OCR Mascot Bio Project - LINKED! [Archive] - Page 5

Dafydd

04-11-2009, 06:22 PM

I hate it when this happens. I reloaded the page and now it works.

THANK YOU!!!

EDIT: I noticed watkinzez isn't listed as an editor in the main article. Hum. Was he or do I just think he was because of how many writeups he did? Anyway, I hope we get feedback if there are new games to be added to the appearances lists as more games are being added to the site's database. An announcement might also be nice (or maybe it's more fun letting people discover the new feature on their own :D ).

Dunther

04-11-2009, 07:32 PM

Yeeeeeeeeeeee

Darklink42

04-11-2009, 08:11 PM

Works for me. So glad to finally see it in action.
*confetti*

Palpable

04-11-2009, 09:16 PM

Awesome to see this working. Now I can finally figure out who some of these crazy cats are!

Dafydd

04-11-2009, 10:06 PM

That's weird, I'm sure someone (probably LT) wrote here in this thread that if this project was ever completed I would get a project coordinator badge emblazoned under my username. And now I can't find the post... :<

Liontamer

04-12-2009, 12:24 PM

KyleJCrb

04-12-2009, 12:31 PM

Even though I haven't seen the mascots for several years now, (using the Dark Skin (http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=5648&highlight=Dark+Skin)) this was an awesome idea and I'm glad to see it finally come to it's full, final realization. Nice work on those bios, folks!

Polo

04-12-2009, 12:56 PM

(I) changed the companies in the "Created by" sections to the OCR organization links
Yeah, I was gonna bring that up. I for one appreciate said links changed to intrasite company pages, like how they (and ReMixed games) are linked in the Interview articles.

I'm glad the repeat mascots sharing one bio all show up on their respective pages. By that extension, if it's not too much trouble, could we have the Darkstalker mascots appear on the Darkstalkers Category page?

Personally, I think it's fair game if djp noted the clickability feature in a writeup. We can keep this thread open for bio readers to point out mistakes/broken links for us to fix, or general feedback.

I noticed watkinzez isn't listed as an editor in the main article. Hum. Was he or do I just think he was because of how many writeups he did?
You, Linearity, and I are the editors. Remember all the nitpicking we went through in getting them polished for the site? LT then graced us three with our haloed Wiki accounts because of his trust in us. :salute:

Also, congrats on your new EMBLAZONED title. :-)

Liontamer

04-12-2009, 01:03 PM

You editors get a title too; I want folks to be able to find you guys and contact you whenever they have questions, so you all get GLORY!

DarkeSword

04-12-2009, 02:52 PM

This project is stupid and you are all stupid.

I mean...

Uh...

Dafydd

04-12-2009, 07:13 PM

Added a forum title for you, David. GLORY!

Also, I went through myself and manually added mascot pics into each of the entries, and also changed the companies in the "Created by" sections to the OCR organization links, or MobyGames/Wikipedia where applicable. My fault for not asking you guys to handle either before.

I'll see what to do with djp about an announcement.

Wow, thanks man, for the title and all the other stuff you did. We didn't know how to handle the pics because you said DJP was going to code it so that there wouldn't be a pic in the actual bio, but when a mascot was clicked it would stay the same when the wiki page loaded. Something about the impact on bandwidth it would have to load two mascot images at the same time...eeeh. Anyway, thanks a lot for fixing it for us, and the other stuff.

You, Linearity, and I are the editors. Remember all the nitpicking we went through in getting them polished for the site? LT then graced us three with our haloed Wiki accounts because of his trust in us. :salute:

Also, congrats on your new EMBLAZONED title.

I remember, I just don't remember watkinzez not being part of all that. Congrats to you too. *high fives*

I think my Toejam and Earl bio could do with some editing, still. I read it and didn't really like it very much. I'll try to do something about it soon...

