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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Feb 15, 2012 6:13:53 GMT
Nice one! Your celeb 'street tweets' are hilarious by the way.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Feb 14, 2012 23:30:55 GMT
Something tells me she's not looking for sailors either.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Feb 14, 2012 23:03:15 GMT
Keep spamming celebrities till your heart's content, I was only talking about the search results which I'll be trawling through anyway. No point duplicating effort there, but other people like celebs or random friends, go all out! If a celebrity, or anyone else with a truckload of followers, backs the cause then you could achieve more with one tweet than anything I've posted so far. It's well worth doing.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Feb 14, 2012 21:00:58 GMT
If you're able to help promote the campaign on relevant forums and websites then that would be a huge help. Retweeting is also what it's all about, to try and spark the enthusiasm of your followers, who in turn might retweet the one message that captures the imagination of someone else.
This morning's letter drop was a nice surprise, but to avoid anyone feeling like they're being spammed with multiple '@' requests for daring to mention Shenmue, it's probably best if just one of us handles the "search and reply to people's tweets" approach. I'm happy to keep doing that as I quite enjoy the challenge of tailoring my reply to the content of their message.
One thing that puzzles me is that the Facebook page still has more members than on Twitter, where most of the activity takes place. It's hard to reach out to strangers on Facebook so it's felt like there's little I can do on there, but somehow that's where the most growth has been taking place so far. Odd.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Feb 14, 2012 8:32:23 GMT
Thanks for your Twitter activity mue26. I woke up this morning to find the "mentions" tally had suddenly rocketed, wondered who the heck was tweeting left and right about Team Yu, then scrolled down to the first one and it all made sense. The medium-term plan right now is to keep gathering like-minded tweets in the Team Yu "favorites" list and then re-retweet them all at once, making it hard for Sega to ignore or be so rudely dismissive about. For a tweet to be included in this barrage it needs to explicitly call for the Shenmue license to be given to Yu Suzuki, as that's the specific intent en route to Shenmue 3 becoming even a possibility.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Feb 8, 2012 23:32:30 GMT
Also due for a re-release: With a battery life that trumps the 3DS and the Vita combined.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Feb 6, 2012 13:32:01 GMT
Nozomi's theme (piano version reflecting their doomed childhood romance) and the Morning Fog's Wave (when Ryo's licking his wounds on the house boat after a gang mauling, and renews his determination).
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Feb 5, 2012 13:11:12 GMT
The Mega Drive II. By a country mile.
But I didn't vote for Mega Drive because it might have been construed as a vote for the original design, which was very different.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Feb 5, 2012 13:03:03 GMT
Still waiting on that tweet, mue26! The Team Yu campaign will be a month old tomorrow, and allowing for some overlap between Facebook and Twitter, there are currently around 100 members. Hopefully that will continue growing - exponentially would be nice - so that our message to Sega gets some noticeable weight behind it. Obviously, accelerated growth requires people to share and retweet so that their friends, and friends of their friends, become aware of the campaign and join in (if it interests them). In addition to retweets, here are some of the individual tweets people have been sending that agree with Team Yu's specific cause: twitter.com/#!/TeamYu/favorites All this talk of tweeting and facebooking must sound quite lame to people who do their best to avoid social networking, but in this day and age it's the most collaborative and direct way of communicating with corporate entities like Sega. Someone in their company is paid to monitor this method of fan feedback, and if a particular issue is drawing enough heat so to speak, it must be that person's contractual obligation to report the matter up the chain - otherwise their position is a waste of a salary. So our aim must be to make enough noise for as long and as often as possible, until the right people at Sega get the message that this is an important issue to the fanbase. Because when important issues go ignored, customers' brand loyalty begins to fade, and that affects the only issue important to Sega: their bottom line. If Sega doesn't wish to take a gamble on making Shenmue III, no one should judge them for that - it's their cash on the line, not ours. But if they also refuse to allow Yu Suzuki to take that risk on his own, then they can only be seen as the villain of the piece. That's not a good look for a company that wants those same disenchanted fans to buy their other games. But Sega won't be confronted by this self imposed threat to their own image if most fans aren't aware of the exact situation and don't voice their opinion. That's why Team Yu intends to focus that collective voice on this key part of the Shenmue III issue. It's about pushing the right buttons. If you agree then please do lend your voice to the campaign and get the word out there, even if Facebook and Twitter aren't normally your cup of tea. Team Yu needs you.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Feb 1, 2012 12:56:54 GMT
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jan 29, 2012 22:36:16 GMT
Great song Ginfners. I remember a local radio presenter pointing out what he thought were dubious similarities when Peter Andre's "Mysterious Girl" was in the charts. I was convinced at the time, but looking back now I'm not so sure. I think J'Lo has a stronger case to answer when it comes to "My Love Don't Cost a Thing" and "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandi & Monica. Anyway... Sweaty. Sweaty. Sweaty bo Betty. What exactly do we have to do with this new campaign? Banana bo bo fanana, Chris. As far as I know Pat's going to make an official Shenmue UK announcement about it some time, so I've been biting my tongue so as not to take the wind out of his sails. After that you probably won't be able to shut me up, so make the most of this serenity while you can.
