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Re: Its almost Christmas/Hanukkah = Time For Replay

Axm wrote:I will be playing 1 and 2 starting on the 22nd. \:D/

I can't help but feel we need to do this in a party while sippin' on ramen. Down?
by Yama
Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:32 pm
 
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Re: Shenmue Dojo Hosting Upgrade + Happy Holidays!

oh wow, haven't logged in in ages.

I'm not going to be donating cause the site interface is very bad.
I never liked the upgrade to begin with, the previous site was aesthetically better looking and easier to navigate.

Revert back to the previous interface, or design a better one and hopefully you'll attract more viewers and new people willing to donate.

***thinks silently before hitting the submit button***
Oh boy, this post it making me look like an ass****, and a troll.
Best donate a little money to feel less like an asshole, after all the dojo is the best place for Shenmue period.
The site interface wasn't changed, that's the only "problem" I can see. The overall presentation of the main page was. Without any Shenmue news, it simply wasn't worth changing hundreds and hundreds of pages, especially at the time with so many other things to do. It may still be in the works one day, though.

But seriously, if you think the visual aspect of the first site's main page which looked like an angel fire template was better than the custom design we now have, I'm going to refund that donation (that you'd never make anyway) and put it towards a fund to help cure your blindness. Preference is one thing, but that's just ridiculous. Consider yourself alone, even those who hate change around here were thankful for the overall design upgrade.

http://i.imgur.com/AtaA2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Fl4sr.jpg

Revert back to the previous interface, or design a better one and hopefully you'll attract more viewers and new people willing to donate.

You do know traffic was literally fifteen times higher after the redesign, right? Look at the web analytics and kindly shut up about things you obviously know nothing about.
by Yama
Sun Dec 16, 2012 12:13 pm
 
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Re: Shenmue Dojo Hosting Upgrade + Happy Holidays!

Geez the guy just doesn't like the site design no need to all gang up on him.
It's pretty classless to post in a donation thread and say you won't donate due to legitimate effort being put into the place, but you would if it was left to rot in hell. I'd usually agree with your notion, but if you take a second glance he asked for it.
by Yama
Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:46 pm
 
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Re: Shenmue Dojo Hosting Upgrade + Happy Holidays!

Yama sent me a PM. It's not the first time he has PM'd me for support.[/color]

I think just a simple sorry you don't like it but we've had more positive feedback then negative would have been fine.
As in fill him in on some of the changes, maybe he'd want to hear it from a member rather than an administrator. Again, that's far from ganging up, instead helpful.

On a site where everyone loves to curse like sailors and throw around jabs, you'd think as an admin you'd support me in debunking an obvious false claim as to why someone wouldn't donate. Donating towards regression instead of progression is as brainless as it sounds, simply put.

I too can defend myself, despite being tame in manner. After all, I'd say I earned that much. You yourself were one to judge early and recant most of it later on, remember. Why? Because I was level headed with you and in return you gave the entire movement a chance. Look how it turned out. He was doing just the same, only in a more demeaning manner without an open mind, thus it deserved the reply it received.

Thanks to Mits and the rest of the lot for getting it. You're spot on in what you said. Most of all, happy holidays to everyone.
by Yama
Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:08 pm
 
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Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0

That literally made me laugh.
by Yama
Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:50 pm
 
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Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0

Watch my boy Jacko on stream, playing VF with some great people from the east coast. Why am I linking this? Cause he's using a custom Sarah that is made to look like Joy, it's spot on.

http://www.twitch.tv/nyc_vf
by Yama
Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:33 pm
 
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Re: Shenmue Dojo Hosting Upgrade + Happy Holidays!

Say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" one more time and I'll retract everything I posted, replacing it with vile hatred-filled slander against you.

