington and raise you a Ronald Reagan riding a velociraptor.

That's actually a popular misconception--like how people mistake Scorpions and Spiders for insects when they are arachnids. That's not a Velociraptor. At all. That would be closer to the Deinonychus. The Velociraptor was relatively the size of a rooster and had many feathers. Ronald Reagan riding an actual Velociraptor into battle however would be hilarious.

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Entertainment / Re: At The Movies With RPM

« on: July 03, 2012, 03:09:54 PM »

I saw the Amazing Spider-man midnight showing. Needless to say, it was everything I hoped for. Andrew Garfield's portrayal of Peter Parker/Spider-man was far better than how it was done in the first three movie installments. Emma Stones Gwen Stacy was great although her personality is slightly updated due to the difference of her being written for in the 70's-80's and todays day, but still very accurate. Their chemistry on screen was fluid and believable. I got a kick out of how Aunt May in the movie took a note from Ultimate Spider-man comic series as a tough old lady who was stronger than anyone would give her credit for at first glance.

The pacing and character involvement in it was good as well. Flash Thompson was handled with care, despite how few scenes he had in the movie (Which was something I didn't think would be done), and honestly, The Lizard design is much better than how people thought it was. My only big problem with the film was how important Peters parents are, but they received very little screen time. The stunts were excellent as they were mainly done physically rather than majority CGI.

Great part of it thought? Spidey's mouth. PB, if you don't see this movie I will be surprised.

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Gaming / Re: Sony Patents In-Game Advertising

« on: June 08, 2012, 06:34:05 PM »

I'd have no issue with it if it were placed in the loading screens, the games would cost less, and the ad was less then 10 seconds. Shelling out to advertisement makes sense in them trying to get a little extra cash, I have no issue with it. However, I do have an issue with it being like Bionic Commando for the PS3. Pepsi---everywhere. There's a problem when an advertisement makes up 20% of your designs. And annoys the crap out of me, because pepsi tastes like Silverbacked Gorilla sweat.

I can live with ads, as long as there is a counter balance here and it's does NOT interrupt me having a good time to play a commercial about genital herpes.  

Nothing quite breaks the flow like a game of Dragon's Dogma then for the UR-Dragon to come forth about his groin issues.

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: April 04, 2012, 03:40:57 AM »

With people who abuse assists, you'll want to punish that. Dante works well enough or punishing with his Million Dollars hyper. Also, one thing I found myself kicking myself for and wondering why others haven't used it at all is the cross over counter. It's a good way to get people off you if you are pressured in a corner, blocking, or they are setting up an unblockable with the help of an assist. And with a hyper right afterward, it can do some hefty damage if you set it up right.

Example: Being forced into a corner by Wolverine and an Akuma tatsu assist is coming. Cross over counter with Captain America coming in with Charging star and then cancel into Hyper charging star. From there, you can X-factor cancel, OTG, and combo both characters for an easy double kill.

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: February 29, 2012, 04:03:57 PM »

Correct me if I am wrong here, but is it me or is Superman -extremely- selfish? I think I agree with Lex's opinion about the fortress of solitude. Superman could advance humanity by thousands of years, even cure diseases but he keeps it to himself. His actions save lives but when ever it comes down to something he really wants out of a situation he throws out the more responsible choice for a outcome that HE wants. Even if Batman tells him "Bad idea. Don't do this." I could be wrong, but is it part of his character to allow his powers to get to his head sometimes and make a decision because he has the power to do it?

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: February 19, 2012, 09:22:17 PM »

If anyone is a Lex in Marvel, it'd be Wilson Fisk. And even then, he's a criminal.

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: February 19, 2012, 03:14:45 PM »

I just picked up New Avengers 21 and I liked what I saw. The fight between the New Avengers and Ragnorak was drastic and well executed. What I have a problem with is for some reason people STILL TAKING A LIKING TOWARDS NORMAN OSBORN. For Christ sake, he held a pumpkin bomb up to a little girl's face and threatened to blow her face off if Spider-man didn't gut himself with a stake knife on live TV. How is it that anyone is even going for the whole "I'll protect you for the big, bad heroes who just saved you all from a god of Fear! Who in which wrecked everything and killed millions!" ([tornado fang] you, fear itself.) Worse is the showing of how dumb the people in the Marvel universe are. Being suspicious about people who can fly and shoot eye beams out of their eyes, fine.

