Board 8 > Catch me up on all interesting video game/Board 8 history over the past 2 years

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Not gonna lie, I'm way behind the times. I used to frequent this board nearly every day, and I can honestly say the last contest I remember was L-Block's thorough storming of the 4-way format. With nothing but sporadic appearances under my belt since then, I feel completely lost in many respects. For instance, apparently Sony released something called the "Vita" today, and I had just now heard about it for the first time.

So, Board 8, I'm asking you, as a past compatriot, catch me up.

What big sleeper game hits have I missed? What massive company screw-ups have occurred? Why does everyone hate Ulti and transcience now?

I await enlightenment with baited breath.

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It was better.

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XIII_rocks, the cream of XIII fanboyism.

Well, that's a start I suppose.

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Ulti became pretty much the best troll in b8 history. Nobody hates tranny (except Vlado I guess), he just doesn't post in as many topics.

As for sleeper "games", there's Umineko apparently.

And uh Kanz ran an MPFC and it was hilariously terribad

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...I don't even know who Kanz is.

:(

Also, when the hell did we get the ability to edit messages and directly quote posts?!?

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I won User of the Decade.

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Crossfiyah posted...
...I don't even know who Kanz is.

:(

Also, when the hell did we get the ability to edit messages and directly quote posts?!?

2005.

Oh wait, that's when we SHOULD have got it.>_>

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Achromatic posted...
I won User of the Decade.

Kudos...even though this board has not been around for a decade, to my recollection.

Who came in second?

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Welcome back. Since then many new faces have come and some old regulars left.

Wii U is going to be released next year, IIRC. Capcom now hates Megaman. Persona 3 and 4 are pretty awesome JRPGs.

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Raka_Putra posted...
Welcome back. Since then many new faces have come and some old regulars left.

Wii U is going to be released next year, IIRC. Capcom now hates Megaman. Persona 3 and 4 are pretty awesome JRPGs.

I heard the term "Wii U" tossed around, but it seemed like it was just an iPad with the "Wii" name slapped onto it. Is that about the long and short of it?

I suspected as much from Capcom since Megaman didn't appear in MvC3.

Seems like the JRPG has been dying as well. Anything besides the Personas recently released?

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sdr's gone, guiga isn't, a guy named michaelwclark is also bad

ulti's become a troll

some people (realo) talk about alpha/beta males and piss off half the board

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From: Crossfiyah | #010
Raka_Putra posted...
Welcome back. Since then many new faces have come and some old regulars left.

Wii U is going to be released next year, IIRC. Capcom now hates Megaman. Persona 3 and 4 are pretty awesome JRPGs.

I heard the term "Wii U" tossed around, but it seemed like it was just an iPad with the "Wii" name slapped onto it. Is that about the long and short of it?

I suspected as much from Capcom since Megaman didn't appear in MvC3.

Seems like the JRPG has been dying as well. Anything besides the Personas recently released?

Not quite, since Wii U (probably) can't run applications other than video games. The one that looks like an iPad is only the controller ). But you can transfer play a game on TV and transfer it to the controller so you can resume playing your video game only on the controller, making it portable.

There are...Radiant Historia, the latest Rune Factory, Pokemon Black and White, Devil Survivor: Overclocked, and some more. But yeah, it's been a slow time for JRPGs.

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I like how Ulti has "become" a troll. >_>

Anyway, welcome back. Interesting board 8 events............yeah I got nothin

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WalrusJump posted...
sdr's gone, guiga isn't, a guy named michaelwclark is also bad

ulti's become a troll

some people (realo) talk about alpha/beta males and piss off half the board

Alpha/beta males? I assume this "realo" is trying to apply the social psyche theory as it pertains to animals to users? I would be forced to inquire as to why this ever came up, but yeah, I suppose there could be some merit to that discussion. The biggest determinant of alpha rank is ferocity, though, which isn't something that can really be ascertained via message board posts.

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palmer had a failure of epic proportions

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Sir Cobain posted...
palmer had a failure of epic proportions

Ooh, do elaborate on that one.

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he would have won the 2010 games contest

but his bracket was a "just for fun" entry

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Who came in second?

I did. Chris was a tough opponent.

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Contests: If there was ever any doubt that Link (and the Zelda series as a whole) always wins, it's gone now. Last year's Game of the Decade contest was sweet though, you missed that.

