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Title: Christmas!!
Post by: theANdROId on December 14, 2013, 11:21:56 PM
Can you believe it's already almost here?!  I've still got a tiny bit of shopping to do, but I'm almost done!  How about all of you?  How is your shopping and Christmas-ing coming?!
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: X on December 15, 2013, 02:33:51 AM
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Can you believe it's already almost here?!

Yeah I can  :) I've got two out of five people done already. Tomorrow I'll head downtown and see if I can't get the rest of it finished.
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Inccubus on December 15, 2013, 03:20:01 AM
Yule!!!  ;D
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Ratty on December 17, 2013, 03:07:49 AM
I'm more a Halloween guy but I think James Rolfe said it best. "Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, happy everybody! Happy Holidays, and if you have a problem with happy holidays then happy shut the fuck up." - AVGN (from the Winter Games review (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGrHqz3opgM#).) However and whatever you do to celebrate the Solstice season enjoy the time with the people closest to you, if you're lucky enough to be with them this year. And be awesome to each other everybody!
(Failing the above, at the bare minimum, make sure not to step on anyones face or get into any fistfights for some plastic piece of crap? Please?)
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: GuyStarwind on December 17, 2013, 06:19:33 AM
I still need to get several gifts
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: son_the_vampire on December 17, 2013, 01:08:18 PM
Crunch time. Hopefully i won't forget anyone. Hopefully I feel like shopping amongst the savage moms and grandmas. Hopefully I don't break the bank making people happy with material things. Hopefully....... :/
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Mooning Freddy on December 17, 2013, 01:13:46 PM
Christmas spirit came early in Jerusalem / Bethlehem as the city was engulfed by the heaviest snowstorm in decades that only ended yesterday. The storm completely paralyzed and blocked the city from the outside world, since the graders the city had were insufficient to deal with such a powerful and lengthy storm. Dozens of thousands were left without electricity for entire days. The snow even reached Egypt, which is, quite frankly, amazing.

You can see it as a sign of global warming, or... Apocalypse? Perhaps Both?  :P

Israel : Snow blankets Jerusalem and Cairo as Kerry pushes Obama's Covenant of Peace (Dec 14, 2013) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXzFpLDXGMM#ws)

Hanukkah ended more than a week ago. Time for Christmas? Kwanzaa? Go on! Be merry!  ;)
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: X on December 17, 2013, 04:04:02 PM
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You can see it as a sign of global warming, or... Apocalypse? Perhaps Both?  :P

Global warming. The apocalypses is good for story-telling, but impractical for real life issues. We're going through a magnetic polar tilt at the moment so the weather is out of sorts. My home used to be a semi-arid climate, but because of the earth tilt we're getting more moisture and thus our once dry winters are getting more and more humidity, and lot's more snow.
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Ratty on December 17, 2013, 10:27:58 PM
Goodness gracious me, I almost forgot.
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg201%2F6927%2Fchewie.jpg&hash=778d287e0b7757b33aa9c70d44110027268047d0)
Here's hoping you don't need as much medication to get through the rest of this holiday season as Carrie Fischer did to get through filming that special!
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 18, 2013, 01:01:38 AM
Global warming. The apocalypses is good for story-telling, but impractical for real life issues. We're going through a magnetic polar tilt at the moment so the weather is out of sorts. My home used to be a semi-arid climate, but because of the earth tilt we're getting more moisture and thus our once dry winters are getting more and more humidity, and lot's more snow.

Yeah. I know that too.
The weather this time of the year in my place used to be cool and dry, but now it feels like summer. Now I am worried about summer next year.
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Nail_Bombed on December 20, 2013, 10:55:43 AM
Looking forward to it - my 2 nieces from England and nephew and niece from here in Ireland are coming, should be great fun together. 11 People in the same house... may be a bit much, but we're all close. As long as it doesn't tip down all the time - some snow might be nice.
Also looking forward to seeing Time Of The Doctor at Christmas - last time we'll see Matt Smith for a bit, until the inevitable DR. Who special with the new guy.
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: X on December 20, 2013, 03:54:44 PM
11 people in one house?? Here's hoping it a big house or it's gonna be a crowded zoo in there!

I've gotten all my shopping done so I can rest easy till Christmas morning  :D
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: theANdROId on December 20, 2013, 07:52:42 PM
With my wife's family it will reach 23 for at least a whole day...maybe two!  Thankfully, it is a big house!
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Gunlord on December 22, 2013, 09:49:04 PM
Merry Christmas errybody :D
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: X on December 23, 2013, 12:44:30 AM
What no 'Prunyuu'?  :'(  You should be purring underneath the Christmas tree  :D
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 23, 2013, 06:24:28 AM
He must have drank too much eggnog and forgot how to "prunyuu" temporarily.   ;D
Don't worry, he'll recover nicely.
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Nail_Bombed on December 23, 2013, 02:15:51 PM
So the nieces and nephew all coincided this afternoon. Consequently the house is UBERCHAOTIC. Great fun - will be even more fun clearing up later when they're tired and don't want to do anything you say  :P.
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Ratty on December 23, 2013, 03:17:33 PM
MST3K - Patrick Swayze Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJCV_dyug#)

MST3K: Merry Christmas - If That's O.K. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MioTYWrsVHQ#)

Forgot to put these up  ;D
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 25, 2013, 12:11:57 PM
Merry Christmas! :D

I love walking, so I'm happy my loved ones got me shoes and boots.  Mine were starting to wear out. :D
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Intersection on December 25, 2013, 01:34:25 PM
I was too caught up in yesterday's festivities to remember to post here, but it's always better late than never:

Merry Christmas!  ;D
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: X on December 25, 2013, 04:17:38 PM
My sister got me a croche Mega Men X helmet  ;D

She took some pictures of it with her iPhone. I would show you guys the images however my hotmail account is inaccessible due to MSNs recent security measures  :P
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: GuyStarwind on December 25, 2013, 07:02:36 PM
Merry Christmas everyone.

