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Some of October RIT



I had to split the different FFXIV sections since that's now the majority of the traffic on BG.


FFXIV: Official

1. Letter from the Producer Live Part IX (10/19/2013)
2. FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Hot Fixes (Oct. 15)
3. Comments from the Developers (NO DISCUSSIONS)

FFXIV: Advanced

1. DoL/DoH Levequest Locations
2. Dungeon Loot Thread
3. DoH/DoL Leves, Dyes, Material Tiers
4. Item Level 90 Gear Comparison
5. AF2 vs. Relic Weapon +1 Upgrade Priority
6. Unlocking dungeo…

I had originally planned to stick to the “one review every other month” approach that life pressured me to adopt, but then two games came along that forced me to reconsider and change those plans – Pokémon X and Y. Part of the reason I worked to get this review out quickly was because of how much fun I’ve been having playing Pokémon X this month. The other reason is to encourage others to pick it up sooner rather than later because of a very rapidly disappearing sense of “newness” that other …

TIRED OF PRODUCTS THAT DON'T LOUDLY ADVERTISE WHERE YOU WASTE TIME ON THE INTERNET? WELL WHO ISN'T, FUCKFACE!

HI FOLKS, AUNTIE ISLADAR HERE WITH AMAZING NEW PRODUCTS CALLED BG SHIRTS AND HATS WHICH ARE GUARANTEED TO REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR SHIRT AND/OR HAT EXPERIENCE, AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME KIND OF KRIS KROSS REVIVAL*. THESE SHIRTS AND HATS ARE MADE OF 100% MATERIALS AND ARE ENTIRELY GLUTEN-FREE**. I'm going to stop typing in all caps, but I need everyone to still read this in their head …

So the BG Free Company has been busy. We have 3 total coil groups in the FC, 2 of which have started, one of which is very lazy and really really really likes crafting. All is going well and were having a blast! Below is a writeup for our first coil group, the ever lovable and sometimes annoying Galkas Are Food!


Below writeup by Weltall from BG Forums, I know, its not very good, but he will get better!
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Galkas Are Food Roster:

PLD: Welt All
PLD: Luk Ayers
SCH: Wolfe…

It was hard to find anything not XIV related for September.

Some of September RIT


You guys are really slacking off on the RIT uploads.


FFXIV

1. Minion List
2. Dungeon Loot Thread
3. DoL/DoH Levequest Locations
4. Unlocking dungeons
5. Best repeatable tradecraft leves.
6. Immortal Flames promotion?
7. Odin/Behemoth Fates
8. DoH/DoL Leves, Dyes, Material Tiers
9. [Guide] Paladin Tanking Compendium
10. Wanderer's Palace Full Clear Observations/Strats
11. Fishing Compendium Thread
12. Primary stats for each class, 2.0 styl…

Do you remember your first survival horror game? For me it was Resident Evil. I remember being introduced to the original Resident Evil on the PlayStation and soon after, picking up its remake on the Gamecube. One of my strongest memories from my original playthrough came late one summer night with a friend. We were working our way through the caves underneath the Raccoon City Mansion, weary of the unkillable and freakish Lisa Trevor. We were slowly creeping forward through the caves when …

August was mostly about FFXIV.



...or the inability to play it.




Some of August RIT



You guys are slacking off on the RIT uploads.


FFXIV

1. Minion List
2. Unlocking dungeons
3. New Yoshida Interview in Gamescom
4. Redeeming pre-order code
5. Beta 3 impressions and general discussion
6. Odin/Behemoth Fates
7. Free Company Points
8. Phase 4 impressions / discussion thread
9. How-To: Run FFXIV on Mac OSX
10. Relic Reborn information

I'm surprised none of the threads with all the QQ about the server…

Another month went by where we praised our god Yoshi-P.

Some of July RIT




FFXIV
Comments from the Devs
Beta 3 impressions and general discussion
FFXIV 2.0 Random Speculation/Question Thread XII
How do you gonna start Phase4
FFXIV: ARR Benchmark (Beta) Scores

Do you have your own baby chocobo head yet?



FFXI
Delve
Naakual - Notes, Strategies, confirmed drops~
DISCUSSION: 07/08/2013 Version Update, SAM wins mantle contest
Translated Gear: Take these for granite
FINDINGS…

What would you do if the zombie apocalypse happened tomorrow? Would you hunker down in your house with a stockpile of weapons and food? Would you make a mad dash for the Arctic? Would you fight back against the zombies and look for a cure? The Last of Us is a game that takes the typical Zombie cliché and instead of asking what you would do, asks what would you do to survive. It might not seem like a very different question, but it serves as the starting point for what is a phenomenal game.…

The month of June has been mostly about FFXIV, FFXIV and FFXIV. In fact if you didn't get in the beta your only other option is to kill yourself. Oh yeah and also E3 only confirmed that Xbox sucks.


