Geoffrey Taucer

I like how he completely ignores my offer to coordinate it. Of course, I'm not a judge, but I think at this point I can say in all modesty that people know my name around here, and I think I'm well-connected enough to pull in a few pretty high-level mixers.

There are a few parts where it feels like it "stumbles." Maybe I'm just imagining it, but it feels like there's an occasional extra 32nd or so of a beat at the beginning of a measure. Otherwise, I like it. Samples are cheap, but production is otherwise decent, and the arrangement is nice. Wouldn't make it onto OCR, but I'll definitely be keeping it. Using real guitars will go a LOOOOONG way in helping those production issues.

So are we doing this shizz? I have a feeling I'll live to regret saying this, but if you want a reasonably well-known coordinator, I'll be happy to do it.

Sort of like pink luigi. Actually, I guess pink Luigi is about as un-broken as you can get.

OMG SONIC'S GONNA BE IN THAT'S AWESOME!11!!!1!!!!!1!11!!!!shift+one!1!!

Kat: lunch was at Sbarro's last year -- and it was damn good.

My educated guess based on Nintendo history (but no links or research) is sometime in March. Mario Galaxy will probably be a few weeks off that date, I hope. EDIT: 100th post! Woo-hoo, now I'm a Goomba! *stomps on SirChadly*

Whoah! Where the hell did that keys solo at the end come from? That wasn't in the last version I heard. This mix continues to be unbelievably awesome, and it would be a crime if it were never finished/submitted.

I hate you right now.

I've been experimenting a lot with DADGAD tuning lately, and I'm finding I really like it. But that's just for my acoustic; for my electric, I always use either standard or drop D tuning.

Wow, I don't know how I missed this one, but it's amazing!

Use projectiles or other attacks you can use from outside his range. Shield grab. Use aerial attacks. I'd have to see videos of you playing him to give any more advice than that.

This seems like a pretty pointless debate, since we won't know until the game comes out anyway.

Am I the only one who liked the opening video?

Most, not all. I guess the option would've been nice, but wouldn't it conflict with cutscenes and what not? I mean, when drawing the master sword, they'd have to alter the cutscene... I guess an option would be doable and good. Wikipedia is wrong. Every single Link was intended to be left-handed. The only time Link isn't left-handed is due to sprite-flipping in LoZ, LttP, and the handheld games. Other than that, Link is always a lefty. Uhh... So he's not a lefty in those game right? He's at least ambidexter. My point is that Link, as a character, does not have the fact that he's a lefty or righty defined. He's left-handed when facing three of the four cardinal directions. The only time he isn't is when he's facing east due to sprite flipping issues. Miyamoto is a lefty, and rumors are out there (I haven't been able to find anything concrete yet) that Link's name comes from linkshandig, German for left-handed. I'm pretty sure he's intended to be left-handed no matter what. My major complaint isn't that he's right-handed in Twilight Princess - that just makes sense for the mostly right-handed population. My problem is that there's no option to change him back to a lefty. This makes sense since The Legend of Zelda was inspired by Miyamoto's childhood. So I don't doubt that he was intentionally left-handed because he is too. And here i was thinking that he got his name because he was the link between you and the world, since Link isn't the hero. The player is. Just a rumor, nothing confirmed. But I like where this thread is going. Might I mention that Tatl and Tael's names combined are also a pun? WHOAH! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!? THAT JUST TOTALLY ROCKED MY WORLD! On a more serious note, lots of series' have these little quirks which remain consistent through the series. Not quite a running gag, not quite a story element, not quite anything important, yet I always find they add something to the series when you recognize them. Does Link have to be left-handed? No. It makes no difference. But he's Link. Link is left-handed. It's what we're used to, and those of us who noticed that he's always left handed I'm sure took some small pride in noticing this detail. I'm not going to write hate mail to nintendo about it, but it is sort of dissappointing that they've abandoned this quirk.

Hey, anybody notice that roll dodges appear to be a hell of a lot faster in this one? Like, as fast as a wavedash would be.

The more I watch that trailer, the better pit looks. Fast movement, fast attacks, multiple high double jumps.

Most, not all. I guess the option would've been nice, but wouldn't it conflict with cutscenes and what not? I mean, when drawing the master sword, they'd have to alter the cutscene... I guess an option would be doable and good. Doesn't Links shield in "Link to the Past" always face Death Mountain? Think i read that years ago. If so the case, then surely hed have to wield his sword on the right arm at one point. Edit: No, he always has his sword in his left hand.

Awesome. Simply awesome.

Wow, thanks. Definitely gonna give this article a read through.

I'd imagine all the characters are being re-balanced, so all those highteir characters are probably going to be downgraded, low tiers will be upgraded. My guess. seems logical. What they should do is upgrade the lowtier characters without downgrading the hightier ones. Imagine a game with 30 characters who are all as good as fox, marth, or shiek?

Link has always been left handed in past games. And he definitely appears to be right-handed in this one.

Ya rly. I wouldn't mind them making his upsmash a bit less powerfull, but otherwise I really don't think they should change fox much if at all. Kirby really does need to be denerfed.

How do you know it lacks this option? It is sort of wierd that Link is right-handed in this one, but I guess that makes more sense for right-handed players.

The reason I want to be able to record in stereo is for solo acoustic pieces; mono + doubling is great when the guitar is part of a larger mix, but when it's just the guitar, I find I always prefer stereo recordings. Has anybody tried these? EDIT: actually, after a bit more research, I'm looking at a matched pair of Rode NT1As and a Studio Projects VTB1 preamp. Thoughts? EDIT 2: Wait, the VTB1 only has one input/output, doesn't it? So I couldn't record in stereo with it. Is there any reason I shouldn't just plug a pair of NT1As directly into my mixer?