-
Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!
Gaming misunderstandings and misnomers..
- Thread starter NoirVisage
- Start date
There's absolutely no reason for the random roll for chance of capture to take place in more than a single instance. If there's any truth to that, it's one of the most shockingly pointless pieces of programming I've ever heard of, and a significant waste of time for the guy who had to implement it.
I see absolutely no logical reason for it to be true.
Edit: To clarify, the logical method:
Throw pokeball
Display the rocking animation
Internally calculate "Caught monster, yes/no" using the RNG
Either have the monster pop out or the pokeball rock to a standstill.
The illogical method:
Throw pokeball
Internally calculate "Caught monster, yes/no" using the RNG. Store it.
Display the rocking animation
During the rocking animation, poll the controls
If B is detected, replace the stored result with a freshly-generated one.
Repeat until the end of the rocking animation
Inspect the stored result
Either have the monster pop out or the pokeball rock to a standstill.
The second one is significantly more complicated to code - with absolutely no beneficial reason to do so.
(I should point out that that doesn't necessarily mean that it *isn't* true, just that if it is true, it's really mind-bogglingly *weird*!)
Edit2:
Oh, one further thing - there's also absolutely no reason to calculate a randomised 'chance percentage' and then *later* do a random roll to determine success. Randomness built on randomness can always be rolled into a single check, and there's no reason not to if the middle step is completely irrelevant to the eventual outcome. The example you describe - assuming uniform distribution - will result in a 67.5% chance of capture on average... so just roll against 67.5% and save all that faffing around.
Same with:
For some reason Capcom thought calling a character "Gai" in the 90s would've made the boys laugh.
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
I wonder how many people who snicker about others' mispronunciation of "Ryu" also mispronounce it as two syllables, or put the emphasis on the wrong syllable of Japanese names like "Sakura".
Pronunciation mistakes like that are a bit unfair to call out, because you either know how to pronounce things in other languages or you don't. I adore how Zelda, Metroid, and Halo completely mindfucked practically everyone, as if a game couldn't possibly be named after anything but the dude you play as.
Also, this: http://www.1up.com/features/smash-bros-secrets
Pronunciation mistakes like that are a bit unfair to call out, because you either know how to pronounce things in other languages or you don't. I adore how Zelda, Metroid, and Halo completely mindfucked practically everyone, as if a game couldn't possibly be named after anything but the dude you play as.
Also, this: http://www.1up.com/features/smash-bros-secrets
As a child (about age 6 when we got an NES with SMB) I would devour game manuals but some of the content was a bit beyond me. When I read this part of the SMB manual, I thought that a 'ricochet' (pronounced Rye-Kotch-It in my juvenile mind) was an enemy that might appear if you kicked a turtle shell against a pipe...
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
As a child (about age 6 when we got an NES with SMB) I would devour game manuals but some of the content was a bit beyond me. When I read this part of the SMB manual, I thought that a 'ricochet' (pronounced Rye-Kotch-It in my juvenile mind) was an enemy that might appear if you kicked a turtle shell against a pipe...
I misread so much crap as a kid...
And mispronounced too, right? Having never heard the word out loud, my brothers and I thought the classic SNES RPG was called Secret of 'Mane-ah' instead of 'Man-ah'. Still can't quite bring myself to pronounce it correctly. Same with Calvin and Hobbes - for whatever reason we said 'Hobbes' to rhyme with 'probes'.
I always thought this was reference was stupid since in Other M it is briefly showing an introspective of the character, rather than the actions. But internet nerds will be monolithically hyperbolic.
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
I was decent at pronunciation, though I probably have sheer luck and too much television to thank for that. I am pretty good about adopting correct pronunciations once I learn them. Mana is still a contentious one, since I think the most correct way may be "Mah-nah", but I prefer "Man-ah" since I'm American and we like our nasally "a" sounds.
But all of those games take place before Other M. I'm not entirely sure where you are coming from. She did not hesitate in any other Metroid game.
Whitebison
Member
John Halo !! I like it haha
Chrono Helix
Member
I had a friend who would read the X in Final Fantasy X as 'X', instead of as "ten'.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Hmm the only thing I can think of is a common mistake in the German language where even up to this day many people pronounce Mewtwo as "Meftu" even though nobody has a problem saying "Mew" o.o And that Samus .gif is brilliant 
I do that. I know and fully understand that it's ten in roman numerals, but "FFX" just flows off the tongue so naturally.
I've never been quite sure if that strip's meant to be ironic or not.
It's like being afraid of heights after climbing 8 mountains.
SpongeBob NoPants
Member
It's down + b right as the Pokeball lands on the ground before it starts shaking. I don't care what people say, IT WORKS.
I'm not the only one that does this?! Thank the heavens!
That's why you can't catch anything. It's A!
Same as when you're attacking. Left + A (repeatedly) all the way.
grimshawish
Banned
I feel a lot of people don't have any clue about the 3DS. The Monster Hunter 4 threads are hilarious for the first few pages of 'those graphics' to the rest of the thread: 'ugh those visuals; it'll look better on the small screen though but jesus fucking christ...OMG DAT VINE'.
Tis odd.
Also the idea that Half Life 3 is in development and has been for 100 years both makes me laugh and saddens me.
