Yet another GAF thread - I still haven't got over it :( (No spergfits allowed)

[Himu]

No one with mental issues that Koshiba has deserves that. It was immature and petty. I really want to correct it and suggest other ways for her to help her rather than feed her need for attention by way of the gaffers who did when I posted under the moniker Himuro. More than that, I didn't really care at the time, I just used it as an excuse to get my account wiped, and it worked. But there's no reason to take someone down - mentally, I might add, since Koshiba is in that low a place - with me.

[Himu]

Did you read this?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=497127&highlight=koshiba

Jesus.

[Himu]

http://asset3.neogaf.com/forum/image.php?u=15516&dateline=1325263401

Always loved how this avatar looks like MLK JR posting a selfie for a gay escort site.

[thisismyusername]

Is Beyond Two Souls the game with the trailer where Ellen Page shows up in a police department and acts indignant, then I'm supposed to take her seriously as some sort of psychic threat or something?

I'm not sure. Are you talking Child Ellen Page or Nude Ellen Page? If the later, then yes. If the former, no: That's Ellen Page in Naughty Dog's The Last of Us.

[Mr. Gundam]

Down again?

[Rufus]

It's back.

[Mr. Gundam]

No threads

The database is gone!

[Shadow Mod]

The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later.

[Himu]

I just read Enslaved is getting a pc port?

Ah yes. The wannabe Journey to the West that doesn't get the point of the original story. If there's one game where the story bothered me so much I had to stop playing it, it was that one. Can't help that Monkey is one of my favorite books.

[Rufus]

Never read the book. What didn't they get?

[Himu]

Journey to the West is a Buddhist allegory. It takes the historical westward journey of  Xuanzang (of the Tang dynasty) to obtain sutras, to expand the knowledge of Chinese Buddhism. JttW subplants this into a folktale, full of bodhisattvas, buddhas, all of the realms of Buddhist mythology, and marrying it with Chinese folk tales. It contains wit, humor, wisdom, sprituality, and cute anecdotes. Which is the opposite of what Enslaved tried to accomplish. In Enslaved, you still have Tripitaka, and Son Wukong, but the rest is discarded to tell a story of a post apocalyptic story without a hint of the things I liked about it.

It's like Dante's Inferno being turned into a mindless hack and slash. Wait, they did that.  I'm all for different interpretations, but Enslaved goes a bit far to the point where I didn't see the point in it. Dynasty Warriors, Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) and Suikoden (The Water Margin) are far more respectful towards their original sources. Sucks because out of the four classical Chinese novels, Journey is easily my favorite and it would have been cool to play a game version.

I'm just a Chinese history/folklore nerd who wants Chinese  history/folklore games.

[Himu]

For reference, in the intro of the story, Son Wukong (monkey) gets drunk on heaven's wine. He trashes the heavens, and causes trouble for EVERYONE. No one could stop Wukong. So they have Shakyamuni Buddha come out and own his ass, but Wukong doesn't care, and issues Siddhartha a challenge. Who wouldn't want to play a game with a drunk monkey?

[Rufus]

Just vaguely inspired by it then. Do you know how it ends? Look up how it ends. It's - something.

[Himu]

have you tried the latest dragonball game?

Dragon Ball Origins and Dragon Ball Origins 2 are my shit.

[Himu]

I am watching the ending on youtube. What the fuck.

[parallax]

Did you read this?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=497127&highlight=koshiba

Jesus.

yeah, i remember that thread.

[Himu]

Awesom-o: The most popular edition is the Arthur Waley translation - titled Monkey - which, while lauded, misses a lot of chapters as the final page count of the original is just ridiculous. While it's abridged, it does contain all the important chapters and storylines. It also contains arguably the most amusing and humorous version of the text. But if you're someone who needs accuracy and completion, the Anthony Yu version is what you're looking for.


http://www.amazon.com/Monkey-Novel-China-Wu-Cheng-en/dp/0802130860/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1381294022&sr=8-5&keywords=monkey+journey+to+the+west

http://www.amazon.com/Journey-West-Revised-Edition-Volume/dp/0226971325/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381294041&sr=8-1&keywords=journey+to+the+west+anthony+yu

If you ever get to Romance of the Three Kingdoms I suggest the Moss Robert's translation. It's pricey, but it's fucking worth it. It contains the best translation available in English, and it's a beaut.

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Kingdoms-Library-Chinese-Classics/dp/7119024086

Hardcover is $119.93 but it's worthy.

[Tasty]

Did you read this?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=497127&highlight=koshiba

Jesus.

