Yes, if no one has already noticed, I have a serious case of ADHD so I think up really random things like this. For example, The concept of tests can be used in analogy to (kinda like those things in SAT tests) a typical action adventure anime, with the main character being a samurai/ninja/warrior hero fighting off demonic creatures that seem to spawn in his way. I almost view taking tests in the same way, me being that hero that fights off these test-monsters. This sounds really cheesey, but for whatever reason, it works out enough to stimulate excitement in taking tests... if that is ever possible...
The process is a simple one. First, the hero must train through rigorous studies to master different arts, whether it be magic, swordsmanship, dexterity, or understanding test material. Different tests are like different adversaries; not everything works the same on each of your enemies, so you have to "study" different "subjects" (in analogy to different martial arts or magic spells) to ultimately overcome the enemy. In this case, I suppose then it's no longer that an enemy spontaneously appears and challenges you, but more like you getting ready to challenge an enemy.
This analogy seems to falter in that an actual duel would have an actual exchange of blows, whereas on a test, you usually don't expect the test to hit you back if you marked a wrong answer... at least, not until the results come out. It can still somewhat be implied, though-- if you get stumped on a question, the enemy obviously has the upper hand, and as the test is based on a time limit, one struggles more and more to escape the enemy's grip... finishing a test is more like conducting an ultimate blow to the enemy, and for a while time stands still... only when taking a test, it's more like that scene stands still for a week or so until the results come back. It's then you know when your enemy has fallen, or if instead the enemy has dealt a blow to you and it is the hero who has fallen. Obviously, the grade recieved coincides with a player's health points as well; if you get a few marks down, you recieved a few scratches and bruises, whereas if you failed the test, consider yourself fatally wounded...
This all looked a lot better in my mind... >.> For a while I thought I should stop writing this because it sounded too cheesey, but then I thought I needed practice expressing images I have in my mind into words. It would help if I ever consider writing another story, which I want to but just don't have the motivation to rank that high on my to-do list (if you haven't figured out from this short writeup, I rank school and grades as the highest on my list :p).
13.2.06
8.2.06
Introducing... HIGH SCHOOL the MMORPG
OMG LOOK A POST!!! Well, What you'd probably expect me to do is about another test rant right about now, and I could technically do one since I just finished another test and I was... only mildly satisfied with the results. But I won't rant about tests, I'm quite sure that no one in particular would be interested in such rants, and a few might find me hypocritical for getting such high grades yet complaining about them. (OMG if I only had like 3 more minutes on that damn test I could have gotten the HIGHEST GRADE IN THE CLASS O wait I said I wouldn't rant).
On the other hand, I shall put down my latest never-to-be-produced-or-brought-into-real-life idea: THE HIGH SCHOOL MMORPG, using the same game engine as (duh :p) Ragnarok Online!!! For, now, you can enter into this astonishing new world of High School as a mere Freshman, and advance to higher classes!!! But first, you must put points into your stat build, each one having a different effect on your student:
Strength: The basic physical aspect of your character. With this trait, he can push down more people in football, knock that baseball out of the field even further, and bully more kids into getting their lunch money!
Vitality: Alas, the stat that allows you to WITHSTAND bullying from other people! High Vit also seems to correlate with a high sleep rate in class. They also seem to look more charming than others.
Dexterity: Those with high Dex are highly skilled and adept; they can perform instruments and do monologues extremely well, as well as make less careless mistakes on crucial tests!! Those with low dexterity seem to have a clumsiness streak and always get points marked down for "careless errors".
Agility: Speed, both physical and mental! Go through those tests faster, though watch out for those errors! Can get to class faster and avoid more tardies.
Intelligence: Be smart, be strategic, know knowledge and your way around school! Intelligence is not only allocated for stuffing your student's brain with as much useless knowledge as possible, though that IS one of its purposes; you can also use int for your character to think up smarter ways of getting around at school...
Luck: Can be either good or bad for the student; low luck does not constitute bad luck, merely that the student will be boring and have nothing happen to him. High luck seems to let the student be the target of the school journal every month...
Now that you know what stats your character has, lets look at the classes!!
The Athelete: Without a doubt, strength is this class's most powerful attribute. Winning through games, standing high and proud above all other students, this buff class are the melee of the school world.
The Intellectual: Coined "nerds" for a good reason, this class excels in tests of all forms, and have high preference rate among teachers, as well as main targets for bullying characters. The traditional view of this class is that of an outcast of society, contrary to the...
The Rolemodels: These are the students that can manage to get straight As, do every extracurricular activity in high school, look particularly attractive, and STILL manage to hold tutoring sessions for those that "need help"... truly the support group of the school. But these people don't do these gratuities for any sort of gain (or so they claim)... instead, those who want to make a profit become...
The Gossipers: With the Journal Club their main hideout, these people do what they can to spread rumors, manipulate others to doing their work for them, or avoid paying for lunch. However, they're not a particularly "bad" group, and many of them use their powers of speech to rise high into the political area of the school, the student senate. Nevertheless, this group is notorious for attempting to conduct an action only if it is to their gain.
The Artist: In here lies the highly skilled class: the band, the colorguard, the performers, and the mangaka of High School. These people are extremely skilled at what they do, hence their high dexterity. They make most anyone become a total admirer of their art, though their schoolwork, physical fitness, and charm may need some improvement.
The Slackers: Consisting of Goths, bullies, and the guy that never comes to class, they're usually looked down upon at school. However, getting such a student on your side may prove advantageous at times... They are often the target of the school newspaper for anything negative.
Hmm... Maybe I'll ask one of my friends to start a private RO server using these names... :P
On the other hand, I shall put down my latest never-to-be-produced-or-brought-into-real-life idea: THE HIGH SCHOOL MMORPG, using the same game engine as (duh :p) Ragnarok Online!!! For, now, you can enter into this astonishing new world of High School as a mere Freshman, and advance to higher classes!!! But first, you must put points into your stat build, each one having a different effect on your student:
Strength: The basic physical aspect of your character. With this trait, he can push down more people in football, knock that baseball out of the field even further, and bully more kids into getting their lunch money!
Vitality: Alas, the stat that allows you to WITHSTAND bullying from other people! High Vit also seems to correlate with a high sleep rate in class. They also seem to look more charming than others.
Dexterity: Those with high Dex are highly skilled and adept; they can perform instruments and do monologues extremely well, as well as make less careless mistakes on crucial tests!! Those with low dexterity seem to have a clumsiness streak and always get points marked down for "careless errors".
Agility: Speed, both physical and mental! Go through those tests faster, though watch out for those errors! Can get to class faster and avoid more tardies.
Intelligence: Be smart, be strategic, know knowledge and your way around school! Intelligence is not only allocated for stuffing your student's brain with as much useless knowledge as possible, though that IS one of its purposes; you can also use int for your character to think up smarter ways of getting around at school...
Luck: Can be either good or bad for the student; low luck does not constitute bad luck, merely that the student will be boring and have nothing happen to him. High luck seems to let the student be the target of the school journal every month...
Now that you know what stats your character has, lets look at the classes!!
The Athelete: Without a doubt, strength is this class's most powerful attribute. Winning through games, standing high and proud above all other students, this buff class are the melee of the school world.
The Intellectual: Coined "nerds" for a good reason, this class excels in tests of all forms, and have high preference rate among teachers, as well as main targets for bullying characters. The traditional view of this class is that of an outcast of society, contrary to the...
The Rolemodels: These are the students that can manage to get straight As, do every extracurricular activity in high school, look particularly attractive, and STILL manage to hold tutoring sessions for those that "need help"... truly the support group of the school. But these people don't do these gratuities for any sort of gain (or so they claim)... instead, those who want to make a profit become...
The Gossipers: With the Journal Club their main hideout, these people do what they can to spread rumors, manipulate others to doing their work for them, or avoid paying for lunch. However, they're not a particularly "bad" group, and many of them use their powers of speech to rise high into the political area of the school, the student senate. Nevertheless, this group is notorious for attempting to conduct an action only if it is to their gain.
The Artist: In here lies the highly skilled class: the band, the colorguard, the performers, and the mangaka of High School. These people are extremely skilled at what they do, hence their high dexterity. They make most anyone become a total admirer of their art, though their schoolwork, physical fitness, and charm may need some improvement.
The Slackers: Consisting of Goths, bullies, and the guy that never comes to class, they're usually looked down upon at school. However, getting such a student on your side may prove advantageous at times... They are often the target of the school newspaper for anything negative.
Hmm... Maybe I'll ask one of my friends to start a private RO server using these names... :P
20.12.05
Why my bard is Agi-build
People always ask me why I never get vit, and instead die quicker than a fly running into one of those electric frying machines. I think I'll list down a few reasons I'm never getting any Vit for my bard. Even if I turn minstrel...
1. Vit bards are incredibly hard to level, and I don't have the time to level them. It's already been over a year and my bard is still in the 80s. That's quite pathetic, considering some people can get to 99 in weeks. If I went Vit, I'd never level and RO would get boring, and I would probably quit.
2. This doesn't mean I can't get a little vit. But still, I won't go for vit. I like a more "all or none" type stat, where if I get some of something, I'll go all out. So if I wanted to get vit, I would have instead gone all the way to 80 or something, as is my agi. Similarly, I believe having low agi sucks more than having no agi.
