Oh I liked the sword one xD its just id always get 99% no matter how fast and perfectly I did. So I eventually rage quit and skipped. Managed to do it once or twice on the original.
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Indeed, I loved all the characters xD even Quina. Zidane was also a refreshing main character since he's a thief, which the main character is usually a warrior. And after having two gloomy characters, to get a more playful outgoing, clever and lively one was nice.
10 was also nice, especially graphic wise cause the first time I booted it up I was like 'ITS SO PRETTY I CANT EVEN!!' And most of the characters were likable. Although I didn't like Tidus and Yuna at first. XD
Also, I adored the battle system, but detested the leveling system
never played 9....getting around to it.
Also I was the same way when I started playing it. Though I wanted to punch titus in the face the entire game....still do, but not as much. I personally loved Auron the best! I still don't see how wakka got with lulu ;)
annnnnd now i want to play it again now as well. But I need to get up in like 4 hours... >.<
Before he could move too far from the girls he heard a hissing sound getting louder, he looked to his right to see a Blitzball coming straight for his face. He didn't have a chance to react, Not even to tense his face muscles....like that would have helped. the last second felt like ten, as the ball slammed into his face and with enough force not to send him flying back, but to slam straight to the ground, as if a bag of sand landed on top of him. Shrieks could be heard from the girls around him as they all huddled around him to see if he was alright. Before he could even ask who did that he heard,
”You bastard, you have some nerve to show your face here just like that after all that time!”
he let out a grunt of pain as he realized who it was... he deserved that. He felt two massive hands grab him by the armpits and lift him up and his head flopped to the side to look at Urick and said with a slight confused tone. " You put yourself between me and some girls but when a Ball is aimed at my face with violent intent you don't bat an eye."
Urick looked at him for a moment with a blank look, then simply shrugged. At which Gippal said, "Some 'bodyguard' you are, But with Naisha I guess I understand." Urick simply nodded a few times. as he finally managed to get back onto his own footing, holding his head he looked to see Naisha now yelling at Tidus. Despite the fact she was tiny and frail looking...but when she was angry...it was enough to scare the big guy.
He then saw Alex walking towards them, it was hard to miss the fiery red hair and the woman as tall as Urick over the crowd.
"Okay people give the man some breathing room! Shoo! Outta the way you little birds!" Alex shouted loudly, her shouts always carried and sounded fierce. scaring away many of the girls. she continued to them and as she reached them she looked down at him, she smirked slightly before patting his head. With him wincing with each pat.
"Hey Little Gip! Long time no see!" He nodded in agreement
"Guess you know now how much you were missed in your absence. And maybe made some people pissed eh Nai?" Alex grinned a little.
At which he pushed his hand against his forehead trying to use pressure to ease the pain "yeah I got that loud and clear." he said with a pained smile. He looked back to Urick only to find him scratching the back of his head, finding something very interesting with the bottom of the airship. Gippal blinked a few times before looking back to Alex. "Good to see you, it's gunna be interesting not having to play against you for once." He smiled after he finally was not dizzy anymore. He then glanced at Urick again and looked him in the eye before pointing back at Urick, looking towards Alex again. "Also Urick says hello, and says you look fantastic as always." He smirked and said, "Scuse me, i have to put out a fire before it gets worse."
At which Urick stiffened up and glared at the back of Gippal's head for a moment as he made his way towards Naisha before looking to Alex and giving a small smile and a nod.
Gippal approached Naisha with his hands up...just in case another ball might fly at him and said, "Hey there..." He smiled while pointing at his nose which was bleeding slightly. "looks like your aim is still right on." He chuckled slightly before saying. "Look i'm sorry for not stopping by in the last few years, I've been really busy with work and trying to make it on my own with out dad's help." Which was true... he didn't want to blab the real reason just yet. He didn't want to ruin the surprise he was working on. "Can you forgive me?"
I say just ignore it. It isn't worth thinking about if someone seriously has to be literal about something so inconsequential to begin with. (Unless it is contradicting a statement that is crucial to the project, which it isn't... we were just laughing the the delivery, hell, I was 7 and understood the psychology behind the grave matter. But he ranted about it and tried to pass it off as informative. It isn't high and mighty, it is just plain silly.)
And I find it even funnier how pissed he seemed at us blatantly ignoring it- fact is he read our responses out of context and responded irrationally. If he wants to make an ass of himself, let him.
Either way, I don't care, and I'm sure none of us do if we are making light about what he thinks of us. The guy who was being pretty much talked down to pretty much mocked him. (Which was pretty fucking funny.)
I find it funny as well it was taken so seriously and as silver pointed out serious over a serious scene meant to make things less serious. I say this just because I had a friend who was bullied on the internet, mocked and made fun and because of that nearly killed himself. I don't allow it to slide. The really is no reason for belittling anyone ,never.
You can always deliver he info with out calling us uneducated, idiots, dicks, and acting like you know it all. Really no need for it. But I'm getting on the rant again and I'm gunna drop it.
