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#98605 Antidepressant dreams?

Posted by Piper24 on 15 November 2011 - 07:58 PM in Dream Discussion

I have some social anxiety, and I was just put on medication for it at the beginning of October. I noticed a change in my dreams right away.

But mine were not realistic like yours. Mine were unusually bizarre (I mean, yes, dreams tend to be weird anyways, but these dreams were just ridiculous). They were so completely unrealistic that during several of them I was actually able to realize that I was dreaming partway through. I also started having nightmares pretty often, most of which were just as strange as the dreams, except for one very realistic one:

It was about my computer getting infected with a really bad virus, which I attempted to fix, but instead I accidentally made the problem worse and the virus spread to my parents' computers, too. I kept trying to fix it, but it kept getting worse and worse until none of the computers would even turn on anymore. So we lost everything on all of our computers and my parents were really mad at me. It took a few hours after I woke up for me to finally realize that it had been a dream-- and I was SO relieved.

But anyway, I did not stay on that medication very long because it didn't actually do anything for my anxiety. I switched to something else, and now my dreams seem to be back to normal again. Which is too bad, because when they weren't nightmares, those crazy dreams were actually pretty entertaining. :lol:

#98624 Curious about something I noticed about my Mepians

Posted by Piper24 on 22 November 2011 - 02:03 AM in [ARCHiVED] JOD Discussion

I am working on getting all of the full Mepians, and noticed on this video here that many of this person's Mepians have blue collar or scarf-like things around their necks.

Currently I have five full Mepians (the Mothpil, Beez, Shleep, Scarapian, and Mewwy ones). I noticed that none of mine had those blue collars/scarves. I started to wonder if maybe that meant that they weren't really "full-blooded".

However, I noticed that two out of my five (the Beez and the Scarapian ones) now DO have those blue things. I am absolutely positive they did not have them before.

So what are they? How come my Mepians did not have them to begin with, but now two suddenly do?

#98626 Curious about something I noticed about my Mepians

Posted by Piper24 on 22 November 2011 - 02:37 AM in [ARCHiVED] JOD Discussion

Hm, that makes sense. If you look closely at them, they do look just like scarves.

Maybe it's the weather link-- maybe they only wear them when the weather is cold enough. That could be why they weren't there before, but they are now, as it has gotten much colder in the last couple of days.

#98630 Reala is Horrible

Posted by Piper24 on 23 November 2011 - 11:08 AM in Creative Stuff!

I was randomly inspired to make a music video for NiGHTS using the song "My Eyes (On the Rise)" from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Do not ask me why, because I don't know.

I wanted to get it done before I lost interest in it, so it was very rushed (finished in one night) and I did not put as much effort into it as I probably should have. Still, thought I'd share. =)

Please note that this is not intended to be a Reala x NiGHTS video-- I have nothing against anyone who might like that pairing, but I just don't see it, so that is not what this video is meant to portray.

#98649 Reala is Horrible

Posted by Piper24 on 26 November 2011 - 07:54 PM in Creative Stuff!

Thank you everyone. I'm glad you all liked it. =)

And I know what you mean, iLLViLLAiN; I hate those subtitles, too. I wish there was a way to get rid of them.

#98676 My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Posted by Piper24 on 08 December 2011 - 10:28 PM in Community Corner

I love Friendship is Magic! Although I grew up in the 90's, I've been a fan of MLP since the 80's ponies. I used to have a huge collection of them (mostly hand-me-downs from a friend's older sister), but storage was not kind to them, unfortunately... =(

I still have some of the 90's pony toys, though, and some of the more recent ones, too, but I stopped collecting the toys when they started to look less like ponies and more like bobble heads. I may be disappointed by this generation's toys, but I must say... MLP:FiM is by far my favorite MLP show.

Hm... being the princess of the night, I wonder what Luna would think of NiGHTS?

I used to love MLP back in 2000, had a massive collection of all these toys and had an old video game where you baked cakes and stuff....