This was written in place of my failed attempt at finding a YouTube video of the relevant American Dad episode.
Don't worry, I'll say Merry Christmas on or around Christmas. I'm all about it. :heart:
by Yama
Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:17 pm
 
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Re: MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

Merry Christmas to everyone on here and hope you have a wonderful day with your families and loved ones.
by Yama
Tue Dec 25, 2012 4:41 pm
 
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Re: Wii U

Whoever has it throw me some adds. YamaMX
by Yama
Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:18 pm
 
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Re: Persona/Shin Megami Tensei series

Soul Hackers is my favorite game in the series next to Persona 2 Tsumi, beyond hype for this. It'll be my first experience playing it in my native tongue without bothersome guides and such.
by Yama
Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:25 pm
 
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Re: Biohazard

Revelations officially announced for PS3, 360, Wii U, PC!

http://www.biohaze.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=7447

Really looking forward to playing this on the Wii U myself.
by Yama
Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:50 pm
 
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New PM Features

I just wanted to let everyone know that due to the donations received and our hosting upgrade, I've been able to enhance our PM features.

⋅ Users are now able to include attachments in PM's by uploading files to Shenmue Dojo.
⋅ Users PM boxes are now unlimited, the 250 limit has been changed to no limit.

Hope this makes life a little easier around the Dojo. Enjoy!
by Yama
Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:18 pm
 
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Please welcome our newest moderator...

Wude!

Admittedly the community has been quite tame as of late and has seemed to come into it's own once again. Despite that, having a team that works collectively is key. Due to some previous drops from months ago and time zone differences, we've discussed adding a couple of new moderators.

With that said, we're confident Wude will do a great job. There are more potential additions on the horizon, no eta as of yet though.
by Yama
Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:04 pm
 
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Re: New PM Features

DMC3 Dante, hell yeah. Jump cancels for life.
by Yama
Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:07 pm
 
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Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0

so I felt like playing some jet set radio and find out that somehow my paid copy has been reversed back to trial version somehow, anyone know how to fix this? I know I could just download the activation key again but I'm only allowed 2 downloads and would like to keep it in case if my ps3 breaks or something
Is it two downloads? I'm pretty sure that's two accounts , not two downloads. You should be able to download something as much as you'd like as long as you paid for it.
by Yama
Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:11 pm
 
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Re: Bug Reports

Fishing Rod knows about the problem and is working on a fix. He da man.
by Yama
Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:19 pm
 
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Re: Xbox 3 & PS4 Talk

That mock up looks like a piece of the agrocrag from nickelodeon guts.
by Yama
Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:21 am
 
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Re: Pheonix Skin

This reply made me want to finish this project, I honestly had so much IRL work I put it on the back burner and forgot all about it.
by Yama
Fri Feb 22, 2013 5:35 pm
 
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Re: Xbox 3 & PS4 Talk

Ryudo wrote:Really liked PGR on Xbox. Not played the series since 2. I aways liked some realistic games to look at backdrops esp in the 90's when 3D visuals were still young. Still prefer more arcade racers.

PGR is a day one system seller for me. PGR2 is still my favorite racer of all time.
by Yama
Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:45 pm
 
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Re: Microsoft's regional exclusivity deal

If Shenmue was released on the PlayStation 2, we'd have already seen the series properly conclude.
by Yama
Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:52 pm
 
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Re: Japans oldest gaming room and probably cheapest dorm

It was a clean and orderly dorm...

Then Mario Kart 64 came out. /friendships /life
by Yama
Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:09 pm
 
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Re: Official Automotive Discussion

LOOKS like it should be fast, but it's going at less than walking speed over the speed bumps
Because a bone stock F40 isn't fast, or it should be able to fly over speed bumps? This statement infers one of these must be true when in fact neither are. If you see where I'm going with this, ride height has nothing to do with whether a car is or isn't fast. Most high performance vehicles crawl over speed bumps or avoid them all together, not because they lack any sort of formidable performance, but because they are out of element and not intended for such trash roads. At the end of the day it's still a vehicle and to arrive at a destination with preferable terrain, you'll sometimes need to go through unfavorable conditions. Perhaps next time you're behind one of these cars, given it isn't some cut springs shit grocery getter, you'll think of it this way. If it is the former however, you're absolutely correct.

