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Posted 04 April 2008 - 07:18 AM

Yahtzee, I held a meeting with America. We determined that the lack of Wiis has a simple explanation. Because Australia has so many beaches, barrier reefs and cuddly marsupial mammals, you get fewer Wiis. Done deal.

Either trade us the Koala bear or a portion of the Reef and then we'll start talking Wii Remotes. Preferably the portion of the reef that is NOT responsible for the death of Steve Irwin, as we loved him as much as we love Koala bears.
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Posted 04 April 2008 - 07:21 AM

What the bloody hell are you on?
Share it around.
For King and Country
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Posted 04 April 2008 - 07:27 AM

Dreamer M, listen to the podcast. Particularly near the end.

@Yahtzee:
I liked your old stuff better. Seriously. That's totally why I'm posting on your forums now, as opposed to back then. *rolleyes*

I think that I, and other people, merely compare to some of your best old works, not your old works as a total.
Know the reason I liked your daily blogging? On average, every 8th post was worth it.
(As opposed to the escapist, which I judge to be every second one. On the other hand, that's twice a month as compared to 3.75 times a month with daily blogging).
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Posted 04 April 2008 - 07:34 AM

Oh, and on the marriage thing:
Getting Married in Fable, I think, was a misguided appeal to Harvest Moon fans, since the system (talk a million times, give gifts) seems very, very similar.

Wait, what, Harvest Moon popular? Somehow I think Harvest Moon falls outside of the games Yahtzee enjoyed playing.
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Posted 04 April 2008 - 10:06 AM

A pink wooly poncho?


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Posted 04 April 2008 - 04:29 PM

Is this a ranting thread?

I'm not good in ranting, but I can try.
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Posted 04 April 2008 - 04:32 PM

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A pink wooly poncho?

I am nothing if not the picture of High Fashion. I was wearing finger-less gloves too. If that doesn't qualify me for an editorial in Cosmopolitan I don't know what ever could.

Yeesh, Yahtzee! I didn't follow you around all weekend, I drew that after seeing you ONCE, leaving the Prototype presentation, and I'm proud of the fact that I managed to draw that picture AND have it bear a passing resemblance to you without you actually being anywhere in sight. I did follow you from the Portal Q&A but that wasn't for art purposes, that was because I assumed (correctly) that you were leaving and if I was going to get the drawing signed I needed to do it THEN because I would never get another chance.

If I was really going to stalk someone, I wouldn't do it in a pink poncho. Life's not worth living if you can't creep people out from time to time, but no one trembles in fear of a pink poncho.

Getting drawings signed by the people I drew is a thing of mine from way back in middle school, and I guess I forgot how weird it looks to people who are not used to me. Sorry about that.

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Posted 04 April 2008 - 08:01 PM

Ah, good old Harvest Moon. That game really appealed to me. Doing your own farming, sowing your own crops, earning an honest living, being an ordinary person. I wish I could do that in a MMORPG, but they all seem to be about killing dragons and becoming a hero. The thing is, if everyone is a sword-swinging armour-wearing hero, then no-one is! I'd love to play a bit-part in someone else's story, but unfortunately I haven't yet found an MMO that lets you choose a Fisherman class instead of Rogue or Wizard.
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Posted 04 April 2008 - 08:32 PM

And the fact that you can pimp on women, and then impregnate them is pretty fun.

Now if only they added a divorce option so you could marry/insert your seed into all the women.
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 05:27 AM

AdamM: He who wishes for the simple life of an NPC.
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 09:54 AM

QUOTE (AdamM @ Apr 5 2008, 03:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ah, good old Harvest Moon. That game really appealed to me. Doing your own farming, sowing your own crops, earning an honest living, being an ordinary person. I wish I could do that in a MMORPG, but they all seem to be about killing dragons and becoming a hero. The thing is, if everyone is a sword-swinging armour-wearing hero, then no-one is! I'd love to play a bit-part in someone else's story, but unfortunately I haven't yet found an MMO that lets you choose a Fisherman class instead of Rogue or Wizard.

Try Angels Online, that's what all the girls at our university (Japanese major) play. You can be a tailor, weaponsmith, cook, fisherman, etc. if you don't want to be a warrior, priest, mage etc.

Although the graphics are very painful.
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 10:34 AM

Anyway, I just listened to the podcast interview and I found it amusing.

The drunk Yahtzee is like a smart talking rag doll.

"She didn't have the dick in."
"How many people listen to this, by the way?"
"We're gonna go down." ~Matt or Yug
"Lesbian with a 'LL'."
"Lesbians like to wee?..." ~ again, M or Y
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"That concept doesn't affect us here."
".....................Yeah...."
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"Where did you read this again?"
"4Chan."
What the fuck?!
"Beaches, the lesbian and the DS."

Now, that is something I can listen to all day.

"Yo, Jam...Sup."
"Bent crowbar." OK, I guess you do look a bit like Gordon Freeman.
"EW, he's not as good as his last one."
Hey, he's talking about us...YAY.

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Posted 07 April 2008 - 12:49 AM

Yahtzee's comment "I don't know how to talk to fans" reminded me of this story.

When I was in seventh grade an author/illustrator who had written some of my favorite children's books came to visit my school. We fell into conversation, and she told me a story about another author/illustrator she knew. She and this other author were on a joint book tour and when they were out having lunch, a child came over to their table with admiring words and a copy of one of the other author's books to get signed.

The author tore right into the kid, throwing the book back into his face and telling him he had no right to disturb her meal and he should come back when he'd learned some manners. He ran back to his family in tears.

I still have a number of this other author's books from when I was growing up, but I've never enjoyed them in quite the same way ever since hearing that story.

All things considered, Yahtzee handles himself just fine with fans. If he really wants to avoid those awkward "hello, hello, dot dot dot" conversations, follow up "Hello" with a "how are you" or some other pleasantry we're all programmed to respond to: even if you really don't care, it'll set the person at ease and help them say whatever they came over to say, as opposed to having their brains go blank in the face of that stony silence and subsequently spouting the first thought that enters their head. Which isn't likely to end well for anyone involved.

Still, I guess it's too his credit that he doesn't want someone to talk unless they actually have something to say that's worth listening to.

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Posted 07 April 2008 - 07:22 AM

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All things considered, Yahtzee handles himself just fine with fans. If he really wants to avoid those awkward "hello, hello, dot dot dot" conversations, follow up "Hello" with a "how are you" or some other pleasantry we're all programmed to respond to: even if you really don't care, it'll set the person at ease and help them say whatever they came over to say, as opposed to having their brains go blank in the face of that stony silence and subsequently spouting the first thought that enters their head. Which isn't likely to end well for anyone involved.

Still, I guess it's too his credit that he doesn't want someone to talk unless they actually have something to say that's worth listening to.


Yeah, my guess would be that whenever Yahtzee is confronted by one of his fans, they generally just want to spit out one or two sentences about, "OMG Yaaaahtzeeee."

A polite way to swiftly terminate a conversation after a, "Thank very much..." would be to tell them to keep looking for updates, and that he is terribly sorry and has something he needs to run to. I'd believe it.


OR

He could carry around one of those nifty boxing gloves on an expanding spring, and as soon as someone approaches him he can knock them cold, and leap away into the shadows. Perhaps the knuckle-area of the glove can have a little stamp that say something like, "Thanks for the support!" so friends could admire the print in your forehead.

That of course, would be if he doesn't feel the need to be polite.

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Posted 07 April 2008 - 11:42 AM

Why don't che' all have a brain-storming session and gather all the good discussion-sparking phrases that you could fire at Mr. Y in the event of you meeting him.

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