Would that game happen to have been My Little Pony Friendship Gardens? I had that game, too. Probably still do (somewhere). =P

#98703 Reala is Horrible

Posted by Piper24 on 18 December 2011 - 10:22 AM in Creative Stuff!

Made another quick NiGHTS video. Nothing to do with Dr. Horrible, this time, though (and, admittedly, the Dr. Horrible one I made was much more fun).

I found a song on my computer (White Night, True Light by Vic Mignogna) from a long time ago, and when I listened to it I immediately thought of NiGHTS. And then this happened:

#98713 Hi, I'm Miles NiGHTS Prower, but I'm mostly know as NiGHTS and Sonic

Posted by Piper24 on 20 December 2011 - 04:26 AM in Introduce Yourself

Welcome, Miles NiGHTS Prower!

I am fairly new here as well. This really is a great forum, I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun here. =)

#98723 I be invadin' your forums...

Posted by Piper24 on 21 December 2011 - 06:56 AM in Introduce Yourself

Welcome, RhapsodyDusk!

I like to write fanfiction, too. I'm just bad about finishing them; I get about halfway through, get bored, then start a new one. Very few of my stories ever get finished. =P

And I've occasionally done a couple of silly fandub things with friends for fun, but I've never tried to fandub/voice any characters seriously. Definitely something I want to try someday, though-- it really seems like it would be a lot of fun.

Anyways, welcome!! I hope you enjoy your time here.

#98817 NiGHTS hangman

Posted by Piper24 on 08 January 2012 - 03:23 AM in NiGHTS chit-chat

Wow, I haven't played Hangman in a loooong time.

Thanks for this! It's a lot of fun.

#98820 Reala is Horrible

Posted by Piper24 on 09 January 2012 - 11:58 AM in Creative Stuff!

I made another NiGHTS music video. =)
I decided to challenge myself this time by trying not to use any subtitled clips from JoD.

This one took quite a bit longer than the others. It is done to the song "Tell Me Why" by Declan Galbraith.

I could not upload this one to YouTube (well, I could, but YouTube blocked it in so many countries because of the song that it was pointless to upload it there). So I uploaded it to Photobucket instead. Doesn't seem like I can embed it here, so here is a link:

NiGHTS - Why

#98826 short Reala sketch animation

Posted by Piper24 on 10 January 2012 - 04:40 AM in Creative Stuff!

Excellent work once again! Your animations are unbelievable.

#98829 My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Posted by Piper24 on 10 January 2012 - 06:36 AM in Community Corner

I...I have to draw a NiGHTS pony in this style...but that requires stopping watching...

I meant to say this before, but I would love to see that if you do draw it.

Hopefully this isn't too off-topic, but I actually found some NiGHTS-related MLP art on DeviantArt. None of these are mine, though I hope it is okay to share what I found anyway:

NiGHTS as a pony
Another NiGHTS pony
NiGHTS, Jackle, and Reala as ponies
Jackle as a pony [1] [2]

#98835 Reala is Horrible

Posted by Piper24 on 10 January 2012 - 07:43 PM in Creative Stuff!

Thank you, Diputs.

Nope, didn't turn them off (I wish!). I tried to find a way to do that, even tried some subtitle removers (with terrible results I might add). I couldn't get rid of them, so I only used parts where no subtitles were shown.

#98849 Owl City

Posted by Piper24 on 13 January 2012 - 10:28 PM in Community Corner

That link doesn't seem to go where you wanted it to go, so here's an embed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1UrGo74IN4

I love Owl City. Even though the lyrics for many of the songs don't make much sense, they're still beautiful somehow. And the music is so lovely and relaxing. =)

I actually hadn't listened to Owl City in a long time (since before I started playing NiGHTS), but listening to it again, now with NiGHTS in mind... I see what you mean. Wow!

Particularly these parts:

--- --- ---

"And when you close your tired eyes
I'll meet you there"

---

"Deep inside of you there's a ruby glow ( <--- Red Ideya?