Honestly though, when it comes to motors and engines in vehicles, we are still using pretty dated technology. I am surprised they havent found a whole other way to accelerate our vehicles, the real reason is because of gas. Gas keeps the whole auto industry on lock because they make too much money of gas and im sure gas companies are paying car companies to keep making their cars use gas. Whats so bad there is tech about right now that could not only take away our plunging of the earth and sucking it dry (super electric cars, that are actually FAST), but also tech that would allow us to take to the air to get around (flying cars have been in development for a while actually) Luckily hope seems to be on our side because there are cars in development and even out right now that use no gas at all, they really suck and its the first batch of technology that will hopefully one day flourish, but its something.

Yeah, I can definitely see electric becoming a formidable power plant someday. Just going by my R/C hobby alone, the progression has been incredible. Electric used to be laughable in comparison to nitro gas powered, though with the new brushless motors they are outperforming gas in almost every case. Similar power curves (and in some cases more powerful) with a wildly lighter chassis makes for great things. It's only a matter of time.
by Yama
Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:20 am
 
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Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0

Nah, Peter's not crazy. While he may not have went about it in his usual manner, he put it out there without any filtering which I can respect. Ryudo, you do try to paint a lovely picture which is a way to mentally cope with your past wrong doings. I will say that you've stabilize to some degree and we can all appreciate that, though it doesn't change anything.

For the record, painting the picture of stepping down is just wrong and you know it. Let's be honest about what happened here. You de-modded yourself before I could see the tirade and hit the button. This was done to imitate some form of choice, but there actually was none. You didn't step down, you were demoted and rightfully so. You'll never have the option to return as staff, ever.

As for trying too hard to gain respect, it's not something that Peter is making up. I've heard it from upwards of ten or so members. You've done this since your tirade to come off as a changed person, such as flaunting donations, "good" choices, etc. I hope you have changed, but for yourself and nobody else.

Some of your posts are border line de-railing, substantially written or not. Various members (mainly thread authors) have soft-reported your posts to me, though honestly I hadn't the chance to go through them all until now. You post in just about every topic for the sake of posting, even with little to nothing to add to the central conversation. That's not said to demerit your legitimate postings, as there are many of them. Do take notice of this though, quality > quantity. It was in the TOS after all.

Lastly, your actions were putrid and you hurt us as a community. That wasn't a fun time and I'm still wondering why I was put through the unnecessary stresses of it all. You were let back on a single strike rule (something no other admin or moderation team would have let happen), so that is on us. It was your passion for the website as a whole that allowed this along with your seemingly legitimate sorrow coupled with the willingness to change. Looking at it from your perspective, there isn't much more you can do and I wouldn't want you to beat yourself up over it.

What Peter is trying to get across is that you constantly bring up the past and paint it in a very different way. You own up to what you want to, sugar coating the rest. Nobody wants you to bring it up in a negative light to constantly beat yourself up over it either. Instead, I think the community as a whole and especially the staff want to see some genuine acceptance towards your previous actions, with the ability to look one hundred percent forward without referencing to or manipulating the past in any way. In fact, that was part of the deal in letting you back on the single strike rule that you currently abide by.

Try to see it as so. He doesn't hate your soul, he simply wants what is fair to be fair. If you are able to bend the rules, why shouldn't other members? Keep this in mind, it's not for the sake of our ourselves but your own willingness to move on.
by Yama
Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:34 am
 
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Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0

Ryudo, it was warranted in that I have two members constantly butting heads, one being a staff member and I'd like to clarify it all once and for all. The same thing you asked me to do for you dozens of times in the past. Believe me, I don't waste a second through out my day thinking of such things, nor do I want to sit here and post about it. I do however want to keep the peace in this community as I do care about it as a whole.

The moral of it all was to accept the past and move on without referencing it every step of the way. That is actually a very positive message being conveyed and one that I'm sure you can agree with.
by Yama
Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:55 am
 
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Re: Gaming Thoughts Of The Day 2.0

I love me some FFVI, but it's the new FFVII in regards to over praise. Well, maybe not entirely, both titles after all deserve their respective praise. Though I feel FFV is overlooked and is so incredibly amazing. Always have a soft spot for it.
by Yama
Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:16 am
 
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Re: Things That Made You Genuinely Happy Today!

