User talk:Procyon

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

Archived discussions:
 * 2nd half of 2006
 * 1st half of 2007
 * 3rd quarter of 2007
 * 4th quarter of 2007
 * 1st quarter of 2008

Name
As in the star, the raccoon genus, or the release group? -- Prod 23:51, 10 October 2006 (CDT)
 * lol, the raccoon genus. If I can't use Procyon, I sometimes use Lotor, or Plotor. ^_^  Procyon 07:58, 11 October 2006 (CDT)

Fighting Movelists Mini Discussion
See User_talk:Notmyhandle. -- 20:02, 3 April 2008 (CDT)

Game category reply
What's the category for the fighting move lists? I'm not sure what you meant. I can help out with that once I know what it is. Also, I've made the category just party, is that fine? I looked through genre, and nothing else has game listed in it. RobJ1981 14:18, 7 April 2008 (CDT)
 * I understand now. I've managed to do some already. RobJ1981 14:42, 7 April 2008 (CDT)
 * It loaded a little slow for me, however I did have several windows open at once. That usually causes slowdown for me. RobJ1981 15:00, 7 April 2008 (CDT)
 * I died a little inside ='( -- 16:49, 7 April 2008 (CDT)

Re: CV1
Thanks! I just need to copyedit the rest of the pages and I want to expand the Secrets page, but we might have another CV game ready to become a featured guide at some point. I refuse to say it'll be ready "soon", because every time I do, I end up not being able to work on it for a month :P. - Koweja (Talk | Contributions) 10:55, 11 April 2008 (CDT)

NDS (Zelda Phantom Hourglass) screenshots
Hi. I like the screenshots of maps of Phantom Hourglass you uploaded. Can I ask - how did you take them? If via an emulator, which one? I'm using no$gba but the colours are very washed out compared to your pics. Pelago 15:16, 13 April 2008 (CDT)
 * Ah, it looks like No$GBA (which I believe is supposed to be the fastest emulator, not that I've tested myself) can be configured to give brighter colours, by going into Emulation Options, then setting GBA Mode to "VGA (poppy bright)". Then the pics look just like your IDeaS shots. This is good because I was thinking of submitting some screenshots and wanted them to look consistent with yours. I've put some notes about this in Talk:The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Pelago 16:19, 14 April 2008 (CDT)

Re: Nice work
Thanks, glad you like it so far. If you don't agree with any of my changes, feel free to revert or bring up with me. I'm more than happy to find a middle ground. As for the "less-is-more", I agree with that for the walkthrough (though I don't always follow that philosophy) especially, though I find that some sections, especially the Getting Started/How to Play/etc, the more you can put out there, the more likely you are to cover everyone's needs. As long as things are properly sectioned, it shouldn't be too confusing.

One thing that I meant to ask you about is your(?) strategy against Dracula's second form. It originally said to use the Holy Water, however I changed it to say use the Boomerang. Since only Dracula's head is vulnerable, the Water didn't seem to effective. Is there a way to killing him with the water that I missed? - Koweja (Talk | Contributions) 16:23, 13 April 2008 (CDT)
 * Okay, I think I've gotten everything that I want added/changed. Let me know if you disagree with anything or if I missed something. Do you know of any more differences between the first and second quest? - Koweja (Talk | Contributions) 00:32, 15 April 2008 (CDT)
 * Well, if you can't think of anything else to add, go ahead and nominate it for Featured Article. I'd be happy to support it ;) - Koweja (Talk | Contributions) 09:29, 16 April 2008 (CDT)

Re: lyrics
I forgot to ask this before: but why exactly are they listed in the first place? This is a video game guide site, I don't see why the site is promoting the video game music in the first place. It doesn't provide guide help. Random things thrown into main articles doesn't seem like a good thing for here. Isn't it better suited for a Nintendo fan wiki, or a general video game wiki (that doesn't have the main purpose of guides)? RobJ1981 00:07, 15 April 2008 (CDT)

Re: controller templates
Yes that's it! Thanks. Now I can do controls a lot quicker. RobJ1981 16:11, 16 April 2008 (CDT)

MrSue
I didn't ban him for that. If you can't see his acts of vandalism, then you need to look closer (and at other wikis). For the king dedede page, only some of the changes are valid, and so I reverted it as the first step in fixing it (although I should have waited and done an undo, I think. Wait that doesn't work does it...). Anyways, clearly his contributions are positive in some ways, but that doesn't mean they are always acceptable. If you want to clean up his shit from now on, go ahead and unban him. I'm not going to deal with assaulthead if I have to. -- 16:44, 18 April 2008 (CDT)
 * I rechecked the edit, just to make things right, and I see the little thing that triggered my revert click, although yeah I shouldn't have on that edit - the image was purposefully formatted incorrectly to require an edit anyways (should have made it right to minimize edits), but the additional info is indeed valid. His tactics are brilliant...  BRILLIANT!  -- 16:58, 18 April 2008 (CDT)

