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HOORAY! IT'S TIME TO BE CREATIVE! TIME FOR A DRABBLE REQUEST AS MENTIONED LAST NIGHT!

OKAY SO THE RULES
-YOU CAN REQUEST OR WRITE WHATEVER JUST LABEL IT IN THE SUBJECT LINE AS "PG-13, R, NC-17", ET CETERA.
-IT'S A DRABBLE REQUEST SO DON'T EXPECT THE NEXT GREAT PRECURSOR NOVEL OR ANYTHING
-HAVE FUN

HAVE AT IT!

LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER RULES I SHOULD ADD. :D

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PSEUDO-INFO POST AND SOME OBSERVATIONS.

HEY THERE, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN EIGHT YEARS ALREADY. LURKING FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'VE MADE A FEW POSTS. C: PLAYED ALL THE GAMES, IN THE MIDDLE OF DAXTER, NEVER FINISHED JAK X AND I STILL HAVEN'T DECIDED IF TLF IS WORTH IT OR NOT.

BUT THIS IS ABOUT DAXTER. AS IN. THE SIDE READYATDAWN GAME DAXTER WHICH I'M PROUD TO SAY IS MY FIRST PSP GAME.

I'M IN SOME FISH THINGY, AND IT'S THAT SAME DAMN FISH FROM THE FIRST GAME THAT GAVE ME NIGHTMARES AND SENT ME INTO A PANIC EVERY TIME I HEARD THOSE HEART BEATS AND OH PRECURSORS IT'S FROZEN ALL OVER THE DAMN PLACE. BRUTTER IS HERE. HE WANTS ME TO CLEAN SOMETHING BUT DAMMIT I DON'T TRUST HIM BECAUSE HE SENT ME TO GET A SHINY ONCE AND I GOT RAPED. WHEN BRUTTER IS INVOLVED I DON'T LIKE IT.

ALSO. WHY CAN'T DAXTER SWIM? OTTSEL, RIGHT? PART OTTER. AND I THINK THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME PROBLEMS IN, UH, EVERY OTHER GAME IF HE COULDN'T SWIM SO WHY IS IT THAT WHEN I DIE I FALL IN THE WATER.

ON THE OTHER HAND I'M REALLY ENJOYING THIS GAME. I FIND THE WHOLE DAX-AS-AN-EXTERMINATOR THING A PRETTY NEAT WAY TO TIE HIM INTO THE START OF THE METAL HEAD INFESTATION.

SO HI THERE. :D

SO I GOT JANUARY'S ISSUE OF GAME INFORMER IN THE MAIL; AND WHILE I WAS LAZILY FLIPPING PAGES I CAME UPON GAME INFORMER'S REVIEW OF TLF.

HERE IS A SCAN OF THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
( CLICK HERE FOR PICTURE-Y GOODNESS )

HOWEVER IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN'T SEE MY BEAUTIFUL SCAN D=

SO HERE IS ALSO A LINK TO GAME INFORMER'S WEBSITE WITH THE ARTICLE! YAY WEB ARTICLES!
http://gameinformer.com/games/jak_and_daxter_the_lost_frontier/b/psp/archive/2009/11/05/jak-journeys-to-the-end-of-the-world-in-this-solid-sequel.aspx

WHILE LOOKING FOR JAK AND DAXTER COMMERCIALS, I FOUND ONE FROM FRANCE:
http://gameads.gamepressure.com/tv_game_commercial.asp?ID=1029
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON HERE SO I'LL JUST LET YOU GUYS DECIDE.

HELP MEH!

LOL, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK THIS UP MYSELF AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR AND I SAID, "I KNOW! I NEED TO ASK CAPSLOCK_JAK MEMBERS BC THEY'RE ALL POWERFUL AND ALL KNOWING" BWAHAHAHA!

FOR REAL THOUGH, IS THERE A WEB PAGE SOMEWHERE THAT LISTS ALL THE DIALOGUE THAT THE CHARACTERS YELL OUT DURING RACES- BESIDES THE POPULAR CHARACTERS? IN PARTICULAR, I'M TRYING TO FIND WHAT CUTTER SAYS AND I'M NOT SURE WHICH VOICE IS HIS AND WHEN I PLAY- I'M NOT SURE. ANYONE HAVE A YOUTUBE CUTSCENE OF CUTTER SHOUTING SOMETHING?

