Quote Archivist: crowphoenix
Section of Posts: #27,501 to 30,000
[Jiggy note: There were far, far, far too many quotes to pull out for the sake of this archive thread; even in the original Dojo thread, I left them untouched. What we have here instead can be considered a stream-of-consciousness look into the mindset of someone reading through to collect these quotes. One thing to mention: There
are many links strewn throughout this narrative. I left them intact purely because someone, somewhere, may find them useful for as long as the original thread still exists.]
My section begins on page
551, around an hour after Sega revealed Sonic is a brawler in their conference. I was already well gone into the world of sleep. Gaf was excited. Predictions were flying, was this the day hed appear on the Dojo? What other 3rd party figures would be joining him? Megaman was not a bannable offense at the time. But there was a problem. It was already known that Japan was getting a delay for the game.
MrCheez's reply perfectly emphasized the last stand of hope against cold reason, and luckily
Danthrax is still alive-- or a zombie.
Page 552 basically spans 15 minutes of time. By the end of the page there are 3 minutes left until the Dojo updates and
SuperAngelo cant take it. Jokes are still being cracked, such as Sonic Team being the hidden developer of Brawl. No one wants to think of that, so lets push on, shall we? By post
27622, Sonic has appeared, and there was much rejoicing, as many caps lock keys got hot glued down. Both the Dojo and Gaf were hit hard by Sonics reveal; Gaf was running slow and the Dojo was dead, save the German site. But the excitement is ebbing, enough for Duffy and Mutsu to notice something
bad news. By using Sonic as a cover, the Dojo had slipped in the delay, and with that, the release date of December 3rd, and our dreams of Brawling during the holidays were gone. On page 556,
Mutsu displays prophet-like skills at guessing the date that Brawl would be pushed back to. On page 557, the topic of conversation switches back and forth between Sonic is awesome and Delays? nooooo! with
Crushed eloquently explaining how we all feel inside (Well, Im still asleep, but Im dreaming it. I also dream of a Rambo reveal on the Dojo, so its best to ignore that.) Fernoca posts a picture of
Sonic and Mario standing together. The delay seems to be affecting
Jiggy.
To emphasize the speed at which the thread is going on page 558, there were six posts during the minute of 2:39 AM, which is insane. Im beginning to wonder if my stupid, sleeping ass will wake up before my section ends to say something moronic. Zeed pops into the thread on page 559 to inform us that the thread title (Probably Sonic Sonic Sonic) was placed by EviLore, due to mass pestering in the IRC.
LiquidMamba shows up with information on the Brawl delay in Japan. With a 1/24/08 release date in Japan, things looked bleak for the American release. The conversation on page 559 has moved past Sonic and into our usual speculation. Members are discussing the delay and dissecting the videos for every little detail that can be brought out. A Metroid level has been hinted at, due to it having lava, and odd character movements have been attributed as taunts. More people pour in crying hurrah Sonic. Fronn wonders where Luigi is, which sets the thread to discussing that Luigi is indeed in the game, even though Sakuri is being a jerk and not showing him.
AniHawk appears with nine images of a man going insane. I think it means that hes just had his mind blown. More speculation, a guess that ZSSs final smash will involve her ship descending to blow everyone to hell and back, before having Samus reemerge in her power suit. It is also only 3 AM by page 560, which is only an hour and a half from when my section began. The discussion is a bit hard to follow as it jumps from speculation to joygasm to gloom and back occasionally in the span of a sentence.
Scottnak displays the true sense of joy quite well. One of the main modes of conversation still appears to be Megaman. When is he getting in, and how happy everyone will be when hes announced. Its a little depressing to look back on that actually, but maybe next time?
Enk is the one dissenting voice, but thats only because it is not classic Sonic.
Crushed still wants Simon Belmont to be in the game-- That is one fact that will exist as far back in the past as one can look and as far into the future as we can see. And
Sp0rsk came. MrCheez wants desperately to start a conversation about Brawls delay, but no one is really listening. MiniDitka believes that Reggie would not lie to us, so it will be coming out on Dec 3rd. Sharp believes that because some of us thought that Sonics animation sequence was cool, he can never trust our opinions again.
AlternativeUlster is in denial- really, really in denial. PkunkFury hopes the TBD means Nintendo is moving the release date forward, but he knows thats not true. Rentahamster wants his flashlight.
BGBW keeps posting horrible images of
Simon Belmont and made an image of Mario punching Sonic.