3. My character was not meant for PvP / WoE. I don't like killing people. I hate it even more when people kill me. Hatred and spite are evil, we must try avoiding them as much as possible. Same with drama. RO is a game! We should all have fun~~
4. Speaking of fun, I want to have best of both worlds- Soloing on own and partying/supporting other people. By having Agi, I'm able to level and kill decently (against monsters), while at the same time still able to play music for others and help others level (or level with them by supporting). If I went all Vit, I would not have the solo/ fast killing capability I have right now, which would make my character, again, very boring.
5. I also like Agi more than vit because I find it hilarious when people use attacks that miss on me. :p That doesn't happen often though...
6. Vit you get hurt, you recoil. Agi you miss, and walk away.
7. Dying is quite fun!!
8. Pretending you're super buff by taking lots of damage is not as cool as dodging. D:
On the side note, I do think my skills could use a little change. While level 10 Perfect Tablature is pretty fun, giving up to 25 more flee, I really think I should have got level 5 melody strike because then I could REALLY do some damage. Also, Magic strings because apparently wizards would level more with you if you had better magic strings. :(
1. Vit bards are incredibly hard to level, and I don't have the time to level them. It's already been over a year and my bard is still in the 80s. That's quite pathetic, considering some people can get to 99 in weeks. If I went Vit, I'd never level and RO would get boring, and I would probably quit.
2. This doesn't mean I can't get a little vit. But still, I won't go for vit. I like a more "all or none" type stat, where if I get some of something, I'll go all out. So if I wanted to get vit, I would have instead gone all the way to 80 or something, as is my agi. Similarly, I believe having low agi sucks more than having no agi.
3. My character was not meant for PvP / WoE. I don't like killing people. I hate it even more when people kill me. Hatred and spite are evil, we must try avoiding them as much as possible. Same with drama. RO is a game! We should all have fun~~
4. Speaking of fun, I want to have best of both worlds- Soloing on own and partying/supporting other people. By having Agi, I'm able to level and kill decently (against monsters), while at the same time still able to play music for others and help others level (or level with them by supporting). If I went all Vit, I would not have the solo/ fast killing capability I have right now, which would make my character, again, very boring.
5. I also like Agi more than vit because I find it hilarious when people use attacks that miss on me. :p That doesn't happen often though...
6. Vit you get hurt, you recoil. Agi you miss, and walk away.
7. Dying is quite fun!!
8. Pretending you're super buff by taking lots of damage is not as cool as dodging. D:
On the side note, I do think my skills could use a little change. While level 10 Perfect Tablature is pretty fun, giving up to 25 more flee, I really think I should have got level 5 melody strike because then I could REALLY do some damage. Also, Magic strings because apparently wizards would level more with you if you had better magic strings. :(
15.12.05
Finally.... Final grades for Finals
...though finals are over, storms are just beginning...
Can't help but notice how my final marks are. Barely above average, most likely going to drop me down to an overall B+ grade in Molecular Biology (and possibly Calculus) instead of the A- I was hinging on. What's quite depressing is how I actually make an effort to do well in Molecular Biology and fail to do so, while in other classes where I slack off as much as possible (BME 101 and comp sci 101), I seem unable to fail even on the final. A mere 30 minutes give me a better final grade in BME than it does compared to a couple days worth of studying Molecular Biology.
It's grades like these that make me feel stupid and useless. XP
Can't help but notice how my final marks are. Barely above average, most likely going to drop me down to an overall B+ grade in Molecular Biology (and possibly Calculus) instead of the A- I was hinging on. What's quite depressing is how I actually make an effort to do well in Molecular Biology and fail to do so, while in other classes where I slack off as much as possible (BME 101 and comp sci 101), I seem unable to fail even on the final. A mere 30 minutes give me a better final grade in BME than it does compared to a couple days worth of studying Molecular Biology.
It's grades like these that make me feel stupid and useless. XP
8.12.05
Uh... WTF(reak)?
Today, while checking facebook, I recieved this message:
"hi eric. this is brooke from writ140 last year . anna and i say hello and we just were discussing how cool your cricket ringtone was that one time it went off in class. that's all. hope finals go well."
...
Randomness is people you don't know or remember sending you messages saying your cell phone, which sounds like a cricket, is cool.
"hi eric. this is brooke from writ140 last year . anna and i say hello and we just were discussing how cool your cricket ringtone was that one time it went off in class. that's all. hope finals go well."
...
Randomness is people you don't know or remember sending you messages saying your cell phone, which sounds like a cricket, is cool.
6.12.05
Finals Finals!! FUN FUN!!!! YAYAYA!!!!
So, I should be studying, but I decided to take an inappropriate break to post in my blog, surf the internet, and basically waste the rest of my grade which is goign to result in wasting my chance to get an A in Molecular Biology. I also come to the conclusion that studying can cause insanity. So, by not studying I'm saving some of my sanity? /hmm I should get back to studying!!!!
But before that let's have a little unrelated talk about competition and different schools and such. I've been meaning ot talk about this for a while. One day in my lab, my collegues (are the lab-mates, like classmates or something like that?) were talking about how other colleges run labs and graduate programs, and apparently "big" places like Harvard have extremely depressing graduate programs. These are programs where people are all out to kill each other, doing anything (not just studying) to get the best grades (though I have yet to hear of anyone killing a fellow student for the sake of getting top grades). This was particularly curious to me. While I know that it's definately an environment I can not survive in, I also sort of feel that I could relate to something like this. Not intellectually, for I believe that my intelligence is not enough for any of these schools to do even basically well; but I kind of understand the competitiveness, even for a rather "lenient" school like this. It is probablyb ecause of my lack of intelligence that I feel this way. Anyway, while most of my labmates are pretty horrified about how these "advanced" school does things, I just sat there and wondered.
...
I can't for graduate life!!! :p *is so dead, taking BME and Bio major XP*
But before that let's have a little unrelated talk about competition and different schools and such. I've been meaning ot talk about this for a while. One day in my lab, my collegues (are the lab-mates, like classmates or something like that?) were talking about how other colleges run labs and graduate programs, and apparently "big" places like Harvard have extremely depressing graduate programs. These are programs where people are all out to kill each other, doing anything (not just studying) to get the best grades (though I have yet to hear of anyone killing a fellow student for the sake of getting top grades). This was particularly curious to me. While I know that it's definately an environment I can not survive in, I also sort of feel that I could relate to something like this. Not intellectually, for I believe that my intelligence is not enough for any of these schools to do even basically well; but I kind of understand the competitiveness, even for a rather "lenient" school like this. It is probablyb ecause of my lack of intelligence that I feel this way. Anyway, while most of my labmates are pretty horrified about how these "advanced" school does things, I just sat there and wondered.
...
I can't for graduate life!!! :p *is so dead, taking BME and Bio major XP*
22.11.05
14.11.05
50 Q/A for EFZ
1. What's your Name(User Name/Handle/Nickname etc)?
themysteriousbox, Thomas T. Reusbucks, Enigmatic Cube, EngiMatikul, or anything else cube-related and can somehow be turned into a reasonable name
2. Who do you use as a Main or a Sub?
Main: Misuzu
Sub: Mizuka, Minagi
3. Why you use that character?
I started EFZ right after I finished watching Air. I wanted to try out Misuzu because I could NOT imagine her fighting in any way... I just stuck with her after that :p
4. How did you found out about EFZ?
USC Anime Club, while copying over some anime they had it on the CD. Ironically, I never really watched any of the anime on that CD...
5. Which version of EFZ you started at?
v3.10
6. What do you like about EFZ?
Specifically, I was amused with the irony of the situation, having supposedly completely innocent girls develop strange and original powers based on what there character is like. This is particularly why I like Misuzu a lot: her moves are very random, from having a stuffed animal blow fire to splashing juice to summoning Yukito to kick a dog... as of right now I STILL have no idea how Misuzu's juice actually hurts opponents, but I'm trying to find some logic in it...
7. How many people around play EFZ?
3 in Anime Club, one other person that I got hooked outside of Anime Club.
There are now around 5-6 in anime club.
8. Who you would treat as a Rival?
I suck too greatly to have a rival. And still do.
9. What initial you use to call EternalFighterZERO?
EFZ
10. Controls?(pad, keyboard, etc)
Keyboard. Laptop keyboard, specifically. I have USB keyboard now! Like a laptop keyboard...
11. Config Setting? (Damage, Diffculty)
Default Dmg, Very Hard. This does not mean I can beat them.
12. What is your Main Character's record?
Don't keep track.
13. Did you make any orginial color?
Yes
14. If you did make one, what kind of concept you use to make it?
Probably base it of of some color of some character that I made in a story I invented that would never be written out or published.
I based it off of my own playing around, seeing which design suited my tastes, and found that a color scheme similar to how a french-maid outfit would look seems cool. I even have a dove instead of a crow!
15. Your friend that doesn't know about EFZ comes. That guy don't know anything about Fighting Game and the orginial game. He just going to try for the heck of it, which character would use introduce him?
Depends on whether he watched Air, Kanon, both, or none. Probably Misuzu if he watched Air.
IF THEY PLAY RAGNAROK TOO I SUGGEST KANO
16. From 15, Why?
POTATO....KICK!!!!!
For Kano, all her Wizard based moves
17. Which loading picture you like the most?
Any that have nearly CG quality artwork.
