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Map Requests / RE: You know what we're overdue for?

« on: May 27, 2006, 05:29:30 pm »

We think alike, I was thinking after posting that last message that maybe I'd be skewed towards the first two, Kirby: Super Star and Secret Of Mana.



Secret Of Mana is fairly large...I remember renting it on two extra long "weekends" (one was five days, one was four days). Thankfully our file was still there when we rented it the second time, which was probably a month or two or a few later. How lucky is that? Anyway, I could be wrong, but I'd wager that it's along the scale of mapping Final Fantasy VI or Chrono Trigger. But at least if you were playing while mapping you wouldn't need to stop for turn-based battles since they're all handled in real-time action, similar to The Legend Of Zelda games or The Illusion Of Gaia. While beautiful, and if labelled like the Evermore maps, extremely useful, I think we'd have to find enough people to truly want to do it otherwise it'd be such a chore.



Kirby: Super Star has a more "fun" vibe going for it, and with multiple games in it, you wouldn't have to go far to map any area...though like I said, The Great Cave Offensive is probably going to be the centerpiece of it all, since that's where a map will be needed most and it's probably the largest.



I'd support either effort as much as I can, with maps if possible and my own suggestions as to how things should be done, but I hope we can get enough people and be sure that we'll finish. I don't want a me-and-Revned project of this magnitude.



So?  Anyone else have any suggestions/votes/expressions of willingness to participate?

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Map Gab / RE: The 7th Saga (SNES)

« on: May 27, 2006, 05:25:29 pm »

I think the definition of wasted space actually goes to the EarthBound Zero maps, which were also so big that they had to be broken into quadrants.  The maps show large areas of just trees.  Trees everywhere!



(Though it doesn't take much to see that the maps aren't really designed like the Super NES RPGs are...instead of one big square (or rectangle), the EarthBound Zero world map is probably actually a bunch of smaller rectangular maps put together.  The trees are just filler.)

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Map Gab / RE: The 7th Saga (SNES)

« on: May 27, 2006, 05:03:07 pm »

The present-day overworld is up.  The past is still being PNGGauntleted.  Boy, it takes hours to do .PNGs this size.  But I think it cut one of them down from 5 MB to 4 MB...



I'd ask you guys to run PNGGauntlet on your maps but I'd probably end up doing it myself anyway.

[LUX]

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Mega Man Robot Masters Tournament!

« on: May 27, 2006, 04:57:46 pm »

No L-, U-, V-, X-, or Z- Men...



LUX TiZer is a 7th Saga character, and a robotic guy, too...the "7" looks like a spun-around V...



Or you could say that you LUV the new Mega Man XZ.

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VGMaps Social Board / Mega Man Robot Masters Tournament!

« on: May 27, 2006, 04:27:27 pm »

Over the next ten (or eleven) days, the daily polls will feature a Mega Man Robot Master Tournament!



On the daily poll, you'll vote for your favourite Robot Master from each game.  The first day will be of bosses from Mega Man (including the two new Powered Up bosses), the second day will be of Mega Man II, the third day will be of Mega Man III, etc.  The ninth day will be of Mega Man & Bass, and the tenth day will be of all the nine past winners.  (If the polls are really close on the ninth day, it may delay the finals by a day...)



There's really no prizes, no major thing involving the winner or anything.  It's just for fun.



Air vs. Aqua vs. Astro vs. Blizzard vs. Bomb vs. Bright vs. Bubble vs. Burst vs. Burner vs. Centaur vs. Charge vs. Cloud vs. Clown vs. Cold vs. Crash vs. Crystal vs. Cut vs. Dive vs. Drill vs. Dust vs. Dynamo vs. Elec vs. Fire vs. Flame vs. Flash vs. Freeze vs. Frost vs. Gemini vs. Gravity vs. Grenade vs. Ground vs. Guts vs. Gyro vs. Hard vs. Heat vs. Ice vs. Junk vs. Knight vs. Magic vs. Magnet vs. Metal vs. Napalm vs. Needle vs. Oil vs. Pharaoh vs. Pirate vs. Plant vs. Quick vs. Ring vs. Search vs. Shade vs. Shadow vs. Skull vs. Slash vs. Snake vs. Spark vs. Spring vs. Star vs. Stone vs. Sword vs. Tengu vs. Time vs. Toad vs. Tomahawk vs. Top vs. Turbo vs. Wave vs. Wind vs. Wood vs. Yamato!

[Alex Foster, Bergles, Chiasm (x3), Peardian (x3)]

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Message Board Announcements / 2006-05-27: Maps Of The Month items handed out.