Sleep. After 40hrs without any, it felt damn good.
by Yama
Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:09 pm
 
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Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0

I'm sure a lot of racists raped their victims before they killed them. Must be love.
by Yama
Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:01 pm
 
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Re: GIVE TEEPO™ A FAIR CHANCE?

I don't think the staff banned you because of that, after all we gave a one strike new chance to every single member who was on the ban list. That was my call by the way and a way to show fairness and a fresh start for the site when I took over. A great amount of those people came back and it worked out quite well. I could look it up, but you were banned for a significant reason. Further violating the TOS by creating countless accounts doesn't help your case, a simple e-mail to the staff would have sufficed versus this public spectacle.
by Yama
Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:07 pm
 
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Random Thoughts

Use this thread to post random thoughts through out your day!

Simple tidbits are what this thread is for, not general conversation. Taken straight from the TOS:

New topics deserve new threads. For example, if you have something excruciatingly short to say, it could and should be posted in the random thoughts thread. If it is anything of value, no matter how small, create a topic. Many conversations have went overlooked because they are crammed inside pages of other conversation. This also helps boost forum activity and order.

With that, post away!
by Yama
Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:21 pm
 
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Re: Random Thoughts Thread

Ryudo wrote: I keep commenting on your vids. I am now officially dethroned as the biggest Dreamcast fan on the forums lol :mrgreen:

You never were to begin with, some of us *cough* just don't show off as much as we should. :P
by Yama
Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:36 pm
 
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New Members Introduce Yourself!

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This is a thread for new members to briefly introduce themselves to the Shenmue Dojo community.
by Yama
Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:35 pm
 
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Re: SPRING FEVER!

Happy a good summer release is hitting this summer... The Last of Us!
by Yama
Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:47 pm
 
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Re: The Walking Dead-AMC

Didn't realize you made this thread Ryudo. Anyone who knows me knows that TWD comic is more or less my favorite series of any medium. I take the show as homage to the comic, nothing more.

Anyhow, here's my take on the finale: Mediocre to poor. Most of what occurred could have and should have happened mid-season. Too many filmography cliches to even take seriously, mainly Andrea's scene. I'll start with the good and work my way to the bad.

[Spoilers Incoming]

On the positive side of things, the Governor finally solidified himself as a formidable villain. No longer did he seem like a schizophrenic politician, but instead a cold blooded psychopath. It's nice to see Tyreese understand the severity of what is going on, finally. One point I like, to an extent, is that the series is different enough from it's source material that I can't imagine what is coming next.

As for the poor side of things. Everything mentioned in regards to positive factors should have happened already, it felt stretched instead of fleshed. The ending wasn't conclusive nor a cliff hanger, instead it felt more like limbo. That is the absolute worst thing to do before an extended break in programming. This seems to be a series trend from the second season onward. Mind you, I didn't hate the search for Sophia but let's put things into perspective. With Frank Darabont on board, we had an amazing six episode season one. It was riveting and even featured welcomed plot additions such as TS-19. The following six episodes without Frank had us looking for Sophia, nothing more. This is the difference in quality and we've been seeing a lot more of the latter than the former. Granted season three was much improved, but the improvements were almost all direct rips from the source material, any new additions almost entirely flopped.

The death of Andrea wasn't even shocking, it was necessary. The writing almost force fed this event. It's a shame it happened when she finally came to her senses. The end result is viewers dealing with a dunce for an entire season and seeing the death of a suddenly meaningful character. More or less, we never were able to experience Andrea as intended, entirely in part to poor writing.

Straying from the source material to make improvements and change up scenarios is a great thing, it keeps us all alert and interested. Butchering the material and literally slaughtering some of the most memorable moments however is despicable. Instead of countless dramatic events unfolding, group chaos and the feverish battle to find refuge... we received a bus of elderly people, more neutered prison and The Governor roaming about begging to be milked just a bit more.