18. Which version you like the most for Title Screen/Character Selection etc's background.
v4.01
19. Have you play the orginal game? (Kanon, Air, One, Moon)
No ;_;
20. Which stage you like?
Makoto's Stage, Akiko's Stage
21. Which Character's post is the most Moe when they get burned?
Kanna
22. Which Character's post is most Moe when they get hit by thunder?
Mishio
23. Which post(the post during IC etc) in the game you like the most?
Both of Tohno Minagi's IC poses
24. Which winning quote you like the most?
Misuzu, to Mai: It's Ok, because, in the end, you are not alone... Nihaha...
25. Who would you like to see getting add the most?
Kotori from Da Capo
26. Is there any moves you want to add to that character?
Hmm... I actually never thought of a moveset for her... probably something with psychic powers OR SINGING
27. Have you ever thought of using Kanna?
Not really. Her moves are too strong and not that funny, either D:
28. If there is a new version, which game would you like to be add in?
DA CAPO
29. What would you like to be add if you are able to change the system?
Something that can distinguish between Magic and Tech, then create moves that have respective effects on both.
30. Which character you have hard time playing against?
Anyone that knows how to use their character. :p
31. If you could, please tell us about one of the most common combo you use.
A, B, *whiff*
32. Is there any EFZ related homepage you visit alot?
World of Eternity
33. How many Off gathering and Tournument you joined?
Gathering every thursday at USC Anime Club. Went to AX tournament, did not join for incredibly obvious reasons. I joined AX 2006 tourny, with not so great results
34. How many replays you have now?
0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EDIT: I lied, I have 9 replays right now for 4.01, none of which are mine.
Now I have several pages of replays which I don't really watch, only like 2 are with Misuzu (that's not my Misuzu)
35. How many % of all character's movelist you remember?
Probably around 50%
36. Then how many % of all character move's correct name you remember?
Dude, it took me long enough remembering each of the character's own names...
37. Also, How many % of all the character's move's priority/frame data?
LOL, I just watch replays and copy their timing :p I think I remember like, 10% of move priority...
38. SURPRISE PATCH KITA„ª„ª„ª„ª(?Íß)„ª„ª„ª„ª!!
Can I download? D:
39. Are you good at RG?
No, I suck. I suck at everything.
Ok, so now I can kind of recoil guard... you know, recoil guard repeatedly through Shiori's ice scarf attack thingy 15 times before getting hit and frozen... yes, I know, I still suck... >.>
40. Do you always pay attention to your gague? (Life, super, RC bar)
Too often. D:
41. How about the oppoent's bar?
I should STOP doing that...
42. Would you switch/modify your combo while doing it, considering the stun time and life of oppoent?
I need to learn how to do that, I can't even recognize when they're stunned... however, I can switch from midscreen to corner combos now
43. What do you think is the key of winning? Skill? Luck? The love to your character? or..?
Probably practice. And obsession. I don't have enough of either.
44. When you lose, do you seek revenage? or rest a little?
Nonononono, the question is "what do you do when you win?"
45. Did you found all the hidden Lv3 super by yourself? or some one taught you?
I didn't even know there were hidden level3 supers :p
46. What word would you describe your play style?
n00b
47. Is there anything interesting releated to EFZ?
Mishio uses a Spatula.
48. How many point you would give EFZ?
eer, I never played any other fighting games other than EFZ....
Now I play Melty Blood. I suck at that too.
49. Do a self Q&A please.
Q. Why am I posting here instead of the WoE board that it came from?
A. Because I can be satisfied that no one who actually reads my blog will actually know what I'm talking about.
50. Thank you, please leave a comment.
I never played any other fighting game in my life, except Smash Bros, which doesn't really count anyway.
Desu!
themysteriousbox, Thomas T. Reusbucks, Enigmatic Cube, EngiMatikul, or anything else cube-related and can somehow be turned into a reasonable name
2. Who do you use as a Main or a Sub?
Main: Misuzu
Sub: Mizuka, Minagi
3. Why you use that character?
I started EFZ right after I finished watching Air. I wanted to try out Misuzu because I could NOT imagine her fighting in any way... I just stuck with her after that :p
4. How did you found out about EFZ?
USC Anime Club, while copying over some anime they had it on the CD. Ironically, I never really watched any of the anime on that CD...
5. Which version of EFZ you started at?
v3.10
6. What do you like about EFZ?
Specifically, I was amused with the irony of the situation, having supposedly completely innocent girls develop strange and original powers based on what there character is like. This is particularly why I like Misuzu a lot: her moves are very random, from having a stuffed animal blow fire to splashing juice to summoning Yukito to kick a dog... as of right now I STILL have no idea how Misuzu's juice actually hurts opponents, but I'm trying to find some logic in it...
7. How many people around play EFZ?
3 in Anime Club, one other person that I got hooked outside of Anime Club.
There are now around 5-6 in anime club.
8. Who you would treat as a Rival?
I suck too greatly to have a rival. And still do.
9. What initial you use to call EternalFighterZERO?
EFZ
10. Controls?(pad, keyboard, etc)
Keyboard. Laptop keyboard, specifically. I have USB keyboard now! Like a laptop keyboard...
11. Config Setting? (Damage, Diffculty)
Default Dmg, Very Hard. This does not mean I can beat them.
12. What is your Main Character's record?
Don't keep track.
13. Did you make any orginial color?
Yes
14. If you did make one, what kind of concept you use to make it?
Probably base it of of some color of some character that I made in a story I invented that would never be written out or published.
I based it off of my own playing around, seeing which design suited my tastes, and found that a color scheme similar to how a french-maid outfit would look seems cool. I even have a dove instead of a crow!
15. Your friend that doesn't know about EFZ comes. That guy don't know anything about Fighting Game and the orginial game. He just going to try for the heck of it, which character would use introduce him?
Depends on whether he watched Air, Kanon, both, or none. Probably Misuzu if he watched Air.
IF THEY PLAY RAGNAROK TOO I SUGGEST KANO
16. From 15, Why?
POTATO....KICK!!!!!
For Kano, all her Wizard based moves
17. Which loading picture you like the most?
Any that have nearly CG quality artwork.
18. Which version you like the most for Title Screen/Character Selection etc's background.
v4.01
19. Have you play the orginal game? (Kanon, Air, One, Moon)
No ;_;
20. Which stage you like?
Makoto's Stage, Akiko's Stage
21. Which Character's post is the most Moe when they get burned?
Kanna
22. Which Character's post is most Moe when they get hit by thunder?
Mishio
23. Which post(the post during IC etc) in the game you like the most?
Both of Tohno Minagi's IC poses
24. Which winning quote you like the most?
Misuzu, to Mai: It's Ok, because, in the end, you are not alone... Nihaha...
25. Who would you like to see getting add the most?
Kotori from Da Capo
26. Is there any moves you want to add to that character?
Hmm... I actually never thought of a moveset for her... probably something with psychic powers OR SINGING
27. Have you ever thought of using Kanna?
Not really. Her moves are too strong and not that funny, either D:
28. If there is a new version, which game would you like to be add in?
DA CAPO
29. What would you like to be add if you are able to change the system?
Something that can distinguish between Magic and Tech, then create moves that have respective effects on both.
30. Which character you have hard time playing against?
Anyone that knows how to use their character. :p
31. If you could, please tell us about one of the most common combo you use.
A, B, *whiff*
32. Is there any EFZ related homepage you visit alot?
World of Eternity
33. How many Off gathering and Tournument you joined?
Gathering every thursday at USC Anime Club. Went to AX tournament, did not join for incredibly obvious reasons. I joined AX 2006 tourny, with not so great results
34. How many replays you have now?
0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EDIT: I lied, I have 9 replays right now for 4.01, none of which are mine.
Now I have several pages of replays which I don't really watch, only like 2 are with Misuzu (that's not my Misuzu)
35. How many % of all character's movelist you remember?
Probably around 50%
36. Then how many % of all character move's correct name you remember?
Dude, it took me long enough remembering each of the character's own names...
37. Also, How many % of all the character's move's priority/frame data?
LOL, I just watch replays and copy their timing :p I think I remember like, 10% of move priority...
38. SURPRISE PATCH KITA„ª„ª„ª„ª(?Íß)„ª„ª„ª„ª!!
Can I download? D:
39. Are you good at RG?
No, I suck. I suck at everything.
Ok, so now I can kind of recoil guard... you know, recoil guard repeatedly through Shiori's ice scarf attack thingy 15 times before getting hit and frozen... yes, I know, I still suck... >.>
40. Do you always pay attention to your gague? (Life, super, RC bar)
Too often. D:
41. How about the oppoent's bar?
I should STOP doing that...
42. Would you switch/modify your combo while doing it, considering the stun time and life of oppoent?
I need to learn how to do that, I can't even recognize when they're stunned... however, I can switch from midscreen to corner combos now
43. What do you think is the key of winning? Skill? Luck? The love to your character? or..?
Probably practice. And obsession. I don't have enough of either.
44. When you lose, do you seek revenage? or rest a little?
Nonononono, the question is "what do you do when you win?"
45. Did you found all the hidden Lv3 super by yourself? or some one taught you?
I didn't even know there were hidden level3 supers :p
46. What word would you describe your play style?
n00b
47. Is there anything interesting releated to EFZ?
Mishio uses a Spatula.
48. How many point you would give EFZ?
eer, I never played any other fighting games other than EFZ....
Now I play Melty Blood. I suck at that too.
49. Do a self Q&A please.
Q. Why am I posting here instead of the WoE board that it came from?
A. Because I can be satisfied that no one who actually reads my blog will actually know what I'm talking about.
50. Thank you, please leave a comment.
I never played any other fighting game in my life, except Smash Bros, which doesn't really count anyway.
