User talk:Procyon

I welcome any and all feedback here, so please post your thoughts. Thank you.

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Hey, Got Some News
Hey Procyon, it's been a bit since we last spoke. After all the hours I put into Tower of Druaga I finally decided to make my first Youtube video about the "Darkness Tower" and soon "Another Tower" since there were literally no videos on them whatsoever (and as far as I can tell only one based on the original arcade game). I thought you might want to check it out since it was your guide that got me to the point where I could make the video. I gave you credit for the guide as I included a miniature version of it so people knew what I was doing in each part. I only posted it yesterday. Was my first time using the camcorder so I didn't know about the auto brightness adjust or the slant despite it sitting flat, but my "Another Tower" video will have those fixed. The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlIpo8kkKOI and thanks again for all your hard work on this game. --PrinceGilgamesh 08:15, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

RE: Edit Summaries
Hey Procyon, its PrinceGilgamesh. My apologies, I'm still new to using wiki and didn't know it was more appreciated to give more extensive information. I've just been playing this game for quite a bit now and wanted to update things for future users. I see from the talk below that you were the one who probably made up most of that guide? If so, I wasn't trying to offend you in any way. If I can change the summary information I will gladly add more info. Fellow Druaga fan, PrinceGilgamesh 21:07, 1 June 2010 (EST)

I didn't realize you could continue until today. The whole time I was trying to climb back up to floor 28. So now that I could continue from floor 28 to figure out the command, its that a roper must cross you and the door at the same time. 01:05, 9 June 2010 (EST)

Additions
Hey Procyon, ReyVGM here. I've emailed you before about Tower of Druaga information but you never replied. I guess you must have changed emails. I'll just drop the info here then for future reference:

I played the Sharp X1 and MSX ports of Tower of Druaga and the solutions are NOT the same for those games. The first few levels work the same, but not the advanced ones. The MSX version also appears to have a new enemy type according to a Japanese page I found.

I also have something for the Famicom/MSX2 Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū. On your guide you group them both together, but the MSX2 version actually has a ton more levels that the Famicom version doesn't. You see, on the Fami version, when you beat the game, you go to a new province/district of Japan (8 in all), but all the levels remain the same. You still get a different ending per district though. Now, on the MSX2 version, when you finish the game, you go to the next district/province (7 in all), but the levels are completely different. There are actually 48 original levels in all. You get a different ending per province too. -Unsigned

Reason to remove compilation versions for games?
I think its helpful to know about all the versions, and systems. Since there are differences between them. IE. Ms. Pac-Man --Negative1 00:51, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Re: Merge Contra?
I did wonder about that, but a lot of the information I found claimed "the NES version is significantly different" and said it had much longer stages. Based on what you've said merging them makes sense, and once you get up to 1988 you can sort out any elements that need clarifying. GarrettTalk 22:11, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Meeting
Hey Proc, is there a meeting this week?-- Duke Ruckley Talk 15:27, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for letting know! If we have time, I'd like to bring up a main page/community portal overhaul.  There's a thread on the forums, but there hasn't been much discussion about it.-- Duke  Ruckley Talk 15:43, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Dragon Warrior II images
Are the images on this page screenshots, or art from comics or what? They're currently categorized as, which is where they look like they belong, but maybe they're. Just checking. - naj zere 21:38, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

New command list sugestion
Though when I first saw the SFIV move list's, I thought they where too cool not to try them out. But currently I'm leaning towards the folowing design. 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 Blue Phoenix 18:37, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

GIMP
Your Script-Fu wouldn't by any chance include making 2D sprites into pretty, gradient-shaded 3D images, would it? - najzere T 21:46, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I have an update, but I thought I'd post it here, in case you're not watching the topic on my talk page. I have located grain merge, and I don't know what it's doing in technical terms, but it looks much better than just doing a half-opaque gradient on the image. I just found it last night, so I haven't added it to the script yet, but I wanted to get your input on it anyway. I tried creating a new layer and doing a normal gradient, then setting the layer to grain merge and half opacity, and I think it looks the same as doing the layer as grain merge and the gradient at half opacity. I think I saw grain merge in the gradient options too, in which case we can (hopefully) forgo the extra layer all together and just apply the gradient directly to the top of the image. What I am wondering is if you've nailed down the specific opacity to use. I tried at 100%, 50% and 30%, and I think the sweet spot is somewhere between 30-50%.