GamerWiki
Apologies for the delay in getting back to you on this item. I've been tracking changes using the RSS feed of RecentChanges, so didn't pick up the message you left on my (Tyagi) talk page @ GamerWiki. This sounds like something we should definitely discuss. Can we do something via email with the right people on the list? My email address is at: gamerwiki about -- tyagi at GamerWiki.com

MAME Guide
Hi Procyon, Barthax from GamerWiki here. I figured it'd be easier to have a cross-wiki chat than concentrate it at GW. :) StrategyWiki is nothing new to me - the Hydro Thunder page is largely mine (baring formatting & split).  The MAME guide is an excellent foundation.  I went through a stage of "collecting" emulators and have many more derivations if you are at all interested in expanding the historical derivatives.  If there is to be one addition to that list that is required (IMO) it is WolfMAME - a gaming-specific derivation which includes measures for anti-cheating.  --Barthax 05:37, 22 April 2008 (CDT)

I know it's been a long time
You can delete my Forums now, I got a real one.--GaleZephule 17:43, 21 April 2008 (CDT)

Re: Sometimes, less is more.
I could truncate it very easily, if desired. I feel I only wrote as much expository information as I did because of what existed before it.--Metatoast 11:46, 30 April 2008 (CDT)

RE: Request for help
I'll see what I can do about it tomorrow/on the weekend, I'm not going to be online much more today. RobJ1981 18:53, 1 May 2008 (CDT)
 * As a follow up, I made a small adjustment to the TOC. It looks a little better. I'm not sure what else can be done. RobJ1981 01:27, 2 May 2008 (CDT)

Super Smash Bros. Melee: merges?
See: Super Smash Bros. Melee/Glossary, Super Smash Bros. Melee/Easter Eggs and Super Smash Bros. Melee/Misc. Do you think these could be merged somewhere else? I don't see the point of tiny pages like those. The glossary is just a small list of in-game terms, easter eggs is a few things as well, while Misc is a few other unlockables. Perhaps I'm being too picky. RobJ1981 00:25, 3 May 2008 (CDT)
 * Well the Technique Terminology section could just be merged into controls, couldn't it? I'm not sure where the else could be moved to. On a different note: I found a site that has instruction manuals. This looks like a very reliable site (and I think it's free from what I can tell). It would help expand controls, and even plot/story sections of games.  is the site. Is there any sort of general resource page (to list links and so on) on Strategy Wiki? RobJ1981 18:55, 3 May 2008 (CDT)

Hyper Fighting
Needs a redirect, but I'm not sure if it needs categories (wikipedia points me to this). -- Prod (Talk) 00:35, 6 May 2008 (CDT)

Re: Image Names
Sorry dude, I just kinda forgot about the names, but you may want to look into the coding for the multiple upload form. I don't think it's reading properly; I was putting in the category names and it didn't categorize properly. I had to go back and re-categorize every image. --Arrow Windwhistler (talk) 15:53, 6 May 2008 (CDT)

I guess I was in a rush to revert the edits MrSue made. >.> --Arrow Windwhistler (talk) 16:17, 6 May 2008 (CDT)

Space Invaders (and similar games)
I think we need to start adding the compilation and alternate names to many more articles (especially older games like Space Invaders). I didn't do a complete check for alternate names when I had done the removing of a few systems, but if I would've seen it on the article already I would've known. Compilations are just evil. I looked up Battlezone (arcade), and I'm not sure if I caught all. I saw some other Battlezone games on a list, but I wasn't sure if they were ports, sequels or just something else. With a decent size of compilation games on here, it shouldn't be too hard to go through the systems. RobJ1981 12:38, 7 May 2008 (CDT)
 * Yes, that covers it. From now on, I'll look more into games that have been ported to other systems (and the titles related to them). It's frustrating with all the slightly different titles they slap on games that are the same thing. I use Gamefaqs as a source, when I'm not sure of the results I see on Wikipedia. Moby Games loads slowly for me, so I rarely use that. RobJ1981 23:59, 7 May 2008 (CDT)
 * I own Namco Museum for PlayStation 2 (which has Pac-Man Arrangement). I always thought it of it was a remake/remix of the original. Did it come out for anything by itself though? I've only seen it listed in compilations. RobJ1981 15:07, 8 May 2008 (CDT)

Re: Pokemon Template
I placed it on those subpages because I've always considered them a kind of standalone article... I'm fine with taking the template off of them. Do you think the way I laid out the template is fine? Any suggestions for cleaning it up?-- Duke Ruckley Talk 19:57, 14 May 2008 (CDT)

Requested Guides Removal
What's with this diff Proc? -- 22:16, 15 May 2008 (CDT)
 * Well, I agree with you on brawl (although it's not comp level 4), however the other two are basically stubs - by "requested guide" are we just asking for people to tell us what pages we should create from wikidumps? I dunno, maybe he was requesting improvements xD -- 02:06, 16 May 2008 (CDT)

Thank you for the help and advice
Thank you for your help and the guide was really something, but it is really a bumper since I didn't understand some parts. It took me half an hour just to know how to send other people a message.

