Comments on: TSM Episode 268: Yes, Lusi, There Is an Easter Bunny http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/ Mon, 14 Sep 2015 08:10:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3 By: Ethan 'Ethos' Pipher http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-69011 Sat, 26 Apr 2014 23:24:01 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-69011 I don’t believe so, DA, not outside of emulators. But I’m surprised you don’t have a PS2. It’s very cheap these days, relatively speaking, and it has such an incredible lineup.

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By: DiceAdmiral http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68914 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:33:03 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68914 For one such as myself (owning only a non-backwards PS3 in regards to sony consoles) is there a way to play the other Suikoden games without buying a PS2?

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By: Ethan 'Ethos' Pipher http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68864 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 05:08:55 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68864 I had a pretty great time with Tierkreis, but I am aware that it is not a good Suikoden game, even if it is a competent standalone RPG. I’m really excited to give the Suikoden series a proper chance, and seeing the Fumunshu/Lusipurr rankings, I’m glad that 3 ranked so poorly because I borrowed it from my brother and had a really hard time getting past the town/overworld design. I’ll give 5 a proper try, and restart the first one, which I did quite like when I played it, but I didn’t get very far: always distracted by the abundance of games.

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By: Ferchu http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68852 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:37:07 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68852 I am playing Suikoden I for the first time and while I haven’t played Suikoden V, I am having a blast playing the game . Sometimes I feel the compulsion of getting all the characters in the same way I used to want to catch all the pokemon in pokemon yellow xD .

I can’t say exactly how good is the plot since I just begun, but it looks good so far.

I remember playing Tierkreis, had to play the unsub version, I didn’t like the voice acting of the game, specially the main character’s voice acting. The japanese voice acting talks in normal speed in contrast with the english version, I am talking about the main charater speed voice acting.

Suikoden 2 is great, I think I played that game like 10 times in the 2 years prior to release . Suikoden 4 was meh for me.

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By: Lusipurr http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68843 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 01:49:25 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68843 I would place Suikoden I above V, but otherwise agree entirely with the ranking Fumunshu gave.

And, as he did a fine job describing the Suikoden series, I’ll simply add that they are some of the best JRPGs I’ve ever played either–and we should all know how picky I am.

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By: Fumunshu http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68837 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:41:32 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68837 @DiceAdmiral-Tierkreis is a horrible entry to the Suikoden series, so I don’t blame you for wondering if they aren’t worth playing. Most of the games in the main series are. The magic system revolves around runes, of which there are 27 super powerful “true runes”. Each game focuses on the protagonist acquiring a true rune, then getting involved with some type of revolutionary war. There are party battles, 1 on 1 battles, and army battles. You eventually get a home base, and start recruiting a total of 108 characters in each game, all of which contribute either in party or army battles, shops for your base, or other random services. The world has a rich and deep history, and many characters from other games appear in the sequels. The games all take place in this same world, but in a different country, and in a different time in the world’s history. The stories are of a rare quality for rpgs. Of all the games, I would rank them from greatest to worst as 2,5,1,3, and 4, with the fourth one being the only one I wouldn’t recommend playing. 3 is ok, but 1, 2, and 5 are some of the best jrpgs I have ever played.

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By: DiceAdmiral http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68835 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 23:55:00 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68835 I’ve never played a Suikoden game other than Tierkreis. Are they worth playing? Can someone give me the elevator pitch for the series?

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By: Fumunshu http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68825 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:33:28 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68825 It was rated by the ESRB. Looks likely. http://kotaku.com/holy-crap-looks-like-suikoden-ii-is-finally-coming-to-1565978567

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By: Lusipurr http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68822 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:13:29 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68822 @Fumunshu: I won’t hold my breath, but I DESPERATELY hope you are right. I would love to open up Suikoden to a playthrough option for the site!

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By: Fumunshu http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68820 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:04:15 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68820 Supposedly, Suikoden 2 is coming to psn now. Finally! I wish that was an option for a playthrough.

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By: Ferchu http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68737 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 03:42:02 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68737 It could be interesting to hear Lusipurr talk about the megaman legends series, one of my favorites series from the ps1 era (of action games) so I vote for Megaman legend series and Azure Dreams .

I never understood when people talked bad about the voice acting of megaman legends(the first game). I thought it wasn’t bad .

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By: Brettsuo http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68730 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 02:30:19 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68730 @Wolfe: Just to offer you some thoughts from my perspective: Honestly, I agree with Lusipurr. I think taking the time to comment and spread the word is much more valuable than just throwing some money at the site. I am in a much better position to do the latter, as my job and my social, familial, and recreational obligations prevent me from being able to participate in the community and promotion of the site as much I as would like. It seems you are in a situation in which money is a precious commodity and free time is decently abundant, whereas vice versa is true for me.

So, I’m just doing what I can to help contribute since I do indeed listen to every podcast without fail and read articles and comments when I get the chance. I know Lusipurr and the staff work hard to generate content for the site and the podcast, so I feel I should contribute to their cause in the way that I can. I do not want or expect more recognition than someone like yourself (a regular commenter), and you really shouldn’t sell yourself short just because you are in a tight spot, financially. Us loyal listeners/readers just need to keep doing what we can to keep the staff motivated and the site alive.

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By: Lusipurr http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68728 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 01:45:05 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68728 Quick note to KDK: Xenosaga 2 is the main reason why I shudder at the thought of playing through the Xeno series. Ugh. Breaking every enemy. Ugh ugh ugh.

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By: Lusipurr http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68727 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 01:40:16 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68727 @Wolfe: There’s no reason to feel guilty. As I have said on the podcast many times, far better than donations are new readers. Hence, TELL YOUR FRIENDS. That’s the best thing you can do for us. The site would keep running even without donations. I’d keep paying it out of my pocket, and I’d find ways to scrape together the cash for the site bills and even end-of-year game giveaways.