 * I took a closer look at the sprite icons we're trying to match and the guy is using 6 pixels of dark layer, 2 of the light layer and 5 pixels of border. Using those numbers, my results have been looking much better. Should we enforce this ratio instead of picking all aspects of the widths independently? If the ratios are hard-coded, then we can easily scale the offsets for the sides to match any size image. I guess I'm just used to idiot-proofing everything I code, even when it's something like this where you and I know exactly how to use the inputs. Maybe when we're done we can post it to the script repository though? Okay, that's it, just wanted your advice on the opacity and the ratios. I made a chart of side-by-sides for seeing how the different opacities look, in case you want to see that too. Later, - najzere T 16:10, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Could I please get some movelist advice
Hey, I was wondering if you could take a look at this move list and could possibly give me some advice on how to polish it up (I'll take whatever you suggest and update the other characters to match). This is my first time trying to work with move lists and know you are more familiar with fighting games than I am. I guessed on how to use the template after studying how it was used in a few different major fighting series. There is a good chance I'm misunderstanding where the move and button sections divide. --Zaiqukaj 14:31, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The example you sent me is much more complicated (and relatively different) then the other few pages I was using to figure it out. This is perfect, thank you! --Zaiqukaj 16:42, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link/Hidden Palace - missing point-bag
I just wanted to note that you neglected to mention a point-bag that appears in the south-eastern portion of the wooded area in your map key. If you want to know where it's specifically located, go to the GameFAQs Zelda II page, and under "Maps and Charts" check "East Overworld Map" by DEngel. I verified the accuracy of this, myself. 70.153.122.245 15:56, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * ... and the point-bag is still missing from the map. If you don't feel like getting around to it, I can edit the map for your convenience. 70.153.107.11 17:04, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Go ahead and update the image, thanks. -- 04:22, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Procyon already fixed it. — najzere T 05:45, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Apple II box scans
Hey, I don't know if you want this one 'cause it's kind of beat up, but there you go. - najzere T 17:26, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Goonies pic
Hey, I noticed there's some crap in the bottom left of this image. - najzere T 18:27, 1 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you kindly.  Pro  cyon  18:44, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Street Fighter EX bios
Hey Procyon, where did you get the info for the SFEX bios? (BackLash 22:35, 5 June 2009 (UTC))

yeah np, I just wanted to be sure, thanks man (BackLash 16:07, 6 June 2009 (UTC))

Vandal
User:76.89.178.149 had spammed several pages.(Noryb989 03:40, 7 June 2009 (UTC))

Green Beret navigation
Hey, I'm confused on the navigation used on the guide, so I wanted to check in before making any more changes. I haven't read through the text on the pages (lazy), so maybe that's my problem, but sometimes the footer nav is pointing to a page that doesn't point back in its footer nav. I changed the Bridge at airshed footer to follow the ToC, but I see now that the Warehouse is pointing back to the Harbor, which doesn't point forward to the Warehouse. Anyway, I'll just leave it to you, but I wanted to at least let you know about the Bridge at airshed page, in case you need to change it back. - najzere T 15:47, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Good catch Naj, my fault. Thanks for pointing it out.   Pro  cyon  17:07, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Ahaha
Those Chester Field dungeon maps look like they were drawn on a napkin with a crayon. I just realized I don't think I have the japanese regional language pack installed on my computer because the characters at http://www.geocities.jp/chester_field1987/ look like "¡Ö¥Á¥§¥¹¥¿¡¼¥Õ¥£¡¼¥ë¥É¡¡°Å¹õ¿À¤Ø¤ÎÄ©Àï¡×¤ò¹¶Î¬¤·¤¿¤¤¿Í¤Ø" (directly copied from the first line) to me.

