Shimarisu
May 29, 2003, 04:01 PM
I topped my ultimate blunder to date today. Twice. That previous blunder was getting killed by a Love Rappy after I stared at it and froze. These must beat it, though the ramifications are possibly less...
I was in Japanese mode today. I flip between JP and English because in JP mode, you can type in Japanese and English. You can't do that in English mode, which sucks. Japanese text is good for chatting to stray Japanese players on the Euro ship. They are usually delighted that I can speak to them and I end up acting as translator. I then get a lot of attention, which is good for my flagging ego.
I also spend some time on the JP servers, but the people there are usually too high level for me.
Anyway, today I did MAX ATTACK 2 with a guy I often play games with. My first mistake was to hold him up FOREVER at the bank, looking for my G ASSASSIN SABERS, not realisting they are called TWIN ASSASSIN SABERS in the Japanese version. I stood there a long while going "Where are they? Did I fsod? I don't remember a fsod."
That's NOTHING though. When I came out of the game, I was told to collect my points as usual. Instead, I stood there for a while, chatting about how I was told that I basically sucked in Japanese. I then walked to the teleport, hit A, and...
nothing.
"Oh," I remarked, with difficulty, thanks to my jamming, bugged out Datel keyboard. "My button isn't working."
Anyway, he stood around waiting while I:
1. Unplugged the controller.
2. Plugged it back in. Nothing.
3. Walked over the room, took the controller from my other GC, tried that. Nothing.
4. Unplugged the keyboard. Nothing.
5. Unplugged everything, plugged it back in. Nothing.
Then he casually walked over to the computer where you register points, and asked me 'Can you still access this?'
OH MY GOD. At that point, I realised what I had done.
I HAD FORGOTTON TO REGISTER MY POINTS!
Anyway, I know people do this all the time, but I'm not sure they keep people waiting while they search for the way to fix it. What makes it worse is I've seen people standing in that teleport remarking that they can't warp out. I should've remembered. But I didn't.
Anyway, I'm not sure that beats this:
I warped out to the lobby, where I got chatting with people. I then decided to show off my pound sign to them. Now this still impresses some people, but when you are in Japanese mode, you can make a pound sign.
You have to type 'pound' in Japanese and hit space, but the result is a pound sign that has the room acting awestruck.
I got my usual "HOW DO YOU DO THAT?"s which pleased me greatly. I told them how to, then some guy sauntered over and made the manji sign at me.
Now for those who don't know, the manji sign is a Chinese/Japanese symbol that looks like a swastika.
I could not resist the challenge, so I made it back. He seemed a bit disappointed.
"DON'T tell anyone how to to that," he said. (I think we know why).
The conversation then went something like this.
Me: (manji) is not a swastika.
Him: I know. It means peace.
Me: Not really. (manji) is a symbol of rotation. Like, all encompassing.
Him: Oh. That's interesting. Is that why the Nazis used it?
Me: Yes. The Nazis used (manji) to mean power. Except they reversed it. That is why (manji) is not a swastika.
It was then I noticed that the lobby was INCREDIBLY silent.
It was directly after that, that I noticed the ENTIRE LOBBY was full of Germans.
Oh god.
- Shimarisu
I was in Japanese mode today. I flip between JP and English because in JP mode, you can type in Japanese and English. You can't do that in English mode, which sucks. Japanese text is good for chatting to stray Japanese players on the Euro ship. They are usually delighted that I can speak to them and I end up acting as translator. I then get a lot of attention, which is good for my flagging ego.
I also spend some time on the JP servers, but the people there are usually too high level for me.
Anyway, today I did MAX ATTACK 2 with a guy I often play games with. My first mistake was to hold him up FOREVER at the bank, looking for my G ASSASSIN SABERS, not realisting they are called TWIN ASSASSIN SABERS in the Japanese version. I stood there a long while going "Where are they? Did I fsod? I don't remember a fsod."
That's NOTHING though. When I came out of the game, I was told to collect my points as usual. Instead, I stood there for a while, chatting about how I was told that I basically sucked in Japanese. I then walked to the teleport, hit A, and...
nothing.
"Oh," I remarked, with difficulty, thanks to my jamming, bugged out Datel keyboard. "My button isn't working."
Anyway, he stood around waiting while I:
1. Unplugged the controller.
2. Plugged it back in. Nothing.
3. Walked over the room, took the controller from my other GC, tried that. Nothing.
4. Unplugged the keyboard. Nothing.
5. Unplugged everything, plugged it back in. Nothing.
Then he casually walked over to the computer where you register points, and asked me 'Can you still access this?'
OH MY GOD. At that point, I realised what I had done.
I HAD FORGOTTON TO REGISTER MY POINTS!
Anyway, I know people do this all the time, but I'm not sure they keep people waiting while they search for the way to fix it. What makes it worse is I've seen people standing in that teleport remarking that they can't warp out. I should've remembered. But I didn't.
Anyway, I'm not sure that beats this:
I warped out to the lobby, where I got chatting with people. I then decided to show off my pound sign to them. Now this still impresses some people, but when you are in Japanese mode, you can make a pound sign.
You have to type 'pound' in Japanese and hit space, but the result is a pound sign that has the room acting awestruck.
I got my usual "HOW DO YOU DO THAT?"s which pleased me greatly. I told them how to, then some guy sauntered over and made the manji sign at me.
Now for those who don't know, the manji sign is a Chinese/Japanese symbol that looks like a swastika.
I could not resist the challenge, so I made it back. He seemed a bit disappointed.
"DON'T tell anyone how to to that," he said. (I think we know why).
The conversation then went something like this.
Me: (manji) is not a swastika.
Him: I know. It means peace.
Me: Not really. (manji) is a symbol of rotation. Like, all encompassing.
Him: Oh. That's interesting. Is that why the Nazis used it?
Me: Yes. The Nazis used (manji) to mean power. Except they reversed it. That is why (manji) is not a swastika.
It was then I noticed that the lobby was INCREDIBLY silent.
It was directly after that, that I noticed the ENTIRE LOBBY was full of Germans.
Oh god.
- Shimarisu