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[umiman]

(^_^;; is basically a "sweat" emoticon.

You know how in Japanese manga, when something silly happens, all the characters get little sweat beads over their heads. I think that's it.

Either that or it's a a bra.

... or a caterpillar.

[Footkerchief]

PS. what is this (^_^;; what I see in your posts most of the time? 

It's something you'd expect to see used by people who play "erotic RPGs."

[Draco18s]

Yeah, but we still have no idea what RPG it is.  I wouldn't mind taking a look at it seeing if it has any redeming qualities.

[numerobis]

Oh, there are "redeeming" "qualities" all right...

Back on topic: I noticed the colossi were getting shot dead by the elves in alarming numbers, in one world I generated.  It's clearly not doing combat using the combat engine.  ISTR Toady discussing this very issue at some point in the devlogs, with a comment that he put a bandaid on it and will get back to it later.  But that might be my imagination speaking.

In the smaller worlds, I tend to see a few megabeasts left by the end of world-gen.  I haven't genned up enough standard-sized worlds to notice anything.

[Tormy]

PS. what is this (^_^;; what I see in your posts most of the time? 

It's something you'd expect to see used by people who play "erotic RPGs."

Oh...

[Deathworks]

Hi!

Okay, I still haven't had time to test 39d which has now even become obsolete before I unpacked it (^_^;;

The emoticon I use is indeed the sweat drop which among other things expresses slight embarassment.

Anyhow, without having seen the new versions, there is no information I can add to the discussion of the thread right now. The reason I am responding now is because of the unexpected interest people showed in the RPG I mentioned. I want to give some public information and otherwise would suggest discussing details if necessary via the forum's message system - while I like that RPG, this thread here is just too important to get permanently derailed, and I am sorry that my general remark had that effect.

Anyhow, the RPG I am talking about is called "縮小学園". As the name implies, it is being written by a Japanese in Japanese. That Japanese happens to be a macrophile and that is the theme of the game (as any who can read the title will already have guessed (^_^;; ). It uses Enterbrain's commercial RPGツクールVX engine (people may know the RPGツクール series from the English language pirate copies called RPGMaker 2000, 2003; VX is the latest release in the series), so the core functionalities of a 2D RPG are stable and reliable.
While it features some insider gags (even references to previous test versions (^_^;; ), a major strength is its focus on normal RPG gaming (retrieving items, beating monsters, finding keys, solving simple riddles). About the current version, people have already complained that they never get to the macro stuff. The size of the current test version seems quite good to me; I have not yet cleared it, but someone reported needing 8hrs to clear the version (which is supposed to be 2/3 of the game once it gets finished), which seems a reasonable estimate.

Unfortunately, there is a general tendency towards naive/misinformed fear towards foreigners in Japan, and the fetish communities are no exception. I have promised not to give away information about where the game is discussed, but I received permission to advertise it at Eka's Portal and provide a link to the download there. Currently, that link is obsolete, though, and given that an emergency update was released 24hrs after the new release, I wish to wait before updating the information there.

I am sorry for having so long an OT post, but I figured that by providing as much information as possible, I could stop the discussion and speculation. If you wish to know more details about this game or have questions, please feel free to contact me via the forum's message system.

So, with this distraction gone, I suggest to focus on whether the changes in 39d/e have had any effect on megabeasts and semimegabeasts.

Deathworks

[MaxVance]

The emoticon I use is indeed the sweat drop which among other things expresses slight embarassment.

You are an easily embarassed poster, it seems. I hope you're drinking enough water what with all the sweating you do.

[Elvenshae]

Macrophile: One who likes shortening long chains of repeated keystrokes.

[Draco18s]

Anyhow, the RPG I am talking about is called "縮小学園". As the name implies, it is being written by a Japanese in Japanese.

Not being able to read Japanese (or even for that matter, having the font installed on my system) I probably would be incapable of playing it.