Cerberus87

I think 5th gen was like 50fps on battle? I personally don't like the jagged animated sprites.
I like RSE's simple interface, personally.

Now it's my turn to stalk you. I don't get how people complain about small details that are barely noticeable in a medium and has it ruin their experience, such as the flames in the models from XY. It's like that comic segment, which was displayed by TV Tropes, parodying a nerd complaining about how the length of Gandaulf's beard is inaccurate.

No one believed me, man.
Yeah, frame rate is killer. It's way, way worse in 3D as well. R/S/E feels so fast now haha.

Mega Blaziken and Charizard X look particularly awful with their flames. It's pretty evident the games are rushed, here's hoping Z fixes many of the issues.

I take it you saw my VM for Spinosaurus. Anyway, yes, these type of people do exist, and the guy from that video even criticized the Mario games for being the same, which is mind-boggling, because Super Mario Galaxy plays nothing like Super Mario 64 and vice versa. It's usually the Mario spin-off titles like NSMB and the various sports titles that have the gameplay left unchanged.

I see. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal then.

How fast is that? With animations off+skip turns, Micaiah's map can be cleared in about 5 minutes, probably a little less (if all goes well). 2-3 levels per 5 minutes sounds pretty sweet to me. The hardest bonus box I've ever used for grinding is probably Matthew's team, so I don't know how fast/efficient it is to use it for grinding...

Yeah, the EXP DLC gets slow pretty fast. Works wonders for training, I don't know, Donnel. XD

There may be faster maps to grind on than CoY3, but I haven't looked. I like it because it's easy to grind; you get to start near a fort space and the enemies swarm you, so it can be cleared relatively quickly. You're right though, it's pretty annoying to have to go across the map twice to clear it. When I started grinding that way, I was just happy have something better than Bonus Box teams to fight. XD

It'll only give ya a Blessed Bow, whiiiich isn't that good imo, and you can easily get another one soon. ;v;

Ever heard someone say that they were just "bad test takers"?

The common idea there is that such people are simply stupid and they use that as an excuse.

I got all A's and B's in my classes in high school. I normally ACTUALLY learned things, turned in homework (which I aced), and actually paid attention in class. Whenever tests rolled around, on the other hand, I did terrible on them.

Though I aced my AP classes, I failed the AP tests. I was one of about four people in my AP US History class that actually took my work seriously and thus I was one of the rare few to ace it. However, I completely failed the AP Exam they gave us at the end of the year. This kept me from getting many scholarships for college.


You've read my posts. Tell me: Do I seem stupid to you? Exactly.

The idea that people can be bad test takers is true. There have been many psychological studies over this phenomenon and it's been shown that the majority of those that actively participate in their studies do horribly on tests. Thus, the students in the top 10 are those that both paid attention and, miraculously, didn't have said psychological issues. It was all a game of luck, not of skill.


Now, in the U.S., schools are making it so that grades only come from tests results - no class participation, no homework, nothing except tests. And even in your nation (and Japan, I believe), whether or not you can get into schools at certain levels or for free - it all depends on test scores, nothing else.


How fair is that? Hm?

Well, that's how it SHOULD be: The government pays, the student doesn't. Unfortunately, my country doesn't work like that =.=;

Eh, Brazil? Free college? I'll remember that. Here in the U.S., it's tens of thousands of dollars. per year.

Ooooh, Holy Grail War!

It's actually simple. I may be wrong in the following, but I'll try to explain it to the best of my years-old knowledge.

The holy grails is one of...five?... hallowed items. It can grant any wish. However, due to equivalency, something must be given in return for the wish. This takes the form of a grand competition known as the holy grail war. Each war that happens, masters - humans with enough vital energy to create summoning spells - summon the spirits of heroes in the past. These heroes are generally in nice, luxurious realms fit for the heroes to reward them in the afterlife, or something. When they get summoned, the holy grail gives them material form. These heroes become the servants to their masters. They then go to kill one another. At the end, the servants lose all memory of the grail war. However, the winning master and servant each get a wish. Normally, the participating masters want access to this giant fountain of infinite knowledge - I think it's the Akasha, though it might be something else. If anyone gets there, everyone forgets they existed, I believe, and they can't ever leave the Akasha once they go there.