*SIGH* DOES ANYONE ELSE LOVE KRAS CHARACTERS- BESIDES RAZER? LOL BC RAZER'S OBVIOUS. *SNUGGLE RAZER BEFORE RUNNING AWAY BC HE'S GONNA SHANK HER*

AND I READ ON THE J&D WIKIA THAT KREW WAS ORIGINALLY FROM KRAS? I...DON'T REMEMBER THAT. GAAAH, I FAIL!

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FOUND THESE ON YOUTUBE, WHICH MADE ME GO 8DDDD IN REAL LIFE.

HEARING "CALL OF THE WILD" IN THE SECOND VIDEO MADE ME SO HAPPY, NOT TO MENTION IT REALLY SUITS THE VIBRANCY AND AT TIMES EXOTIC LOOK OF THE FIRST GAME. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THEM ALL OR NOT - I'M FAIRLY SURE IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE EXCEEDINGLY RARE OR WHATEVER - BUT WHO DOESN'T WANT AN EXCUSE TO WATCH 'EM AGAIN?

I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE FIRST VIDEO. THEY HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING INTERVIEWS WITH SOME OF THE HEAD HONCHOS AT NDI - THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THEY GET THE SMOOTH ANIMATION, BOB RAFEI TALKS ABOUT THE CHARACTER DESIGN. THERE'S A PLETHORA OF INTERESTING INFO IN THERE. ♥ I LOVE HOW THEY SHOP NDI EMPLOYEES INTO SANDOVER AND SENTINEL BEACH. XD

ENJOY!

( CUT FOR LE VIDEOS )

ALSO, kitherin WINS THE AWARD FOR GETTING US THE MOST EPIC BIRTHDAY CAKE EVER. ♥ I ALMOST DON'T WANNA EAT IT DUE TO THE SHEER AWESOME.

HOWDY Y'ALL, I BE A NEW NEWBIE TO JOIN THIS 'ERE ESTABLISHMENT.

I'M A HUGE FAN OF THE ORIGINAL JAK TRILOGY. I FOUND JAK X WAS OKAY-ISH, SINCE I ENJOYED THE COMBAT RACING AND GENERALLY JUST BEEN ABLE TO BLOW STUFF UP~ HEHEH. :D BUT TLF WAS MAJOR PHAIL. M-A-J-O-R. THE ONLY THING SLIGHTLY ENTERTAINING ABOUT THE ENTIRE GAME WAS THE PLANE COMBAT. BUT OVERALL, IT WAS A FLIPPIN' DESPERATE INSTALLMENT. D'8

I'M HOPING TO GET DAXTER SOON~ JUST NEED TO GET A PSP FIRST.

OH YEAH.

I'M IRISH.

SO, ER, BYE FOR NOW.

MY FIRST POST HERE AND IT MAY ONLY AMUSE ME...


ANYONE ELSE PLAY FF 12?

MORE HERE(http://wrathkun.livejournal.com/2794.html) MIGHT BE SPOILERISH I DON'T KNOW LJ CUTS HATE ME

HEY GUYS.

SO I GOT BORED LAST WEEK WAITING FOR A FRIEND TO HEAD TO A DANCE CLASS AND CAME UP WITH THIS WONDERFUL PIECE OF AEROPAN PROPOGANDA. IT'S BASED ON CANADIAN, PLEASE WHICH PROBABLY NO ONE WILL GET OR KNOW BUT THAT'S OKAY ENJOY THE FUNNY AEROPANS.

( PLEASE )

SO ELEGANTE CHAT WAS DISCUSSING JAK, AS IT DOES OFTEN DUE TO THE EXTREME NUMBER OF JAKTARDS IN HERE. TO BE SPECIFIC, WE WERE SHARING OUR THOUGHTS FOR CASTING OPTIONS IN A JAK MOVIE. THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.

( CAST LIST GOES HERE )

OKAY. I'M BORED. VEEERY BORED. AND SO, I'VE BEEN SLAPPING ELF AND SANTA HATS ON ICONS I'VE SEEN HERE AT THE COMM. I'VE ONLY DONE LIKE 3 BUT I FIGURED I'D JUST GO AHEAD AND ASK IF ANYONE WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY BOREDOM AND OFFER THEIR ICON SO THAT I CAN HOLIDAY-IFY IT? XD XD

HERE ARE THE SAMPLES!




WOOT FOR BOREDOM THAT LEADS TO JAK FUN!


HERE WE GO! LET ME KNOW IF I MISSED ONE!




AND MORE!