Games: The JRPG WAS dead, but its future looks pretty bright. Xenoblade is a major one to look out for. There was a big stink about its NA release (it's already out literally everywhere else) but it's coming there next year. Best JRPG of the decade according to most! Oh, FFXIII is pretty bad by the way, avoid that one. Also, Nintendo games are hard again.

Board: What everybody else said, though you should be aware that Vlado has lost all creativity as a troll and now just posts topic high-fiving people who agree with him in the PotD. Not much going on here now tbh.

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I see.

And oh damn, that's tragic. Like, Shakespeare tragic.

And also, holy hell, since when can we request people for our friends lists?

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Requesting people for friends lists is a new thing from just a couple weeks ago. For the first few months we had them, mods changed people's friends lists at will.

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Lightning Strikes posted...
Contests: If there was ever any doubt that Link (and the Zelda series as a whole) always wins, it's gone now. Last year's Game of the Decade contest was sweet though, you missed that.

I see that MM won? Was that...considered a good outcome? It seems like Zelda fans just sorta went with whatever was on their plate for dinner.

Games: The JRPG WAS dead, but its future looks pretty bright. Xenoblade is a major one to look out for. There was a big stink about its NA release (it's already out literally everywhere else) but it's coming there next year. Best JRPG of the decade according to most! Oh, FFXIII is pretty bad by the way, avoid that one. Also, Nintendo games are hard again.

Some sort of spiritual successor to Xenogears/saga? That could be worth exploring. And yeah, I heard about FFXIII. And the first ten-twenty hours. Ugh.

Board: What everybody else said, though you should be aware that Vlado has lost all creativity as a troll and now just posts topic high-fiving people who agree with him in the PotD. Not much going on here now tbh.

Poor Vlado. I remember when his foreign antics were vaguely entertaining. I seem to recall Bulgaria as his fatherland, is that accurate?

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TheKnightOfNee posted...
Requesting people for friends lists is a new thing from just a couple weeks ago. For the first few months we had them, mods changed people's friends lists at will.

God I wish I was a mod.

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nintendogirl1 made a post like that and they actually made her a mod.

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I'm starting to suspect that you're lying to me in increasing amounts in order to see how long you can go before I stop believing you.

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Ngirl is a mod now, though I don't know if it was due to making such a post.

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BlAcK TuRtLe grabbed the Guru victory, slow but steady.

I saw Ness made mod status as well. Any other B8s?

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Ry Senkari as well.

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Crossfiyah | Posted 12/18/2011 10:25:17 AM | message detail | quote
And also, holy hell, since when can we request people for our friends lists?

Since around March of this year. List of new features that were introduced this year:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/6-message-board-announcements/57863099
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/6-message-board-announcements/57939514
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/6-message-board-announcements/58306472
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/6-message-board-announcements/58385877
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/6-message-board-announcements/59243759
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/11-sballin/61268344

Crossfiyah | Posted 12/18/2011 10:28:17 AM | message detail | quote
I see that MM won? Was that...considered a good outcome? It seems like Zelda fans just sorta went with whatever was on their plate for dinner.

Majora's Mask won Game of the Decade to prevent Brawl from winning it all. Earlier in the contest, a lot of people were upset when Brawl barely defeated Melee.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4195
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4194
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4183

But before Majora's Mask could take out Brawl, it had to defeat FFX in a very close match.

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You've been most helpful Luster. Though, many might disagree, I'd have rather seen Brawl win over MM. Melee would probably be the most preferred, but...

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From: Crossfiyah | #102
I see that MM won? Was that...considered a good outcome? It seems like Zelda fans just sorta went with whatever was on their plate for dinner.

Nah, it was a colossal upset, and took a lot of rallying to happen. Zelda didn't even destroy that contest as a whole, just the super-close last two matches. Most people on the board didn't even having it winning its division.

Let's put it this way, the contest was a three-way toss-up between FFX, SSBM, and SSBB and the winner wound up being none of those though all of them still looked winner-level. You also had some major upsets and runs like Shadow of the Colossus and Golden Sun doing brilliantly. You even had games like Fallout 3 that actually challenged the major Nintendo players. Plus the board was great for the whole thing, definitely not one to miss.

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