X (Game Boy game)
X_(disambiguation). Agreed, a full disambig page seems excessive. game disambig at the top should be enough to separate them. -- Prod (Talk) 13:29, 27 May 2008 (CDT)

Megaman battle network 5 walktrough help
yo Procyon, long time no talk. i finally got hold of MMBN5 so i can start the walkthrough. only problem is that i can't set up the walkthrough chapters. do you know if you could get someone to look into it for me. thanks in advance. Peace out, God Bless. Halosonic 19:43, 27 May 2008 (CDT)

Congrats
Heya Procyon, long time no see :) Just wanted to congratulate you on the awesome Super Star Force walkthrough. Without it I wouldn't have been able to beat the game. I fixed a couple of mistakes I caught too. One question about the Babel No Tou game. Everyone calls it Babel No Tou, but on the title screen and box art it just says "Babel". Where exactly does the "No Tou" appear in the game or box? ReyVGM 22:45, 6 June 2008 (CDT)

Lunar Lander
I'm surprised WP:Lunar Lander (arcade game) isn't on your list! -- Prod (Talk) 23:42, 16 June 2008 (CDT)
 * I think the vector category almost comes under the "engines" heading. -- Prod (Talk) 21:19, 17 June 2008 (CDT)

Psp controls
That I can get what i was looking for is the "joystick" and maybe a better left and right trigger button image.KimbleTHEcommie 22:45, 19 June 2008 (CDT)

Thanksfor that i feel so stupid. What do you mean by adding CCFF or whatever in the images?KimbleTHEcommie 23:09, 19 June 2008 (CDT)

Hey I'm sorry if I sound rude those are not my intentions and i apologize plus this is not my first time on here my other accounts i forgot the password dumb mistake on my part. Could you look over the page and see if it's right thanks and once again sorry.KimbleTHEcommie 23:18, 19 June 2008 (CDT)

Re: Prototype tables
Sure. I wouldn't mind at all. (I'm actually surprised you saw my lil' project. LOL). But I wouldn't mind doing some work to existing tables. Just let me know where to work and I'll do what I can. Oh, and I'm working on "Command Moves" too. Check'em out. (Ganj 23:09, 23 June 2008 (CDT))

I'm sorry about my attitude.
To tell the truth, I'm also a hothead. I already got banned once in Wikipedia. That is when I try to work more calmy. In this one, I feel like nothing's happening and I end up doing bad things because I can't keep my cool. Unlike others, I do have difficulty getting help. That's why I could end up getting banned because of the difficulty of getting help. You are right in this case so I'll try to calm myself down so that I don't end up getting the impression that everyone hates me. I'm a loner and I do need friends to hang around on the net. So I'm sorry about it. Forgive me if there are anymore things that'll make me mad. Johnnyauau2000 23:22, 23 June 2008 (CDT) Thanks I'll keep that in mind. Since this is similar to Wikipedia that I also work with on Seinfeld, I'll see if I can help thinking of new contributions as long as the community if I can call that can crank out new games into this site for example the Cruis'n series that I thought was going to be there in both the Wii and the Virtual Console. I also believe that Prod and Notmyhandle can help me on this. Thanks for the advice. Johnnyauau2000 19:18, 24 June 2008 (CDT) Well, I can but I don't even know the first thing about making a new page than go on creating pages. So even if the tutorial helps I do find it hard to do. Don't worry. I'm not upset. I do have mood swings but I don't take it too personally if it can be easily solved. Just to let you know, I'm getting Super Smash Bros Brawl tomorrow in Australia. Also Alone in the Dark is also going to be here tomorrow. I'll hold back on editing until Friday. Instead I'll go around looking for ideas that'll make me happy. So I'm gonna take a step back tomorrow because I'm going to try out the new games. Johnnyauau2000 01:45, 25 June 2008 (CDT)

Re: #switch in template help
Should be fixed now. You can't break up HTML tags like that as it completely breaks the parser. Aka the first font tag you had in the switch thought that the entire rest of the switch statement was a parameter to that tag and not something different. -- 10:21, 24 June 2008 (CDT)

Re: Net Fighters
Hi Procyon! Thank you for not deleting my article. Actually I've just temporally posted the Portuguese version, planning to translate it in a few days. I'll be working in a manually translated version the next days, don't worry =). Also, I'll try to correct the other problems you pointed out. Thank you!