I could use the help, I didn't really mean to start the guide lol. I stumbled upon this game earlier today and I made the main game page at completion stage 1 instead of zero, so I felt inclined to fill it in a little. -- 01:31, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Auto-confirmed users
From what i have observed, Users become auto-confirmed users after about 1 week. However, is it safe to post that infomation at the auto-confirmed users page, as vandals might just create accounts, leave them for a week and return. FlyXwing 13:24, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Unused images
Rather than open talk pages all over the site, I thought I'd just drop these here for your convenience. These are the unused images that I couldn't figure out how to place myself. — najzere T 17:22, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

[GALLERY REMOVED]
 * Nice looking out Naj, thanks so much. I think I have placed all of these appropriately.  Let me know if you find anymore that you aren't sure what to do with.   Pro  cyon  21:11, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem, I've been chipping away at the unused images and came across those. The only other ones from you is this one, whose page hasn't been created yet, and a couple Rygar maps which I'm sure you intend to use fairly soon. Thanks for helping me with those. — najzere T 21:19, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Rygar suggestion
Don't forget boss health! -- 03:36, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well in that case, you're stuck with not upgrading Tone at all and attempting to figure out the maximum number of strikes, and then figuring out how much tone affects it (i.e. fight the boss with minimum tone of 30 or whatever, then double the tone and see how many strikes it takes). Otherwise, reverse engineering it is the only way to go. I've never tried hex editing an emulated game; I wonder if anyone's had success with that (for finding out formulae). -- 08:23, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but the reasonable thing to do would describe how many hits it would take to kill the boss if you followed the guide accurately. Whatcha think? -- 23:17, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I do think it would be a very nice addition to the guide. However, at this point, I've moved on, so I'm not too interested in taking up the task myself.  Hopefully, either you're willing to do it, or someone else will contribute it.  It's not available in any existing GF FAQ is it?  I'll check.  Pro  cyon  02:08, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh I'm not asking you to go back and do more work. I was just archiving my talk page as I re-thought the issue, and I felt that it would be nice to share my idea. Here's to the future, cheers! -- 04:48, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Rygar has an impressive guide over at RPGClassics. The author says the defense values were determined based in how many hits it takes to kill them with a base Tone value of 30 (starting value?) and that it was "incredibly tedious". New User (talk) 11:13, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 * You mean, this list? -- 18:57, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Heyz
No I mean that with my wiki, I'm making some links TO strategywiki. My wiki is more of a massive in depth map database. I'm adding external links to this site for party quest information and various different stuff. --Jezza 00:06, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Hokuto no Ken naming
Hi, should Hokuto no Ken (Famicom) not have the system in parentheses? I ask because usually we only disambiguate the later titles, and reserve the standalone name for the first game. If it's clearer having "Hokuto no Ken" and "Fist of the North Star" redirecting to the category, that's cool too. :) — najzere T 22:32, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Heh, okay I see that not only was the Sega game first, but you already thought of all this. :)~ — najzere T 22:35, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Japanese held sound romanization standard
I prefer using double vowels rather than pronunciation combos (ou instead of oo) or accent marks, and I think that should be the standard (which should be noted somewhere like Guide/Languages). When we are copying translations from other sources, we should change them to our standard. It doesn't really matter which we choose, but double vowels are the most simple and easy to search for if it's in the title of a game. Alternative spellings can always be redirects.

Double vowels are more indicative of the length of sound, and follows the classic written standard for the kana where pronunciation is strict. Pronunciation combos are nice if you are new to the language, but since Japanese is phonetic, it doesn't make sense to try and adapt it to a non-phonetic standard such as English (the ou accommodates English accents). Accent marks are a nice way to graphically display the double sound, as it mimics the Japanese representation (a two kana combo can be represented in English with two characters): again, this follows an adaptive standard.
 * Reasoning

Thoughts? -- 01:46, 14 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Ironically, although I've never given the matter very much thought, your very reasoning has occurred to me on several occasions as well. I agree with you completely on it, I just never thought it was noteworthy.  You've proven to me that it is, so the question becomes: What do we need to fix?   Pro  cyon  02:09, 14 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I like the "Do as it is written" standards we've come up with so far. The reason for noting a preference like this is to eliminate disputes and create consistency across the wiki. Again, this standard doesn't apply to romanized titles and defined names (i.e. Hadouken). After it is documented (I think this could be part of a larger page as additional language issues arise), enforcement is the only change (when copying words like "Zetsushō", they should be changed to "Zetsushoo"). The only difficulty I can predict in doing this is 1) only people with an understanding of the words can accurately make the change and 2) romanization of Kanji can arise in ambiguous spellings (i.e. "奥義" written as "Shuugyou", where the "you" can be mistaken as "yoo" or "yuu", and the length of the vowel is also not indicated). In most of these difficult cases, no changes would be made to the romanization due to lack of expertise. -- 02:23, 14 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I follow you, but what I meant was, how do we identify where this new standard is currently broken across the site?  Pro  cyon  02:26, 14 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Well you could go crazy and categorize every page that has Japanese written on it with Category:Japanese, but otherwise it would just be a standard. Like, we use sentence case for headers instead of camel case. You change it when you see it, on a case by case basis. -- 02:32, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Read-only SW
Hi Procyon,