Some of June RIT




FFXIV
Beta 3 impressions and general discussion
Comments from the Devs
FFXIV 2.0 Random Speculation/Question Thread XII
NDA Lifted for Screenshots for Phase 3 Beta
FFXIV: ARR Benchmark (Beta) Scor…

Another year, another E3 has come and gone. This year was especially exciting since Sony and Microsoft are set to release their next-gen systems during the holiday season. By now, I’m assuming most (if not all) of you have seen the news coming from these two major reveals. Still, maybe you wanted a condensed and concise summary of the press conferences; maybe you’ve avoided the news till today; maybe I just needed something to pass the time till Last of Us gets here (why are you so slow UPS!…

Just copy pasta my summary from April to have an idea what May is about.

Random RITs from May:



FFXI
Delve
Dev Tracker: Findings/Posts
Dev Tracker: Discussion
Colonization Thread
Naakual - Notes, Strategies, confirmed drops~
Gimp/Confused/WTF Player
Completed Relic/Mythic weapons list
Random Question Thread
Windower 4 Open Beta
What's Better?
Geomancer: Findings and Mechanics
Skirmish: Findings and Information
Spellcast Shop Thread
The Eleventh Adventurer Appreciation Camp…

Last month saw the auction of THQ’s remaining IPs. Amongst them was the Darksiders franchise. Given that it has been nearly two years since I reviewed the first game in the series, this news served as as good a reminder as any to pick up 2012’s sequel, Darksiders II.
While Darksiders II follows 2010’s post-apocalyptic hack-and-slash adventure, this is not your traditional sequel. Rather than occurring after the events of the original game, Darksiders II occurs between the prologue and main…

April was such a boring month in gaming I couldn't find anything with a high hit count from the gaming section. At least it's a good thing we have SoA. I might consider tracking the tech and poopdeck sections for the next time.

Because you guys love RIT so much here's a random sample from April:



FFXI
Colonization Thread
Skirmish Findings and Information
Rune Fencer Findings
Geomancer Findings and Mechanics
Seekers of Adoulin and 3/27/2013 Update .DAT Mining Discussion

More zomg SoA... even…

Now that everybody only care about Seekers of Adoulin nobody cared about anything FFXIV related. Congratulation to TERA for their huge comeback. Yes I know it’s April 1st as I post this.

GD:
Random Image Thread XL
Best Videos on Youtube IV Oppa Gartr Style
Sex deprived woman attacks boyfriend over Xbox addiction
Real life pic thread 2
Random Fail First World Problems

Nothing unusual there.



FFXI:
Seekers of Adoulin and 3/27/2013 Update .DAT Findings
Seekers of Adoulin .DAT Mining Discussion
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It took almost 10 years, but in 2007, Blizzard announced the sequel to their intergalactic epic, Starcraft. At the time, they revealed that the game would be split up into three separate games, each devoted to one of the franchise’s different races, to tell the story that gamers had been waiting for almost a decade. 2010 saw the release of the first piece of this trilogy, Wings of Liberty. In that entry, players took control of Jim Raynor, as his band of rebels worked to undermine the Terran…

February still had FFXI, FFXIV and TERA as top topics... if we exclude the Random Image Thread of course.

GD
Random Image Thread
2013 NHL Season Thread
Manhunt in Los-Angeles
Super Bowl XLVII
Best Videos on Youtube

Nothing unusual in General Discussion: Random Image Thread is still at the top with some news and sports stuff. Also stop asking for a sports subforum, 2 threads occasionally popular doesn’t justify it.



FFXI
Completed Relic Mythic weapons list
Random Question Thread
Dev Tracker…

THE PROJECTS RETURN! You are saved from a treatise on P&P RPGs.

Dreamfall Chapters - ends March 10th - @ $650k (76%)

This is a point and click adventure that continues the story of The Longest Journey and Dreamfall. (Also, despite the name and the habits of the industry, it's not episodic, it's a full game.)

I'm telling you about it because this is a great series, and not only should you support the kickstarter to get more of it, you should go and play the other games if you haven't. It pops …

So we have our first week with no new kickstarter projects. There just weren't enough worthwhile to put together a post. Sorry, that's just how it goes sometimes. As such, we'll be diving into Steam Greenlight this week. But first, updates on the older projects.

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Hegemonic - FINAL DAY Only hours left - @ $81k (270%) [+$28k]
The funds are still ticking in, they just blew past the KS only signed foil box goal, and the wooden bits for all games are now replaced by custom transparent plastic bi…

For the first time in quite a while the sections of a dead game are generating the most traffic on BG. Of course the Random Image Thread always stay at the top... and boobs. Beside that there’s a small revival on the TERA topics probably due to the F2P announcement while FFXIV gets barely anything being a slow news month.


FFXI
1-28-13 Version Update Discussion
Completed Relic Mythic weapons list
Salvage II Slavage Harder
Dorp XXV wtf bynes
Random Fail XIII
Dev Tracker Discussion
Gimp Confused …