Cool stuff.

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College is a scam. You go there to learn, not to be thrown at exams. The professors tend to make you read textbooks on your own and don't teach you themselves. You then graduate only to find that your degree isn't worth anything anymore.

Plus, I'm a proponent of the "Knowledge Is Free" concept, so I hate the fact that you have to pay for college. Or if you get a scholarship that pays for everything and you drop your grades enough, you're then forced to pay the entire amount back to the scholarship. And yet you're paying for teachers that don't teach, for a degree that means nothing, and think yourself smart just because you aced a few tests, only for Dr. Cox to put you in your place once you get out.

Actually in my experience I've found the opposite. It seems to me that schools are giving up memorization in favor of giving the students the ability to understand and rebuild the codes they learn, as well as possibly creating something anew.

However, I won't say you aren't right. Recently, high schools in my country have resumed the teaching of philosophy, but it's still like what you said it is, they feed the student with info on a one-way route and make him/her sit exams. I'm good at exams, but I've always found I was lacking in certain other areas, because, really, most exams have rigged questions. An exam master isn't a master of wisdom. In terms of examination, my country is still behind the developed world, because we use exams for EVERYTHING.

I'm writing a novel and much of it is influenced by the Nasuverse. I actually thought the explanation of the fundamentals of the Holy Grail War was quite complex in the VN. I don't remember most of it, though, because it's been four years since I read it.

Why is college a heated subject for you? You can write in PM if it's something delicate.

In college, huh? That's...a heated subject for me.

There are generally two forms of learning humans use: Passive and Active. When we learn things passively, we remember them only to replay that memory later on. When we learn actively, we involve ourselves directly and gain "experience" in said subject. Memory leads to Knowledge. Experience leads to Understanding. Intelligence is the ability to attain and use knowledge. Wisdom is the ability to attain and utilize understanding. This is how I see things.

Increasingly, over time, educational institutions have taken out active learning and now, for the most part, rely solely on passive learning. For a subject like Philosophy - which is literally defined as the "love of/for wisdom", reading textbooks and taking tests over what philosophers have said just plain isn't enough. You have to "philosophize" on your own, of your own will to truly understand philosophy and DO philosophy, to that regard.

That said, philosophy does not focus solely on the senses and the physical, nor calculations made in regards to the physical. This is why metaphysics and ethics are more than scientific laws and rules of society.

This said, I did not create my own knowledge system. Rather, I made my own beliefs by "philosophizing" the things I learned and, by doing so, generated my own truths. These truths are heavily influenced by the Nasuverse and Theosophy, by the way, so you could definitely say my beliefs are more alchemical in nature than scientific or simply philosophical.

I see... Twocows is also a Type Moon fan, btw >.>

I haven't really read or played anything for Type Moon. I've generally watched some things, but I rely completely on the Wikia for my information. So if there's an idea you want to talk about, just link the wikia page :P

What of my religious views?

Well it's my brother that technically uses a PS3 these days. I only play my handheld Pokemon games right now.

The problem is I barely play Nintendo games outside of Pokemon, but I guess that was because I grew up as a Playstation gamer during my childhood.

Grind your Spotpass/DLC/Avatar. Finish the game and update your Avatar Logbook. Trust me, they will be extremely useful when you do Lunatic.

This game is extremely popular so just go to your local Gamestop or wherever and ask around for who else plays that game. I've met new playmates in that store and so can you.

That's about it, really. You can find guides on how to get Galeforce on as many children as possible. The children will be better than their parents no matter what, so spend the next 100 hours grinding on the Golden Pack DLC maps. When you're done that, take on the Apotheosis DLC (hard as Lunatic+). Should be easy with an army of Galeforce children and one Spotpass rallybot.