Desu!
12.11.05
Black Cat- Character of Eve
First off, let me say this has got to be the best concept of a character ever. Bio-weapon (basically, something like a biological robot) with the capability to transform and get wings like an angel... OMG O.O kirei....
Ok, but the purpose of this blog is not to make me sound like a moron way too obsessed over this little character. It's supposed to make me sound like someone who has way too much time analyzing and therefore is obsessing over this little character.
Now, first and foremost I'd like to say that the concept of bioweaponry as a little girl is the best concept of a robotish girl I've seen in anime so far, but still not quite logical. Considering that they wish to alter DNA at the molecular level, they would need to adjust each individual cell on the entire area in order for the biomechanism to work. And the character Eve supposedly has her whole body with this nanotechnology. Do you ahve any idea how much tiny machines they need to change the DNA??? No one vial can do that. Nor last that long. In fact, you might as well have the girl constantly wired up into a machine but of course that would be impractical as a weapon so it would basically be a waste of time and money. However, the thought is very intriguing.
There IS one possibility of making mini DNA changers so that every cell would have it, and that would be this: at conception, or shortly after, perhaps genetically encode for a protein that would have properties that could, say, adjust the DNA and possibly allow for control in mutations. This, however, is an incredibly ludicrous task, but at least it does seem plausible; make a gene that produces a protein that can respond to signals from an outside source (maybe some sort of wavelength) and have it change specific genes depending on what the user asks for. However, chances are the change will be incredibly slow and Eve would not sprout out wings at the spur of the moment. Additionally, a minor mutation in this gene can be quite problematic; while ideally the gene can be cloned from the cells at conception to the final product (human child?), a genetic mutation in at least one cell is likely to happen, and who knows what kind of protein this may result in.
In this sense, I still think my Ruby idea is a lot more plausible, but this theory shows that maybe something like nanotechnology and control of genomic expression can, by chance, be an idea in the far, far future? It's certainly more like a major upgrade of Ruby rather than another version of a robot, because you would still need the mindset mechanism to keep everything else in the body under control. (You know how scary it would be without one? Just think of it: "You're mean! I hate you! WAAAAAHHHHHH" *HUGE EXPLOSION* NOT pretty... ) Something like it would not probably sprout wings, and even if it does, it would be less likely that it would be suddenly capable of flying. Well, scratch that last comment, if the weapon had a program like Ruby's which can figure out the physics to flying and adjust the wings so, it may be possible; but it probably wouldn't look as angelic or pretty as it does in the show, or anywhere else. :p Still, the concept of the angel-robot-girl is so awesome-ness...
Ok, other issues. Plotwise, I actually am finding this very similar to the plot I would have developed for Ruby. Except that Thomas is not an evil businessman trying to monopolize the military, and Eve has less brain implants that would prevent her from doing whatever she wants. But the whole "let's free the damn robot" issue is there, plain and clear. And Eve is decently cute enough to pull this off, though her eyes probably are a bit problematic, imo. Just my pickiness. I would definately like to see how this will go along.
NEED MORE WINGED FEMALE CYBORGS PLZ. XP
(oh crap this is stupifying me down...must...stop...now...)
Ok, but the purpose of this blog is not to make me sound like a moron way too obsessed over this little character. It's supposed to make me sound like someone who has way too much time analyzing and therefore is obsessing over this little character.
Now, first and foremost I'd like to say that the concept of bioweaponry as a little girl is the best concept of a robotish girl I've seen in anime so far, but still not quite logical. Considering that they wish to alter DNA at the molecular level, they would need to adjust each individual cell on the entire area in order for the biomechanism to work. And the character Eve supposedly has her whole body with this nanotechnology. Do you ahve any idea how much tiny machines they need to change the DNA??? No one vial can do that. Nor last that long. In fact, you might as well have the girl constantly wired up into a machine but of course that would be impractical as a weapon so it would basically be a waste of time and money. However, the thought is very intriguing.
There IS one possibility of making mini DNA changers so that every cell would have it, and that would be this: at conception, or shortly after, perhaps genetically encode for a protein that would have properties that could, say, adjust the DNA and possibly allow for control in mutations. This, however, is an incredibly ludicrous task, but at least it does seem plausible; make a gene that produces a protein that can respond to signals from an outside source (maybe some sort of wavelength) and have it change specific genes depending on what the user asks for. However, chances are the change will be incredibly slow and Eve would not sprout out wings at the spur of the moment. Additionally, a minor mutation in this gene can be quite problematic; while ideally the gene can be cloned from the cells at conception to the final product (human child?), a genetic mutation in at least one cell is likely to happen, and who knows what kind of protein this may result in.
In this sense, I still think my Ruby idea is a lot more plausible, but this theory shows that maybe something like nanotechnology and control of genomic expression can, by chance, be an idea in the far, far future? It's certainly more like a major upgrade of Ruby rather than another version of a robot, because you would still need the mindset mechanism to keep everything else in the body under control. (You know how scary it would be without one? Just think of it: "You're mean! I hate you! WAAAAAHHHHHH" *HUGE EXPLOSION* NOT pretty... ) Something like it would not probably sprout wings, and even if it does, it would be less likely that it would be suddenly capable of flying. Well, scratch that last comment, if the weapon had a program like Ruby's which can figure out the physics to flying and adjust the wings so, it may be possible; but it probably wouldn't look as angelic or pretty as it does in the show, or anywhere else. :p Still, the concept of the angel-robot-girl is so awesome-ness...
Ok, other issues. Plotwise, I actually am finding this very similar to the plot I would have developed for Ruby. Except that Thomas is not an evil businessman trying to monopolize the military, and Eve has less brain implants that would prevent her from doing whatever she wants. But the whole "let's free the damn robot" issue is there, plain and clear. And Eve is decently cute enough to pull this off, though her eyes probably are a bit problematic, imo. Just my pickiness. I would definately like to see how this will go along.
NEED MORE WINGED FEMALE CYBORGS PLZ. XP
(oh crap this is stupifying me down...must...stop...now...)
30.10.05
Honey and Clover
First off, I wanna say that solar did a really cool last-two-minutes-of-the-episode thingy. Wow! That's neat-o! But anyway, to the main anime stuff.
I think what's most intriguing was Honey and Clover's "light angst" sort of scenario. I think it's not traditional from the typical comedy-to-angst story, where the angst level changes in the anime; rather, I think the angst level changes very little from the first episode to the last. This is probably due to the fact that they would insert a random comedic and facial expression moment despite the angsty setting growing around the characters. In a way, this angst is very very dangerous; no longer does the viewer say "oh, here comes the angst *rolls eyes* this is stupid", but the angst actually comes up unexpectedly and goes away just as suddenly, and you never realized that you were pitying the characters until afterwards. Slick they are, slick indeed.
I'm still not an absolute fan of their drawings, but it was dealable. I like how the characters were arranged in Honey and Clover, though. They started out with only a few chars, then added more on over time. The characters that were added on were never truly major or became one of the "group", but they still played a very influential part throughout the story and each had their own depth. The main characters also had their own meanings. While in the first couple of episodes we are given the "surface" views of them, the characters become more and more pronounced as episodes go on. Music... there were some good, some not so interesting. Additionally, its not like "intro was good, ED was bad, OST was good/bad" but rather, some of the insert songs/OP/ED were ok, and some of the OST was ok. Eeh, that just probably confused more people. whaaaaaatever.
Dogs are so whacked up in Honey and Clover... >.> they always have that "I'm so cutely stupid please kill me" look...
I think what's most intriguing was Honey and Clover's "light angst" sort of scenario. I think it's not traditional from the typical comedy-to-angst story, where the angst level changes in the anime; rather, I think the angst level changes very little from the first episode to the last. This is probably due to the fact that they would insert a random comedic and facial expression moment despite the angsty setting growing around the characters. In a way, this angst is very very dangerous; no longer does the viewer say "oh, here comes the angst *rolls eyes* this is stupid", but the angst actually comes up unexpectedly and goes away just as suddenly, and you never realized that you were pitying the characters until afterwards. Slick they are, slick indeed.
I'm still not an absolute fan of their drawings, but it was dealable. I like how the characters were arranged in Honey and Clover, though. They started out with only a few chars, then added more on over time. The characters that were added on were never truly major or became one of the "group", but they still played a very influential part throughout the story and each had their own depth. The main characters also had their own meanings. While in the first couple of episodes we are given the "surface" views of them, the characters become more and more pronounced as episodes go on. Music... there were some good, some not so interesting. Additionally, its not like "intro was good, ED was bad, OST was good/bad" but rather, some of the insert songs/OP/ED were ok, and some of the OST was ok. Eeh, that just probably confused more people. whaaaaaatever.
Dogs are so whacked up in Honey and Clover... >.> they always have that "I'm so cutely stupid please kill me" look...
17.10.05
My sister is more reliable than anyone else.
Well, my family is more reliable than anyone else. I've learned that throughout life's lessons that You can NEVER rely on other people. Except for my family. Whenever I asked my family for a favor, they would go through with it. Rarely does anyone else go through with as much devotion or thoroughness than what my family does. Consequently, I have been attempting to not rely on anyone else with the exception of my family, but of course even with my family I'm not asking much already since I feel indebted to their generosity and therefore wish to trouble them as little as possible.