Perfect first post. Sums up the whole situation.

[Himu]

Just vaguely inspired by it then. Do you know how it ends? Look up how it ends. It's - something.

he can't, he doesn't have schools

The ending definitely works as a Buddhist allegory in some way. Virtual world = bad desire, kill the bad desire and just accept the reality of things. It works on that level. But it's still stupid.

[thisismyusername]

The ending can't be as bad as the Devil May Cry reboot's entire story.  Demon baby abortions. 

[helios]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85406590&postcount=6

[Shadow Mod]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85406464&postcount=175

I'm 21 and still a virgin, will never have sex with a girl unless she is a Virgin, loyal and free of any sexual diseases.

 

[Rahxephon91]

Enslaved was just an excuse for NT to hang out with Andy Serkis on Namco's dime.

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85406464&postcount=175

I'm 21 and still a virgin, will never have sex with a girl unless she is a Virgin, loyal and free of any sexual diseases.

 

You laugh, but he's going to be accurate.

[thisismyusername]

GAF 504'ing.

If someone doesn't reply to this dude when it comes back up tell the junior it's exactly what it says on the tin:

The beta will be open ONLY on the 12th (Sat) from 9PM-11PM Pacific which is the 13th (Sun) from 12AM/midnight-2AM Eastern time.

[Jansen]

praise the sun i made it into the dks2 beta

lol supposedly the code is universal

2QMR TNNA G7BN

[StealthFan]

praise the sun i made it into the dks2 beta

lol supposedly the code is universal

2QMR TNNA G7BN

[benjipwns]

Well, he is a Miami Heat fan. PEACE.

[nudemacusers]

Pimpwerx seems like a giant asshole. Should've known from the fact that he signs his posts like a fucking cock.

are you gonna cop some meggings breh?

[fistfulofmetal]

praise the sun i made it into the dks2 beta

lol supposedly the code is universal

2QMR TNNA G7BN

just tried it, didnt work

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85406464&postcount=175

I'm 21 and still a virgin, will never have sex with a girl unless she is a Virgin, loyal and free of any sexual diseases.

 

I wonder what he was doing when he was 14-15 when he could find a girl like that pretty easily.  Oh yeah, he was probably being an unfuckable loser.

[thisismyusername]

praise the sun i made it into the dks2 beta

lol supposedly the code is universal

2QMR TNNA G7BN

just tried it, didnt work

5AM when all 5,000 uses of it were taken from 2AM-3:30AM.

GEE, I WONDER WHY. :p

Enslaved was just an excuse for NT to hang out with Andy Serkis on Namco's dime.

Isn't Andy the majority shareholder of NT or something? 

I thought that was Tamtam?

[Joe Molotov]

Database errors errwhere, GAF gonna GAF.

[archnemesis]

At least we're getting some variation with the error messages.

[Himu]

Can't blame em.

[Jansen]

The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later.

Gaf is now like an mmo

[ToxicAdam]

At least they figured out how to still show banner ads while they are busy telling you the server is down.

progress

[Joe Molotov]

I got a database error, I got a 504 error, and now I've got "Server is too busy, come back later". I'm only a "You broke it!" away for hitting for the GAF cycle!

[Rman]

Why is it down? Any big news lol

[El Babua]

Maybe some asshole from Reddit is linking there again.

[FStop7]

I'm holding out for Beyond: 2 Chainz

[Steve Youngblood]

Why is it down? Any big news lol

There's been a couple of threads that have been pretty active. But aside from activity, I think the bigger culprit is that there are server/db kinks that are being worked out. I'm not a networking guy, so I don't understand any of it, but stuff is happening that's supposed to make everything a lot more stable. But feel free to take that with a grain of salt, as all that chatter is above my paygrade.

[headwalk]

just got on long enough to see a thread started by a guy wanting to donate $200 to server costs.

few more charitable souls like that and your family might eat this christmas, steve.

[Brehvolution]

It's easier to sign up for Obamacare than it is to view a thread on gaf.

[Yulwei]

In my 15 years on the internet I have never come across a forum as unstable as Gaf.

That is quite an achievement

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

Why is it down? Any big news lol

There's been a couple of threads that have been pretty active. But aside from activity, I think the bigger culprit is that there are server/db kinks that are being worked out. I'm not a networking guy, so I don't understand any of it, but stuff is happening that's supposed to make everything a lot more stable. But feel free to take that with a grain of salt, as all that chatter is above my paygrade.

Time to remove search yet again!