Liontamer

04-12-2009, 07:20 PM

We didn't know how to handle the pics because you said DJP was going to code it so that there wouldn't be a pic in the actual bio, but when a mascot was clicked it would stay the same when the wiki page loaded. Something about the impact on bandwidth it would have to load two mascot images at the same time...eeeh.

Nah, too tough. Ultimately, we can bear the bandwidth, and the mascot changing up top made djp click through them en masse to randomly read the bios, so I see other fans doing the same. Thus it's not a bug, it's a feature. :-)

Palpable

04-12-2009, 08:53 PM

Nah, too tough. Ultimately, we can bear the bandwidth, and the mascot changing up top made djp click through them en masse to randomly read the bios, so I see other fans doing the same. Thus it's not a bug, it's a feature. :-)

Yep, that's exactly what I did too. I thought that was cool.

Darklink42

04-12-2009, 09:52 PM

I had a lot of fun helping nit pick. It's one of the first times I actually got to put my damn english classes to good use. That and counter-pointing with Polo was a lot of fun too.

Linearity

04-13-2009, 03:30 AM

I thought I'd never see the day. But, here it is; excellent.

Good work, everybody.

Dafydd

04-13-2009, 09:52 AM

You too buddy, thanks for everything. And indeed, a winner is us :)

Polo

04-13-2009, 12:54 PM

I assume a Street Fighter IV ReMix is set to be posted soon, cuz I saw the title added to several appearance lists. What system are we going with, Arcade ('08) or PlayStation 3 ('09)? I see a lot of the former, but if that's the case, then Dan, Sakura, Cammy, Gen, and Rose cannot have it in their appearance lists. Suppose we get a Soul Calibur II mix and it's listed under PS2. Heihachi would have it linked in his list, but not Link, who appears in the GameCube port. Just as ReMixes can only be categorized under one system, we strive to do the same to titles for every appearance list they're in.

Also, is it just my end, or is there a lot of tall, unused space between the Darkstalkers and the "What Is" text on the DS Category page?

I think my Toejam and Earl bio could do with some editing, still. I read it and didn't really like it very much. I'll try to do something about it soon...
Really? I think it's one of the more comprehensive and fun bios to read (the first paragraph draws me right in). But I understand how you feel. The same thought strikes me sometimes when I read some of my own bios.

Liontamer

04-13-2009, 01:15 PM

I assume a Street Fighter IV ReMix is set to be posted soon, cuz I saw the title added to several appearance lists. What system are we going with, Arcade ('08) or PlayStation 3 ('09)? I see a lot of the former, but if that's the case, then Dan, Sakura, Cammy, Gen, and Rose cannot have it in their appearance lists. Suppose we get a Soul Calibur II mix and it's listed under PS2. Heihachi would have it linked in his list, but not Link, who appears in the GameCube port. Just as ReMixes can only be categorized under one system, we strive to do the same to titles for every appearance list they're in.
The console exclusive characters were listed under the console release, which was in 2009. The PS3 & 360 releases were the same day, so I picked PS3. The other characters in SF4 were already part of 2008's arcade release. And there's no SF4 mix planned; it's just an important recent game appearance to note.

Also, is it just my end, or is there a lot of tall, unused space between the Darkstalkers and the "What Is" text on the DS Category page?

That doesn't happen in Chrome, but djp's already aware of the issue and will be working to fix that; that's an issue with all category pages, not just Darkstalkers.

Another Soundscape

04-14-2009, 12:13 PM

I can't click shit :(

Dafydd

04-14-2009, 12:14 PM

So clear your cache. :lol:

Quoted for great justice! All I did was reload the page, then it worked. And I had to do this on every computer I use.

Another Soundscape

04-14-2009, 12:35 PM

Quoted for great justice! All I did was reload the page, then it worked. And I had to do this on every computer I use.