**FINAL EDIT Thu Dec 10 02:15:47 UTC 2009**

So there is the final update... Over the past day we have processed around 11 million jobs out of the 12 million that were in queue at that time. Please bear in mind that over this past day, more jobs for notifications are also created. So while the queue has been dropping, we are still not fully caught up at this point, due to backlog and new jobs. We have roughly 3 million jobs still pending that involve the notification system in some manner. We had hoped we could have fully cleared the queue in a day, but unfortunately we can't clear it too quickly, since we need the rest of the site to operate normally. From our current perspective on the amount of jobs that are left in queue, and how many it has processed thus far, we believe it will take around another 8 - 12 hours to process everything.

And finally some answers to some questions:

( Read More and Get Some Answers... )

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OKAY SO WITH ALL THIS TALK OF A JAK CON, I HAVE A PROPOSITION FOR Y'ALLS.

AS YOU KNOW, NDI IS SITUATED IN SANTA MONICA, IN A LOVELY LITTLE BUSINESS DISTRICT WHERE I USED TO WORK.  IF WE DECIDE TO HOLD THE CON SOMEWHERE IN CALIFORNIA, I PROPOSE THAT WE CONTACT NDI AND ASK THEM VERY NICELY IF WE COULD ARRANGE A SHORT VISIT TO THE STUDIOS TO MEET THE DEVELOPERS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS POSSIBLE OR NOT, BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THE LEGWORK AND BE THE SOCAL CONTACT FOR THIS, IF PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED.  AT VERY LEAST, A VISIT TO SEE THE JAK STATUE WOULD BE PRETTY AWESOME.  I'M ALSO REASONABLY SURE THAT CUTTER IS BASED AROUND CULVER CITY, AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ROPE HIM INTO MAKING AN APPEARANCE (EVEN IF HE CHARGES A FEE WE COULD EASILY COVER IT BY EVERYONE CHIPPING IN). I CAN MAKE CALLS TO THE AGENTS OF ANY OTHER VOICE ACTORS WE WANT TO SHOW UP, TOO.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, manawolf AND I DO HAVE FLOORSPACE HERE IN SOCAL (NORCAL WE CAN'T HELP WITH THOUGH).  IT'S NOT AN ENORMOUS PLACE, BUT IT'S 2BD/2BR WITH PARKING OUT FRONT FOR HIRE CARS AND A FREE PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET.  WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO HAVE PEOPLE CRASH AT OUR PLACE FOR FREE, WHICH WOULD CUT DOWN ON HOTEL FEES (FOOD WOULD OBVIOUSLY EITHER BE ARRANGED BY CHIPPING IN TO A COMMUNAL GROCERY BILL, OR PAID FOR SEPARATELY). OH, AND I SHOULD ADD THAT WE DO HAVE CATS, FOR PEOPLE WITH ALLERGIES WHO CAN'T STAY WITH THEM, THOUGH WE WOULD LIKELY ASK A FRIEND TO TAKE CARE OF THEM WHILE EVERYONE'S OVER TO AVOID ALLERGIES / STRESSING THE CATS OUT.

NATURALLY WE ALL WANT IT TO BE HELD WHERE WE LIVE SINCE THAT'S CONVENIENT / COST EFFECTIVE FOR EACH PERSON, AND IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO DECIDE WHERE TO HOLD IT SINCE WE'RE ALL SCATTERED ALL OVER THE PLACE.  HOPEFULLY IF WE AIM FOR 2011 SUMMER THOUGH, THAT SHOULD GIVE PEOPLE ENOUGH TIME TO SAVE UP AND GET EVERYTHING ORGANIZED / CON ROOMS BOOKED / GUESTS HIRED.

THOUGHTS?  SUGGESTIONS?

THIS WAS ALL STARTED BY tehsongsong'S AMAZING MUSIC VIDEO WHICH IS MORE AMAZING AND OBVIOUSLY MORE TIME CONSUMING THAN THIS THING. PLEASE GO WATCH IT AND PLEDGE YOUR UNDYING LOVE.

I'M SORRY TO POST TWICE IN ONE DAY.

I REALLY AM.

( BUT I MADE A REALLY GIANT COMIC FILE THING. ALSO SPOILERS. FOR ALL GAMES. ALL OF THEM. EXCEPT DAXTER. )

THERE YOU HAVE IT, FOLKS. HAPPY JAK ANNIVERSARY!

WHAT HAPPENS IN TWO YEARS WHEN IT'S THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY? O_O IS THAT THE CHINA ANNIVERSARY? I DON'T EVEN KNOW