Protesting the people trying to help you--you have that right so go where your stupidity takes you. Attacking a mother who is just trying to take her baby to safety because she can fly and said something that made sense? Congratulations Marvel-New York City! You have now been downgraded to Tennessee level of stupid. But, when it's mainly the New Avengers things are going good.....except that The Thing is nowhere in sight. Anyways, it's much better than the main Avengers title.

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Entertainment / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: February 16, 2012, 05:58:15 PM »

The raven

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXU3RfB7308

+

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck

= I am blown away by god-like genius on both ends.

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: February 07, 2012, 07:39:11 AM »

I don't know what I think about the new story coming up though. "Ends of the Earth." Looks like he's making with the heavy metal now what with his resources at Horizon. Does that mean his speed and agility isn't reliable here?

Outside of that, I've been reading into two other series. Aquaman and Ms. Marvel. Ms. Marvel is... okay so far. Not breath taking just okay. Aquaman is [tornado fang]ing awesome. I did not think that of all DC heroes, Aquaman---Flipper's best friend---would be becoming one of my favorites.

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: February 07, 2012, 07:20:10 AM »

WHOA! That was a hell of an accident. I meant to say

I don't like what happened in OMIT or OMD, or BND for the most part.

My mistake on that part. Strike that one from the record.   I do not like that garbage. (Shows you should proof read, ladies and gentlemen.)

PB, fair enough on the decrease of Peter's intelligence. I think the highest mature decision he's made lately was Spider-Island's "chance" for him to get rid of his powers. And he responded with "Why would I do that? One way or another, these powers are a gift. Getting rid of them would be irresponsible. My uncle raised me better than that."  Again, my bad on that one.

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: February 07, 2012, 03:34:22 AM »

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IYNWnRt4bo&list=FL7Oy1aX7PZ1pxuBsqNto8MA&feature=mh_lolz[/youtube]

Okay, a bit of "OMG, I did good." patting myself on the back here, but footage of me taking on Max at 2:10 I think... I can't help but think that I did a damn good job with Spidey in that match.

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: February 07, 2012, 03:26:44 AM »

No. It was not indirectly her fault for her getting shot.

When she supported the idea of him removing his mask, she accepted the fact that she would and could be put in the line of fire. She admitted this in  Amazing Spider-Man 532 page 23. 24, 25. (Depending on where you got your print. (God I am a nerd....super nerd. But I have my stack of comics in order. )

"Every day prosecutors and judges and governors and senators go to work. Knowing their loved ones may be jeopardized by their work. But they don't wear masks to work. Do you know why? Because their loved ones want it that way. Because they would rather die than see the fact they love, the face that gives so much to the world, covered in shame. Some things are worth the risk, Peter. You're one of them."

She encouraged him to unmask when he was very unwilling to do so. It is not her fault. No, (Poor choice of words) however she did enable for this to occur even when MJ was on his side about not unmasking at first. May took the risk and she was almost killed over it. In fact, he was ready to withdraw his money and leave instead of unmasking until she stopped him the next morning. His aunt put herself in that situation and gave him bad advice with good intention.

Everything that happened prior to One More Day was 100% his fault. Even with all the pleading in the world from MJ & May, Peter unmasking himself to the world was the absolute stupidest thing he's ever done in his life, because above every other superhero he knows first hand what happens when psychos find out who you are under the mask. First. Hand. And there was NO reason for him to do it. None. At all. The Registration Act just wanted them to reveal their identities to SHIELD & the Govt., not everyone. He should've known EXACTLY what was going to happen when he removed his mask, and it did happen because Marvel decided to make Peter an absolute [tornado fang]ing moron for a stupid event comic.

I agree and disagree. When it comes down to it, it was Peter who took the action itself. So we agree there. It was stupid as hell for him to do it, another point we agree on. However, Peter's case was different. He was under the protection of Tony Stark while living in the tower. Tony manipulated him rather than talked to him about it. He used his family against him and put him in the corner. Page 15/16:

"I want you at my side, Peter. But I need you as both Peter...and Spider-Man. Openly. I'm saying that because of my position. I have to make sure everything is on the up-and-up. That means that the only way that Peter Parker can work with me--is if Spider-Man unmasks."