Kick ASS. Great stuff, I've been longing for this project since I first saw it :D

Dafydd

04-14-2009, 12:49 PM

I had nearly forgotten about it myself. Eheh... :oops:

Willrock

04-14-2009, 02:34 PM

Great idea guys its a cool new site function :P

just like to point out that in jin kazama's page, it says that jun was killed by ogre, with isn't confirmed in the story -

'It is assumed that Jun was attacked and possibly killed by Ogre between Tekken 2 and Tekken 3. However, this still has yet to be confirmed.' - http://www.tekkenpedia.com/wiki/Jun_Kazama#Trivia

Still, its a nitpick of nitpicks, great work on this.

Dafydd

04-14-2009, 02:38 PM

Thanks, Willrock. Reports like this are encouraged. If anyone else finds errors in the bios, please tell us!

I will delegate verification of this to my, ehum, associates.

Polo

04-14-2009, 04:41 PM

just like to point out that in jin kazama's page, it says that jun was killed by ogre, with isn't confirmed in the story -

'It is assumed that Jun was attacked and possibly killed by Ogre between Tekken 2 and Tekken 3. However, this still has yet to be confirmed.' - http://www.tekkenpedia.com/wiki/Jun_Kazama#Trivia
Thank you for pointing that out. In addition to the link you gave, I cross-checked sources on Wikipedia and they too note that Jin's mother is missing rather than killed. Jin's bio has been updated accordingly.

Thin Crust

04-17-2009, 09:26 PM

Woah. I just saw Otacon up there and I was like, when was he ever part of the list of mascots? Then I went to this thread and I saw that the project was done! I haven't clicked a single mascot yet, but believe me, I'm going to have some fun here. Thanks guys.

K.B.

04-17-2009, 10:43 PM

Sweetness! Rock on everyone who helped make this happen!

The Derrit

05-06-2009, 06:30 AM

Hey,

I've been going through the mascots for WAAAAYYY too long. good job!

One concern, Captain falcon has also been in f-zero x for 64, fzero gx and ax for gamecube and arcade, and the rest of the smash bros. games. just so that list is complete; right now it only has the original f-zero and smash bros for 64.

Dafydd

05-06-2009, 09:30 AM

Most of the smash bros games probably didn't exist when the article for Captain Falcon was first written, so that's probably why they're not listed. I will add F-Zero GX to the Captain Falcon's list of appearances, but not the other ones you mentioned, since they don't have remixes on the site yet.

EDIT: So, who thinks it would be nice to have some bios for the post counts? Some of them already have them (but they'd need to get linked up, of course).

Liontamer

06-04-2009, 10:53 AM

EDIT: So, who thinks it would be nice to have some bios for the post counts? Some of them already have them (but they'd need to get linked up, of course).

Sounds like a good idea. I also have a character bio request that I need someone to fulfill for the site within the next couple of days. It wouldn't be anything too intensive, but would be helpful. If you're a Mascots project contributor that would be willing to help, lemme know here in the thread, please. :-) After that, I do have some other characters that would need to be written up, again, nothing too intensive, but I'm hoping to get a couple of mascots added related to some cool contests we're planning!

Polo

06-04-2009, 12:31 PM

I'm interested, both in the post count bios and in LT's request(s). I should note that my computer's been bugging out on me lately, hindering my chances to get/stay online, so I can't guarantee submitting in a timely manner.

Two questions: What would we do for Sheng Long (http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Other/Features/Top%207/2008-03-17%20SF%20win%20quotes/Screens/ShengLong--article_image.jpg)? And is djp gonna change "Bonus-Kun" to "Bonus kun"?

Dafydd

06-04-2009, 02:35 PM

I'm glad you want to help with this Polo, because, depending on what characters we're talking about, I might not be able to. I'm glad some more mascots are about to be added, too. But we're going to leave making the mascot images to djp as usual, right?

Also, unless anyone has anything against it, I would like to rewrite parts of the bios I already wrote. Some of the sentences just don't sound right.

