The Zeropunctuation thread

MattKeil · 2010-05-26T13:02:27.000Z

ZekeDMS:

Fire the marketing director for EQII and Escapist, thanks.

I get that they’re trying to leverage their most popular property, but a little respect for the audience would be nice.

Cubit · 2010-05-26T13:07:57.000Z

Zylon:

I would happily kill 10 dogbabies to get rid of that border. Or just block images from cdn.themis-media.com. Whichever. Congrats guys, you plonked yourself. Hope it was worth it.

You don’t have to kill 10 dogbabies to get rid of ads on the Escapist. Just subscribe.

baelthazar · 2010-05-26T15:21:00.000Z

Not as good as last review, but then again, I’m obsessed with Monster Hunter Tri. I do wish that Dogbabies were monsters you could hunt, however. And every review could use a cameo from the Mad Ocelot God.

Miramon · 2010-05-26T16:03:19.000Z

As far as OCD item-gathering goes, I guess I’ll stick with the Atelier series.

McKnight · 2010-05-26T22:11:08.000Z

I’d like to point out that accessing the site from an EU IP address, there’s absolutely no ads (OK, there 5 secs at the start of the Vid but I can deal with that).

Zylon · 2010-05-26T23:44:28.000Z

McKnight:

I’d like to point out that accessing the site from an EU IP address, there’s absolutely no ads (OK, there 5 secs at the start of the Vid but I can deal with that).

And…?

razarok · 2010-05-27T04:31:45.000Z

Miramon:

As far as OCD item-gathering goes, I guess I’ll stick with the Atelier series.

Speaking of Atelier, it’s making me sad how the Japanese are getting the second PS 3 installment before the rest of the world gets the first.

Chris_Nahr · 2010-05-27T05:06:14.000Z

Speaking as someone who can’t stand the series, that was a great description of the essential Monster Hunter gameplay.

McKnight · 2010-05-27T08:29:24.000Z

Zylon:

And…?

And people were moaning about ads and some such upthread, sorry I didn’t quote them to make your thread reading life easier.

Zylon · 2010-05-27T08:39:55.000Z

McKnight:

And people were moaning about ads and some such upthread, sorry I didn’t quote them to make your thread reading life easier.

No, I got that. Since someone had already pointed out that it was region-based, I’m keen to know what you perceived as the utility of pointing it out again.

Angie_Gallant · 2010-05-27T08:48:58.000Z

razarok:

Speaking of Atelier, it’s making me sad how the Japanese are getting the second PS 3 installment before the rest of the world gets the first.

I still need to play Mana Khemia 2. Any opinions on which of the leads is the better character? I am leaning towards the perky chick because she gets the hilariously beefy wood mana first.

Hans_Lauring · 2010-05-27T09:08:14.000Z

Hey, did you notice that even when read from en European IP-address, Zylon still comes of as quite dickish?

razarok · 2010-05-27T09:58:56.000Z

Angie Gallant:

I still need to play Mana Khemia 2. Any opinions on which of the leads is the better character? I am leaning towards the perky chick because she gets the hilariously beefy wood mana first.

I sadly can’t give an opinion on that as I live in the EU and the PS 2 sadly is region locked and we did not get Mana Khemia 2 and Devil Summoner 2 :(.

Lynxara · 2010-05-27T10:02:59.000Z

That’s because the US releases of both sold roughly 12 copies each. Original PS2 material just dies over here now, which scares off European distributors.

The whole situation just makes it more confusing that NIS-A isn’t getting out Gust’s PS3 stuff, really. But I don’t understand anything NIS-A does as a company these days.

Dufresne · 2010-05-27T12:53:21.000Z

Heh. The content database for the game we’re working on is completely set up in Access, and at least once a week someone will say, “Why the hell did we decide to use Access?” Blame our CTO, who for some reason thought it was the best solution.

Anaxagoras · 2010-05-27T13:16:25.000Z

Hans Lauring:

Hey, did you notice that even when read from en European IP-address, Zylon still comes of as quite dickish?

Huh. When read from an American IP-address, Zylon comes off more as a clueless buffoon who just doesn’t know any better.

WarrenM · 2010-05-27T13:44:23.000Z

Zylon’s posts always look the same to me:

This message is hidden because Zylon is on your ignore list.

It’s kind of repetitive but less stupid than before.

Zylon · 2010-05-27T17:31:06.000Z

Oh dear, I’ve stirred up the howler monkeys again.

Cubit · 2010-05-27T17:48:24.000Z

McKnight · 2010-05-27T18:27:45.000Z

You know Warren, as loathe as I am to use the ignore list, I am beginning to think that you have the right idea.