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Polling / Re: Favorite 'Lesser' CT villain

« on: March 21, 2007, 01:49:54 pm »

I liked Mother Brain.  One of my favorite sidequests.

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Re: Do you have one but not the other?

« on: March 21, 2007, 12:26:10 pm »

Oh yea. I do have Chrono Trigger for PSX. Thanks for reminding me. Mad Bear.

It's so crappy it's barely memorable. 

Perhaps I just haven't played the original in a while.  I didn't note too many negative differences.

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Re: Do you have one but not the other?

« on: March 13, 2007, 01:37:21 pm »

I've got Chrono Trigger, but the one they released for the PSX.  Never was too keen on Chrono Cross, but I might give it a playthrough for continuity's sake.

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History, Locations, and Artifacts / Re: The Summoning Circle in Magus's Castle

« on: March 09, 2007, 12:27:00 pm »

We have to question why he would have the compass, if that's what it is, at the top of his castle. Surely he would at least place it in the basement somewhere if it was an attempt to focus on Lavos' position, to aid him in getting as close as he could with the technology available.

Perhaps it didn't need to be close to Lavos to zero-in on his location.  Perhaps just the fact that it was in such a precise locale with regard to Lavos was enough.  I tend to think the circle was to help him focus on where Lavos was and apply his own vast magical energies to opening a conduit to that place where he (Lavos) was.

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Chrono Compendium Discussion / Re: The Un-Official Avatar/Sig Request Thread

« on: March 08, 2007, 04:51:48 pm »

Lol, so, who actually handles the sig requests around here?

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Lavos, the Planet, and other Entities / Re: A Planet Cannot Recover After a Lavoid Attack

« on: March 08, 2007, 10:46:50 am »

The two sentences can't be independent from each other. How would you explain the sentence put inbetween them else? ("If only humans weren't here...…") The humans are the last obstacle to the robots' total domination of the planet. If you think that Mother Brain was speaking about nature, then it would mean humans are an obstacle to that nature recovery... It wouldn't make sense, it's not like they're polluting the environment or anything in 2,300 AD.

Re-reading the quote again, the structure makes that a little harder to determine.  Mother-Brain says that the planet WILL recover.  Not that it might or "would, if..."  The sentence concerning humans doesn't really fit with the tense of that sentence.  It does, however, fit with the tense of the following sentence regarding the machine utopia.  Again, though, the "And" at the beginning makes it not flow smoothly.

It makes me believe even moreso that she believes (erroneously) that the planet will recover from the damage done by Lavos.  When speaking of humans as an obstacle, though, I agree that it is in regard to her robotic paradise.

This planet WILL recoVER.
   If only humans weren't here...…

   And the new world of we robots WOULD be
   constructed.
   A country of iron...... a utopia with neither
   hatred nor sorrow.

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Lavos, the Planet, and other Entities / Re: A Planet Cannot Recover After a Lavoid Attack

« on: March 07, 2007, 05:50:57 pm »

Mother Brain is speaking about a country of iron, not a natural recovery with grass and plants and stuff. She was right in what she said.

She says the planet will recover. THEN she says "And the new world of we robots WOULD be constructed."  The structure of the sentence would imply to me that the one happens independently of the other.  The planet heals, and the utopia is built.  Not the other way around.  Hence my theory that she was flawed in her calculations.  Rambling, as it were.  Just my opinion, though, 

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Lavos, the Planet, and other Entities / Re: A Planet Cannot Recover After a Lavoid Attack

« on: March 07, 2007, 02:33:21 pm »

Happy to oblige.

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Characters, Plot, and Themes / Re: Kino Confusion

« on: March 07, 2007, 12:19:41 pm »

Hmmm... Looks like I'm going to have to play through Chrono Cross for much of the discussion here...

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Lavos, the Planet, and other Entities / Re: A Planet Cannot Recover After a Lavoid Attack

« on: March 07, 2007, 11:07:54 am »

...excuse me? I don't understand.

I think they were commenting on another poster's analogy of Lavos's attack on the planet being like a guy getting kicked in the nads.  Would he recover? Sure.  But he'd rather just sidestep the whole thing.

Now, in response to your initial post, I agree.  It would kind of invalidate most of the game's plot if the planet was just going to recover anyway.  Couldn't Mother Brain have been flawed in whatever calculations brought her to that conclusion?  It obviously wasn't functioning properly, so (to me) that puts a miscalculation like that well within the realm of possibility.  Kind of like an insane person, only, you know, a machine.

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Welcome / Birthday / Seeya! Forum / Re: Salutations

« on: March 07, 2007, 10:19:18 am »

That is clearly photoshopped. The light on the player being kicked is completely different from the light on the kicking player.

Still looks funny, though, 

Thanks to everyone for the reception.  Zeality, thanks for the link, I'll give it a try.

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Welcome / Birthday / Seeya! Forum / Re: Salutations

« on: March 06, 2007, 05:17:10 pm »

Excused.  All the more since I'm already betrothed.  Nice name, by the way.

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Welcome / Birthday / Seeya! Forum / Re: Salutations

« on: March 06, 2007, 04:37:13 pm »

Sounds good.  I'll wait and see what he says.

Much obliged, by the way.

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Welcome / Birthday / Seeya! Forum / Re: Salutations

« on: March 06, 2007, 04:13:16 pm »

I appreciate the welcome.  Always nice to get a little feedback when you go to the trouble of making an intro.

EDIT: Also, is there a sig request thread?  A link or point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

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Welcome / Birthday / Seeya! Forum / Salutations

« on: March 06, 2007, 03:32:23 pm »

Hey there, everyone.

I hope I followed protocol creating a new thread like this.  I stumbled across the Compendium a while back, but for some reason didn't take an interest.  This time, though, I decided to join up and see how I liked it.  I'm a big Chrono Trigger fan.  Since I first read about it in a video game magazine when it was released for SNES, I thought it was just SO cool.  One of the greatest ever.  I look forward to discussions and creative speculation and all that here.



- The Mad Bear