Okay, I've been working on this riddle and it is crazily hard. Basically what it is is you go from one room to another solving riddles in each room. Some involve searching Google for clues to a username and password, others require changing the url. It's crazy. And it's HARD. So far out of 1.8 MILLION people who have attempted the puzzles only 250, 250!!!, have actually finished it. There's over 81 rooms and so far I've only made it to room 6. Wow.
Well, with all the turmoil around here, why not have a little fun? And what better way than to revive the antiquated but always enjoyable TENDOCITY AWARDS!
You all know how this works, I'll give you a list of awards, and then you <b><i><u>PRIVATE MESSAGE</b></i></u> your nominations for each award to me. Any nominations posted in this thread will be ignored. The whole idea is that this is a secret ballot. Any registered member can be nominated for any award.
The actual awards haven't changed much, they're the same basic ones, enjoy!
Best Name
Worst Name
Best Signature
Worst Signature
Best Avatar
Worst Avatar
Best Title
Worst Title
Favorite Tendite
Least Favorite Tendite
These two are a bit different, but you should be able to figure them out
Favorite Forum
Favorite Thread (can be ANY thread in ANY forum)
And the classic:
Person you'd gladly pay to see burn in flames for five minutes
That last one is very open. That one isn't to just mmbers of the forum. Nominate whoever you want. Previous nominations have included Al Gore, Bill Clinton, and Kobe Bryant :D
I know there's a thread about it already but...yeah.
I'm glad I didn't listen to the reviews that touted this game so poorly. I've played through most of the missions (I have yet to only beat the final mission), and I can say with absolute conviction that this game is even better than Starfox64, and I loved SF64. The Arwing bits are wonderfully executed and the controls are seamless. The Landmaster is a powerful little guy capable of massive destruction on the ground. I will say that the on-foot bits aren't the shining jewel of the game, but they're by no means bad, either. The mix of all three types of play make for a great experience.
I've tried a little multiplayer, and even with splitscreen, everything is easy to see and all the important info in your GUI is right at hand with needing shrunk to fit your half of the screen.
I was anticipating bad voice acting, but I've been pleasantly proven wrong. ROBs voice goes a little over-the-top computery, but everyone else's voices sound great. General Pepper sounds gruff and forceful, Peppy sounds aged yet wise, and Slippy, well, Slippy just has his own kind of sound. It's all very similar to previous voices too.
That just leaves the story. Kind of a lame Borg invasion premise, but I suppose it's better than "OMG Andross again!!!11"
So that is my impression of the game. If you've played it, give yours as well, and if not, I'd recommend picking it up.
Is his Most Excellently Exhalted, Austere and August Majesty, Marcus Darunius VII, Sovereign Lord of Goron City, Great Britain, Hyrule, and Tendo City actually a real-life, breathing Goron? Or, alternately, is he something else, like a shoe or something? Discuss.
This is the thread to discuss boss strategies we've all developed for various games. Just bring up a boss and if someone else has their own strat post that too. We'll vote every now and then on what seems most effective.
Okay, I'll start. In Zelda 2, I have found the best method for taking on Shadow Link at the end of the game to be jumping towards him, slowing down my forward momentum just a bit so he backs up a bit too much, then if he lowers his shield just before I land I slice him in the head. Back off a bit, then repeat over and over until the old man gives you the triforce of courage. I think it's pretty effective when I can pull it off right. I seem to require a certain level of "mojo" to do this though. This method actually works very well on all the iron knuckles in the game.
In Zelda 1, the Dark Nuts are sorta tough for me. It's odd, they just keep MOVING and never stop, so sometimes it's easy to beat one and sometimes they can really get you cornered. My strategy, in the rooms set up for it, is usually to stand behind some structure and wait for them to walk towards the space I'm aiming at. I then attack before they can turn to face me. I then repeat this. The problems with this is the rooms that have nothing but 4 walls, where I simply have to duck and move, and when dark nuts are coming from both sides of the object I'm hiding behind.
In Mario Bros., my strat to run past hammer tossing Bowser has involved waitng for the only moment I can make a sure fire jump, which is usually when he fires a fire bolt at the same time he throws the hammer barrage JUST as he's starting to jump again. I can then jump over the fire, through the hammer gap, and dash under the then jumping Bowser to get by him. The major problem is that I do need to wait for this perfect timing of his attacks to occur. Otherwise, if by chance I'm there with low time, I sorta randomly dive through it and get lucky.
Alright, here's the deal: I'll make better posts that consist of more than just a single emoticon or "..." if you guys start coming back the forums and POSTING. Don't just drop in once a week or once a month to post a couple of times, and then complain that no one posts anything good. Okay? If you come back and start posting more and my posting habits DO NOT get better THEN BY ALL MEANS COMPLAIN ALL YOU WANT!! Because at that point I'll be deserving of it. So, this is what it has come down to.
EVERYONE COME BACK AND POST A BUNCH OF GOOD POSTS!!