Scribble proves that Sakurai does read GAF by asking if you had to drop one Pokémon, between Jiggly and Mewtwo, which would it be. On page 562 ShoNuff realizes that he is no longer 12. TheGreatDave hates Sonic, for some reason I could never understand (but I am seeing a therapist for it), but he says that Sakurai has sound him on it. Ill guess that was a typo for sold.
Jiggy finally gets around to posting his
stats. And
Mio believes that the delay is all our fault for wanting more characters. I hope thats not the case, but those 30,000 letters I sent Sakurai requesting Tricky probably did slow down the process. I mean, that is a lot of shredding. Slavik thinks that Sonics old art looks terrible. In a sense, I have to agree, but more because a fat guy rarely runs as fast as Sonic did, but then Robotnik can run lightning quick while Sonic seems to have slowed down as he lost weight, if Sonic 2006 is any indication. I really love Live and Learn. Its one of the songs I run to after my workouts, but damn, I did not realize it was so popular. Do you see this Sega? People still love you! Would you do something right for once!? As the conversation has moved to Sonic music, I am forced to relive the pain that is Seven Rings in Hand, which Dark Ninja loves. Enk decides to remind Gaf that Sonic Boom was epic. As I listen, I can feel the pain ebbing away. AlternativeUlster thinks that Sonics stage will be Casino Night Zone. Videos of the openings to SATAM and AoSTH were posted by linkzg. SATAM will always have a special place in my heart, While AoStH will always drive me to drink.
The realization of Co-op has hit the thread, though no one knows what to expect
Linkzg wins for his ability to accept that Sakurai will give us what we want. AlternativeUlster is confused that anyone could not want Brawl, despite some people coming into the thread and being like, Eh, I might get this. RubxQub woke up and shit his pants then fapped. It was a good morning for him, I guess.
It is now 6 am, and people are beginning to wake up. There is a new flood of people oh-shitting at Sonics inclusion. At 7 AM, I make my appearance. My first correct prediction and I am at a loss for words. I believe I was laughing like an idiot at the time. Scribble wonders how many pages a Geno announcement would spawn. Probably a lot because thered be a hell of a lot of bitching and rawring as there are people that just dont like him.
On page 566, there still seems to be that last lingering vestige of Denial as evident in elbkhms post on the differences between the Japanese update and the American one. There is also more fapping over Sonic and Linkhero believes that the reason for the delay is Brawls sheer awesomeness. And by 8:05 in the morning, I have realized that there will be a delay. JayDubya pops into the Smash thread to express his
excitement. Brandon F would rather have Megaman though. Brawl has made WildArms believe in God. Due to missing the Sonic update, the
Haunted One turned into Kermit and began flailing wildly, both, I imagine, in excitement and despair. Also on page 567, I, in all of my stupidity, learn that it is indeed accepted to call Eggman by his true name, Dr. Robotnik. I was elated.
Another
picture post reveals that Brawl was playable at the conference. Page 568 starts the curiousness of Pit being mistaken for a female and/or Daisy. It does appear to be a lovely yellow dress hes wearing that blends just perfectly with his brown hair. The speculation has now begun about the number of characters could be included in Brawl, when paired with the character select screen. The estimation based on the demo showed a grand total 15 characters with 27 total, so it was a little off. Plagiarize declares Brawls new name be Sonic and his much more awesome new friends. A picture post reminds us of the cruelty of EGMs April fools day joke about Sonic being in Brawl.
Alberto gets quoted for sheer awesomeness.
Dude takes his ban bets seriously and says hell kill himself should Megaman not be in. And then there was a creepy claymation video of the original brawl trailer on page 570. Iam Canadian has again, even after all this time, caused me deep mental anguish by suggesting that Cream the Rabbit would be in Brawl. Iam Canadian says that his top five will be: Ness, Kirby, Meta-knight, Lucas and Sonic. Does this still stand? [Jiggy note: replace Kirby and Sonic with R.O.B. and Wolf, neither of which were known at the time, and thats about all I ever face when playing against him.]
