01-21-2008, 08:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-21-2008, 08:54 AM by Lord_Leperman.)
I don't really have one particular memorable gaming moment, but I do have a number of gaming highlights.
Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram
I was good at Virtual On's sequel, Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram, to the point that I've never lost to someone in that game in the arcade using my primary unit. I never made an attempt to join any of the local groups, because I didn't know they existed. Flash forward 2 years later when I discovered a now defunct Virtual On site (virtualon.net) who's events forum is almost exclusively run by the many local groups (uso ang hanapan ng away noon sa usapan doon eh). I read their archives and discovered they were talking about some mysterious Apharmd S (A unit in the game) pilot who just mysteriously beat people in 2 different Virtual On arcades (The only 2 places I go to that have VO: OT).
It didn't really take long for me to realize who they were talking about, they even mistook me for someone else I help train with the same unit. I was especially amused when they started giving nicknames to some of my special moves. Needless to say, I was some sort of elusive secret boss to these people :p.
Eventually I let myself known, and eventually I was beaten by the no.1 guy in the whole VO circuit after meeting with all of them.
Gundam: Renpou vs. Zeon DX (Note: this is an arcade game, and all of the actions I'll mention were done in public)
The only game I've ever played in character while in the game and off the game. Me and my friends we're role-playing MS pilots and whenever we'd meet we'd always send out emergency distress signals to each other's base of operations through high-level or low-level frequencies (Call one's mobile, or send an SMS respectively). We'd talk like this:
Translation: He's going to the arcade with Mikko and 3 other friends, they're currently on the MRT headed to Megamall and he's asking where I am.
We'd even decorate our game cards with personal IDs and insignias. We'd scream when we got hit or died in the game and actually talk to each other as if it were a real battle. Those who didn't play were tasked to give orders on the background, they're tasked to tell us what to do and where to go in real-time on a battle field stage. We'd call different parts of the mall based on the different functions of military bases (Food court = Mess hall, Parking area = Hanger, Arcade = Mission simulator. etc.). Unfortunately, the arcade closed down and we said goodbye to the game. On the final day the arcade was open, my friends sent this to all of us:
On that day and in our final game, we never died and we got the highest score ever in the arcade at 35000+ points. The messages we sent to each other are still on my mobile until now.
Armored Core
Still going on... Well, in huge part because of RR :p
Nix and AEA1 were a big part of it in the really early years though XD
Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram
I was good at Virtual On's sequel, Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram, to the point that I've never lost to someone in that game in the arcade using my primary unit. I never made an attempt to join any of the local groups, because I didn't know they existed. Flash forward 2 years later when I discovered a now defunct Virtual On site (virtualon.net) who's events forum is almost exclusively run by the many local groups (uso ang hanapan ng away noon sa usapan doon eh). I read their archives and discovered they were talking about some mysterious Apharmd S (A unit in the game) pilot who just mysteriously beat people in 2 different Virtual On arcades (The only 2 places I go to that have VO: OT).
It didn't really take long for me to realize who they were talking about, they even mistook me for someone else I help train with the same unit. I was especially amused when they started giving nicknames to some of my special moves. Needless to say, I was some sort of elusive secret boss to these people :p.
Eventually I let myself known, and eventually I was beaten by the no.1 guy in the whole VO circuit after meeting with all of them.
Gundam: Renpou vs. Zeon DX (Note: this is an arcade game, and all of the actions I'll mention were done in public)
The only game I've ever played in character while in the game and off the game. Me and my friends we're role-playing MS pilots and whenever we'd meet we'd always send out emergency distress signals to each other's base of operations through high-level or low-level frequencies (Call one's mobile, or send an SMS respectively). We'd talk like this:
Quote:Comand! This is major Boa, we are en route to mission staging point. My squad consists of Lt. Mikko and 3 more new recruits. We are in transport via hover craft on EDSA Valley. What are the coordinates of Maj. Dominguez?
Translation: He's going to the arcade with Mikko and 3 other friends, they're currently on the MRT headed to Megamall and he's asking where I am.
We'd even decorate our game cards with personal IDs and insignias. We'd scream when we got hit or died in the game and actually talk to each other as if it were a real battle. Those who didn't play were tasked to give orders on the background, they're tasked to tell us what to do and where to go in real-time on a battle field stage. We'd call different parts of the mall based on the different functions of military bases (Food court = Mess hall, Parking area = Hanger, Arcade = Mission simulator. etc.). Unfortunately, the arcade closed down and we said goodbye to the game. On the final day the arcade was open, my friends sent this to all of us:
Quote:Today, the great invasion is set. A Boa Kou will fall! The greatest battle of our generation is at hand. Many soldiers, men, women, enemies, and allies will lose their lives today. We are all brothers and sisters suffering from the sickening symptoms of war. It does not matter which side we are on, war will always be wrong. And we must end this now, today! At all costs!
There is no victory, nor life in war! There is no future, no hope and only despair in war. There is no immortality in the life of a soldier, but there is eternity in the death of one. A hero cannot be born, only created by the thousands of those who suffered for the same cause. The great invasion has been set, we shall soon find out which side shall carry on the burden of life...
On that day and in our final game, we never died and we got the highest score ever in the arcade at 35000+ points. The messages we sent to each other are still on my mobile until now.
Armored Core
Still going on... Well, in huge part because of RR :p
Nix and AEA1 were a big part of it in the really early years though XD
