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Today at work is extremely boring. I've inspected the labs, updated on current projects (everyone needs to get back to me on stuff), and copied another one of my guides into Word as part of my preservation "just in case" project.

Which part of Boston are you in?

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Cyric doesn't play Pokemon. He's not down with the culture.

SiO4 posted...

Which part of Boston are you in?

The not in Boston part.

*slumps in chair* Uggggghhh making me choose my favorite child, eh? I see how it is. :-P

I will always criticize myself for not being thorough "enough" in my Like a Dragon guides, despite the traffic they get, and with the LEGO guides I feel like given the simplicity of the concept of the games that I'm kinda taking Easy Street to pump those out. So none of those.

For the amount of work it took and the fulfillment I got from the process, I'm going to have to go with my Smash Ultimate Spirit Origins guide that nobody reads. That took me a looong time to complete and I learned so much about Nintendo's really obscure games in the process.

do you have a favorite philosopher?

MedeaLysistrata posted...

do you have a favorite philosopher?

Actually yes.

A. R. Moxon; @JuliusGoat on Twitter.

No he's not an "official" or "historic" philosopher by most texts. He's just a writer with one novel and a narrative podcast under his belt, but he's succeeded in motivating and re-radicalizing me politically even into my 40s. He has ideals, and the wit and skill to make those ideals accessible, palatable, and energizing.

You going to go see Violent Night? We are going tonight. Looks awesome

What's your favorite Pokemon?

bsp77 posted...

You going to go see Violent Night? We are going tonight. Looks awesome

Ooo, I hadn't intended to, but that sounds kinda good. I'll wait for the returns.

Crimsoness posted...

What's your favorite Pokemon?

You. You're my favorite, Crim.

Second favorite is Ditto.

CyricZ posted...

Ooo, I hadn't intended to, but that sounds kinda good. I'll wait for the returns.

I mean, it's basically Die Hard, but instead of John McClane, it's literally Santa Claus. Can't believe no one did this before.

Why did you stop sending huggles to people?

Melzargard posted...

Why did you stop sending huggles to people?

Got a lot of negativity about it near the end.

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It was enough.

Also a much reduced positivity didn't help either. Like if people weren't enjoying my huggle topics, wasn't much point to continuing them, y'know?

CyricZ posted...

It was enough.

Also a much reduced positivity didn't help either. Like if people weren't enjoying my huggle topics, wasn't much point to continuing them, y'know?

Some people are just dicks. Ignore them. *Hugs*

I'm human. Enough negativity will get to me too.

Thanks though.

Aren't you the one who does all the game walkthroughs?

MabusIncarnate posted...

Aren't you the one who does all the game walkthroughs?

I have done some.

What do you feel like was the most challenging one to create from start to finish, and which one wound up being most popular and beneficial to the community here?

How many total hours do you think you've spent playing the Yakuza series?

Most popular/beneficial is easy. Yakuza 0. Currently at 19.6 million hits since I wrote it, 3.3 million this year.

Most challenging would probably be... Yakuza 5, as it was the first game for the Like a Dragon series I wrote, so I had to come up with how to present it from scratch. Every other guide in the series is just a variation on that format, so while there's always a challenge to writing it, having the framework is a comfort.

I'm trying to think of other styles of guides (LEGO, Star Wars, DDR) that might have been more difficult to conceptualize, but no, that one was the hardest one.

MrWingnut posted...

How many total hours do you think you've spent playing the Yakuza series?

At least 1000 collectively. Hard to tell though. It's not like I can use in-game clocks, because that's not really accurate. A lot of that time is just the game sitting open and me writing.

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It's me. I'm people. Who enjoy seeing you being gorgeous.

See the reason work is boring right now is because I don't actually have a direct "client contact" at the moment. The one who comes up with stuff for me to do, and the one who reviews the stuff I give him. That guy left last month and they're sourcing a new person to take over.

Right now the de facto contact is that guy's boss, who is a nice enough guy, but he's got way too much on his plate to be handling all my stuff. I send him things and they kind disappear to the bottom of his to do pile.

So anyway. Probably taking off by the half hour mark. I did stay a bit late yesterday to do some new hire training.

Happy Friday! Are you still currently writing FAQs? Man I remember back in the day I used your FAQs like the bible, particularly for Eternal Darkness.

I got my orientation start date today for my new job. They want 2 forms of Id, I only have my state id and a photocopy of my social security card due to an accident that made me lose the real one some time ago, since then I've been fighting with the SS office to give me a replacement but they say they can't because of some inaccurate information, they won't tell me what this is because it's apparently confidential and they'll get in trouble for it, I even tried to get a replacement online and the same issue popped up, inaccurate information, but I have a photocopy of the card from a previous endeavor front and back, can I use that as my second form of ID in place of the original card? Without it I will not get the job, the e-mail said without it I will be SENT HOME IMMEDIATELY!! written exactly like that.

