YES!!! YES YES YES YES YES YESSSSSSS!!!! Shenmue III confirmed!!!!!!!!!

[OB1]

OH THANK YOU GOD! After months and months of worrying about whether or not Shenmue III would actually get made, Sega confirmed today that Shenny 3 is indeed in development for an unspecified platform. There will be some more solid info in September.

Shenmue III Confirmed
By Mike Viscel -- Staff Writer
Published 10:51 AM CDT July 14, 2003

That's right, Sega is planning on continuing the story of Shenmue.

Fans have been begging Sega-AM2 to continue the story of Shenmue. The original Shenmue for the Dreamcast captured a fanbase immediately. Sega continued the series on the Xbox, which attracted newcomers and old Shenmue followers alike.

At the beginning of the year Sega had mentioned that they were not sure what direction the Shenmue series would take. There had been speculation that Sega-AM2 would actually just release a DVD movie to continue and finalize the Shenmue story for the fans. That option has been put on the back burner.

Today it was announced that Sega-AM2 is developing a third installment in the Shenmue series. Although no details regarding the storyline, platform or release date have been announced, the game is said to be in development. Sega has stated that they will reveal more details regarding this game in September.

[Dark Jaguar]

I WAS going to blow up my minor beefs with whatever you would post into major beefs, but with this it's just too easy and too dangerous...

So instead of blowing up my minor issues into huge issues to make you mad as per usual, I'll be sure to reiterate they are MINOR issues and I do enjoy my romps through these games.

I hope the item related puzzles are MUCH harder with LOTS of red heirings! I also hope that human interaction is expanded upon.

Oh and, as you already know, if you decide to actually state I'm an idiot or something for having these problems with the game, then I will be forced to turn minor issues neither of us care about (or shouldn't really care about) into major issues for comic relief. Well, not that funny really, except to GR, and me, but I'm an idiot, and GR's humor organ is, well, not large, but VERY dense!

[Great Rumbler]

Originally posted by Dark Jaguar
and GR's humor organ is, well, not large, but VERY dense!

What does that mean...?

If Sega was smart they'd put Shenmue 3 on the PS2, but sadly they're more likely to follow the smell of MS's money. It'll never be on the GC; for some reason they think that their games don't sell well on the GC because people won't buy their sports games, despite the fact that Super Monkey Ball 1-2 and Sonic Adventure 2 sold a huge amount.

[OB1]

Yeah the games have some flaws, but I still love them for what they are rather than for what they are not. I love the story, the immersion, and the fighting bits. It's one of those games that, no matter how much criticism they get, you still love them because they just 'click' with you for some reason.

[Dark Jaguar]

Well I wouldn't say love, in fact I've only played them once and have yet to play through either one again, but "like" is a nice term I'd use.

No wait, what am I doing? No, bad words, shut up DJ! Shut UP! *locks self out of thread and swallows key*

[OB1]

Uh, I was talking about my feelings towards the game, not yours.

[Great Rumbler]

Well, you did use the word "you" and that implies that you're talking about other people...

[Dark Jaguar]

Haha, exactly. It's grammatically incorrect to use the word "you" in a general sense. The correct word, if you want a quick easy replacement type answer (though it's best just to rewrite it) is "one".

[OB1]

Me: Boy, I've got a really bad headache. It's just one of those days where you wish you could pee in a squirrel, yunno?

GR: I don't wish that.

Me: No I meant "you" as in "me".

GR: Wha?

Me: It's... never mind.

GR: Wha?

Me: Just forget about it.

GR: Who?

Me: Who what?

GR: What?

Me: What are you talking about?

GR: ...

Me: ...

GR: You peed on a squirrel?

[OB1]

Originally posted by Dark Jaguar
Haha, exactly. It's grammatically incorrect to use the word "you" in a general sense. The correct word, if you want a quick easy replacement type answer (though it's best just to rewrite it) is "one".

Yeah thanks, Dr. Grammarian. It's also not correct to say "a box of Legos", but nobody cares. It doesn't sound right.

I said that it's "one of those games" where you just love it because it "clicks" with you. I didn't say that Shenmue is loved by all.

[Dark Jaguar]

Oh I'm no Dr. In fact, I'd go as far as to say I likely made some sort of grammatical error in my correction, though I can't see any at the moment... English SUCKS!

[Great Rumbler]

OB1: No. I was just saying it's one of those days were you want to.

Me: ...

Me: I don't-

OB1: No! I mean I want to pee on squirell!

Me: Why would you want to do that?

OB1: Well, I don't REALLY want to, I'm just saying that it's one of those days were you...

Me: ...

OB1: Oh, just forget it.

[OB1]

I believe what I said was proper grammar, actually.

[OB1]

But what I just wrote right there? I think that's grammatically incorrect.

[Great Rumbler]

But what I just wrote right there?

Starting a sentence with a conjunction is incorrect.