But, without new readers, and with readership attritition, we end up with fewer comments, a smaller community, and less engagement. This means I have trouble replacing staff who need to leave for life changes; it means the staff feel like no one is reading their posts–and so why do it? It means people don’t want to be on the podcast (since if fewer people listen, why bother), and that drives down quality overall (if no one cares, why should the authors care?). Short of MASSIVE and CONTINUOUS donations of the sort that would allow me to salary the Lusipurr.com staff, there’s nothing that money can do to solve those problems.

Money is great. It allows us to upgrade our editing and recording software, to buy games for give-aways and for an end-of-year staff drawing, to pay for our domain registration, our small legal registration fee, and our webhosting, in addition to hardware in the form of a headset or a microphone. But it doesn’t give us readers, it doesn’t expand our reader base, it doesn’t put comments on posts, and it doesn’t really do a whole lot to improve the site.

This isn’t to say that donations aren’t useful either. They do a lot of things. But given the choice between $500 and 500 new readers, I’d take the readers every day of the week. Hell, I’d take 50 new readers over $500, honestly.

So, if you don’t have they money to donate, there’s nothing to feel guilty about. Get out there and spread the word. That is really the BEST thing I could ask for. Do that, and you can hold your head high. Get your friends to tell their friends. It matters. It matters a LOT. Telling your friends is the most important thing. After all, we don’t advertise. It’s up to you! :)

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By: Wolfe http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68725 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 01:10:51 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68725 Man, you make me feel guilty. Honestly though, I do good just to keep my broke ass fed. A paperback novel these days is a significant purchase to me. There’s a list of generic crap I’m waiting to read but have to hold out on. Gaming is something I generally manage during the holidays when family I don’t otherwise see take pity on me and toss gift cards my way. That’s how I got Bravely Default. That’s how I got XIV. The monthly fees are why I won’t be able to afford to extend my time there (I’m glad I finally got to see what an MMO was like though). I love the show. I like your political and social views. But as it stands, I’m in no position to donate, otherwise I’d do so. And when I can, I most certainly will.

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By: Lusipurr http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68717 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:38:50 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68717 This weekend I will* put together a spreadsheet of all donators, so that I can say thereafter who is the donation leader without having to do an embarassing and revealing numerical tally in public. I dislike mentioning amounts, but we should have some idea of what the largest donation on record is, and who has donated the most to the site.

If nothing else, it will help me put together a little thing on the Bio Page where we can have our PATRONS listed, the way it is done in theatres, libraries, symphonies, etc.

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By: Lusipurr http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68716 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:36:11 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68716 The Brettsuo cumulative total just went up, it seems…

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By: Lusipurr http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68715 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:34:49 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68715 …er …yes! Of course! I knew it all along! Wah ha! You’ve uncovered my clever plan! That was what I was thinking the whole time.

Congratulations to Brettsuo. And now, we know both the cumulative total and the single donation total records, BOTH of which he holds. So, it is definitively the Brettsuo Gaming Moment by either measure.

If at some point we have a different leader in one than the other, we’ll give the cumulative leader another part of the podcast. Largest donation will always be the gaming moment, though. It seems appropriate, since the gaming moment is meant to be about a single instant. Also, leaderboards and all.

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By: Brettsuo http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68714 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:30:52 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68714 Thankfully, that rather lengthy (and borderline embarrassing) discussion on my donation prowess was appropriate, as I still seem to have the top amount. My donation records show a total of $180 (that single donation was $155). Clearly, though, Imitanis and Matt Dance are within easy striking distance of that goal. It does not seem entirely unlikely that Lusi knew this all along and is attempting to make us duke it out for the title of top donator.

My vote is for the Mega Man Legends series. That series doesn’t get enough attention in general gaming discussions, so I would like to hear Lusi’s opinions of it.

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By: DiceAdmiral http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68704 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 18:57:45 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68704 @Lusi: In retrospect that seems incredibly obvious. I work with XML on a daily basis, so I really should have recognized the tag formatting.

I considered donating to claim “The DiceAdmiral gaming moment”, but I pretty much get named dropped weekly, so there really isn’t a need.

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By: Matt Dance http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68694 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:47:54 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68694 To each his own named section of the podcast!

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By: Scott 'Imitanis' Mundy http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68689 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:52:51 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68689 I would like to hear Lusi play the Mega Man Legends series, especially since he is a fan of the traditional platforming games.

@Matt: I have you beat on cumulative donations. Since 2011 I have donated $165, though I’ve yet to donate anything this year.

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By: Wolfe http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68663 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:27:15 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68663 The Legends games -do- have an amazingly dark undertone that’s all but glossed over by the Saturday morning cartoon look and feel of the show. I was shocked when Juno revealed his purpose back then. It just seemed so out of place.
Incidentally, Dash/Legends is the far, far future of the Mega/Rock universe, taking place even beyond the Zero series. Pity we never will get that third. I’d like to see what other ties to the past were buried in that little tale.

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By: koboldekobold http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68641 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 04:51:16 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68641 Xenosaga 2 is so bad (The thing I hated the most was the progression system made all of the characters feel the same)that I would be inclined to vote for Wild Arms, though I would grant you that I haven’t played through that series, so perhaps there is a dud in there as well.

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By: Andrew 'Mel' Melcon http://lusipurr.com/2014/04/21/tsm-episode-268-yes-lusi-there-is-an-easter-bunny/#comment-68636 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 02:58:03 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=11336#comment-68636 Close! Anti-Gnosis Weapon System.

But there are indeed some things revealed in there that aren’t elsewhere.

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