Japanese naming
I was under the impression that past consensus was that games released in English should be listed under the English name, or the most common name in the case of multiple English names; in that case, shouldn't Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium be R.B.I. Baseball? GarrettTalk 22:08, 26 June 2008 (CDT)

Metroid Prime Hunters
I merged "Power-ups" and "Modes" into single pages and removed the sections from the ToC. Things may need to be moved around, but I'm unfamiliar with the formatting, so I'm gonna need a little help. Lunar Knight (Talk to me + Contribs) 13:10, 5 July 2008 (CDT)


 * Vhoscythe may present to be a problem. It's on the long side. Lunar Knight (Talk to me + Contribs) 17:52, 5 July 2008 (CDT)

Re: DW3
Thanks. I didn't even know that existed. - Koweja (Talk | Contributions) 17:41, 10 July 2008 (CDT)

Can you take a look at http://strategywiki.org/w/index.php?title=Ms._Pac-Man/Walkthrough&curid=8000&diff=288854&oldid=236849&rcid=271873 and http://strategywiki.org/w/index.php?title=Galaga/Walkthrough&curid=17966&diff=288852&oldid=251016&rcid=271871. They need cleanup for sure, though I'm not sure how to merge the content in. -- Prod (Talk) 23:54, 12 July 2008 (CDT)

Featured article ideas
I was looking through your page here: User:Procyon/Famicom, and I think games such as Pac-Man and Donkey Kong could be featured. The Wiki has been at 5 featured guides for a while, and it certainly needs some new ones. What do you think? RobJ1981 14:30, 28 July 2008 (CDT)
 * I added Donkey Kong to the requests for featured guides. While it is a retro game, it isn't known only for that. Newer gamers experience it for the first time, due to the Virtual Console and the recent Donkey Kong documentary: King of Kong. I'm not going to request any older games until the wiki has a lot of more modern/recent games as featured. So, games from the 1990s-present, is what I'm going by for future requests. RobJ1981 03:11, 30 July 2008 (CDT)

New Wiki
Hey Procyon, I'm a little bit out of the loop. You mentioned Echelon is starting up second wiki? What for, may I ask?-- Duke Ruckley Talk 11:56, 14 August 2008 (CDT)
 * Wow! Very exciting indeed!  I can't wait to see it up and running.-- Duke  Ruckley Talk 13:19, 14 August 2008 (CDT)

Bot
Probably could have been botted, but it wasn't that much effort and it was much easier going than trying to do the misspellings log. I only found the page when I was looking through Template:Future and thought it had been there for a long time, I didn't realise that it had only been there a month. Oh well... I'll finish it off.-- The preceding signed comment was added by Rocky (talk • contribs). 12:49, 14 August 2008 (CDT)

Kid Icarus
I wasn't sure if these were listed yet:

Press B, A, then B on Controller 1 after a game over, but before title screen appears. (Continue) Inside the shop, press A + B simulataneously on Controller #2. (Lower Prices in Shop). Since those are the only controller cheats (that I could find at least), perhaps Kid Icarus/Passwords should be renamed so they can be in that page. Good job on the guide, it looks complete to me. RobJ1981 02:45, 21 August 2008 (CDT)

Star Fox 2
Hi, yes I think I'm going to make multiple pages. I was thinking of making these sections:

1-Intro, Contents and Emulation

2-Controls

3-Character Selection

4-Difficulty

5-Gameplay

6-Strategy

7-Scoring

8-Secrets (with trivia added)

But anyway how do you normally create the pages? just typing for example http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Star_Fox_2/Controls and editing it? How then do you put them in order for the table of contents?

Thanks for the help ; ) ~ Galaxy 20:19, 24 August 2008 (CDT)

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 * Well thanks for that, sorry for the trouble, I had a look on the guide but didn't realise how to do it, now I know you have to do it editing the ToC. Thanks again. ~ Galaxy 20:29, 24 August 2008 (CDT)

re: DoubleJump
No problem, I'm a big fan of their work, and their guides are pretty much the only guides I buy any more. I'm just happy that the template has finally been put to good use. --Vizeroth 22:21, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Er, that reminds me Procyon, I realise I never told you about DoubleJump being made functional, but you've probably noticed that by now. :P It's not very good but it's a start, and it's probably more noticeable than the sidebar idea anyway since it's not competing for attention with the Flash ad. GarrettTalk 00:10, 6 September 2008 (UTC)