We're having trouble saving changes to SW. I've already tried to contact a few other admins. Anything you can do? --69.196.167.174 15:49, 5 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, you were evidently able to save changes to the Sandbox and to this page, so I'm not quite certain what problem you're referring to. It would help if you a) mentioned which page you were having trouble saving, and b) registered an account.  Let me know.  68.48.68.54 15:56, 5 September 2009 (UTC)


 * If I log in, I can't even attempt to edit. The problem in particular is that pages aren't being saved (for example, User_talk:Procyon doesn't contain this conversation.) --69.196.167.174 16:03, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Loads of vandalising
Thank you, Procyon, for coming to SW at the right moment! :D. I thought I was dead then. There was this sudden serge of vandalising... anyway, I am supposed to be blocking the IPs, right? 13:42, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

An Impossible Patrol
For some reason I can't patrol the first edit of this page. Usually if I'm patrolling an edit on a new page I click on the time in Recent Changes but it doesn't come up with a patrolled thing this time. 13:36, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * A new page will not have a diff link, however if you click on the time and go to the page, at the bottom left will be a "Mark this page as patrolled" link. -- 16:14, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I click on that anyway. That's what I just said. But there wasn't anything coming up. Oh well, someone else has patrolled it now anyways :P. 16:32, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds like someone patrolled the edit between the time Recent Changes loaded for you and when you clicked the link to patrol it. There's probably no mystery there. — najzere T 16:38, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually I went back to RC two or three times and it still wasn't patrolled... 16:46, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * That must mean your internets are broken xD. -- 16:46, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Super Mario Bros. 2
Hi, what's your opinion on moving "Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan)" to "Super Mario Bros. 2" with a game disambig to "Super Mario Bros. 2 (US)" and deleting the Super Mario Bros. 2 disambiguation page? I know it probably looks like a lot of work, but it seems to fit in with how we do like-titled games. Let me know, as I don't have a problem with doing the actual moving of the pages if you're okay with it. — najzere T 07:35, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * We tossed this issue around a couple of times. This is one of those issues where our two naming considerations are roughly at equal weight, namely:
 * What game was given a particular name first (the Japanese version),
 * and what name does our majority English readers know a game best by (the US version).
 * In the end, there's no clear cut winner. We could give the US version the Japanese name, Super Mario USA, although not many readers would be aware of that.  In the end, I defer to your judgement.  Pro  cyon  16:10, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Could we consider the Japanese game to not have been titled "Super Mario Bros. 2", as that's just the translation? :P For some reason I find the intended search result to be more important than the date convention and would be happier with the US version not receiving parenthetical notation. (Actually, I didn't even realize the "most common name" criterion could be used outside of what to name a single article). Since this isn't the simple standardization task I thought it was, this decision should probably be up to more people than just me. — najzere T 16:39, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not a straightforward call. Argument #2 has been cited in a couple of naming convention arguments, and it is in line with your statement "the intended search result [is] more important."  Which seems to suggest that you actually prefer the article names to remain the way that they are.  Is that correct?  The date convention applies to games which have the same name in the same region, e.g. two basketball games named Basketball in the US.  In that case, the first game named Basketball gets it and everything else is disambiguated.  The rationale for that is easy: If we insisted that the most recent game got the undisambiguated title, then you'd constantly have to revise the names of the articles belonging to the second most recent game.  Pro  cyon  16:54, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, to be clear I prefer the US game be titled "Super Mario Bros. 2" and the Japanese version stick with "Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan)". I don't really care so much about that, I'm mainly interested in getting rid of this disambiguation page. But that requires that one of the games be moved to the disambiguation location, so a choice has to be made. I'm fine with whichever one gets the "main" title, as there are valid points to either one. Maybe I should inquire in the staff lounge, since it doesn't seem like either one of us really wants to make that decision. — najzere T 17:07, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, now I understand the focus of your concern. Ironically, I could live with the disambiguation page, but I'm not against getting rid of it either.  I could see setting up similar pages for highly popular games that would fall under that condition.  The only games that I could think of that would be deserving of such status are Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy III... I can't really think of any others, but I would imagine there are at least two or three others that I'm forgetting about.  But I agree, a staff lounge topic might be the best way to settle the discussion.  Pro  cyon  17:51, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Atari controls
If I wanted to make a template for the Atari buttons, what all would I need? Is and http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/5945/ataributton.png enough? Are things like "select", "reset" and "difficulty" able to be shown as images? Are they necessary? Wondering what you thought of this. — najzere T 07:53, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * All you need is a naming standard for the images, then copy and modify an existing template like gc. -- 16:05, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Heh, yes I've set up controls templates before… what I'm asking is, what other buttons need to be in it? — najzere T 16:09, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi guys. Yeah, as far as 2600 games go, Select and Reset would be "nice to have"s, as difficulty switches would be "nice" as well, but not entirely necessary.  But seeing as how we go to the trouble of presenting every conceivable control input for the Wii, it might not be such a bad idea.  Heck, if you're going to go that far, you could even include the colow/b&w switch.  Very very few games make use of that as a toggle for something other than what it was intended, but there are a few out there.  I think Starmaster let you use that switch to go back and forth between the 1st-person view and the map. So in order of importance, I would say:


 * Joystick 1 (or Paddles 1 & 2)
 * Fire button 1 (or Paddle buttons 1 & 2)
 * Joystick 2 (or Paddles 3 & 4)
 * Fire button 2 (or Paddle buttons 3 & 4)
 * Reset
 * Select
 * Difficulty Switch 1 - B or A
 * Difficulty Switch 2 - B or A (sometimes used to control a different aspect of difficulty for single player games)
 * Color/B&W Switch (as mentioned above, may be used for something other than controller color output)
 * It's best to base those switches on the heavy-sixer model and not the four switch darth vader unit that put the difficulty switches on the back of the console. And then we're not even getting into the discussion of alternate controllers like Paddles, driving controller, and keypad controllers...  Pro  cyon  18:51, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Does 1-player/2-player need to be indicated on the button images or will the same image be used with in-guide text letting the reader know which player is using it? I'm just wondering if it's different from how the PlayStation for instance can have two controllers, but we just have one controller image instead of 1-player X button, 2-player X button, etc. And does that apply to the difficulty switch too? — najzere T 19:00, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It may be needed. For example, in the Indiana Jones game, you need two joysticks.  The 1P joystick moves Indy and 1P button lashes his whip.  The 2P joystick moves the inventory icon and the 2P button utilizes an icon.  That is just one example.  So it might be helpful to "bake" into the icon.  Pro  cyon  21:16, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I switched the 1 and 2 joysticks for L and R. I also uploaded a simple a/b switch with no label, basically because my test page, Flag Capture, didn't specify the right or left difficulty, just a or b. In the same vein, I uploaded non-labeled color and b/w images too. I haven't looked through all the Atari guides, so I wanted to know if it's worth keeping all those iterations, or if the there's any redundancy. Also, if you have any other changes or new stuff let me know. I couldn't find the exact font used on the console, so I could work more on that if you think it's necessary. [whoops, pre-save edit] I'm going to need to replace the 1 and 2 buttons with L and R too, huh? D'oh! Can the paddles and paddle buttons stay as numbers? — najzere T 06:51, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Looking at the Indy 500 guide, I see it uses the driving controller, which I believe is slightly different than the paddles. I think the driving controller can turn 360° while the paddles have limited turning radius? Is that true? Is that the only difference? Is the button the same? If it's true, would there be any need for a 360° turn image, or would the standard left and right turn images suffice? Thanks, — najzere T 08:28, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol, you gotta love Atari. All the differences you mentioned between the paddles and the driving controller are correct.  The only other difference is that while the paddle controllers come two to as plug, the driving controllers are singular.  But the big thing is, Indy 500, for whatever unfortunate reason, is the only game that ever made use of the driving controller.  Since it would be silly to go through a whole lot of effort for that one single game, and since I think the images that you added to the guide work particularly well, I don't see any reason to expend more effort on this controller.  Nice job as usual.  Pro  cyon  15:35, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Categorized redirects
Could you give me your opinion on the subject you brought up on my talk page? Thanks, -- 02:44, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Facebook group
Has anyone suggested setting up a facebook group for StrategyWiki? It would make more people aware, which may help develop the articles. - (Trevman)
 * What sort of benefit would we see? Free advertising? I say start up a group if you are willing to invest your time into updating it, perhaps it will be beneficial. The issue is again advertising: will you only show it to your friends? How will you corner the interest of strangers? Will your friends and these people spread the name to even more people? I think 1) a lot of the people here prefer to remain as professional, semi-anonymous contacts, 2) the facebook group's topic doesn't have a lot to be discussed, as the Wiki is open to contributions and discussion all over the place (it's redundant), 3) the majority of people you know will not be interested, and 4) it may be more work than its worth. What do you think? -- 00:38, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol, this is what I think. Prod started it ages ago.  Pro  cyon  01:14, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Just joined it!-- Duke Ruckley Talk 12:11, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol, awesome. It will be neat putting a face to a name (or a face to a nick, and a nick to a name).  I just put a wall post on there.  Pro  cyon  13:25, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Ack! Main Page...
I have a few of Skizzerz's scripts and I accidentally clicked on one them... I exited out without realizing that I didn't have to confirm :( Sorry!-- Duke  Ruckley Talk 13:54, 21 October 2009 (UTC) Edit:  I think I should ban myself for a few minutes :)-- Duke  Ruckley Talk 13:55, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Pinball games
Hey, quick question: do we host pinball guides? I know we have a category, but they're all video pinball games. And yet from the scope page, I'm not sure if a traditional pinball game would fall under the arcade category ("All games on this site must be computer, arcade, or video games"). A guide like Baby Pac-Man further blurs the line. So I'm not sure if I haven't seen any actual pinball guides because we don't allow them, or we just don't have (m)any. Which is it? — najzere T 21:21, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey Naj. Yeah,  is intended only for computer simluted pinball games, not for real ones.  Baby Pac-Man is an extremely odd exception, but there were only three pinball/video game hyrbids ever made, and I can't even recall the name of the other two.  I definitely wanted to make a guide for Baby Pac-Man, but I would never, for example, include a guide on Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man which is strictly a pinball game.  So other than Baby Pac-Man, no actual pinball tables should be written about unless they are included in some kind of software compilation.   Pro  cyon  02:29, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * "other two being Caveman and Granny & the Gators" from wp:Baby Pac-Man. -- 07:14, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. That's what I thought, but I found a bunch of stuff for a pinball game and wanted to make sure. — najzere T 08:06, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Reply to: Your tone in the staff lounge
Fair enough, but there was no reason for it to get removed. Which I'm assuming Prod did with the edit that was named "moderation". If people can't speak their mind on that page, a note should be made. RobJ1981 03:25, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Test your might
Hey, I've been trying to get us (StrategyWiki.org) on the Hi-Score board over at arcadeshop.de, with limited success. My highest score is 33, which is about halfway to break onto the current score list. Hopefully you'll have a minute to whoop this game's ass and get us added to the community list. :P — najzere T 21:03, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Managed to get 50 on my first try... not high enough to get us onto the scoreboard yet. I'll give it another try later.   Pro  cyon  03:52, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