Seriously speaking here, despite it's flaws I still love the show simply because of what it's based on. That said, I take it as homage which is what it is. I will however say this is the episode that completely confirmed it's worth in comparison to the long lasting comic. Preference aside, a certain degree of quality can be accurately depicted and properly judged. Thanks entirely in part to some lackluster writing, I can honestly say the show doesn't reach the same level of quality as the comic. At this point in both series, it's amazing just how much more has happened at a tangible pace in the comic. There is build up and then there is dragging a plot point in the mud, the show has done the latter and the upcoming break from programming is not going to help that notion.

With all of that said, I'll be there in October full of anticipation because there is still so much good in the series to be had. I'm actually very excited to see where they're going with it, seeing as the finale strayed so much from the source material, for better or worse. However I will say, it's easy to forgive the TV series whilst being continually impressed by the comic nearly every month.
by Yama
Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:21 am
 
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Re: So i bought my first Gamecube

Segata Sanshiro Jr. wrote: Sheena still ain't Klarth or Arche :P

Look at this guy, going after my Phantasia loving heart. :mrgreen:

Going to another universe to learn how to move a 20lb rock also wasn't my favorite thing to do.

Literal roffles.
by Yama
Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:37 pm
 
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Re: Yu Suzuki At Monaco Anime Game Show

Icehotman2004 wrote: To show support Yu Suzuki creating Shenmue 3 I will buy 1 copy each of Shenmue 1 along with Shenmue 2

Not sure that'll support anything but a private seller.
by Yama
Wed Apr 03, 2013 1:00 am
 
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Re: So i bought my first Gamecube

ToS is a great game with an insanely fun battle system. If you don't like spell cancelling with Sheena you lack testosterone. Not everything needs to reinvent the wheel to be considered solid and enjoyable. Segata is right though, it does have some cliches and minor system flaws. Of course, that's not what makes the game shine otherwise it wouldn't have been touted as such.
Why do all "hardcore" Resi fans insist on calling it Biohazard? Sure, it makes more sense at this point for the series to be called that, but most who call it that aren't even from Japan... We may as well start calling Shenmue シェンムー...
Because it actually makes sense.
by Yama
Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:17 pm
 
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Re: Question for us GD'ers...

More or less. In addition, we have the Random Thoughts Thread for lazy quickies, so it's not like the option won't be there. Honestly, there isn't anything in those threads that couldn't A) be in the random thoughts thread or isn't B) deserving of a topic.
by Yama
Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:04 am
 
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Re: Gaming Thoughts Of The Day 2.0

A lot of news worthy posts have been slipped under the rug due to poor categorizing and being lost in cluttered threads. We're doing away with this idea and moving on to a more active nature that allows users to participate easily.

DO NOT BE AFRAID TO CREATE NEW THREADS
by Yama
Wed Apr 03, 2013 12:42 pm
 
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Re: Question for us GD'ers...

I wish the gaming one was not locked. as I don't want to create a new topic when I have a random thought as often they are not worth a new topic. Then be seen as spam. ugh really annoying that was locked. -_-
I'll tell you what, I'll unlock it and put up a vote in their in regards to it since it's a different forum. Just unchange your vote here as it has nothing to do with that forum.
by Yama
Wed Apr 03, 2013 12:59 pm
 
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The Walking Dead (AMC TV Series)

And this is why I don't watch the show. Well, more specifically because I don't want to hate it. Which I think I will if I watch it. Thanks for the spoilers, yama.

Not sure if serious, or actually thanking my post. They were marked. :P

Finale was the only episode this season I really disliked. Like Yama said I don't know why you need a bad guy. Series was stronger without one. At least with Merle you hated that you loved him and loved that you hated him. He made the show much better. Merle can be summed up in 20 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S7uAjEUQv0
Merle is the best thing that happened to the show imho.

And that's my vid! Haha.
by Yama
Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:23 am
 
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