[Dark Jaguar]

Nah, "you" may only be used in a very specific way. And saying "you" meaning "me" is horribly incorrect. However, there are some very psychological undertones to that bit of incorrect grammar... After all, why would one say a word that's longer and bad grammar like that, unless of course one wanted to give the illusion that their opinion was the popular one :D.

Well, you have to admit that was a funny way to interpret it. Do NOT assume I'm actually trying to get into your mind and get offended okay OB1?

[OB1]

That's not true. Saying something like "I hate this, but what are you gonna do?" isn't incorrect, and if it is then who cares since people say stuff like that all of the time. And yes I know that starting a sentence with "but" is incorrect, but I don't care. But. But but but but.

[Dark Jaguar]

In that case, "you" is actually reffering to someone! One actually would be asking about, well all of humanity, specifically! It's when you do stuff like give a list of instructions like "first you put on the shirt" that it's wrong. How would you know that that's what they first do?

[OB1]

What? That made no sense! "You" can mean "me" in certain contexts. Like "Tarnation! Would ya look at that there farbadally! Makes you want to get a burger!".

[Dark Jaguar]

Um, no.

[OB1]

Um, yes. People say things like that all of the time. When someone says "Makes you want to eat salad", they don't mean "It will make you want to eat a salad! You, over there! Yeah you, I'm talking to you!". It kinda means "me" in that context. Well not exactly, but it doesn't actually mean "you, specifically". I really don't have to explain this simple concept to you, do I?

[Dark Jaguar]

Exactly, and in those exact cases, it's incorrect :D!

No need to debate it. It's grammatical fact! I'm not trying to change you. Again, this started out as a stupid grammatical correction of a joke, and you "wanna make something of it". Apparently "i'm talking ta you" and "How am I funny" you say to me "like a clown?". Well I'm here to say don't worry about it! I know most people don't say it like that. I'm tossing it out as a fun fact I am.

[OB1]

It doesn't matter if it is grammatically correct or not(which you have yet to prove, btw), because people say it all of the time. And why do they say it? Because it sounds right! Which brings me right bag to me Lego example. The correct way of saying "a box of Lego's" is "a box of Lego", but no one says it that way because it sounds stupid!

[Dark Jaguar]

What did I just say? No really, read it. It's like you thought I wasn't even aware of this point.

[OB1]

Oh I understand your point, I just chose to ignore it.

[Dark Jaguar]

:D Oh I see your game. You really HAVE been messing with me this whole time, pretending to be serious about some argument! I should have seen it before. It's at least been going on all day, if not long before this.

Good on ya mate!

[OB1]

Oh I'm serious alright. Dead serious.

[Dark Jaguar]

Oh well then... wait... no you aren't...

Haha, nearly got me there!

[OB1]

I am serious. But joking at the same time. Not about the whole ice-9 deal, though. You were being stupid about that and I wasn't going to leave it alone.

[A Black Falcon]

Ooh, such a important arguement!

So people use bad grammar. So? Why does it matter? Who cares if I don't remember the ' in it's? Not me...

[OB1]

Yeah, Miss Grammarian here won't stop bugging me about it even though she makes grammatical errors quite often.

[Great Rumbler]

Originally posted by A Black Falcon
Who cares if I don't remember the ' in it's?

...I do.

[A Black Falcon]

But its OB1 who bugs me about it, not you...

:D

[OB1]

It's!!!!!

[A Black Falcon]

Ooh, look at Mr. Hypocrite try to still complain about grammar after saying that in some grammar issues he doesn't care!

[Great Rumbler]

Originally posted by A Black Falcon
But its OB1 who bugs me about it, not you...

:D

Alright then.

LOOK AT YOU!! You don't use commas on your contractions!! What the heck is wrong with you?! How can you call yourself civilized when you don't put a comma on the word "Its" when it's obvious your aren't talking about something that belongs to "it"?! You people make me sick!! Get out of my sight you filthy I-Don't-Put-Commas-On-My-Contractions person!!

[OB1]

I know! He's a terrible person because of it! Really!

[Great Rumbler]

You can't call someone like him a person!! He's a filthy GIBBON!! And that's a fact.

[OB1]

But apes are cool...

[Great Rumbler]

Not gibbons, though...

[OB1]

All monkey-related animals are cool.

[Great Rumbler]

Gibbons aren't though. It's a scientific fact.

[OB1]

You're out of control!

[Great Rumbler]

Don't blame me! It was the scientists who proved!!

[OB1]

You're scientists are crazy!

[Great Rumbler]

No more crazy than...DJ being a girl!! Which you have to admit IS pretty crazy.

[A Black Falcon]

Oh of course not using ' makes one a terrible human being. How dumb of me to not see such an obvious fact...

Oh, and if true that is pretty crazy.

[OB1]

You still don't believe that DJ is a girl?

[A Black Falcon]

I don't know, really.