About the enchanted enhanced sprites
Hello there. I wanted to ask you something. About the enchanted sprites used in some of the articles, (such as for the Pac-Man article) How do you create them? Superjustinbros. 23:39, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Procyon's method has been ported to a script (SCM script) for use in the GIMP raster graphics program. File:2Dimage-3Dimage.scm has information on how to use the script. — najzere T 23:49, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Lol, I refer to them as "enhanced," not "enchanted"... I actually left a tutorial on a Aniki21's user talk page, so you can check it out there if you like.  BTW Naj, I upgraded to GIMP 2.6, but still had problems with the script-fu.  The Gradiant control never shows up in the dialog, and I can't figure out why.  Furthermore, when I try to run it, it complains about too few parameters (I suspect the gradiant parameter is missing since it doesn't show on the dialog.)  Pro  cyon  02:20, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey
Sorry about categorizing Dragon Slayer IV – I didn't see the cat on the redirect until afterwards, and then I edit conflicted with you trying to take it out. :P Also, I'll check on that GIMP script tonight. It was working as far as I know, but I've made some additions to it anyway, so I'll just get the new version up. Cheers, — najzere T 18:42, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, I finally got around to copying over the script from my old computer and it works fine for me in GIMP 2.6.8 in Windows 7 (it also worked for me in whatever version of GIMP I was using in XP). .scm is no longer an acceptable file type, so I can't upload the newer version. You can download it here: direct d/l. I added feathering for the border and some behind-the-scenes stuff, so let me know if it works for you. — najzere T 09:17, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

hey can i edit again
hello, it's me again “THE KING OF ALL GAMES” and it's been 6 months and i've gained so much game info and i've learned my lesson about how to put things in the right place and youtube videos so can i please edit again?