Polo

06-04-2009, 02:52 PM

we're going to leave making the mascot images to djp as usual, right?
Yes. :lol: Any mascots I make are for fun, but if djp uses one I "nominate" this way (made by his hand), awesome.

Also, unless anyone has anything against it, I would like to rewrite parts of the bios I already wrote. Some of the sentences just don't sound right.
Go ahead. Fix 'em up for great justice.

Darklink42

06-05-2009, 12:44 AM

If I could, can I also volunteer my help in writing bios? As much as I loved editing, I'd really like to try my hand at writing some this time around.

The Coop

06-05-2009, 04:07 AM

So the characters are being kept secret, eh? Well, if any new one's should happen to be from the Darkstalkers saga, I'd be happy to tackle it.

Dafydd

06-05-2009, 11:38 AM

Great, I'm glad to see people are still interested in this. Looks like when Larry drops the bomb we'll be ready. Remember: duck... and cover.

Liontamer

06-05-2009, 04:20 PM

Thanks a lot for the response, guys, I appreciate it. I'm gonna have some more for you guys to do, but I just have a brief but I think fun one from an upcoming game.

I'd like someone to write up a bio for the Tap Runner from Prope & Sega's Let's Tap, produced in part by Sonic creator Yuji Naka. It'll be the blue Tap Runner if you need to know. :-)

Obviously Tap Runner isn't rich with an in-universe narrative, but a summary of the various courses/obstacles he deals with and some insight as to how the character works with the game mechanics of Let's Tap will cover all bases we need.

Thanks to whomever is brave enough to tackle this! Have fun!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3453/3294196405_c16ac5d0b8.jpg

Potential Sources:
http://www.sega.com/games/lets-tap/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Tap
http://www.flickr.com/photos/segaamerica/3444646805/ (Figurine pic)
Google Image search (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&um=1&sa=1&q=%22Let%27s+Tap%22&btnG=Search+Images&aq=f&oq=)
http://nintendo.joystiq.com/tag/lets-tap/
http://blogs.sega.com/usa/2009/04/16/lets-learn-about-lets-tap/
http://blogs.sega.com/usa/category/lets-tap/

Polo

06-05-2009, 05:01 PM

*raises hand* I'll give the Tap Runner a shot. Thanks for the sources!

Liontamer

06-05-2009, 06:05 PM

*raises hand* I'll give the Tap Runner a shot. Thanks for the sources!

You are a god among men, Polololo!

Polo

06-05-2009, 10:06 PM

Ha ha, high compliments from one of the hardest workers in the community!

Tap Runner
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/polo_83/ocr_mascot_blank.png (to be filled in by djp)
Article by: Polo (http://www.ocremix.org/forums/member.php?u=11791)
Pictured from: Let's Tap
Created by: Prope (http://www.prope.jp/)
First appearance: 2008

Bio
Developed by Prope founder Yuji Naka and his colleagues and published by Sega, Let's Tap is a Wii title that eschews the common "handheld controller" conduit of gameplay. The Wiimote is placed facedown on a flat surface, one which the player taps with their hands, and the Wiimote responds to the pressure and frequency of the vibrations. This drumlike intuition is key to welcoming multiplayer gaming, emphasized in the five minigames of Let's Tap.

The first minigame, Tap Runner, is played on a neon-like side-scrolling racecourse and features glowing stick figures of the same name (blue, pictured, is Player 1). On their way to the finish line, the Tap Runners are met with a myriad of hazards including hurdles, tightropes, falling blocks, and electric orbs, but also advantages like ramps, springs, warp points, and speed-booster rings. Judicious taps overcome each challenge: a hard tap makes a Tap Runner jump a hurdle or gain air when coming off a ramp; rhythmic taps keep him jogging or sprinting depending on the player's own speed; light taps keep one's balance on the tightropes; hasty taps fill up a balloon faster to fly farther along the course; and so on. As with the other minigames, it's all in the taps.

