Blue Dragon in the warehouse and shipping now.

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 14 Jun 2007 12:32 pm

Perhaps a new simile/metaphor needs to be made.

We've already got "like shooting fish in a barrel" and "like taking candy from a baby." Perhaps we need to add "like owning Pat in an RPG argument."

...hmm, I don't think it'll catch on. Too wordy. Doesn't roll off the tongue easily enough.

Mind you, based on any threads in recent history at GR, you could probably shorten it to "like owning Pat" and it'd still be true. And I mean, really true, not 1-in-4 or 1-in-10 true.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 14 Jun 2007 12:34 pm

Needs more ".........."

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 14 Jun 2007 12:38 pm

More like needs more thread locked/deleted/moved to Freemason's Lodge.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 14 Jun 2007 12:43 pm

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 14 Jun 2007 12:45 pm

If that was a Blue Dragon screenshot, it'd be a shark.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 14 Jun 2007 12:46 pm

If it was a Final Fantasy storyline inspiration, it would be an X.

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 14 Jun 2007 12:55 pm

If it was inspired by Star Wars, the entire game would be embarrassing and uncomfortable, rather than just the laughing scene.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 14 Jun 2007 01:07 pm

Yeah, I mean how many games have the whole "Antagonist is the heroes father". Just a coincidence I'm sure.

Anyway, I do believe you were saying something funny. Something along the lines of defending the FF series as being a bastion of originality?

Sonic Jam · Post by **Sonic Jam** » 14 Jun 2007 01:12 pm

Thanks Seraph but sadly just like the last time you took the time to explain things to Pat, I doubt he will actualy understand what you are saying.

He'll probably just post something tiny and leave the thread like he did last time.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 14 Jun 2007 01:16 pm

so we're all clear on this, seraph is still saying that no Final Fantasy has ever had a main enemy be the heroes father. And Sonic agrees with him.

Seraph wrote:Well, given that not a single game in the FF series has ever had a situation even similar to the one that Pat referenced in spoilers, I figured I had to keep this thread on target somehow.

Gotcha.

Sonic Jam · Post by **Sonic Jam** » 14 Jun 2007 01:18 pm

Maybe in fairy Pat land, the one you seem to be going to more and more often lately.

I'll stick with reality, thanks.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 14 Jun 2007 01:23 pm

I'm beginning to think neither of you have played FFX.

I'll give you a brief rundown of how it starts.

Giant blue whale/dragon attacks protagonists home city. Giant blue whaledragon turns out to be said heroes father.

Blue Dragon starts off with a giant blue dragon/sandshark attacking the protagonists home town.

I don't know about these differences anymore. Go on seraph, give me another 6 page monologue about how the Final Fantasy games mirror the tribulations and triumph of the human spirit.

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 14 Jun 2007 01:24 pm

Pat wrote:so we're all clear on this, seraph is still saying that no Final Fantasy has ever had a main enemy be the heroes father. And Sonic agrees with him.

Seraph wrote:Well, given that not a single game in the FF series has ever had a situation even similar to the one that Pat referenced in spoilers, I figured I had to keep this thread on target somehow.
Gotcha.

Way to misread. You're now suggesting that the shark in the opening sequence of Blue Dragon is the main enemy of the game? And I thought you hadn't played it?

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 14 Jun 2007 01:28 pm

Way to misread? You will notice my spoiler said "*IF* this was anything like FF ... then the sandshark would turn out to be his father".

"IF" is a pretty handy word in the english language. It usually refers to a hypothetical case.

Have you seen this sandshark?

pilonv1 · Post by **pilonv1** » 14 Jun 2007 01:30 pm

Stop ruining my Blue Dragon thread retards.

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 14 Jun 2007 01:34 pm

That would also make the shark the endboss of the game. Which it's safe to say, is not the case. You criticise me based on the use of the word similar, yet see no fault in your "If it was anything like".

Edit: for Pilonv1 - sorry it's gone this way. If Pat hadn't thrown in the mod towel, this thread would've been locked down or otherwise done away with back when he realised he had no leg to stand on.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 14 Jun 2007 01:36 pm

Seraph,

[Click to see hidden content]: I am your father

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 14 Jun 2007 01:38 pm

If that was the case, then you being from Tasmania, you'd also be some combination of son, uncle and grandmother, too.

Scullibundo · Post by **Scullibundo** » 14 Jun 2007 01:39 pm

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 14 Jun 2007 01:43 pm

Ha! Please. If Megaman was anything like FF, then Megaman would be an engineered lifeform created by a professor, fighting against another engineered lifeform who intends to take over the world.

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 14 Jun 2007 01:50 pm

Pat wrote:Yeah, I mean how many games have the whole "Antagonist is the heroes father". Just a coincidence I'm sure.

Anyway, I do believe you were saying something funny. Something along the lines of defending the FF series as being a bastion of originality?

Hmm, missed this post before.

Pat wrote:Yeah, I mean how many games have the whole "Antagonist is the heroes father". Just a coincidence I'm sure.

You claiming that Star Wars was the first story ever told where the hero's dad was the bad guy? Bold claim.

Anyway, I do believe you were saying something funny. Something along the lines of defending the FF series as being a bastion of originality?

Here, I admit I need your help. Can you please highlight where I claimed FF had storylines that were a bastion of originality? Because at a glance, I can't find anywhere where I claimed such a thing... or is this another one of your hypotheticals?

pilonv1 · Post by **pilonv1** » 14 Jun 2007 01:58 pm

Seraph wrote:Edit: for Pilonv1 - sorry it's gone this way. If Pat hadn't thrown in the mod towel, this thread would've been locked down or otherwise done away with back when he realised he had no leg to stand on.

Thanks Seraph, I blame Pat too.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 14 Jun 2007 01:59 pm

Dammit pilon, seraph nearly had three in a row.

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 14 Jun 2007 02:05 pm

I'm just trying to make sure that I respond to any arguments or claims made by others in the thread.

If that was a Pat post,

[Click to see hidden content]: I'd ignore all the salient points, and just post a picture, or a yawn, or a throwaway line, and hope it all went away.