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I hated FFXIII. I mean, really hated it. I will probably never play it again. When I saw XIII-2, I felt like I wanted to cry. I realized that I would never buy that game, making it the only FF I don't own (MMOs aside, because those are stupid). [blasphemy]But there are things that are similar in the old FFs that probably means I should hate them, too. I mean, if you added bad voice acting to FF5, for example, what would you get? Bad dialog is in there, too, and confusing plot points (Zeromus, ho!). [/blasphemy] Sometimes I just feel like I'm being a fan boy. I'm replaying Secret of Mana right now, and the plot is awful. Yet I would easily play that game again rather than play some of the newer FFs. FFX was sort of a breaking point for me; it was good, but X-2 destroyed my soul. And then I didn't really enjoy 12 that much (I tend to like plots that include main characters that actually matter). Just wondering if anyone else had this thought in the back of their head - we worship some of the older games in SPITE of their flaws, but crucify the new games because of some of those same flaws. I do, at least.

Explain yourself! "Three girls team up and look for a boy, using pop songs and various outfits as their weapons." The battle system was -sort of- interesting, but that didn't help me fight the ubiquitous nausea that was a result of the plot/characters.

Link would help

Isn't that like calling a panhandler abusive based on how much money people put in his coffee cup? Seems like no one here is being duped or mislead. Though I have to say this seems really stupid. Still, you can't blame someone for asking for money. You can only blame stupid people that give it.

The album, like all albums on OCR will be free to download once it's released. In order to get a physical copy of the album, you had to donate a certain amount during the kickstarter campaign. You will absolutely still be able to enjoy the epicness that is going to eat your ears from the inside out.

In all, I bought a pair of KRK Rokit 6 and a KRK 10s for $275 total. I think that's a frigging steal. I'm waiting for a friend of mine with a pink noise calibration machine to help me set it up though, because my studio kind of sucks for acoustics.

I'm not really paying for it or anything, so I couldn't care less what they call themselves Besides, I'm handing full reins to my wife because stressing about food is against my religion. I eat what she feeds me.

So, my wife and I are going to start Whole30 this week. Here are, really, the only things I am going to miss: - Half and Half in my coffee - Beer/wine with dinner - Hookah (which I think is BS because it's not food, but whatever...) Has anyone ever done this before? I feel like Ecto probably invented it. If you're not familiar and curious: http://whole9life.com/2012/01/whole-30-v2012/ To me, if you have some sort of serious problem that you can't seem to get rid of (IBS, eczema, allergies), trying this is almost not an option. I'm looking for improvement in the allergy department - without daily medication I am a miserable mother. I will keep you all posted on how badly I just want to smoke my hookah.

carb free= energy free. If you're not trying to drop a lot of weight using ketosis, ditch the carb-free attitude.

Try this: http://civilizedcavemancooking.com/condimentssauces/beasty-bbq-sauce/

My wife made a fantastic paleo bbq sauce a few months ago and she is very carb conscious. I'll see if I can dig up the recipe.

Quick redneck way to set up a partial vocal booth: Go to home depot and buy two very cheap doors. Then buy enough cheap carpet to cover them. Use hinges to connect the two doors to each other and put the carpet on the inside. Voila. I plan on doing this when we replace some of the interior doors in my house and just keeping a few of the old ones. With some clever engineering, you could make it collapsing/storable with 3-4 panels.

Woulda been 7! I actually recorded sax and clarinet parts for an orchestral arrangement that I believe ended up on the cutting room floor after some consideration by the composers... [/mystery] XPRTBaby is in the enlisted rank structure, so she will never outrank XPRTNovice, even after she becomes XPRToddler and, subsequently, XPRTeenager.

I meant to post this the other day, but have we traded weightlifting/workout plans yet? I'm getting really bored with mine. But, then again, I am always really bored in the gym. I go tell people, "Hey, I'm going to go someplace and pick heavy things up, but then I'm going to put them back down in the same place they came from. I'm going to repeat that for an hour and then take a shower. Later!"

Literally just bought one today. I'll let you know how it does in my opinion. I actually plan on using it for vocal percussion and vocals, though the KSM32 I have works well for the vocal part. I'll be running it through a Focusrite Saffirepro14 preamp so it's not crap but not high end either.

Ive used it with cubase 5 and 7 with no issues.

Tried that at Olympus, and it didn't go over well.

When I was little, I always kept track of my lives in Adventures of Link. Because, if I died, and I knew the game over screen was coming up, I would sprint to that f@$!ing NES and turn the game off before Gannon's scary ass face and laugh came on the screen.

I try to mix it up on replays, but I just can't bring myself to use Gau or Cait Sith. Especially since they get in the way of my OCD romantic-pair thing. Though I did do the imp trick with Gau once, and that wasn't so bad.

I used to say the same thing before my bosses shifted my schedule. If I work out in the afternoons, now, I'm there at peak time and my day wouldn't really end until 6:30. That, to me, is much worse than being at the gym at 6:15 every morning but being totally done at 5.

Hak, I just read this. I also just finished my arrangement of this song for the album. I think you'll be happy.

I never mentioned this, but my profile pic for Fitocracy is me literally standing on the site of the first Olympics.

I always put romantic pairs together when building parties. Locke and Celes were ALWAYS in the same party, for example.

I kind of got tired of putting in my data into Fitocracy, but maybe I'll start up again. Also, I work out in the mornings and the computers at work have a browser that's too old to input stuff into Fitocracy, so by the end of the day I've forgotten about it. I've been majorly slacking lately. I try to get to the gym 4 times and week and do something physical (running, parkour, hiking) at least 1 other time a week, but I haven't worked out since Saturday. Also, working out in the mornings means I have a mental battle every day when the alarm goes off. Do I get extra sleep, or do I go work out? Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose...

You saw my room in the other thread. The only thing it's treated with is 1970's design principles.