Cocytus posted...

Are you still currently writing FAQs?

Yup. Definitely still doing that. :)

tremain07 posted...

can I use that as my second form of ID in place of the original card?

I do not know and will not give advice on this for liability reasons.

CyricZ posted...

Yup. Definitely still doing that. :)

Cool, which ones you wrote lately?

tremain07 posted...

I got my orientation start date today for my new job. They want 2 forms of Id, I only have my state id and a photocopy of my social security card due to an accident that made me lose the real one some time ago, since then I've been fighting with the SS office to give me a replacement but they say they can't because of some inaccurate information, they won't tell me what this is because it's apparently confidential and they'll get in trouble for it, I even tried to get a replacement online and the same issue popped up, inaccurate information, but I have a photocopy of the card from a previous endeavor front and back, can I use that as my second form of ID in place of the original card? Without it I will not get the job, the e-mail said without it I will be SENT HOME IMMEDIATELY!! written exactly like that.

Maybe you can call and ask them what else might be considered valid ID. Do you have an old ID card from college maybe, or a work badge from somewhere? They might say that the photocopy is fine and you can stop stressing out.

Payzmaykr posted...

Maybe you can call and ask them what else might be considered valid ID. Do you have an old ID card from college maybe, or a work badge from somewhere?

They sent me a list of acceptable ID and the only other acceptable forms are voter ID don't have and birth certificate currently looking for

Are you dreading the fact that you're socially and morally obligated to pop out 3 more Yakuza guides within the next 1-2 years? lol

tremain07 posted...

They sent me a list of acceptable ID and the only other acceptable forms are voter ID don't have and birth certificate currently looking for

How long do you have before you have to turn it in? Maybe you could look into getting something else in the meantime. I know passports took forever to get last year, but I hear you can have one made pretty quickly now. You could call the post office and ask them how long they typically take now.

Cocytus posted...

Cool, which ones you wrote lately?

With the release of the DLC of Lost Judgment, I capped that guide this year.

Also I did a project I was chomping at for a while: Return of the Obra Dinn.

NeonTentacles posted...

Are you dreading the fact that you're socially and morally obligated to pop out 3 more Yakuza guides within the next 1-2 years? lol

I've done worse. I think my 2019 was like five guides.

What are your plans this weekend?

CyricZ posted...

I've done worse. I think my 2019 was like five guides.

Jesus lol

What is love.

Cleo_II posted...

What are your plans this weekend?

Not much, why? You wanna go out?

cjsdowg posted...

What is love.

The sweetest pain.

CyricZ posted...

Return of the Obra Dinn

Never heard of it. Looked it up. Now I'm interested.

CyricZ posted...

I've done worse. I think my 2019 was like five guides.

Jesus man, you never tried to get these published by like a book publisher, especially back in the day?

Cocytus posted...

Never heard of it. Looked it up. Now I'm interested.

You need to.

Cocytus posted...

Jesus man, you never tried to get these published by like a book publisher, especially back in the day?

Eh, can't imagine what use they'd be bound when they're free here.

I used your Lego HP guides back in the day, so thanks!

What's your favorite of the Lego games? You've obviously played a bunch of them. I liked how the Potter games had little bits where you went to classes to learn the spells before you could use them in story mode.

What was the hardest 100% completion/platinum/whatever you did in a game

garan posted...

What's your favorite of the Lego games?

Honestly they're all kind of a mush in my head and each one has their ups and downs. There's not really a stand out.

KhlavicLanguage posted...

What was the hardest 100% completion/platinum/whatever you did in a game

I honestly don't know offhand. Probably a Yakuza game.

Just finished Jojo. Kinda crying.

Hope everyone is having a good evening.

KhlavicLanguage posted...

What was the hardest 100% completion/platinum/whatever you did in a game

Actually you know what? I want to say Star Wars: Rogue Leader on this one. That took both hard commitment and what remained of my youth to drill it down to full completion.

Share a small secret about yourself

Why did you name your account CyricZ

What game is the reason you joined GameFAQs

What made you start posting on CE

What is the most memorable day on CE?

FarmFox posted...

Share a small secret about yourself

I actually really enjoy the writing. It makes me happy.

SomeLikeItHoth posted...

Why did you name your account CyricZ

I liked the sound of the name Cyric when I first heard it way back in the mid 90s playing D&D with my cousin. Z is the first and last letters of my last name.

What game is the reason you joined GameFAQs

Banjo-Kazooie

What made you start posting on CE

Not sure. I think I just wanted a place to post whatever social stuff and couldn't do that on the N64 board.

What is the most memorable day on CE?

The day my partner at the time posted a topic "There's a mod in my bed." (I was a moderator at the time)