This is just a short rant until my sister comes online. I called her a short while ago because I idiotically forgot some important documents at my parent's home in Covina. (Sometimes I think my family is more reliable than I am myself...) So my sister picks up and she immediately agrees to do so. Though I waited only a few minutes, she calls back later telling me that it might take a while because the internet is down.
That's what I like about her. She calls back and tells me something that I would have considered a trifle waiting and regards it as something important.
This is important. You know why? Because I know people who I would ask if they would do something, and they said they would, but they never do it. But that's not what usually pisses me off. It's the fact that I have to wait a while, and then call THEM, and THEN they make up some excuse sayign something came up so they couldn't do it. I HAD TO CALL THEM. And if that wasn't the case, then more or less it's being called up a second or two before, say, going out (assuming we would be going out to get ice cream or do community service or whatever) and then saying that something last minute came up. I don't know. I just learned to hate inreliability.
Lesson for the day: Don't rely on others for anything. Except if you have a family like me, then you can sort of rely on your family. :p
Relying on yourself would be helpful, btw, but if you have problems like me where you can't even rely on yourself to do things, man, you're screwed. Wait, that means I'm screwed. crap.
This is just a short rant until my sister comes online. I called her a short while ago because I idiotically forgot some important documents at my parent's home in Covina. (Sometimes I think my family is more reliable than I am myself...) So my sister picks up and she immediately agrees to do so. Though I waited only a few minutes, she calls back later telling me that it might take a while because the internet is down.
That's what I like about her. She calls back and tells me something that I would have considered a trifle waiting and regards it as something important.
This is important. You know why? Because I know people who I would ask if they would do something, and they said they would, but they never do it. But that's not what usually pisses me off. It's the fact that I have to wait a while, and then call THEM, and THEN they make up some excuse sayign something came up so they couldn't do it. I HAD TO CALL THEM. And if that wasn't the case, then more or less it's being called up a second or two before, say, going out (assuming we would be going out to get ice cream or do community service or whatever) and then saying that something last minute came up. I don't know. I just learned to hate inreliability.
Lesson for the day: Don't rely on others for anything. Except if you have a family like me, then you can sort of rely on your family. :p
Relying on yourself would be helpful, btw, but if you have problems like me where you can't even rely on yourself to do things, man, you're screwed. Wait, that means I'm screwed. crap.
16.10.05
Tsukoyomi Moon Phase
Hmm... I'm not entirely on "full BS" mode right now, so I'll probably not bs as much on this anime as I should. It's actually a really good anime in all aspects, EXCEPT music. THAT INTRO SONG SUCKS. PERIOD.
But anyway.
Characterwise, the development is pretty nifty and noticable. Of the main characters, anyway. Hazuki's brattiness starts to wane as the show goes on, which is kind of disappointing, but also understandable. Her personality was still pretty charming, Hazuki isn't a bad character. I find Art more amusing though... but she was only introduced like, in the last couple of episodes, kind of disappointing. Interestingly enough, the show seems to be able to go on in future seasons, so maybe there will be more appearances of Art in the future... Turning to the guy characters, we can clearly establish that all male vampires in this show are evil. Except for one, which reminds me of PJBW's characters, but since he was mainly an enemy until he died, we really can't consider him too much. :p Onto the good guys! Seiji is pretty nifty, he reminds me of my Guai character in looks and powers, but more with Thomas's personality, though not quite. The old men were pretty cool. I mean, they could fight right? And as long as they can fight, most people would be happy, right?
In any case, I wasn't lying about the fight scenes. Those were actually pretty nifty. And not only the fighting, but the artwork in general was nice and "smooth". There WERE actually times where Hazuki's pose was very cute. Still, in general, the best of the art design likes mostly in two areas: setting, which was very very dramatic (you can really tell the mood of the episode depending on its background) and the fight scenes. Yes, they were action packed. Whoopee. *rolls eyes* The powers were pretty nice, although eventually all the bad guys had the power of summoning plant vines to attack the bad guys. Then again, most of the good guys just threw around paper ofudas and did fancy magic with that. Oh well, hope they can come up with more original moves next time, assuming there is a next time.
Speaking of theme, it's pretty interesting how they spread out the comedy and angst in the anime. It's like typical anime where it's "happy happy happy ANGST ANGST ANGST and maybe one more happy". This one goes "happy ANGST happy ANGST... etc." And it's not always just because there are multiple bad guys, so there's happy, then there's a bad guy and there's angst, and then there's happy again. No, even when there's no bad guys, there can occasionally be the "thinking back ANGST", and sometimes even when the bad guy is in his deep thought "I'm going to conduct my evil plan" mode, a random plate sometimes just falls onto him, for cheap if not excessively absurd and unnecessary humor relief.
Speaking of those random plates, I hear it has to do with a japanese reference, I think it has to do something with a japanese show. But I don't want to look into it. :p
Hmm... what else... plot. Yea, usually I don't look into plot that much, but I actually think this one is worth noting. Probably because it's not linear, and not "direct" is maybe the word? The enemy appearance is unique. It's not the power rangers setup where there's a new enemy in each episode. But it's also not one major enemy for the whole series either. NOR is it the typical half season enemy taht gets defeated, then another half season enemy arrives to get defeated when the season finally ends. Although I had thought that when the first half the season was over, because one "main" enemy got destroyed. So I thought the next bad guy coming along must be the next main enemy. But no, he got killed off in like 3 episodes. What the heck? :P And also, the ending to this series (maybe only to first season?) is rather ambiguous. Perhaps there will be more episodes? Who is this master guy anyway? Seems like it has good potential to be built on, but also good chance of being screwed up.
Uh... about the music comment. In reality, it wasn't that bad, just the intro... >.< Right, the intro I can definately do without. Some of the insert songs I really want to download and get, but I"m not sure how to get them... maybe I"ll try looking for OSTs or image files and they might have some cool songs on them. :p
AAAAaaaand the nekomimi ears. Yea, I can tell that's supposed to be a theme in the whole story, but gosh darnit, if everything was as blatantly obvious as those nekomimi ears in every damn episode, symbolism in English would be an incredibly easy task. Although that's not to say what the damn nekomimi ears MEANs. Hmm. Actually, that's not a bad thing to ponder about. What is the TRUE meaning of the nekomimi ears? Is it really just a fetish thing, or maybe there's a symbolic meaning to the ears... Perhaps I will post again to think about it.
...
A theme of acceptance, that was definately in the entire series. Cats are also usually solitary, but can show affection towards humans. Theme of "taming" the wild cat into a domestic one? While I would ask "why ears", I think the answer would be it was the most obvious symbolic way of representing a girl as a cat. Or vice versa. yea, that might be it. I'll write more on it after I thought about it more. Right now, I want to play RO Block hitter game thingy. :3
But anyway.
Characterwise, the development is pretty nifty and noticable. Of the main characters, anyway. Hazuki's brattiness starts to wane as the show goes on, which is kind of disappointing, but also understandable. Her personality was still pretty charming, Hazuki isn't a bad character. I find Art more amusing though... but she was only introduced like, in the last couple of episodes, kind of disappointing. Interestingly enough, the show seems to be able to go on in future seasons, so maybe there will be more appearances of Art in the future... Turning to the guy characters, we can clearly establish that all male vampires in this show are evil. Except for one, which reminds me of PJBW's characters, but since he was mainly an enemy until he died, we really can't consider him too much. :p Onto the good guys! Seiji is pretty nifty, he reminds me of my Guai character in looks and powers, but more with Thomas's personality, though not quite. The old men were pretty cool. I mean, they could fight right? And as long as they can fight, most people would be happy, right?
In any case, I wasn't lying about the fight scenes. Those were actually pretty nifty. And not only the fighting, but the artwork in general was nice and "smooth". There WERE actually times where Hazuki's pose was very cute. Still, in general, the best of the art design likes mostly in two areas: setting, which was very very dramatic (you can really tell the mood of the episode depending on its background) and the fight scenes. Yes, they were action packed. Whoopee. *rolls eyes* The powers were pretty nice, although eventually all the bad guys had the power of summoning plant vines to attack the bad guys. Then again, most of the good guys just threw around paper ofudas and did fancy magic with that. Oh well, hope they can come up with more original moves next time, assuming there is a next time.
Speaking of theme, it's pretty interesting how they spread out the comedy and angst in the anime. It's like typical anime where it's "happy happy happy ANGST ANGST ANGST and maybe one more happy". This one goes "happy ANGST happy ANGST... etc." And it's not always just because there are multiple bad guys, so there's happy, then there's a bad guy and there's angst, and then there's happy again. No, even when there's no bad guys, there can occasionally be the "thinking back ANGST", and sometimes even when the bad guy is in his deep thought "I'm going to conduct my evil plan" mode, a random plate sometimes just falls onto him, for cheap if not excessively absurd and unnecessary humor relief.
Speaking of those random plates, I hear it has to do with a japanese reference, I think it has to do something with a japanese show. But I don't want to look into it. :p
Hmm... what else... plot. Yea, usually I don't look into plot that much, but I actually think this one is worth noting. Probably because it's not linear, and not "direct" is maybe the word? The enemy appearance is unique. It's not the power rangers setup where there's a new enemy in each episode. But it's also not one major enemy for the whole series either. NOR is it the typical half season enemy taht gets defeated, then another half season enemy arrives to get defeated when the season finally ends. Although I had thought that when the first half the season was over, because one "main" enemy got destroyed. So I thought the next bad guy coming along must be the next main enemy. But no, he got killed off in like 3 episodes. What the heck? :P And also, the ending to this series (maybe only to first season?) is rather ambiguous. Perhaps there will be more episodes? Who is this master guy anyway? Seems like it has good potential to be built on, but also good chance of being screwed up.