"It's not me asking, Peter. If you DON'T unmask, you'll be like the other powers who defy the law. Wanted criminals. Hunted. Jailed. Not just you, but MJ and your aunt, because they'd be considered accomplices. If you turn against the law, I can't have you with me. I won't be able to protect you...or your family."

He was clearly manipulated and not even given the choice to just give his identity to S.H.I.E.L.D. But rather the choice to either go all in, or be arrested and his family jailed. That gives little to no room but to either run, or fight and be caught and watch his family pay for it. Damned if you do, Damned if you don't.

One More Day is the culmination of about 4-5 years of horrifyingly awful Spidey writing, from the Gwen Stacy thing to the Other to Civil War. It was a perfect exclamation point on the sad sad state of my favorite Marvel hero, a hero so poorly written that in the end it showed he had NO responsibility at all, from moronically unmasking in Civil War for the sole purpose of an event comic to having all his horrifyingly bad writing & problems caused by it magically erased. It undermines everything he was all because of horrible writing, terrible event comics, and Quesada wanting Spidey not to be married.

Agreed. My point is that Peter's reactions to these situations are understandable. Not -correct- but understandable for someone put in the situation when never asked to be. Not that OMIT is great. I'd rather use that as toilet paper rather than...whatever one's select toilet paper may be.

Spidey comics are indeed a whooooooole lot better now. Sure, I didn't care for Spider-Island that much, but you bring up reasons why you do, which is good. That's what comics are all about. As much as I didn't care for Spider-Island, it doesn't even come close to the god awful Spider-Man comics before One More Day. The fact that they are now better is both good and bad because them being much better is obviously good, what's bad is that them being much better has absolutely NOTHING to do with Peter not being married to MJ. It has more to do with the fact that THEY'RE ACTUALLY WELL WRITTEN COMICS!!!

Agreed again. I do like what happened in OMIT or OMD, or BND for the most part. I took BND in stride for the sake of the idea of Peter trying to get his life back together...which took too long for Big Time to start and was painful. The Gauntlet however was enjoyable as well as Grim Hunt.  As far as MJ goes, I simply don't think they should have been married at all given her commitment issues and selfish levels of herself.

But you are right, those stories could have happened just as easily WITH them married and it would have meant little difference outside of less Carlie. In which...who really cares about her? I mean...really? Overall can we agree to one point? Joe Quesada should have just stuck to art and drawing rather than involving himself in plot points, writing or character direction? On a different note, I finally got around to reading and finishing Annihilation series... Marvel needs to make more quality like this and no more crap like Fear Itself.

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: February 06, 2012, 12:30:20 PM »

And I agree with May dying. He can even take her dying. The problem was that it was indirectly her fault for getting shot and that on top of everything caused him to act outside of his nature. That is nothing if not basic human functions under high amounts of stress and pressure. Add ontop of the fact that his spouse encouraged it.... it is not unreasonable that he would do anything possible to fix that problem. Beside that,  his action did not bring any harmful implications to anyone but himself and Mary Jane who agreed to it. At that point, it almost becomes a non-issue.

Yes, Spider-man does represent "With great power comes great responsibility." However, that mantra has also included his strong unwillingness to take a life. He has killed at least 9 people -directly- with his actions. Two in which he's done with his bare hands. So.... that isn't the first time he's gone against that---even what his Uncle would expect out of him. Peter's own realization of that when he blamed Iron-Man for  his unmasking shows that. He admitted that if he said that to his uncle, Ben would retort with : If Iron-Man jumped off a bridge, would you do it too? Peter's responsibility is to his family...but he also extended it to every living person. Which he has admitted that he doesn't even tend to recall saving a number of people. Given how unselfish he's been in his life, it is not uncalled for to make a completely selfish action.

The divorce aspect of it... I agree with you was 100% childish way to do it. Namely when they had no clear reason FOR divorce short of the fact that Mary Jane has commitment issues or issues with dealing with something Peter Parker is. Or for that matter, being angry at him for saving lives and not appreciating it due to the fact that she felt dwarfed in comparison and inferior. (If you don't believe me, read when Spider-man moved into Stark Tower. No, really. She's upset more that she's called "Spider-man's Wife" and not noticed for her acting or modelling.) If a divorce was going to happen, it should have just up and happened, and for all intents in purposes have Matt Murdock help with the process/explain it to the two of them.