)
And it gets brighter then you and I will ever know"

---

"Oh, I tend to disappear here and there
So concentrate and you'll feel me everywhere"

---

"If you're lost when you close your eyes
I'll meet you there"

--- --- ---

This would be a very fitting song for a NiGHTS music video. =)

#98856 Reala is Horrible

Posted by Piper24 on 15 January 2012 - 06:17 AM in Creative Stuff!

Whoops, sorry about that, infractus!

Thank you for merging them.

#98862 Reala is Horrible

Posted by Piper24 on 16 January 2012 - 07:31 PM in Creative Stuff!

Thank you very much, General Reala!

Yes, I have watched DNAngel. It was a favorite anime of mine at one time.

And actually, I do use Windows Movie Maker, but I use it in combination with VirtualDubMod (as well as a number of filters I have downloaded for it, and its built-in Avisynth script editor). First, I clip the videos in VirtualDub (and add effects with the filters if I need to do something with the clips that Movie Maker can't do), then I put each clip onto the storyboard/timeline in Movie Maker (along with the music) and use Movie Maker's effects/transitions when needed.

If you'd like, I can have a look around and see if I can find links to download the filters I've used with VirtualDubMod (it comes with some filters already, but several of the ones I use are third-party and didn't come with it).

#98884 Create A NiGHTS Mii!

Posted by Piper24 on 30 January 2012 - 07:56 AM in NiGHTS chit-chat

Sorry to revive an old topic, but I thought it would be better than to create a new one about the same thing.

I have been playing around with the 3DS Mii Maker and this was the best I could manage for NiGHTS and Reala (though I did use some ideas from all the great Mii's that have already been posted here!

). I wish it were possible to make hats for Mii's (or at the very least give them unnatural hair colors).

Well, anyway, here are my (failed) attempts

:

#98999 Project X Zone

Posted by Piper24 on 12 April 2012 - 02:28 AM in Community Corner

This game looks like it might be interesting; a crossover game for the 3DS called Project X Zone, made by Sega, Capcom, and Namco Bandai. Sadly, no NiGHTS (not even Sonic for that matter) but the list of characters is still pretty long.

Quoted from Protodude's Rockman Corner:

the game is called Project X Zone (the 'X' is pronounced as "cross"). The game is a strategy RPG featuring characters from all three companies.
...
According to the magazine, characters will team up in pairs for fight scenes.

The included characters (from the same post at Protodude's Rockman Corner) are:

Capcom
Ryu & Ken (Street Fighter Zero), X and Zero (Mega Man), Demitri and Dante (Darkstalkers and Devil May Cry), Chris and Jill (Resident Evil)

Sega
Shinguji Sakura and Ogami Ichiro (Sakura Wars), Pai and Akira (Virtua Fighter), Kurt and Riela (Valkyria Chronicles), Ulala and Touma (Space Channel 5 and Shining Force EXA)

Namco Bandai
Sanger Somvold (Super Robot Wars), Jin and Ling Xiaoyu (Tekken), Kos-Mos and T-elos (Xenosaga), Yuri and Estelle (Tales of Vesperia), Kite and Black Rose (.hack)

Several screenshots can be found here on Famitsu.com for those interested (and an English-translated version via Google Translate here).

Just thought I'd make a post about it in case anyone here might be interested in it, but hadn't heard about it yet.

#99005 Project X Zone

Posted by Piper24 on 12 April 2012 - 07:31 PM in Community Corner

I know; I don't care much for the characters Sega chose to include. I would have loved to see NiGHTS in it. And you'd think they would have at least included Sonic.

But I am excited about X and Zero being in the Capcom group, as well as Kite and Blackrose for Namco Bandai (I'm a big fan of both Megaman X and .hack). Still wish NiGHTS or Sonic were in the game, though. =/

#99224 Finally, I can play NiD!

