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Post by jorpho on Nov 2, 2008 21:22:01 GMT -5
Ahh, good ol' Meikyuu no Fukkatsu. A special game for me, that one; at a time when I was feeling down, I read a forum post challenging anyone to solve one of the early, difficult levels, and oddly enough it did much to rouse me from my funk. I actually got partway through making a translation patch myself, but since my progress was nonexistent it's not surprising that someone beat me to it. (I wanted to call it "Eggerland Mystery Revival", but maybe that's too literal.)
It's definitely a balls-hard game. Maybe I'll go back and try to finish it someday, though I did make it most of the way through.
Small correction: you technically don't start with a map unless you use the cheat code. You do get it in one of the early levels, but it's still possible to miss completely.
By the way, wasn't there a Palm OS version of Eggerland? Or was that just a fangame?
I'm also kind of surprised that the bosses in Lolo 3 didn't merit a mention. Struck me as a rather odd addition when i first read about them, those bosses. (Do the other games have bosses?)
And just for kicks, here's some grammar corrections. American shores (Though Europe American shores (though Europe
Ever since their initial release, Ever since its initial release,
or a dragon, (or anything else or a dragon (or anything else
but can't be moved. Whereas, a tree acts but can't be moved, whereas a tree acts
Eden Land is awesome. Whereas, Eggerland sucks Eden Land is awesome, whereas Eggerland sucks
easier and more straight forward easier and more straightforward
puzzle-filled areas (a tower, a cave, an underwater dungeon, etc.) which each hides puzzle-filled areas (a tower, a cave, an underwater dungeon, etc.) which each hide
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Post by zzz on Nov 3, 2008 4:23:19 GMT -5
Grammar nazism is the most annoying thing in the goddamn world. It doesn't bother me when people correct facts or spelling, but I'd appreciate it if you'd let me word the articles how I wanna word them. As long as it makes sense then there's nothing "incorrect" about it.
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Post by kyouki on Nov 3, 2008 4:54:12 GMT -5
That's not grammar Nazism, that is him correcting grammar mistakes in the article.
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Post by zzz on Nov 3, 2008 7:54:20 GMT -5
No. It's grammar nazism.
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Post by Ryu the Grappler on Nov 3, 2008 13:33:43 GMT -5
I don't think he was being a grammar nazi. A grammar nazi would've wrote to you "please learn to write in English".
And to be fair, a lot of these articles have some strange ways of phrasing statements that can be confusing to readers unfamiliar with the subject.
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Post by Discoalucard on Nov 3, 2008 18:53:48 GMT -5
Can you please stop popping in every time someone post corrections? You're going to scare off the people that put work into this, which I actually appreciate a lot. Grammar nazism is when people pick apart insignificant things like forum posts. Even though this is just The Internet, it's still a published article, and should be as close to correct as possible.
At any rate, should I add stuff about the Lolo bosses? I've never played it, I don't know what to write myself.
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Post by zzz on Nov 3, 2008 19:58:29 GMT -5
And it's a hell of a lot more work to write this shit, and I don't like being told that my wording is "incorrect".
Honestly, the concept of correct grammar is out moded. Have you considered that writing the way that people talk will make the articles more approachable to people?
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Post by kyouki on Nov 3, 2008 20:25:12 GMT -5
This is madness!
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Post by ReyVGM on Nov 3, 2008 21:41:41 GMT -5
Jesus Christ thanks Kurt, it was about time someone told zzz off. Every time someone posts a correction or opinion he usually answers with a very "holier than thou" tone. Actually, most of his responses are either sarcastic or "I'm better than you". You don't like being told your wording is "incorrect", well boo hoo, shall I call your mommy?
If you want to be a nazi about what you write, go start your own site. Otherwise, learn to take criticism and/or suggestions without coming off as yet another possesive Internet nerd.
Only one person here is allowed to be a nazi and it's Kurt, and not even he acts like that.
And I mean all that in the nicest possible way. You write a lot of great articles, but you don't have to get a huge effin head over it either.
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Post by jorpho on Nov 4, 2008 1:23:18 GMT -5
Eep. I did not mean to start something.
Verily, Mr. ZZZ's articles are of fine quality, and his unique style is all part of the charm, but surely they would not be in the least bit impacted by the conventional use of the word "whereas" ? I certainly did not intend the above corrections as radical re-wordings that would alter the meaning of the underlying words in the slightest, and have difficulty in seeing how they would make the article in any way less approachiable.
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Post by kyouki on Nov 4, 2008 10:30:30 GMT -5
That's just his thing. He doesn't like having his grammar mistakes corrected by other people.
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Post by zzz on Nov 4, 2008 15:43:20 GMT -5
It doesn't bother me to have actual mistakes corrected. But the way that people talk in reality is not "incorrect". Even if it isn't "grammatically correct". Like I said, correct grammar is an out moded cocept.
Formulaic, dry writing - as if this were some kind of encylopedia - does make the articles less approachable, because it makes them boring.
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Post by Discoalucard on Nov 4, 2008 18:09:04 GMT -5
Yes but correct punctuation/tenses certainly don't make it any less readable. You're talking about casual voice, which I'm certainly not against and actually endorse in most cases, within reason.
I know it feels annoying when you've spent hours upon hours working on something and then someone comes up and is like "well this needs fixing!" but as a writer you need to put the quality of the article first and admit to correct anything that might be imperfect.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2008 19:29:40 GMT -5
Small correction: you technically don't start with a map unless you use the cheat code. You do get it in one of the early levels, but it's still possible to miss completely. Hey, you're right. I just played the game again to locate the map. As you said it's possible to miss the map completely. How? By not backtracking to get it after you've finished the room with the dinosaur-like monsters (Gols). By the way, wasn't there a Palm OS version of Eggerland? Or was that just a fangame? You mean EggyLand? That's a fangame. I'm also kind of surprised that the bosses in Lolo 3 didn't merit a mention. Struck me as a rather odd addition when i first read about them, those bosses. (Do the other games have bosses?) Funny how we missed those. And no, the other games don't have bosses. Not beside King Egger in the end of some games. At any rate, should I add stuff about the Lolo bosses? I've never played it, I don't know what to write myself. I think the bosses should be mentioned. I can get screenshots of them, if needed. As for what to write about them: There's these high-speed videos of Lolo 3 on YouTube showing the game from start to finish. From these you can see how the bosses were presented. Part 1 of 3Part 2 of 3Part 3 of 3I watched those a little and noticed that Adventures of Lolo 3 also has small cutscenes in certain parts of the game. Maybe they could be mentioned as well?
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Post by Smithee on Nov 4, 2008 21:01:54 GMT -5
This is madness! Madness? THIS IS SPARTA!! ;D
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