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: February 06, 2012, 04:46:45 AM »

But nearly killing people close to you is better? I'm not arguing that the execution was poor. It was. However, I can still understand Spidey snapping the way he did. (Then again, I was never one for the Mary Jane and Peter Parker marriage to begin with.)

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: February 05, 2012, 07:36:50 PM »

Moore's in not much of a position to criticize DC considering that "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" used Victorian Age (and later) characters. Not that it makes it less a worthwhile story but those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Well, the fact that Peter made deal with the devil realllllllllly undermines him as a hero. Spider-Man is all about responsibility but Pete couldn't live with the guilt over what happened to Aunt May and instead of accepting responsibility for the consequences of his actions (revealing your secret ID on national television is never a good idea though we have Iron Man to thank for it, I guess but Peter still listened), he took the easy way out. Joe Quesada wants to try to spin this as a noble sacrifice on the part of Peter and MJ but I don't think the fandom's buying it. Hell, he should have let JMS go the extra mile and bring Gwen Stacy back. Why does Peter need the baggage when Mephisto can erase the guilt for something as trivial as marriage?

For as brilliant Spider-Man is now compared to previous eras, the stain of "One More Day" will not go away until a far more capable editor (maybe Marvel should have Jim Shooter on speed dial) retcons the mess out of existence. So until that day I will hold fast in my belief that Ben Reilly was the real, original Spider-Man and "Peter Parker" was the clone.

Maybe radioactive spider bites make people more brittle.

You know, I'm on the edge about One More Day. It was poor in execution, but I get it. Peter making a deal with Mephisto was not the best thing he could have done. At all. It turned everything out for the better in his life, but there are worse things heroes have done. I.E: Iron-man releasing Norman Osborn and being--for all intents and purposes responsible for every death Norman caused from that point on, and even his war profiteering. I can't understand Iron-man's decision on that. However I can understand Peter's better. He did not make a deal with Mephisto that would cause actual suffering to others, and the time he made that deal (Which he never would have made, if Mary Jane hadn't talked him into it. She had admitted that he would never say yes unless she convinced him to do so) his life was ruined beyond all recovery.

The stress of what his family was going through as well as what he has done to them with the best intentions would cause someone to act out of their normal character. That's natural human reaction to pressure and stress. You can only push so far until someone breaks. And the fallout from that could have been much worse. Shadowland's story with DareDevil shows how bad that can get.

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: February 05, 2012, 08:18:03 AM »

It was [parasitic bomb]. It was the Spidey-MJ thing I hated the most about it, because they're still [tornado fang]ing doing it. They're still dealing with the whole Spidey-MJ bullshit scenario of teasing that they'll get back together, which they won't, and what makes it worse is that she literally serves no purpose in the [tornado fang]ing story other than to tease this fact.

I can see what you mean about the Spider-MJ thing but I actually kind of liked Spider-island. If for the fact that it focused on him being Peter Parker is what makes him important more than Spider-Man. He's got the powers and all, but his mind is his most dangerous weapon. The way they've been writing Spidey lately has him working more on his personal life and actually making use of his own abilities outside of the super-powered ones. (And honestly, an intelligent super hero that doesn't pull a Hank Pym or Reed Richards is needed badly.)

I think they've been doing a great job writing him, but a poor job lately in trying to mess with his love life. Carlie was... terrible. And honestly, I don't see why him and MJ should get back together. I don't even understand why they are together in the first place, short of Peter not fully understanding her and her keeping him interested for that much. But then again, I think Gwen was as good as it got for him. Someone who was his intellectual equal as well as romantically willing to meet him half way... ... ... Not counting those two kids of hers. Which was plain stupid.

Avenger X-sanction, I am not liking. If for anything I wish Cable would just kill himself and be over with it. I am tired of the whole "BUT I KNOW THE FUTURE!!!" bs with him.

Something that bugged me about Marvel though... why is it that Captain America never took an active stand against the view against Mutants or against the government making Sentinels?

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News and Announcements / Re: Capcom Asking For Megaman Fans & Cosplayers to Leave SDCC..?