Posted by Piper24 on 05 July 2012 - 05:37 AM in [ARCHiVED] NiD Discussion

I just finally got a Sega Saturn (saw one for a decent price, couldn't pass it up). So, naturally, I also bought NiGHTS Into Dreams.

I noticed that NiD is a bit more challenging than JoD, or at least it seems that way to me. For most of the levels, I'm still struggling to get C's. Guess I've got some practicing to do!

I'm also having some trouble getting decent scores on a few of the bosses, so I looked online for tips on improving my scores. I came across this guide at GameFAQs. When looking at information about the bosses in this guide, I saw this bit referring to the Clawz battle:

"There is a bug in NiGHTS where it never gives you the full 120 seconds you should, and they cut this boss so close, you can't get a 2.0. You usually get 117 seconds on the clock (okay, the final fight you do get 120 seconds)"

So now I'm curious...
Is it really impossible to score a 2.0 on Clawz? Or has anyone here managed to do it?

#99308 Finally, I can play NiD!

Posted by Piper24 on 06 July 2012 - 07:09 AM in [ARCHiVED] NiD Discussion

I've managed to do it. Is that a glitch present on every single version? Sounds weird, I've never heard anything about it....

Oh, good!! It can be done!
I'm not sure if the glitch is present on every (or even any) version. I haven't noticed this glitch myself. If it's true at all, maybe it was only a problem for some copies (maybe early ones?). I have no idea...
It sounded weird to me, too, so I just had to ask about it.

Below is a video of how to get 2.0 on Clawz...Miles is the master at beating the bosses as fast as possible!

WOW! That is unbelievably fast.

So it is definitely possible-- just not easy (despite how easy the video made it look)! It must take a LOT of skill and practice to pull that off.

I have a long way to go, I'm terrible at fighting Clawz. :lol:

Practice, practice, practice...

#99309 Campaign SUCCESS

Posted by Piper24 on 06 July 2012 - 08:02 AM in NiGHTS chit-chat

Since I first started playing NiGHTS only recently, I haven't been a part of this community for very long. So I haven't had to wait as long for this as many of you have, but I am still very happy to see that it has happened!! I definitely wanted to see NiGHTS Into Dreams become more easily available. I'm sure there are lots of people out there who would love this game, but simply haven't discovered it yet. I hope this port will bring many more fans for NiGHTS! =)

This sums up my response to the news quite nicely.

Thank you Sega, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!
And congratulations to NiGHTS and to all NiGHTS fans! What a wonderful anniversary surprise!!

Admittedly, though, I am a bit disappointed to not see it for the Wii. The 3DS would have been nice too-- it would have been awesome to play NiD with 3D graphics! But it really doesn't matter in the end. This is still a great success!

I don't have an XBOX or a PS3, but I will happily buy and play the PC version to show my appreciation and support. Just probably not right away (it figures we get this exciting news right after I finally buy the original game & a Saturn to play it on... what great timing I had! :rolleyes:

). I know one of my friends will be getting it to play on his XBOX, too.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY NiGHTS!!

#99353 NiGHTS manga

Posted by Piper24 on 07 July 2012 - 08:51 PM in Creative Stuff!

The Ideya Palace Icon that jofamo made might make a useful reference for you: http://jofamo.devian...-Icon-152806560

#99471 Archie is Making a Sonic & Mega Man Crossover

Posted by Piper24 on 11 July 2012 - 05:26 AM in Community Corner

Archie will apparently be making a Sonic and Mega Man crossover comic next year:

http://kotaku.com/59...omics-crossover
http://www.rockmanco...ds-collide.html
http://www.rockmanco...er-details.html

I have to say, I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out. I'm not a frequent comic reader, so I'm not too familiar with Archie's work; I don't really know what to expect. I did read their NiGHTS comic, though, and... well... I hope this one turns out a little better than that at least.

But whether it turns out well or not, I think it's still a very interesting idea and I can't wait to see what they do with it.