Uh... about the music comment. In reality, it wasn't that bad, just the intro... >.< Right, the intro I can definately do without. Some of the insert songs I really want to download and get, but I"m not sure how to get them... maybe I"ll try looking for OSTs or image files and they might have some cool songs on them. :p
AAAAaaaand the nekomimi ears. Yea, I can tell that's supposed to be a theme in the whole story, but gosh darnit, if everything was as blatantly obvious as those nekomimi ears in every damn episode, symbolism in English would be an incredibly easy task. Although that's not to say what the damn nekomimi ears MEANs. Hmm. Actually, that's not a bad thing to ponder about. What is the TRUE meaning of the nekomimi ears? Is it really just a fetish thing, or maybe there's a symbolic meaning to the ears... Perhaps I will post again to think about it.
...
A theme of acceptance, that was definately in the entire series. Cats are also usually solitary, but can show affection towards humans. Theme of "taming" the wild cat into a domestic one? While I would ask "why ears", I think the answer would be it was the most obvious symbolic way of representing a girl as a cat. Or vice versa. yea, that might be it. I'll write more on it after I thought about it more. Right now, I want to play RO Block hitter game thingy. :3
29.9.05
Addendum/Epilogue/Followup/Whatever
And then in the afternoon, I saw the distribution of grades and realized that anything about a 77 was considered an A. O.O Well, my only comment is that our school really must want to look good, giving out so much As and Bs, or just want to cover up that we're all as stupid as hell. :p But truthfully and honestly, I'm very relieved with this distribution. Granted, this is no excuse and I should be getting a higher grade than what I got on the test so I have to study harder, but hey the weight of depression has been lifted temporarily and I can goto Anime Club in peace. :p
Not another test rant!
Man, I feel so beat down after midterm season 1 of USC... very disappointed in my own performance. Some of it is "ok, I realize it was my fault and now I'll act a little more responsible", others it seems like "Damn, maybe I just suck".
In terms of the "it's my fault", this would attribute to my rather low grade on the test in Calculus and my presumed failure in the computer science midterm. By saying low grade on the calculus I mean that I recieved a B; before anyone damn tells me "it's good, that's fine" I have to say that no, it's not good because I'm trying to stay on a program that will allow me to graduate in Biology with honors. In actuality, I could probably care less about the honors part; it's the opportunity to work in a lab that I'm after. But that's something else. Regardless, it's true that recieving a B isn't bad at all, but recieving an A is always much better, especially when your school expects you to keep a freakin 3.5 GPA in math and sciences just so I can stay in research labs.
In any case, calc and csci was my fault. I thought arrogantly that I didn't need to study for the tests since everything we covered so far seemed simple, but obviously there had to be some things on the test which I was slightly unclear with. And calculus has steep point drops. Miss one constant and everything else is right? 7 points off. Well, obviously that constant must then be important, but nevertheless, it teaches me that I should go over things I'm a bit unclear on next time, so I can get a better grade in calculus than I did this test. So, for calculus and for computer science, yes I did bad first midterm, but hey I learned my lesson, I'll study for these tests and go over things I'm not clear on, and hopefully I can still pick up an A in the classes. I hope.
Then comes the Molecular Biology test. Unlike Math or compter science, I studied for this one. I studied ever since I began the class, memorizing base pairs 1 week into the season, so obviously I had that down. But in the end, I was still slammed down hard, which is why I come to the conclusion of "maybe I just suck". Looking over the test, I see a lot of it is "need more explanation" (which I was advocated not to do, because apparently the TAs were looking for specific wordings or stuff? So either I didn't get the word right or I should have BSed more). One question involved scientist names, which I thought the teacher said we didn't have to memorize and completely screwed me over. Lost a good 7 points or so from random error and overlooking. When it comes down to it, I would probably have been satisfied with my results if the random error was eliminated.
I am probably the only person in the world that would cry over what would be considered a "decent" test grade. Perhaps again if the stress of "I need to get As or I won't get to work in a lab" gets to me too much. Or, it could be a hidden, malicious desire to try to prove to everyone that I'm better than them, only to fail horribly and recognize my humility with repentence. Of course, this could have been a result of the fact that everyone is graded on a curve, so the worse the rest of the class does, the better I do. Consequently, I always hope that everyone fails the test, or at least gets lower scores than I do so I would be able to retain a grade. This is confirmed as true as in one of my chemistry tests last semester, I had recieved a 70 or something but still retained an "A" according to the curve, and I was satisfied. On the contrary, the semester before in chemistry I recieved a good 91 out of 100 on a test, but I recieved a B because everyone did really well on the test, and I was devastated. Which tells you that curves can suck sometimes, but most of the time they're in your favor. But realizing that I am not better than everyone else and there's a good chunk of people that will always be better than me is obviously smart to recognize, abeit painful.
There is no A for effort in college. Except in humanities courses, maybe, but that's not the point. The point is that it is very possible for a person to get an A in a course just because he's smart, but impossible for a person to get an A in a course if he doesn't have a nick for it, no matter how much he studies or whatnot. Granted, an accomplished person who studies will technically be the ones that will always get the high scores, but there's always a couple who can get away without doing anything and get perfect scores. Never the other way around. If the person devotes his entire life to studying a subject but still doesn't have a nick for it, he won't get a good grade. With that in mind, studying still helps and I'm still going to try and get that A. I failed to get an A in physics, which is bad. I don't want the same to happen with all my courses. Even in BME, I will study for the damn midterm because I want to stay in the high end, to be able to participate in things like research and upper division classes. The classes I'm taking this year are awesome. I love learning the material, though trying to memorize it can be tedious. I really don't want grades to ruin my semester, or the rest of my days at USC.
/ag!! If only the damn limit for honors was 3.0 instead of 3.5... /pif
In terms of the "it's my fault", this would attribute to my rather low grade on the test in Calculus and my presumed failure in the computer science midterm. By saying low grade on the calculus I mean that I recieved a B; before anyone damn tells me "it's good, that's fine" I have to say that no, it's not good because I'm trying to stay on a program that will allow me to graduate in Biology with honors. In actuality, I could probably care less about the honors part; it's the opportunity to work in a lab that I'm after. But that's something else. Regardless, it's true that recieving a B isn't bad at all, but recieving an A is always much better, especially when your school expects you to keep a freakin 3.5 GPA in math and sciences just so I can stay in research labs.
In any case, calc and csci was my fault. I thought arrogantly that I didn't need to study for the tests since everything we covered so far seemed simple, but obviously there had to be some things on the test which I was slightly unclear with. And calculus has steep point drops. Miss one constant and everything else is right? 7 points off. Well, obviously that constant must then be important, but nevertheless, it teaches me that I should go over things I'm a bit unclear on next time, so I can get a better grade in calculus than I did this test. So, for calculus and for computer science, yes I did bad first midterm, but hey I learned my lesson, I'll study for these tests and go over things I'm not clear on, and hopefully I can still pick up an A in the classes. I hope.
Then comes the Molecular Biology test. Unlike Math or compter science, I studied for this one. I studied ever since I began the class, memorizing base pairs 1 week into the season, so obviously I had that down. But in the end, I was still slammed down hard, which is why I come to the conclusion of "maybe I just suck". Looking over the test, I see a lot of it is "need more explanation" (which I was advocated not to do, because apparently the TAs were looking for specific wordings or stuff? So either I didn't get the word right or I should have BSed more). One question involved scientist names, which I thought the teacher said we didn't have to memorize and completely screwed me over. Lost a good 7 points or so from random error and overlooking. When it comes down to it, I would probably have been satisfied with my results if the random error was eliminated.
I am probably the only person in the world that would cry over what would be considered a "decent" test grade. Perhaps again if the stress of "I need to get As or I won't get to work in a lab" gets to me too much. Or, it could be a hidden, malicious desire to try to prove to everyone that I'm better than them, only to fail horribly and recognize my humility with repentence. Of course, this could have been a result of the fact that everyone is graded on a curve, so the worse the rest of the class does, the better I do. Consequently, I always hope that everyone fails the test, or at least gets lower scores than I do so I would be able to retain a grade. This is confirmed as true as in one of my chemistry tests last semester, I had recieved a 70 or something but still retained an "A" according to the curve, and I was satisfied. On the contrary, the semester before in chemistry I recieved a good 91 out of 100 on a test, but I recieved a B because everyone did really well on the test, and I was devastated. Which tells you that curves can suck sometimes, but most of the time they're in your favor. But realizing that I am not better than everyone else and there's a good chunk of people that will always be better than me is obviously smart to recognize, abeit painful.
There is no A for effort in college. Except in humanities courses, maybe, but that's not the point. The point is that it is very possible for a person to get an A in a course just because he's smart, but impossible for a person to get an A in a course if he doesn't have a nick for it, no matter how much he studies or whatnot. Granted, an accomplished person who studies will technically be the ones that will always get the high scores, but there's always a couple who can get away without doing anything and get perfect scores. Never the other way around. If the person devotes his entire life to studying a subject but still doesn't have a nick for it, he won't get a good grade. With that in mind, studying still helps and I'm still going to try and get that A. I failed to get an A in physics, which is bad. I don't want the same to happen with all my courses. Even in BME, I will study for the damn midterm because I want to stay in the high end, to be able to participate in things like research and upper division classes. The classes I'm taking this year are awesome. I love learning the material, though trying to memorize it can be tedious. I really don't want grades to ruin my semester, or the rest of my days at USC.