Star Trek never gets old. :) anyways to continue cause it posted for me before I was finished. I know this is the internet and we feel more confident over it but there is absolutely no need for belittling. Especially in my roleplay. Funny or not I don't tolerate it. If you don't like it try to act all high and mighty somewhere else. If you can work with this then great. Have fun
Alright, was about to hit the hay and then I got to this part where everyones talking about how the laugh scene was terrible. I'm going to have to stop you kids riiiight there, you see, lets break this down. First of all, the laugh is forced, in every dubbed language of the game, including the japanese, the laugh is clearly forced, this is clearly and most obviously pointed out by the characters clearly laughing normally right after their forced fake laughter.
Also you have to keep in mind that the events so far have been goddamn terrifying, and what other way can tidus and yuna help to force out that dread that engaging in something they most likely will never be able to engage in, Yuna knows she's going to potentially end up dying and still wants tidus by her side. The laugh scene from final fantasy X is panned by people who have no idea why the scene is exactly how it is. Their going off to die. That's the message. They're going off, with full knowledge, that their going to end up being killed, potentially. Knowing they could end up dying on this dangerous journey, they do the only thing they can, laugh, laugh as forced as possible, to get it out, to try and make light of many people having been murdered, the cost of being a summoner and the agony which yuna is going through.
But no, clearly non-intellectuals just think "lol, bad voice acting urmagerd" without even taking into context the weight of the scenario. Have any of you ever experienced someone giving a forced laugh in a moment of crisis? No? I have. A few times. When my best friend died, when my mother died and when my father almost fell into a never awakening coma. I was the one who laughed forcibly two out of three, the last one was my best friend, before he died. When we're thrusted into a scenario in which we have no idea what the outcome will be, we act different to suit that, give ourselves one last minute of tomfoolery before sticking with the more serious tone, a final act of laughter, the calm before the storm. Honestly that scene houses a lot of ominousness to it, despite its goofy tone... Yuna was depressed, and Tidus, being Tidus, acted like a scatterbrained dimwit to make her laugh and be happy, to forget her doubts and go forward.
So don't dismiss the actual message of the scene when there's actual context, I absolutely despise it when people don't read into anything, makes me a little sick... It's the same people who think "Ermahgerd clouds emo, square ruined him" without taking into consideration the literal 100% mind fuck he went through coupled with losing his best and only friend... Cuz that's relatable.
We clear on that? Everyone feel a little smarter? Everyone feel like less of a dick? I hope so, I need my 10 hour nap...!
First of all I played it when I was 12 when I first played it so no I didn't read into it second of all you your self is a dick for well... Being a dick so it's kinda funny your calling us dicks for only pointing out it was an horribly awkward scene .... Which I don't understand why you got all defensive saying it was an awkward scene because it was meant to be thus agreeing with us in the first place but then going all out to calling us dicks and dumb and it's all our fault was a little uncalled for so yeah others might of played it off but I won't.
Standing at six feet and five inches tall, Supporting a slim yet athletic build, Raphael siegfried possesses slightly pale caucasian skin, lengthy, greasy and untidy black hair, with black feathers dotting within his hair, the length of his hair reaches just below his shoulders. He also possesses sharp yet thick eyebrows, giving him a scowling impression. Dark heavy wrinkled bags hang under his tired, brown left eye and white. blind right eye, the upper right side of his face where the blind eye remains is burned severely, leaving non-healable scarred flesh. Several scars cut along his forehead, nose tip and left cheek, with some scarring near the neck, he also supports several claw and bite scars over his body along his legs and arms. He supports sharp clawed fingernails and curiously sharper canines than other people. His left arm is also entirely mechanical, made of incredibly durable Machina parts which can transform to a variety of limited forms on the users will.
Clothing:
Supports a musketeer styled black and gold trimmed hat upon his head lodged with a black feather. Raven wears a luxurious sleeveless leather black tunic with gold trims along with a glistening white feathered scarf tied neatly around his neck, his left arm is entirely of machina metal but his right arm is entirely cased in black steel armor for protection along with a black steel gauntlet over his right hand. He also wears a set of bloody bandages around the burned upper right side of his face.
He wears a pair of black and white trimmed steel leggings, along with a pair of black steel boots which are shaped like a birds talons at the end. He also adorns a black raven feathered cape, split at the middle going down.
Weapon:
Machina arm: A bulky jet black arm from hand to shoulder, made entirely of machina parts this arm can transform into a plethora of different shapes, and in combination with elemental gems can give each weapon its own elemental property, depending on the weapon and gem in question. The transformations and elemental affinity or magic abilityv are as follows.
(( Raven plays rather like a red mage, white, black, physical, but is a master in none of them ))
Raphael grew up in the bustling city of Luca with his mother and father. Acquiring a rather prestigious education due to being brought up in a rich household, Raphaels life seemed like it was going to be settled for greatness. He grew up to work in Luca's media industry and was employed in several jobs, whether it was an announcer for Blitzball, working in the news, or even handing out fliers, Raphael loved every day and did all he could to bring joy to everyone he met. A loving man, who would soon marry an even more loving wife, Angela Valkyria, of the Crusaders at the age of eighteen and later that year, at age nineteen, the two had a beautiful little child. Esther Valkyria.