« on: July 26, 2011, 04:09:50 AM »

You know, I am disappointed in Seth Killian not punching a fan in the face. Capcom could work off of that angle and make "Seth Killian's Super Punch-Out."

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DASH / Re: It's dead, Jim.

« on: July 25, 2011, 03:53:56 PM »

Jeez, that doesn't really help the whole "We think we deserve Legends 3" cause.  Something that bugs me about how they are trying to get people to sign for Megaman and the reason I don't think it will succeed is that fans aren't doing much to show -why- they think (And I stress the word "think") it's worth being revived. As far as an actual character goes, Voltnutt is not fleshed out at all. He's bland and there's nothing special about him and fans aren't helping in with showing what they think is special about that Megaman or the game at all. There's no reaching out. Like Yahtzee said. It's like asking people to feel sorry for a brick, because it's brick children have left home and don't write.

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DASH / Re: It's dead, Jim.

« on: July 25, 2011, 03:19:32 PM »

Yeeeeah, 100,000 people isn't going to happen. By the end of the month, I'd bet maybe...40,000 is the best numbers they get. And I'm sure somepeople on there liked is because thier friends asked them to like it for them. Anyways, did you guys know that The Protomen just recently recieved a cease and desist by Capcom? Those Megaman tears sure are flowing in.

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DASH / Re: It's dead, Jim.

« on: July 21, 2011, 08:14:39 PM »

No, that still would have pissed people off immensely because of the all the effort they put into pumping the game up like they did and getting everyone's hopes up. Plus, using Devroom numbers to justify sales is extremely poor business planning.

So the only way Capcom could have done things right would to have never have announced the game at all / never developing the Devroom / just stop talking about the project. But also, as we are on the subject of getting ones hopes up, do you think that some (I said SOME not all) of it could be on the individual? Possibly by overhyping the game itself simply because it was coming out, rather than being slight carefull....and NOT buying a 3ds just because of this game maybe coming out? Doesn't that aspect of fault lay on the consumer?

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DASH / Re: It's dead, Jim.

« on: July 21, 2011, 08:01:56 PM »

We are fans. Fan is short for "fanatic". since when are fanatics known for rational, logical thinking towards the object of their fanaticism?

its not just any reason we are mad. Its because of the way it was cancelled, how cappy handled it. They are afraid it wont sell? why not release the prototype to SEE if it will? That was the whole point!

You know. This made the most sense. The very honesty of it is pretty solid and kinda hit home, Flame. The "Fanatic" point mainly. So I may understand, the reaction is simply based off of the fixaction towards Megaman? You know... That's good and terrible at the same time. Good because--well, you admitted that was the case and gave a good reason for it. Terrible due to the people who are so big of fanatics to start putting death threats on live streams. And I do agree, the PR attempt sucked. Big time. So, lemme see if I can get this right. If Capcom would have said something either along the lines of : "We do not believe that attempting to bring Megaman Legends to a green light would make sufficient profit for us, and it's too risky." Or "We had predicted there would be more users than the number we received in the Dev rooms... So based on those numbers we can't justify a sequel." That wouldn't have pissed fans off?

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DASH / Re: It's dead, Jim.

« on: July 21, 2011, 03:54:22 PM »

Yes. And that could have gotten people laid off if the game did not sell well. Okay people, I know I may not get the response I'm looking for but I'm going to ask it anyway. Is the few hours of entertainment, Megaman therioes, and buster shooting that much more important to you than peoples jobs?

I said it before and I'll say it again. Megaman doesn't carry enough marketing weight to sell enough copies and at the very least break even with the costs of making a game for the 3ds. The 3ds alone is a risky business venture because of how much that tech costs and not too many people have bought them. (Yes, I understand that a lot of people bought them, however they don't fly off shelves and print money) For them to do what you want, they need to put their business AND their employees at risk so YOU can have a few hours of entertainment and HOPE that people buy at least 2 million copies of the game to break even with the costs of production, pr, and development. Look, I get that you guys love Megaman and thats fine and all. But you love him that much to put a company at risk? Jobs at risk?

Honestly, none of us have an actual right to be fuming mad at the news. None of us have put money into development of the game, so none of us have the say in what makes it to the market. Also: I will say this. The cancelation of this game has nothing to do with "Megaman isn't western enough." It simply will not sell very well. I mean, the reason Psychonauts (The awesome game that it was) didn't see a sequel was because it did not sell well. 50: Cent Bulletproof sold well. So from a marketing standpoint it would be too risky for them to make another one. Honestly guys. Do you think it's THAT worth it?

