[General Discussion] Getting Involved With The RPG Video Game Genre For The First Time.

I can't remember the first RPG I ever played, but it was probably something like Shining Force II for the Megadrive, or Landstalker, or something. Both games were fun, although I liked Landstalker miles over SFII, and never bothered to finish either of them. The first RPG which I actually bothered to complete was FFVII, which was very good, although highly overrated now. I like the game, I just don't like the fanbase, or:

Originally Posted by Denicalis

I've noticed something. Almost everyone I meet who claims to like FF VIII are people of, at best, suspect intelligence. At worst, borderline retarded. You called it Dawson's Creek with swords, and it's a good analogy. People who like FF VIII are the kinds of people who like that and the Gilmore Girls. Depth replaced by whining. Ugh.

Assumptions made by people who try categorizing people by their preference of role playing game, for that matter.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Denicalis

Yeah, see, I highlighted the important bit there, Orson. I'm not categorizing people based on their preference of role playing game. I'm pointing out a correlation between people I meet who like the game and are, you know, socially awkward retards.

I think that might have something to do with their experience with Final Fantasy VIII!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Denicalis

Or it might have something to do with a certain personality type being predisposed to liking the shitty game! OMG! Guyz! People who liek gay teenage melodramas mite lieks FF VIII? Holy fuck, what a stretch.

Orson, I don't know why you even keep trying. You've been a failure since the first moment you hit this board.

How.. mature. That would be categorizing, yes yes, I can see it now. Just because you've met a bunch of so-called "socially awkward" individuals who just happen to like FFVIII, doesn't mean anything. It's a personal experience. I'm sure there's other socially awkward people out there, met or not, that don't like FFVIII.

Saying that someone with a certain personality might like a game is retarded, and I'm sure there's people with all kinds of personalities that do and don't like FFVIII. You just haven't met them (oh my god I need to bold to emphasize on something since I have such a bad comprehension of reading) yet.

I'd say get new friends or something but you're probably just going to meet more socially awkward retards.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

posted before I saw your reply, sorry infernal

Yes, that's a personal experience, and it doesn't have something to do with FFVIII.

It doesn't make the game bad, or good, or anything.

For the record, I don't like FFVIII at all. I bought the game, tried to get into it a bunch of times, and I even made it just past the part where you have to beat some giant enemy that what'shisface is using against you while holding Rinoa captive. The game looks ugly as hell now, I dunno how I bothered with it or why I used to marvel at the GF summons. I never finished it, and I never cared of it. I won't go back to it.

Anyway, point missed like fuck. Knowing people who are of a certain type has nothing to do with the game, or any game, and isn't related to FFVIII whatsoever. It's all just you throwing off assumptions and it's just a coincidence that the people you know happen to like the game. It doesn't mean anything. But it's obviously intriguing enough of a life experience to post about it on the internet.

And just because you don't like the game, doesn't mean everyone else dislikes it too. I don't honestly care for the game, as I've stated previously, but what you iplied wes everyone who happens to like the game is doing something wrong, based on the people you've met having crap personalities and just happen to like the game as well.

Furthermore, I don't think anyone cares about little tidbits of Life With Deni that're vaguely related to a game. Oh, hey guys, I have a bunch of friends who are all morons and absolutely drool over Crackdown, the game sucks. Because they're morons.

How ya doing, buddy?

Hahaha, you can express as much angry nerd rage for a game I don't like, as much as you like, porky. And you can justify your bashing as much as you want, I don't care. Post #35 pretty much sums it up and could be written again considering I think you skimmed through it too quickly. A mod's told us to stop, so do so.

I was speaking idiomatically.