(76.173.127.3 21:55, 21 January 2010 (UTC))


 * Since you asked nicely, I have removed your block. It will expire one hour from now.  However, if you give any of the sysops any reason to block you, such as not listening to their instructions, or spamming their talk page with useless information, I will not undo the block again.  You only get one chance.  Don't disturb other users unless it's necessary, and don't contribute content unless its absolutely relevant to the guide you are contributing to.  Ultimately, the one who will decide whether you get to edit or not is you.  Hundreds of other users have no problem following the directions, so it's not impossible.  Good luck.   Pro  cyon  04:22, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Edit counter
Just a quick note to make you aware of the edit counter made by Najzere. - Trevman 21:25, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Double Dribble
A little thank you… For bringing back memories of one of my favorite SMS games, Fantasy Zone. , najzere T 23:37, 19 February 2010 (UTC) Hi, I noted a discrepancy between the date for the FDS on the Double Dribble page (July 24) and the one on the Exciting Basket redirect page (July 27). Just wanted to bring it to your attention. Cheers :) — najzere T 18:00, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the amazing catch Naj! ;)  Pro  cyon  18:35, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Using Thumbnails.
I really admire the beauty of the N64 button thumbnails you have on this website. I was wondering if I could use them for a youtube video I am making. If you give me permission, and I use them, I assure you that I will credit you as the source of the thumbnails used (or someone else if they did the work), and will even direct people who watch my video to check out Strategywiki.org. Is that okay?


 * All non-game specific images on this site are contributed to this site under a copyleft license, originally GFDL, and currently CC-BY-SA. Therefore, you are free to utilize images from this site provided you adhere to the rules that govern those licenses, which stipulates that the original authors of such images be given credit wherever they are used.  Your offer to redirect traffic back to this site is entirely optional, but would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.  Pro  cyon  14:33, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Art of Fighting 2 edits
Hi, can you check on a new user's contributions to move lists? I can't find any mention of the moves he's adding, but before I call bullshit on him I wanted to check in. I'll leave the appropriate welcome message to you. Thanks! — najzere T 17:36, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I took a look at them... you did the right thing. The guy was just adding existing moves under alternative names, and don't get me started about that rambling he added to one of the character pages...  Pro  cyon  00:53, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Fighter Portraits
Hey Procyon, about those images I found them all over, but mainly The Fighter's Generation and The Street Fighter Wiki. (BackLash 23:32, 17 March 2010 (UTC))

Fist of the North Star buttons
Hi, I was wondering about these buttons:. Are these only ever going to be used on the Fist of the North Star (arcade) guide? Should they be replaced by normal control images or put into a control template? I want to categorize them, but thought I'd find out what they're going to be used for first. Thanks, — najzere T 19:10, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

So you're the guy...
...who's made all these cool Famicom/FDS guides. I always wondered who did most of these, as they are so well done with maps and pics and so forth. They remind me of Zach Meston's books he put out in the 90s for beating games. Very informative and easy to follow.

Thanks a ton for all of them, the ones I've used have been amazing. Any chance you'll do one for the FDS game Monty no Doki Doki Daisassou?

Adaml 23:45, 26 March 2010 (UTC)adaml

Game Capture?
I realise this is going back a long time, but why does Aigina no Yogen/Walkthrough use "Game Capture" instead of "Quick Walkthrough" or the like? Is this terminology used in the game or something? --Garrett (talk) 08:36, 6 April 2010 (UTC)