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News and Announcements / Re: Mega Man Legends 3 Has Been Cancelled

« on: July 20, 2011, 07:34:28 PM »

I didn't plan on getting it even if it did come out, so it's no loss for me. I would just like to say that I do not blame Capcom for putting up the red light for this. Megaman is no longer a block buster title. For them to make money back, they need to sell over 2 million copies throughout the country. Two. Million. Under no reason should anyone even think of a second that Megaman carries that much weight in it's name. Even if it had the most ground breaking gameplay, interesting characters, or great dialog (Which most Megaman games lack anyways.) This is a business, not a "lets give people entertainment just so we can take a financial hit! " Time. It's a video game. JUST A GAME. Not the end of the world. Hell, how the majority of you acted from that MML3 april fools stunt was flat out disturbing as it was, but thankfully this isn't so bad.

Seriously, chill. Out. If this is the ground breaking, life shaking event of your life that ruins the next few weeks of YOUR LIFE, then stop. Stop, take a nice long look at your life, get your priorities straight and actually start living for something past Megaman.

Oh and a sidenote for those who think that Inafune leaving has anything to do with this, I have this to say: Stop fooling yourselfs. Inafune hasn't worked on a direct Megaman title since X5, and past that he's merely been a producer. Producers don't have to do much at all, and they have very VERY little control over the direction of games, and more towards making it apparent to the masses that the project exists. Thats. It. He. Is. Not. The. Capcom. God. ... ... ...  However, I DO agree that the direction they've taken with DMC is odd, but Dante seems more and more like a silver-haired Duke Nuk'em since DMC4.

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Gaming / Re: The Playstation Portable 2 Thread

« on: June 25, 2011, 06:06:16 PM »

I think the problem here is you must be some neck beard room hermit who never leaves home. It's a portable gaming machine. It can be anywhere. On a trip, on a flight, in the car, at your friends house, on the beach, in the park, etc etc etc. It's meant for a little bit here, a little bit there, and switch to this right now. As exemplified by the pause anywhere features all modern handhelds have had.

Edit: You know what? Think what you want. You want to feel as if you won something for the day? Congradulations. I've got better things to do. And I was stupid enough to respond to trolling. Hypershell hit the nail on the head. It's one way or another for a -reason-. Not to anger all fans who wish it their way only. This is a business. Not a "we have to please our fans"-o-thon. Take it as you will or think as you will. I won't stop you.

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Gaming / Re: The Playstation Portable 2 Thread

« on: June 25, 2011, 05:01:56 PM »

As far as that "scheme" goes as you state, I'm willing to comply. Business wise, they need the money and  don't blame them for doing it this way. Namely from how little money the receive to begin with. So the more money the get, the more resources they have to work with in future projects. Works for me. That and I don't exactly like the concept of trading in one system to get a discount on another. Namely since that's what hurts the gaming industry the most. (That and buying used games.)

Although as far as their downloading "scheme" goes. It's a far and understandable one. This way, they get all of the profits. Rather than having to go to the middle man, just to get a -very- small slice of that pie. If I were in their shoes, I'd do no different. And even if you think about it, they tend to release games on the market for download that is cheaper than the original price for a game. So, if you never got an old game and you want it, you can pay about 20 bucks for it and download it. As opposed to...say....having to pay 70-90 dollars for castlevania SOTN.

Never said I would switch between them like that. Perhaps today I wish to play BlazBlue portable. And tomorrow I'm in the mood to dig up that Maverick Hunter X. It's all about convenience, and precedence. Nintendo and Sega have been doing it since the beginning, and it's still upheld today. Not including it at this point seems rather backwards.

Then pick up your vita and use it on Tuesday. And they pick up your PSP and use it on the very next day. I fail to see what the problem is truthfully. Maybe I just don't get it by the way you are wording it, but I'm still seeing sheer laziness to get up, look for either the psp or vita and using one or the other. It doesn't inconvience you at all, unless you live in a pigs sty and can't find a thing in your room without a metal detector and shovel. But once again, this sounds more like personal problems.