Segata Sashiro epically hurls an exploding corpse into the Dojo with the reminder that because we (and by this I mean I) keep buying shitty Sonic games, they will keep being made. CreatureX3 says the delay was to add blast processing to the game. I hope so. Its the only logical reason, after all. Sonic cant go anywhere without his luggage. Chumly rationalizes the delay by saying that its not so bad that it was released in January. After all, he reminds, it could have been a six month delay. I tell him thats like getting hit in the gut with a metal pipe and being glad its not a metal bat. The conversation turns to how awesome it is that Sonic and Mario are teaming up and the fact that no one would have ever expected it. Afterwards, its a quick trip to Sales-Age and the query of what the delay means to the sales. I will now quote
myself and admit that I was dead wrong. The sales did better than could be expected. I was parried with the notion that Nintendo would still have the next holiday season. And the conversation turns toward the fact that Lucas inclusion likely means that Ness is a no go. And the conversation proceeds from there, the moves known for Ness and the moves shown for Lucas are dissected, trying to proved that Ness would not be a Lucas clone and vise-versa. Venomgxt pops in to question the right to be annoyed that the game has been delayed. Littleberu counters with the fact that Nintendo likely will have very few games worth getting at Christmas, so this annoys him.
Jea Song eloquently explains what every Sega fan feels at that moment. And then the thread turns back to conversations about the 3rd 3rd party characterMegaman, Simon Belmont, Chrono, or Geno. MisterHero pops in to say that the fans will eventually be grateful for the delay when the game is out. Usea pops in with his usual cynical demeanor and points out that the delay may have been nothing more than a marketing ploy. I remember hearing somewhere that the guys in marketing think a delay add hype. I wonder if thats true.
Haunted One said:
I say the Sonic update pretty much confirms Megaman as well.
Yes, you can quote me on that.
I take the Haunted One seriously, only because I am sad about the lack of Megaman. Frozen Fire confesses that he bought Halo 3 and enjoyed it. Its ok, buddy. The game is good. I have it too. Now, back to Brawl before Im burned at the stake for heresy. The talk in the thread turns toward the idea of a Smash demo. Ever so hopeful are we. Perhaps, a demo kiosk will be up around the first of March. I would spend all Saturday in GameStop for that. Guys, Im going to say that it is absolutely crazy that Im over 12 hundred posts into my section and we havent even gone 14 hours. Third party characters from old Final Fantasy games are being tossed around.
More people are beginning to get anxious about the American conference that was apparently going to occur that night. RobbieNick tells the thread that hes going to E4All, which means hell get to play Brawl. He is told to make sure to have good information upon return. The rivalry between the Halo thread and the Dojo thread is beginning to leak its way in. Who will be the first to reach 30,000. By page 577, we have the updated list of series icons. On page 578, we discussed the awesomeness of the L-block making an appearance. The conversation on who voices Sonic came up. Was it the terrible VA from the Sonic X series, or the decent one from Adventures? We believe it was the terrible one. And then MisterHero and Beezy tell the thread the correct opinion that Jaleel White was the best Sonic voice.
The conversation goes back to the number of characters that are on the demo screen, proving that we are a cyclical bunch. It is pointed out that Melees demo character screen changed for the final release. And BGBW posts that horrible picture of Captain N Simon Belmont again.
The joy of newcomers has shown up. Firestorm wanted Metaknight and, CreatureX3 wanted Pit before E3 06. Wow, has it really been that long? Jiggy is most excited about Meta-knight. And Iam Canadian says hed have preferred DeDeDe, but his favorite newcomer is Lucas. Scribble has taken up the mantle of the Marth is still in Brawl defense force, doing his best to remind people that the argument that Marth is out because he looks like Ike is moronic. He uses the Ice Climbers as an example of peoples doubt. Haunted One and Dark Ninja both claim that they wanted the Ice Climbers gone, or as Haunted One said, It wasnt doubt, it was hope in the case of the Ice Climbers. Little Fuckers (Dojo Thread rated T for Teen.) Dark Ninja reminds Scribble that it has been said that WW Link and Tingle cant be in the game because of the Cell Shading.
Shinobix informs us that, really, Sonics facial expression in the reveal video kind of sucks. There are numerous reasons as to why, such as the mouth being in the center rather than the side, but as MisterHero points out, it somehow works logically. The conversation again turns to third parties, with Zeed, back in the thread, affirms his faith in Megaman.
WastingPenguins states quite nicely why most people dont want both Link and WW Link to be in the same game. Its important to remember that at this time we were working under the delusions of no clones. DrForester demands that if WW Link is in Tetra/Zelda had better be in as well. WastingPenguins, it must be said, wanted Paper Mario more than WW Link, which would have been really cool.
Papercut gives probably the best notion of how Paper Mario would play out and what his stage would be like. This was quoted for the sheer awesomeness of the idea. The collective hive mind of the Dojo thread has decided that if WW Link was in, hed just be Young Link again.
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