I once told my dad that a short cut in Mario Kart 64 was following the train lines.
This is why I can't wear fan clothing. Music/Games/Film - whatever.
People like your friend make me look like a pretentious cunt.
Genius.
I used to think this. I now use sidle in normal conversation to mean move along. This seems again to be wrong lol
Tis odd.
Also the idea that Half Life 3 is in development and has been for 100 years both makes me laugh and saddens me.
I once told my dad that a short cut in Mario Kart 64 was following the train lines.
This is why I can't wear fan clothing. Music/Games/Film - whatever.
People like your friend make me look like a pretentious cunt.
Genius.
I used to think this. I now use sidle in normal conversation to mean move along. This seems again to be wrong lol
EmCeeGramr
Member
It wasn't. There was a back and forth newspost fight where Mike and Jerry posted emails from fans trying to argue about it, culminating in Mike posting an email proving that Megaman X was a new series, not 10. Jerry honestly thought that Megaman X was the tenth game and wrote a strip calling Mike an idiot for thinking otherwise.
So it's ironic now but wasn't intended as such? Excellent!
Luminous_Reaver
Neo Member
Except after six times you'd think she really ought to have reconciled with the whole undying purple zombie space dragon thing. Not to mention she was armed with naught but a stuffed animal when she was a child whereas in that bit of fanfiction she's equipped with a payload capable of splitting a planet in two.
That was just Sakamoto putting women in their place.
Vipershark
Member
It's Xbox.
Not XBOX or XBox or xBox.
Xbox.
Not XBOX or XBox or xBox.
Xbox.
NekoFever
Member
I find most people, even ones who know Roman numerals, pronounce Final Fantasy X-2 as 'ecks-too'. More understandable because 'ten-two' is quite an odd name, I guess, but quite widespread.
AtomicShroom
Member
That "savegame" is not a word.
Man, I want to replay Corruption just because of that falling down a shaft Meta Ridley boss battle.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I'm sure G&T are smart enough about their VG history to know what's up.
thatsthejoke.jpg
The main character in Chrono Trigger is named Crono, not Chrono.
A lot of people call the Comsat Station in Starcraft 1 the "Comstat".
Making an incredibly brutal and difficult game is actually very easy. Making an incredibly brutal and difficult game that does not feel cheap and is actually fun to play is what's difficult.
A lot of people call the Comsat Station in Starcraft 1 the "Comstat".
Making an incredibly brutal and difficult game is actually very easy. Making an incredibly brutal and difficult game that does not feel cheap and is actually fun to play is what's difficult.
Muffdraul
Member
I was all set to go with a big bucket of Schadenfreude when the PA book containing that comic came out, couldn't wait to see how Holkins would fall on his sword in his commentary. But he just kinda casually admitted that he fucked up and moved on to the next comic. Way to spoil my fun, asshole.
I'm confused at how PA could even fuck up that badly. Maverick Hunter came out in 2006 when they're were at least 6 games in the X line. None of these games use roman numerals for numbering. I could understand how one could conceivably be confusedthat X1 might be 11 but when Megaman X4 wasn't titled XiV, you kinda just have to admit you were wrong.
Before the release of Metal Gear Solid 2, a friend of mine became convinced that the Playstation 2's "Emotion Engine" processor was specially built for the purpose of simulating the emotions of in-game characters. MGS2, he said, was going to be the most realistic and complex MG ever using this technology; enemies would react intelligently and appropriately instead of going "What was that noise? Just a box," over and over.
I believed him of course. Not sure when I finally realized that he was a bit misinformed...
I believed him of course. Not sure when I finally realized that he was a bit misinformed...
Why would anyone think it was 10? I mean at the time X came out we where at MegaMan 5 or 6. It's pretty recent when 9 got released as well.
Moor-Angol
Banned
for many years i thought the last boss in SF2 was M.Bison (often called Mr. Bison)
Balrog/Vega/M.Bison.... what a mess
Balrog/Vega/M.Bison.... what a mess
I spelled several names in Zelda: Ocarina of Time wrong. I remember saying Kakakiro instead of Kakariko. Kokiri was also one of these. I think it was "Kikori" for me. But I was young back then.
This reminds me of the Nintendo Super Squad webcomic. In the previous page, they mention stuff about Metroid that makes you think that it is Samus, they just call her Metroid, and then
Or people calling "RPGs" any game with RPG elements!
SatelliteOfLove
Member
RPGs is a term for vested interest on the extremes of each side of the argument to have others fight over for.
i'll draw u a graff:
1 2 3 4 5
rouge rouge
i'll draw u a graff:
1 2 3 4 5
rouge rouge
eot
Banned
They have a melee attack animation though, Roaches do too
People who still think Sheik is a boy.
It's especially obvious when you consider that Aerith is an anagram of I, Earth, and Aeris is an anagram of I, Ears. I wonder which one makes more sense given the name of the protagonist and the overall Square practice of naming characters after natural objects and not parts of the human body.
It's especially obvious when you consider that Aerith is an anagram of I, Earth, and Aeris is an anagram of I, Ears. I wonder which one makes more sense given the name of the protagonist and the overall Square practice of naming characters after natural objects and not parts of the human body.
My cousins used to refer to Aku Aku in the old Crash Bandicoot games as Ooga Booga.
My man.