/ag!! If only the damn limit for honors was 3.0 instead of 3.5... /pif
13.9.05
Oh No!!! *gasp*
More shocking than 9/11!!! More catastrophic than Katrina!!! It was... it was... the blackout in LA!!!!
...ok not really, slight exaggeration. :p But it was a pretty big blackout nonetheless, quite impressive. Although honestly I didn't think of it as being that serious until 15 minutes after the blackout had happened; the lights had gone out where I was, but I was on my laptop and the wireless was still working perfectly (I thought that was kind of funny) so I didn't really find it a bother other than the fact that I couldn't see the pork in my rice bowl...
But actually the blackout hit pretty hard, and I saw that when I was going back to my apartment, which is pretty far from my school... by the time I left (around 4:30), most of the traffic lights were fixed, but not all; and this ONE TRAFFIC LIGHT that was broken clogged the street back up like 5 freakin traffic lights behind it; I can only imagine how torturous it would have been if all 5 of those traffic lights were broken as well...
Luckily enough, I had my ipod and KOTOKO music to last me through the traffic... yea, KOTOKO... um... I swear, one day I'll be in the middle of a science conference describing the structure some newly discovered biological enzyme and... "So, in the DNA structure the nucleotides are usually linked to each other from the 5' to 3' end through phosphodiester bonds; the bases themselves are attached on the 2' end via aOH MY GODDESS KOTOKO!!!! *drool...*" (Well, that last part could also be "Oh my god it's KOTOKO", but considering I'm not religious except in worshipping her music it would probably more or less be the former) I really need to deal with that problem appropriately. >.>
Oh, and I watched another episode of FMP. That blue haired girl's character is so "fake" imo, I don't like her very much, her attitude changes way too suddenly. However, the "cool version of PMA" character is pretty awesome :D good for laughs, good for laughs!! They introduced that white haired military girl, who not only had a good voice (I should check the seiyuu >.>) but looks like a pretty deep and interesting character. Speaking of deep, I'm pretty confident at this point that this will be more or less a Thomasish type anime in the future, and not a bit Engiish except for possible cheesey angsty moments, which I don't even classify as Engi-type. Cheesey angst = bad, angst about love = worse, cheesey angst about love = worst.
...ok not really, slight exaggeration. :p But it was a pretty big blackout nonetheless, quite impressive. Although honestly I didn't think of it as being that serious until 15 minutes after the blackout had happened; the lights had gone out where I was, but I was on my laptop and the wireless was still working perfectly (I thought that was kind of funny) so I didn't really find it a bother other than the fact that I couldn't see the pork in my rice bowl...
But actually the blackout hit pretty hard, and I saw that when I was going back to my apartment, which is pretty far from my school... by the time I left (around 4:30), most of the traffic lights were fixed, but not all; and this ONE TRAFFIC LIGHT that was broken clogged the street back up like 5 freakin traffic lights behind it; I can only imagine how torturous it would have been if all 5 of those traffic lights were broken as well...
Luckily enough, I had my ipod and KOTOKO music to last me through the traffic... yea, KOTOKO... um... I swear, one day I'll be in the middle of a science conference describing the structure some newly discovered biological enzyme and... "So, in the DNA structure the nucleotides are usually linked to each other from the 5' to 3' end through phosphodiester bonds; the bases themselves are attached on the 2' end via aOH MY GODDESS KOTOKO!!!! *drool...*" (Well, that last part could also be "Oh my god it's KOTOKO", but considering I'm not religious except in worshipping her music it would probably more or less be the former) I really need to deal with that problem appropriately. >.>
Oh, and I watched another episode of FMP. That blue haired girl's character is so "fake" imo, I don't like her very much, her attitude changes way too suddenly. However, the "cool version of PMA" character is pretty awesome :D good for laughs, good for laughs!! They introduced that white haired military girl, who not only had a good voice (I should check the seiyuu >.>) but looks like a pretty deep and interesting character. Speaking of deep, I'm pretty confident at this point that this will be more or less a Thomasish type anime in the future, and not a bit Engiish except for possible cheesey angsty moments, which I don't even classify as Engi-type. Cheesey angst = bad, angst about love = worse, cheesey angst about love = worst.
12.9.05
Full Metal Panic- first impressions (OMGWTFMP?!?!?!!!1111one)
Yes, someone gave me a CD with the entire first season of FMP, so I'm checking it out. By first impression, I mean I only so far watched the first episode, so this really IS a first impression. Overall, I'm sure many of you will be happy to hear that I am quite "satisfied" with it, meaning I'll probably watch it till the end and it's not because I'm a sarcastic evil man who enjoys making fun of series like this... well... ok... maybe I am, and maybe I will make fun of this series, but the series so far isn't bad IMO!!! (I only watched one episode though :p)
As if it isn't obvious enough, FMP is a "PMA" anime. "PMA" anime obviously classifies into the giant mech-type anime such as the infamous Gundam wing series, and FMP,without a doubt, is fully PMAish, with a bit of high school action and fanservice thrown in. Because I realize that many people have not heard these genres I made up for anime, I will elaborate on a few of them right now. "PJBW" anime is similar to PMA anime, but not quite. First off, it doesn't necessarily involve mechs; in fact, probably most PJBW anime only involves fighting, and not giant robots fighting, but nonmechanical, fully biologically alive and mostly humanoid style fighting. Weapons can be used in the fighting style, but a really really PJBWish anime has lots of fisting-fighting action and majorly buff people. Well, as long as it has a decent amount of fighting, it works as a PJBW anime. :p Thomas anime involves most sci-fi anime that does not involve giant mech bots; these are usually more philosophical, can have some dealing with humanity, or is a miracle of science alltogether that isn't absurdly impossible, but rather inspires the thought: "Maybe that CAN happen..."; in other words, Thomas anime is very deep. Engi anime has to deal with more emotional feelings than anything else. It is usually the complete opposite of Thomas's anime but still has a "feel good" attitude about it; as in, scientifically, the concept is absurd, but the emotional effect of the anime is still deep and affecting. Engi anime can also be classified as any anime that just has exceptional music; if the anime itself sucks but the music is miraculously good, then it's also an Engi anime. XD And Guai anime involves any pointless comedy that just makes people laugh. And laugh really hard, at that. :p So good jokes only! not lame ones please. :p Obviously, my preference is Thomas, Engi, and Guai anime for reasons unexplained to some, only too obvious to others.
ANYWAY!! FMP seems fully PMAish, with a touch of Guai... it might get either Thomasy or Engi-ish in the future, but that's for me to find out, NOT FOR ANY OF YOU GUYS TO TELL ME!!!! (Pet peeve: spoilers) In any case, I have to admit that artwork design and characters are not very strong points in this show, but as the saying goes, "it could be worse". Some of the characters seem rather fake in FMP, but others are okay and quite entertaining. We have of course, the main character, who classifies as "the character PMA would be if he was cooler and not as arrogant", and I am looking foward to that mech otaku that was sitting in class, who classifies as "Probably the closest character to represent PMA irl"... The blond mech guy is funny, I look foward to his antics... the girl associated with them is a bit more "fake" or cliche, don't like her character too much... the blue haired girl is the naru clone... and we must always love pink haired finger munching girls!!! :o not really, but I thought that was kinda interesting :p
Artwork, from first glance, looks bad. I don't like anime where the mouth of the character is large, so that has an immediate negative effect on the artwork on me. However, like Honey and Clover, it turns out it's not as bad as I had thought it out to be... artwork probably ranks around the same range as Honey and Clover.
Music, I hvaen't heard much, but sounds good. Look foward to unintentionally singing it in my head in the future.
As if it isn't obvious enough, FMP is a "PMA" anime. "PMA" anime obviously classifies into the giant mech-type anime such as the infamous Gundam wing series, and FMP,without a doubt, is fully PMAish, with a bit of high school action and fanservice thrown in. Because I realize that many people have not heard these genres I made up for anime, I will elaborate on a few of them right now. "PJBW" anime is similar to PMA anime, but not quite. First off, it doesn't necessarily involve mechs; in fact, probably most PJBW anime only involves fighting, and not giant robots fighting, but nonmechanical, fully biologically alive and mostly humanoid style fighting. Weapons can be used in the fighting style, but a really really PJBWish anime has lots of fisting-fighting action and majorly buff people. Well, as long as it has a decent amount of fighting, it works as a PJBW anime. :p Thomas anime involves most sci-fi anime that does not involve giant mech bots; these are usually more philosophical, can have some dealing with humanity, or is a miracle of science alltogether that isn't absurdly impossible, but rather inspires the thought: "Maybe that CAN happen..."; in other words, Thomas anime is very deep. Engi anime has to deal with more emotional feelings than anything else. It is usually the complete opposite of Thomas's anime but still has a "feel good" attitude about it; as in, scientifically, the concept is absurd, but the emotional effect of the anime is still deep and affecting. Engi anime can also be classified as any anime that just has exceptional music; if the anime itself sucks but the music is miraculously good, then it's also an Engi anime. XD And Guai anime involves any pointless comedy that just makes people laugh. And laugh really hard, at that. :p So good jokes only! not lame ones please. :p Obviously, my preference is Thomas, Engi, and Guai anime for reasons unexplained to some, only too obvious to others.