Selected game appearances
=== Wii ===
Let's Tap ( 2008 )

References
Wikipedia - "Let's Tap" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Tap)
Sega :: Games :: Let's Tap (http://www.sega.com/games/lets-tap/)
IGN.com - "TGS 2008: Let's Tap Hands-on" (http://wii.ign.com/articles/917/917968p1.html)
Eurogamer.net - "Let's Tap - Import Review by Keza MacDonald" (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/lets-tap-review)

Dafydd

06-05-2009, 10:43 PM

Looks good to me. I'm missing a pun about tap/running water though... ;-)

Liontamer

06-05-2009, 11:50 PM

Definitely looking good! That's some fast work; thanks! Y'all feel free to debate any tweaks you'd wanna do, but it looks completely ready to go if you want to just add it right into the Wiki. I can do that if you want, but otherwise go for it!

Polo

06-06-2009, 10:13 AM

Added to the Wiki! (sans picture and "OCR Mascot ###" redirect page, of course)

Rozovian

09-01-2009, 03:05 PM

The site showed me a missing pic linked to this (http://www.ocremix.org/info/OCR_Mascot_153). Apparently, there's no mascot 153.

Seems like 152 is the last one.

Dafydd

09-01-2009, 05:04 PM

What do you mean, a "missing pic"? And no, there's no mascot 153. From where were you linked to it?

Rozovian

09-01-2009, 06:38 PM

What do you mean, a "missing pic"? And no, there's no mascot 153. From where were you linked to it?

Missing pic, like this here: http://missing.pic

Saw a big square with no pic in the top-right corner of the site, where the mascots appear. It was linked to mascot 153 which doesn't exist (which is why I posted about it). Probably something in the random number generator used to choose mascots for each page or something that's set a number too high.

Dafydd

09-01-2009, 07:15 PM

Ok. Yeah, that makes sense. This should probably be reported in the site issues forum though, as the random number generator isn't within our control. Will you do it or should I?

Rozovian

09-01-2009, 07:27 PM

I willed. :D

Dafydd

09-01-2009, 08:15 PM

Thanks! 10char

Dafydd

11-09-2009, 11:44 AM

After a good half-hour or so of what seemed like an endless cycling through the same 5 characters, but what was intended as a re-read of the write-ups I did, I stumbled upon this:

http://ocremix.org/images/template/ocr_mascot_120.png

This doesn't look much like anything I remember from Super Metroid, and I can't say I like this pic compared to the old one, as it portrays him as more of a thrice-and-front-anused Kremling than the dinosaurian nightmare of a beast he really is. Where is this picture from? The wiki article mentions Super Metroid as the source of the image, but I doubt that's correct anymore.

Darklink42

11-09-2009, 07:23 PM

It's from the official artwork for Metroid: Zero Mission, which is a remake of the first game on the Game Boy Advance.

http://metroid.retropixel.net/metroidzm/artwork/

http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Kraid

Dafydd

11-09-2009, 10:09 PM

Got it. I'll update the wiki. Thanks! Sorry for raising your post count :)

EDIT: There! Took the opportunity to make a few edits to some of my own bios while I was at it. I'm still not completely happy with the T&E one. It keeps changing subjects, one sentence about them, the next about the game, and too much info on the game compared to the characters. I'll need to fix it up someday. The X (full armor) one looks much better now though.

EDIT2: About Kraid, I noticed the info in the "pictured from" field was updated and therefore correct. Still, the article was wrong and has now been fixed.

Polo

11-11-2009, 10:20 AM

Took the opportunity to make a few edits to some of my own bios while I was at it. I'm still not completely happy with the T&E one.
For one thing, it sounds contradictory to say it's "just another quiet day in space" when the funk is playing in the speakers, plus it repeats the first sentence. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with the original wording ("everything was the same as always")...

About Kraid, I noticed the info in the "pictured from" field was updated and therefore correct. Still, the article was wrong and has now been fixed.
Good job catching what I missed to make the article consistent. *thumbs up*