[Polyh3dron]

Please be ent, y'all

[milchs evil twin]

Even the error message is broken now.

NeoGAF is currently down for scheduled maintenance. Please be ent while the site is down.

[milchs evil twin]

Oh, so GAF got mentioned on NBC News or something.

[Shadow Mod]

Please be ent, y'all

Even the error message is broken now.

NeoGAF is currently down for scheduled maintenance. Please be ent while the site is down.

It's supposed to say "get bent."

[FStop7]

Please understand Evilore's advances.

[Positive Touch]

Journey to the West is a Buddhist allegory. It takes the historical westward journey of  Xuanzang (of the Tang dynasty) to obtain sutras, to expand the knowledge of Chinese Buddhism. JttW subplants this into a folktale, full of bodhisattvas, buddhas, all of the realms of Buddhist mythology, and marrying it with Chinese folk tales. It contains wit, humor, wisdom, sprituality, and cute anecdotes. Which is the opposite of what Enslaved tried to accomplish. In Enslaved, you still have Tripitaka, and Son Wukong, but the rest is discarded to tell a story of a post apocalyptic story without a hint of the things I liked about it.

It's like Dante's Inferno being turned into a mindless hack and slash. Wait, they did that.  I'm all for different interpretations, but Enslaved goes a bit far to the point where I didn't see the point in it. Dynasty Warriors, Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) and Suikoden (The Water Margin) are far more respectful towards their original sources. Sucks because out of the four classical Chinese novels, Journey is easily my favorite and it would have been cool to play a game version.

I'm just a Chinese history/folklore nerd who wants Chinese  history/folklore games.

cant remember if i ever asked you this before, but you ever play this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saiyuki:_Journey_West

[Rufus]

Jade Empire is garbage.

[Shadow Mod]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85442972&postcount=9594

Left my business card on a girl's car I saw park near me in our parking lot at work this morning. Our company is pretty big (5000 people). Tell me what you think of the note I wrote on the back:

Dear White Chevy,

My owner caught a glimpse of your owner this morning and wanted to come say hello but she was too fast. Do you think if I left this note she'd text/email him sometime? He'd love to hear from her. If not, no big deal.

Sincerely,
Blue Audi

 

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Why is it down? Any big news lol

There's been a couple of threads that have been pretty active. But aside from activity, I think the bigger culprit is that there are server/db kinks that are being worked out. I'm not a networking guy, so I don't understand any of it, but stuff is happening that's supposed to make everything a lot more stable. But feel free to take that with a grain of salt, as all that chatter is above my paygrade.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard that about GAF, I could buy some servers for GAF myself

[Shaka Khan]

With its newfound popularity in the industry and among social gaming websites, NeoGAF will always run into server problems due to "unexpected surge of traffic" no matter how many server upgrades it undergoes. The only real solution is to migrate to a service such as Amazon EC2 (elastic vs. traffic, pay-as-you-go). Evilore admitted as much, but he also admitted how complicated and big of a headache something of nature would cause (I also the forum software has to be changed?).

In other words, it ain't happening 'cause "I'm getting your money just fine regardless; why bother" etc.

[Rahxephon91]

Enslaved was just an excuse for NT to hang out with Andy Serkis on Namco's dime.

Isn't Andy the majority shareholder of NT or something?

No idea, but I think some of the collectibles in Enslaved were just pictures of Andy having fun.

At least someone was though.

[PigSpeakers]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85442972&postcount=9594

Left my business card on a girl's car I saw park near me in our parking lot at work this morning. Our company is pretty big (5000 people). Tell me what you think of the note I wrote on the back:

Dear White Chevy,

My owner caught a glimpse of your owner this morning and wanted to come say hello but she was too fast. Do you think if I left this note she'd text/email him sometime? He'd love to hear from her. If not, no big deal.

Sincerely,
Blue Audi

 

WELP. I have the start of my new romcom.

[Atramental]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=85442972&postcount=9594

Left my business card on a girl's car I saw park near me in our parking lot at work this morning. Our company is pretty big (5000 people). Tell me what you think of the note I wrote on the back:

Dear White Chevy,

My owner caught a glimpse of your owner this morning and wanted to come say hello but she was too fast. Do you think if I left this note she'd text/email him sometime? He'd love to hear from her. If not, no big deal.

Sincerely,
Blue Audi

 

WELP. I have the start of my new romcom.

Make it a dark romantic comedy. 

[Himu]

Is Jade Empire a good starting point for this stuff?

I had to google what Jade Empire was.

Serious.

The answer is no.