I mostly got clothes, a new computer charger, and D&D Clue
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Claimh Solais on December 25, 2013, 10:19:18 PM
Merry Christmas, Dungeonites! :D

I made off with a lot of video game related stuff, and unfortunately, nothing non-video game related. I got The 3rd Birthday, Hakuoki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi, and Lord of Arcana for my PSP, as well as an 8GB Memory Stick Duo, and then I got both Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires and Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn for PS3. A lot of my time shall now be gone. :)
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Neobelmont on December 26, 2013, 01:33:12 AM
merry xmas.

it was my nephews first xmas so that was fun. as for me I got a japanese phone book so now I need to fill it up with alot of girls phone numbers and I got a ton of rpgs for xmas.
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Abnormal Freak on December 26, 2013, 06:13:34 AM
Got the best present ever: Princess Mononoke on Blu-ray (imported).
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 26, 2013, 07:23:35 AM
And the festivities are done...
But wait, here comes the new year! hehehe.

What did I get for Christmas... a bunch of clothes, nail polish and cash!
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Bloodreign on December 26, 2013, 08:44:01 AM
Got 2 things for Christmas:

My bro:
radio for work

friend:
X-Men Vs Street Fighter for Saturn

gifts I bought myself:
$50 PSN card, went to Marvel Origins and the following PS1 classics: SF Alpha 1-3, Cyberbots, Darkstalkers 1 and 3
Sonic Advance 2 GBA
Maru's Mission GB
Vampire Darkstalkers Collection PS2 (yes the entire game series is MINNNNE, ALL MIIIINNNNE) I mean I just got into the series seriously after it's been out almost 20 years, and this release is 8 years old.
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: VladCT on December 26, 2013, 10:19:49 AM
>Sonic Advance 2
Oh my, I hope you have the patience to retry the stages quite often if you're going for 100%.
I'm not underestimating you or anything, it's just that the game goes so blazingly fast at time that you're bound to miss things on your first few runs even if you already knew about them.
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Ratty on December 26, 2013, 10:36:45 PM
Vampire Darkstalkers Collection PS2 (yes the entire game series is MINNNNE, ALL MIIIINNNNE) I mean I just got into the series seriously after it's been out almost 20 years, and this release is 8 years old.

I've been wanting to get that for several years but every time I've looked it's been too expensive. Ahh well. My Christmas presents were mostly very practical and that's cool. Had a good holiday. And got gifted a boatload of neat games on Steam.
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Bloodreign on December 27, 2013, 09:12:35 AM
I've been wanting to get that for several years but every time I've looked it's been too expensive. Ahh well. My Christmas presents were mostly very practical and that's cool. Had a good holiday. And got gifted a boatload of neat games on Steam.

Snagged it for a hair under $30, free shipping too, pretty damned good condition too. One of the best purchases I've made in awhile.

As for Sonic Advance 2, don't really have much free time, so that will be played very sparingly. The fighting games I don't have to put a ton if time into, so those are good.
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Ratty on December 29, 2013, 04:08:52 AM
Snagged it for a hair under $30, free shipping too, pretty damned good condition too. One of the best purchases I've made in awhile.

As for Sonic Advance 2, don't really have much free time, so that will be played very sparingly. The fighting games I don't have to put a ton if time into, so those are good.
That's a good deal. Also Hsien-Ko/Lei-Lei is my favorite to.  :)
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Bloodreign on December 29, 2013, 06:44:30 AM
Good thing about the Japanese release, Lei Lei instead of Hsein-ko (I don't like this name for her, doesn't seem ladylike of a name).

Bad thing about this collection, all win quotes in Japanese.
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Ratty on December 29, 2013, 07:57:15 PM
Good thing about the Japanese release, Lei Lei instead of Hsein-ko (I don't like this name for her, doesn't seem ladylike of a name).

Bad thing about this collection, all win quotes in Japanese.

I've heard there's a cheat or something to switch between the English and Japanese versions of the games in that collection. You might also like to pick up the Darkstalkers Graphic File if you can find it for a decent price. (No WAY is it worth the $80 - $90 I'm seeing on amazon right now. I bought it for under $30 about 2 years ago.) It's a sort of quasi strategy guide art book thing that has all of the win quotes (and endings and special moves) for all of the characters in every game, though unfortunately they're in really small screenshots.
Title: Re: Christmas!!
Post by: Bloodreign on December 30, 2013, 04:43:47 AM
Too much for my wallet/budget sadly.

Small screenshots will finish me going blind.

No cheat I know of exists to put the collection into English, though there are lots of dipswitch stars to tinker with. Most seem aimed at added or removing arcade revisions bugs.