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I was almost in an accident yesterday after work... some idiot decided that since one lane of traffic was waiting for him (which wasn't obvious because it was also waiting at a green light where traffic is often backed up behind pedestrians, or just by people turning right slowly) he could dash into the other lane, which he couldn't see, without stopping to see if anyone was coming.
Luckily, I managed to screech to a stop in time, but there were inches to spare. Seriously.
And, ten seconds later, it turned out that he'd wanted to be in the right lane anyway. Urgh. x.x
In happier news, I was messing around with Soulcalibur III and made a custom character, a barbarian. Actually, I edited a character I'd made earlier, to use some of the extra 'costume' (they call it armor, but a puffy collar is not armor) pieces unlocked in the RTS mode. I was able to make him look about 90% less gay, losing the puffy collar and shirt, the bulging shoulderpads, the tights, and the ruffled cloak, but now he has purple sunglasses, leather pants, and a cowboy hat with a big red feather in it, so he's still quite obviously homosexual. The giant sword he swings around is clearly overcompensation.
I messed around with him in arena mode... you can't play the main story mode with custom characters, since each character has a unique story, but there's a mode exactly like the old arcade mode hidden in the arena that you can do, or you can do missions, which is what I was doing. After enough missions, he 'leveled up' sorta, in that he acquired a new discipline (fighting style) -- 'grieve edge'. That sounded cooler than 'iron sword', so for the next fight I selected it.
'Grieve edge' apparently means 'chicken feet'. It's razors attached to your metal shoes, so technically it should be called 'solleret edge', but the name is not what makes it laughably clownlike. No, the giant metal chicken-feet do that. In battle, it's roughly as effective as fighting using only the 'kick' button. I reeeeally hope that I don't have to use it to unlock whever the next barbarian discipline is.
My other custom character -- you have a different set for the RTS mode -- is a 'dancer', which means she fights with tambourines. I'm guessing the little bells are sharpened, or something, although she mostly claps them together on either side of the enemy's head a few times before twirling them over her head to regain health.
Yeah, I think they had some fun with the custom characters...
Luckily, I managed to screech to a stop in time, but there were inches to spare. Seriously.
And, ten seconds later, it turned out that he'd wanted to be in the right lane anyway. Urgh. x.x
In happier news, I was messing around with Soulcalibur III and made a custom character, a barbarian. Actually, I edited a character I'd made earlier, to use some of the extra 'costume' (they call it armor, but a puffy collar is not armor) pieces unlocked in the RTS mode. I was able to make him look about 90% less gay, losing the puffy collar and shirt, the bulging shoulderpads, the tights, and the ruffled cloak, but now he has purple sunglasses, leather pants, and a cowboy hat with a big red feather in it, so he's still quite obviously homosexual. The giant sword he swings around is clearly overcompensation.
I messed around with him in arena mode... you can't play the main story mode with custom characters, since each character has a unique story, but there's a mode exactly like the old arcade mode hidden in the arena that you can do, or you can do missions, which is what I was doing. After enough missions, he 'leveled up' sorta, in that he acquired a new discipline (fighting style) -- 'grieve edge'. That sounded cooler than 'iron sword', so for the next fight I selected it.
'Grieve edge' apparently means 'chicken feet'. It's razors attached to your metal shoes, so technically it should be called 'solleret edge', but the name is not what makes it laughably clownlike. No, the giant metal chicken-feet do that. In battle, it's roughly as effective as fighting using only the 'kick' button. I reeeeally hope that I don't have to use it to unlock whever the next barbarian discipline is.
My other custom character -- you have a different set for the RTS mode -- is a 'dancer', which means she fights with tambourines. I'm guessing the little bells are sharpened, or something, although she mostly claps them together on either side of the enemy's head a few times before twirling them over her head to regain health.
Yeah, I think they had some fun with the custom characters...