ANYWAY!! FMP seems fully PMAish, with a touch of Guai... it might get either Thomasy or Engi-ish in the future, but that's for me to find out, NOT FOR ANY OF YOU GUYS TO TELL ME!!!! (Pet peeve: spoilers) In any case, I have to admit that artwork design and characters are not very strong points in this show, but as the saying goes, "it could be worse". Some of the characters seem rather fake in FMP, but others are okay and quite entertaining. We have of course, the main character, who classifies as "the character PMA would be if he was cooler and not as arrogant", and I am looking foward to that mech otaku that was sitting in class, who classifies as "Probably the closest character to represent PMA irl"... The blond mech guy is funny, I look foward to his antics... the girl associated with them is a bit more "fake" or cliche, don't like her character too much... the blue haired girl is the naru clone... and we must always love pink haired finger munching girls!!! :o not really, but I thought that was kinda interesting :p
Artwork, from first glance, looks bad. I don't like anime where the mouth of the character is large, so that has an immediate negative effect on the artwork on me. However, like Honey and Clover, it turns out it's not as bad as I had thought it out to be... artwork probably ranks around the same range as Honey and Clover.
Music, I hvaen't heard much, but sounds good. Look foward to unintentionally singing it in my head in the future.
4.9.05
Angelic Layer!!!
So, I finished this Clamp anime, and I have come to the conclusion that the anime is pretty neat, indeed. Probably not the greatest or one of my favorites, but definately something worth watching IMO. Actually, when I first started off with this anime, I was a bit disappointed, but that was because I was trying to look at it from (probably) a sci-fi viewpoint, you know, dealing with philosophical issues about humanity and etc... actually the show is a lot more like Air and that genre, with the main theme being relationships and touching the audience, which is good, but of course different from what I had been expecting it to be.
But then again, this is supposed to target a younger audience, so it was probably my mistake in the first part to expect a really deep philosophical, scientific, and humanitarian point of view. It's still nevertheless great for a kid's show, as was Cardcaptor Sakura. Probably appeals to both boys and girls, girls for the general girlishness atmosphere of the whole anime, boys with the action and fighting... ( you really wonder how they can interpret fighting into a girl's anime, hmmm... o_O)
Anyway, what's also interesting is one event in particular that seems to be sticking out in my head right now, it's nothing that great, but I thought it was pretty interesting. In this one scene where they were playing with japanese fireworks, one of the characters (Icchan!) says that whoever's firework lasts the longest gets their wish come true. Well, Icchan's firework lasted the longest and beat another girl's firework, and the girl started crying, probably expecting that her wish won't come true. Ironically enough, her wish did come true for the most part (in the epilogue) while Icchan's wish was not exactly fulfilled, though there are implications that it MIGHT come true as time comes by (of course we don't get to see, the epilogue is so short :( ). I just thought this "false foreshadowing" was a bit different from what other shows would do, in that they would have probably followed the strict "this was foreshadowing that so it must happen" issue.
Oh, two cutest characters in Angelic Layer are Hatoko, the mature kindergardener (sp?), and Shuko, Misaki's (main character) mother. Yes, ironically, they are the youngest and oldest characters in the show, respectively. Even more ironic because I don't usually find older women "cute" (especially 30 year old moms o_O)... but her character design was very nice IMO, I guess it was similar to Mirielle in Noir; I actually liked Mirielle, the older assassin, than... the young 14 year old one that I even forgot her name. :p Kizuka? or something? Whatever!! XD But another thing is that Hatoko seems to act more mature than Misaki's mom, which is also kind of ironic and funny.
Oh, and Hatoko kisses Misaki. No hidden themes there, nope, not at all. Not symbolic of anything. Absolutely not, just another insigificant event within the whole series itself. Yup, nothing to talk about here.
But then again, this is supposed to target a younger audience, so it was probably my mistake in the first part to expect a really deep philosophical, scientific, and humanitarian point of view. It's still nevertheless great for a kid's show, as was Cardcaptor Sakura. Probably appeals to both boys and girls, girls for the general girlishness atmosphere of the whole anime, boys with the action and fighting... ( you really wonder how they can interpret fighting into a girl's anime, hmmm... o_O)
Anyway, what's also interesting is one event in particular that seems to be sticking out in my head right now, it's nothing that great, but I thought it was pretty interesting. In this one scene where they were playing with japanese fireworks, one of the characters (Icchan!) says that whoever's firework lasts the longest gets their wish come true. Well, Icchan's firework lasted the longest and beat another girl's firework, and the girl started crying, probably expecting that her wish won't come true. Ironically enough, her wish did come true for the most part (in the epilogue) while Icchan's wish was not exactly fulfilled, though there are implications that it MIGHT come true as time comes by (of course we don't get to see, the epilogue is so short :( ). I just thought this "false foreshadowing" was a bit different from what other shows would do, in that they would have probably followed the strict "this was foreshadowing that so it must happen" issue.
Oh, two cutest characters in Angelic Layer are Hatoko, the mature kindergardener (sp?), and Shuko, Misaki's (main character) mother. Yes, ironically, they are the youngest and oldest characters in the show, respectively. Even more ironic because I don't usually find older women "cute" (especially 30 year old moms o_O)... but her character design was very nice IMO, I guess it was similar to Mirielle in Noir; I actually liked Mirielle, the older assassin, than... the young 14 year old one that I even forgot her name. :p Kizuka? or something? Whatever!! XD But another thing is that Hatoko seems to act more mature than Misaki's mom, which is also kind of ironic and funny.
Oh, and Hatoko kisses Misaki. No hidden themes there, nope, not at all. Not symbolic of anything. Absolutely not, just another insigificant event within the whole series itself. Yup, nothing to talk about here.
31.8.05
A Goal!! Well, not really.
So today at lunchtime I was all overexcited and enthusiastic about me having a pathway I want to follow down, and I wanted to write it all down at lunchtime to show my excitement!!!!
Well. It kind of... died down now, and... no, I'm not too excited anymore. :p but hey! I'll write whatever I think up anyway!
Ok, so I'm pursuing a Biology Major and a BME (Biomedical Engineering) major, and I have finally decided that these are the two majors that I, indeed, want to have. Both reasons are purely this: I want to take some interesting classes. For Biology, by following (mostly) what's on the course, I will be able to take very interesting upper division courses like Cell Biology, Microbiology, and various other biologically related topics. Saying I'm going for BME allows me complete access to the engineering school, giving me access to engineering classes such as robotics, signal processing, computer science... topics that might be interesting for combining with biological topics like neurobiology. Indeed, I also heard that the neurology major isn't hard and has the fewest amount of classes to pass, so if that's the case it might be possible to get a neurology major and have 3 majors!! if not, then at least 2 majors and a minor ^-^. But for now, and pretty much for the first time since I decided to take BME along with Bio, I feel pretty confident about that decision and will stick with it until something bad happens, like I flunk out of school or something. :p
Well. It kind of... died down now, and... no, I'm not too excited anymore. :p but hey! I'll write whatever I think up anyway!
Ok, so I'm pursuing a Biology Major and a BME (Biomedical Engineering) major, and I have finally decided that these are the two majors that I, indeed, want to have. Both reasons are purely this: I want to take some interesting classes. For Biology, by following (mostly) what's on the course, I will be able to take very interesting upper division courses like Cell Biology, Microbiology, and various other biologically related topics. Saying I'm going for BME allows me complete access to the engineering school, giving me access to engineering classes such as robotics, signal processing, computer science... topics that might be interesting for combining with biological topics like neurobiology. Indeed, I also heard that the neurology major isn't hard and has the fewest amount of classes to pass, so if that's the case it might be possible to get a neurology major and have 3 majors!! if not, then at least 2 majors and a minor ^-^. But for now, and pretty much for the first time since I decided to take BME along with Bio, I feel pretty confident about that decision and will stick with it until something bad happens, like I flunk out of school or something. :p
27.8.05
17.8.05
Hmm.... (2, because Hmm 1 involves something different)
You know, I waste huge amounts of time just thinking "I'm bored". Its not because I have nothing to do, in fact, I can think of many things I can do, its just for whatever reason I will just think "I'm bored" for the longest time and do nearly nothing.
Well, Maybe I don't do nothing, I certainly think when I'm during those periods. But most of what I think about turns out to be inproductive and not that useful anyway.
Well, a short while ago that ended, and now I'm in my "let's do something I wanted to do for 10 minutes before my ADHD kicks in and forces me to do something else" period. A couple minutes ago I was playing the piano. And now I'm typing random blog entries. And after this I will play... wait, no, my phone rang, its dinnertime. >.>
You know what else I did during my bored time? I educated myself on dating sims at megatokyo! Wait, damn, that just shows how much of a loser I am... XD
Well, Maybe I don't do nothing, I certainly think when I'm during those periods. But most of what I think about turns out to be inproductive and not that useful anyway.
Well, a short while ago that ended, and now I'm in my "let's do something I wanted to do for 10 minutes before my ADHD kicks in and forces me to do something else" period. A couple minutes ago I was playing the piano. And now I'm typing random blog entries. And after this I will play... wait, no, my phone rang, its dinnertime. >.>
You know what else I did during my bored time? I educated myself on dating sims at megatokyo! Wait, damn, that just shows how much of a loser I am... XD
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