 * You are right Garrett, "Quick Walkthrough" would be more appropriate for the heading. "Game Capture" came about by me being too literal with the Japanese translation from Google. :)   Pro  cyon  14:03, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Walkthrough redirects
I went through all the walkthrough page redirects and only found one that has you in the history: ASO: Armored Scrum Object/Walkthrough. You may also be interested in Pac-Man Plus/Walkthrough, as it seems you wrote the guide. Cheers, — najzere T 16:26, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks For Editing Tips
It's Dana. I've been updating the Lady Bug game play tips as I proofread it. And thanks to whoever put it as the entire WalkThrough section; wasn't expecting that. Anyways, I will consider using the tips you gave me if I do any more updates. Thanks a bunch!--Dana MC 06:23, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Genpei Tōma Den/Strategies and Genpei Tōma Den/Tips have been marked for deletion...
...as they have been merged with the Walkthrough I have been working on over the last fortnight. Unused redirect Genpei Tōma Den/Elements should also be another page intended for the trash can. By the way, I've been meaning to ask you - why did you remove my warnings to German readers on the walkthrough page for Phozon? Namcorules 14:30, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Re: SMB Items
Sorry about the confusion over the items. I was working on a device with a smaller screen at the time, and all I saw was where someone before me had (rather badly) wrote an "Items" paragraph. I was simply trying to fix this paragraph up, and did not see the better-written table. I thought it was rather odd that there were no links to pictures, but I see now what happened. Thank you from pointing this out and from saving StrategyWiki users from some confusion.--Mnm3808 17:16, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Bounty
I won! Really?? =D I can finally get Red Dead Redemption! ^_^ Thanks, you're the awesomest. BTW, I hate to ask questions, but where's the e-mail link? O_o -- E-123Wario54 The Temple of Talk 06:53, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Bounties Prize
Hey thanks for the prize. I just stumbled onto this site when looking for some info on Torchlight, and here I am a few weeks later, getting a prize! Awesome! Thanks to you and all the other contributors for putting this site together. I'm just learning how to do this, but hope to do more once I figure it all out. BTW, I can't find the "Email This User" link on your toolbox either. Bigbank 08:25, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Bounties
Wait, what? :O I won money? That's awesome! :D Thanks! I still have to edit more to get the hang of this, but where's the link? --Rubberyducksryellow13 21:35, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

180s and 360s
Hey quick question isn't there a playstation 180 and 360 button image? If so where? I can't find it. KimbleTHEcommie 16:34, 14 October 2010 (CDT)

Rename a page thats already made?
How do i rename a page that i already made? Whenever i rename it it say page doesnt exist. I want to change God of War: Chains of Olympus/Bonus Costumes to Bonus. Any hints? KimbleTHEcommie 21:07, 14 October 2010 (CDT)

New Fist of the North Star
Hey, I don't understand the series nav for Hokuto no Ken. Where would the new FotNS game go? It's for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, if that helps. EDIT: Or maybe it's a Dynasty Warriors game? I dunno. — najzere T 16:31, 16 October 2010 (CDT)
 * Ugh, that is... that is just ugly... I'm not sure to be honest with you, the whole thing could stand to be touched up. The new game definitely is a combo of FotNS and DW.  So I really don't know how to classify it.  Frankly, that whole template is hardly divided up well, so if you just threw it on at the end of the first list, I don't think anyone would care or complain.  Probably the break down on Wikipedia would be the best way to reorganize the template.   Pro  cyon  19:14, 17 October 2010 (CDT)

Thank you!
I apprecaite pointing me at those guides. I actually just figured out what the star and other signets next to a guides name meant. I think I might have figured it out eventually, if you had not pointed me there, but you saved me running up against the learning cliff I posses hehe. I will definately try to keep to the common format, I do not want to reinvent the wheel.

Look forward to working with you all.--Cypherwulfe 11:35, 1 November 2010 (CDT)

Sorry to you too...
I see. The message might of went the wrong way.. But I assure you I do not care about my ego. I wish to say I am sorry for I have given a bad first impression in favor of all of Pikmin Fanon. Listen. I was being a jerk for saying that. I was already feeling bad about Pikmin Fanon's inclusion in NIWA, and I saw that it was not there and It made me angry. I had no reason to say that, and I hope I can mend the relationship between Pikmin Fanon and Strategy Wiki. Peanut64

Job
I know he's doing a good job; I just wanted to make sure he's aware of a good argument to do 4-6 before 4-5. When writing a walkthrough, it makes the most sense to put everything in a logical order. Putting 4-5 before 4-6 will let everyone think 4-5 is a more logical level to do before 4-6. SMB3 fan 16:07, 28 December 2010 (CST)