« on: May 27, 2006, 03:11:33 pm »

All Mapmakers Of The Month now have the [Mapmaker Of The Month] item, and 200 Gold for each one of those that they got.  I have also bumped them up to a minimum user level of 18.  All future Mapmakers of the Month will receive these.



These people have not yet received theirs, because they do not have an account (or have not recreated one after certain board losses):



EDIT: Updated as necessary.

Alex Foster, Bergles, Chiasm (x3), Peardian (x3)



If you do create an account after having received that honor, send me a private message and I will get you the item, Gold, and user level adjustment.



EDIT: No user level adjustments any more.

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Map Gab / RE: The 7th Saga (SNES)

« on: May 27, 2006, 02:24:11 pm »

Congrats, KingKuros!  The third-last map of yours I put up (I think it was the Kingdom of Bilthem) was the 4000th map put up!



Now I wonder if I'm missing some maps of yours.  With the exception of the eight HUGE overworld past/present quadrant maps, I've put up everything that I have received.  Please send anything that may be missing.

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Transformers Classic (upcoming G1-inspired line) *spoilers*

« on: May 27, 2006, 08:29:17 am »

I saw this just yesterday on the official web site, actually.  The line is called "More Than Meets The Eye".  It's getting hard to keep up with all these near-simultaneous toy lines.



They call Hot Rod "Rodimus Prime", though.  While his stern face looks like Rodimus's, his vehicle form is clearly that of Hot Rod.  Hot Rod is my favourite Transformer, and I guess this form isn't too bad...if he'd lighten up...and what's with that sploogy gun?



Starscream is awesome.



If that's the safest way to have Megatron as a gun, all NERF-life, I guess that'll have to do.



What's with the Powermaster-style transforming Optimus?  In the sense that it looks like his chest isn't actually the front of the vehicle...

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: I didn't even realize the forums' shops were operational.

« on: May 27, 2006, 08:23:11 am »

You can use the ImageShack URLs, I always do, but you have to be sure it's the "direct link" one.  The way this particular forum is set up I don't think you can directly use the "message board" ones or whatever.



I believe you can also use the typical HTML code for images...I often did.

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Message Board Announcements / 2006-05-26: Shop is now ready.

« on: May 26, 2006, 10:21:43 pm »

Actually, the shop always was, but I finally got around to editing the items and it's not like any of you would've been able to view it until reaching Level 18...I think that means at least tomorrow, luckily enough.  I may make the shop visible earlier, though, if it encourages continued visiting.



Item selection is currently very plain.  Not a whole lot there yet.  I haven't handed out the Mapmaker Of The Month items yet, either.  Most of the regulars should have gotten the HTML: Images and HTML: Links items...but I won't be so generous soon, and everyone will have to earn them.



Prices subject to change, and item selection may increase, both according to my whim.



Shop!



Enjoy your items, or the potential to shop for them soon.

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: What are you doing with your long weekend?

« on: May 26, 2006, 10:13:48 pm »

^I would say, but it goes without saying and properly shouldn't.



All right, you Americans.  Now you have your long weekend.  So what's up?

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: I didn't even realize the forums' shops were operational.

« on: May 26, 2006, 10:12:08 pm »

You have 29 EXP. One more day. Wow, good timing, I didn't even plan that.



Okay, everyone (especially the regulars), click on your own name and see if you got any items.

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: I didn't even realize the forums' shops were operational.

« on: May 26, 2006, 03:01:29 pm »

I was referring to the forums' virtual "items" for use within the forums...



But thanks for reminding me of that OTHER store...I'm going to design some new things.  No one wants a VGMaps.com compass that doesn't even say "The Video Game Atlas".  I was thinking I'd make less advertising-ish designs and have something people might wear, like a shirt saying "I obsess over pixels" or something.

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: I didn't even realize the forums' shops were operational.

« on: May 26, 2006, 10:58:03 am »

Last I checked (which was pretty much when the forums were being set up), they weren't.  Now if the items are fully operational as well then I will find time this weekend to check over the prices, edit them overall if I can, etc.



I want people to earn these items, so they'll be visiting every day to get enough Gold for the useful items.



I will probably give the regulars (i.e. just about everyone stil here) the Images and Hyperlink items (or enough Gold to buy them).



If referral bonuses work that might be another way to encourage getting more people on here.



To not have time to look over one's own forums' features...that's pretty bad...  >_>

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Message Board Announcements / 2006-05-25: Topics from old forum are viewable.

« on: May 25, 2006, 08:41:02 pm »

Thanks to Revned (who actually did this a while ago, I only just finally got around to this), some of the topics from the previous iteration of the forums have been recovered.



Old topics!



For viewing only, though.  You can't reply to those topics, at least not directly there.  But for those of you who have been around before, or even if you haven't, it'll give you or remind you of some conversational topics you might want to start up again.