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OPPY!
Jan 28, 2012 12:37:00 GMT
Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jan 28, 2012 12:37:00 GMT
Harold plotting to kill Paul after the plane crash was better.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jan 27, 2012 13:49:30 GMT
Did anyone see the TV series starring a shaved headed Summer Glau, leading the resistance against bad hairstyles? I think it was called Perming Hater: The Sinead O'Connor Follicles.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jan 27, 2012 7:37:43 GMT
Is there any other kind?
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OPPY!
Jan 26, 2012 21:28:06 GMT
Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jan 26, 2012 21:28:06 GMT
we've never had an aussie member That's not what I heard, Pat. BTW, I won't hear a word against Home and Away. Television at its finest right there.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jan 26, 2012 21:16:38 GMT
She did a great version of Silent Night.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jan 26, 2012 8:20:42 GMT
I bought my Wii solely to play Super Mario Galaxy, and it was worth it. Then the sequel came along and was just as great. So I've no complaints about the amount of shovelware available - it does me no harm when there are still good games as well. You just have to pay attention to what's actually out there and not get blinded and frustrated by the rows of dancing pony trainers filling the shelves in town.
A fun game that's easily overlooked is Mercury Meltdown Revolution. The graphics are extremely simple so at first glance it looks cheap and uninteresting, but the gameplay is addictively challenging. Just one more go!
A follow-up was released not long ago on Xbox Live Arcade, but it's the Wii's motion controls that make it so good.
Skyward Sword is definitely on my wishlist, once the combined cost of the game and MotionPlus comes down. The annoying thing about Nintendo's catalogue of instant classics however is that they tend to hold their value...
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jan 26, 2012 7:53:10 GMT
Only if steel chairs are legal!
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jan 25, 2012 23:09:27 GMT
Somebody mentioned Yakuza, and of course I'd rate that amongst my favourite PS2 games but moreso the sequel for its minor refinements.
However I'd like to recommend a game that I think Shenmue fans would find interesting. It's called Shadow of Memories (or Shadow of Destiny in the US), and it's a combat-free game that otherwise plays somewhat similarly to Ryo's adventure. The selling point though is the unique story, which has you repeatedly being murdered but going back in time to disrupt the sequence of events leading to your death, while trying to solve the mystery of who's behind these attacks and why. The game has many different endings, each revealing a different twist which collectively reveal the whole story. It's fascinating. Just don't be put off by the main character's haircut.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Jan 25, 2012 22:25:11 GMT
There are some incredibly good games for the DS, if you know what to look for amongst the kitty cooking simulators.
Some of my favourites:
Soul Bubbles Elite Beat Agents Super Scribblenauts Jewel Quest Expeditions Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Mario & Luigi: Brothers in Time/Bowser's Inside Story Ace Attorney series (Phoenix Wright, Apollo Justice, Miles Edgeworth)
If you have a DS (or a 3DS, since it's backwardly compatible) then you should give each and every one of those a try, as I think you'll be guaranteed to find at least a few that justify your investment in the hardware.
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