Raphael loved his wife and daughter as they lived peacefully in Luca, how could they not? Everything was peaceful, the calm had begun its 10 year start the day they got married and survived sins destruction, thanks to Braska, everything was great, with their child being born two years after it begun. Eight years of absolute peace graced them. But when Esther turned 8 years old... Ten years after Braska's noble sacrifice... Angela was called back to the crusaders, and it was painfully obvious as to why.
Esther was confused at the fighting, Raphael begged Angela to stay, but her duties demanded she join her Crusaders to fight at Operation Mi'ihen. As you can probably tell as you're reading this, Raphaels loving tail takes an incredibly downward spiral from here on out... Raphael, having to cradle her loving daughter in her arms, screaming at the top of her lungs "I don't want mummy to die, I don't want mummy to die!" Made Raphaels heart shrink in fear... He couldn't let it happen... And so he promised Esther.
"Lets follow mummy, and make sure she's okay, yeah?". Raphael smiled, Esther stopped crying, however... it was such a dumb decision, a poor judgement which Raphael would carve into his heart every waking moment from days after now... Eventually, the two would reach the site where Operation Mi'ihen would begin, of course, non Crusaders were unwelcome, but Raphael wasn't afraid to sneak inside to find their Angela... And that's... When sin attacked in the confusion... The utter destruction of sin completely devastated both the mushroom rock road along with the entire beach. Raphael was too late, and in bringing his daughter to the chaos, caused an event to occur... that not even he could believe. Children are suppose to bury their parents... It should never be the other way around...
In the chaos of Sins power, Raphael was lucky enough to survive the carnage at the beach... Upon his awakening, his entire left arm had been entirely shredded off, the heat of the blast luckily having cauterised the wound, but his upper right side of his face had been blasted severely, with his eye completely blinded. The confusion of the scene made Raphael forget about the pain, but that wouldn't protect him from the emotional pain he would receive.
Raphael searched endlessly, scrambling at the corpses which piled on the beach, he had found his loving wife... in pieces, ripped limb from limb, her chocobo dead alongside her, barely recognisable, aside from the wedding ring which laid upon her ruined hand, and to her side, laid the corpse of a caucasian little girl, with beautiful white glistening hair and a blood stained white childrens dress... Esther...
Raphael broke, he could only scream in agony, of sheer loss, of pain, of hatred, of denial, of regret, all he could do was scream, clutch the several head of his daughter and ring finger of his wife close to his chest until some of the survivors had to desperately pull him away from his child and wife's mangled corpses... He screamed until his voice had all but gone, but still he wept, crying until not a single tear could continue to drip from his horrified face. It was then, as he wheezed in an attempt to cry, that he heard his daughters voice...
"Don't be sad daddy!"
Raphael's heart had stopped... Upon looking in the direction of the voice, he saw his daughter... They say those who don't reach the farplane, if their wills are strong enough come back as an unsent... taking on the appearance before their demise, they are obligated to stay in the world for better or for worse... Raphael did not care, unsent or fiend, he cradled his child close to him and wept cheerfully, the Al Bhed were able to completely fix up his arm, with Raphael able to lie about his daughter, keeping her secret of being an unsent a secret, however not even she knew she was an unsent, such an innocent child, kept into the mortal world because she didn't want her poor daddy being alone...
With the eternal calm occurring, Raphael would make sure she would always be safe, keeping her entertained with luxurious presents, wonderful luxury items, everything a daddy could do for her little angel. Unsent or not, nobody... was going to take her away from him, that involves killing anyone who gets suspicious, killing anyone to keep his daughter happy and making sure nobody stood in his way from making her life totally free of fear. It's been 25 years since the eternal calm, now at age 51, Raphael approached Besaid, with Esther by his side... To enjoy a wonderful day of Blitzball, not knowing of the events that would soon transpire.
Personality:
"Daddy loves you..."
Raphael is an incredibly protective individual whom only shows his loving, affectionate and merciful side around his innocent daughter. To everyone else, Raphael can be a monster, doing things which will only benefit the safety of his daughter, putting his own life in jeopardy for his daughter, putting the lives of many people to the potential chopping block if they so much as speak ill about his darling little girl. Having no qualms about murdering, stealing, torturing to keep her safe, she is the only thing in his world that matters, and he would purge the world into flames if it tried to strip her away from him, she is the only thing keeping his humanity in check, the only thing in the world keep his fragile mind together. HeR beautiful smile, her shining eyes with her mothers elegant, stunning hair... A literal angel in his eyes... And he'll kill anyone who puts her in harms way. To others who know nothing about him, he appears as a insulting, despicable, merciless, cold hearted bastard, but to those who know of his true intentions, one can't help but feel sympathetic...
Are you arriving in Besaid or Living there?: Arriving.
