haha, it's no big deal. i've loved this game ever since the first time i played it, i know it in and out like the back of my hand. if you need help with anything, let me know :3

@Joshers: the way I play, I consider 'at level' to be where I can go through an area and each of the characters in my party will be able to wipe out a normal enemy in one turn with physical attacks. when I reach that point, I know the next boss will be a snap — it's probably overkill, but i've played the game so many times through that it's the habit i've gotten into, lol. again, if you make a point to defeat every single enemy you come across, even if you go through the same area twice to go back and get something you missed, it's easy to keep your level up.

To be honest, though, I don't really know exactly what level that is at Booster's Tower, but I do know the Tower is a great place to sit and level if I'm not quite there yet because there are points where enemies just scroll across the screen and you can either choose to fight them or avoid them — they literally come to you, so you can just keep pressing A (and don't forget those Timed Hits!) and rake in the EXP that way if you want.

Just remember that your EXP earned is the same for everyone in your group, you don't have to actually have them in your party at all. compared to other RPGs, it actually makes things a lot easier for you :3

also, if it's just EXP you want, and you want it now now now now nowwwwwwww, whenever you come across an area with a Starman and a bunch of enemies to defeat (and there's one coming up after the Booster events are over and done with), make sure you save beforehand — but remove all your equipment first. then go ahead and get the star, kill all the enemies and rake in the EXP, and when that's over, find an enemy and let it kill you (WITHOUT saving beforehand). When you Game Over in SMRPG, you don't lose any EXP and you respawn at the last Save Point you used, so that Starman will be there for you to get again (since you saved before using it) — as well as all those enemies to defeat with it. You can level up very, very quickly with that cheat if you don't want to go about it the legit way. :3

Just hold on to them for now. A little further on, you'll come to a point where you can use them for some much nicer items than what they're trying to sell you down at Frogfucius' place. :3

Booster Tower is a great place to level if you want to hang out for a bit and get ahead, lol. It's one of my favorite areas of the game, and then what happens afterward is great too, but i won't spoil it for you :3

If you go back to that waterfall, you can do that sequence a few times over for Frog Coins. Also, do your best to find all the hidden treasure boxes along your way, and if you find that Jam in the Sewers for Frogfucius (i forget when exactly you get the chance to do that), he gives you a few Frog Coins too iirc. so long as you don't spend any of them on the BS items the tadpoles sell, you should have Coins enough to nab that badge in no time.

To be honest, though, with the level cap at 30, it's not hard to get up there by the end of the game, so that double-exp badge is pretty useless IMO. Just make sure to fight every single enemy you come across, no running away, and you'll either be at or very close to 30 by the time you battle Smithy.

Please feel free to ask your question in the aforementioned thread, yuuds. Thank you! :3

That's it. I'm either going to have a coronary or start banning people if I don't get out of this topic, and so I wash my hands of it.

you're attempting to exonerate them for their lack of action by attempting to pass this off as a sound business decision. you may as well be defending what happened, IMO, because you're trying to put them in the right on some level for not having done a damn thing to stop what went on, which is absolutely abhorrent.

@Jumbif, et.al: just to be clear, I have not deleted anyone's opinion from this thread. I've edited out two profanities and one slur iirc, and that's been it.

@shingi, @dan: ah, that makes sense. damn

does anyone know what GAME did to piss all these publishers off? it seems every time i look up at my screen there's another announcement re: a game they're not stocking. i feel bad for the retail workers caught up in this mess, hope there won't be too many layoffs

wait, 'but'? there's a 'but' here? there should be no 'but' behind this statement — the people tuning in are the ones already looking to purchase this sort of game anyway. it's already going to sell like hotcakes; what the hell does Capcom need this competition/livestream for? it's fluff, or at least that's what it should've been.

]you just said "But Capcom are a business, and this channel is promoting their game." how is that not justifying Capcom's lack of action beyond their disclaimer statement?

I'm not exactly sure what you're saying here, but considering he was allowed to continue beyond Day 1 obviously unhindered, I think that speaks volumes regarding what 'extent' Capcom 'dealt with the matter' — e.g. they didn't. Certainly not to my satisfaction.

Good to know. It's definitely affected mine, however.

as i said in our own article comment thread, saw it coming a mile away.

if the fish is edible, why not? fish are delicious.

Wait... does anyone know for absolute sure if they're just sponsoring it, or do they really have a hand in what's going on? this article here says they're 'collaborating' with iPlayWinner, Team Sp00ky, and 'working closely with' IGN to bring it to the masses. Even IGN's announcement article calls it 'Capcom's Cross Assault'. I like how they make it look like they own the place — up until the point where it's time to deny all association with remarks made by the players but let them keep doing their thing unchecked.
_{... and with that, i'm done for the night. gotta calm the rage so i can get some sleep D:}

'potentially offensive' my foot — this. is. harassment. he was asked to stop and did not — flat-out refused, even, arguing on-air that he and every other male present had the right to make whatever sexual and racial jokes they wanted with the 'you know i'm just playin', baby, if you take me serious that's your problem' excuse. no, we don't know exactly what was signed and how, but there's no way they didn't have some sort of exit clause available. with as many lawyers as these companies employ, i refuse to believe they were that stupid as to sign away all of their rights for this competition.

Sponsors pull support from people and organizations all the time. Why Capcom wouldn't pull support for this competition when this behavior reared its ugly head and the person/people responsible refused to realize they were in the wrong is absolutely beyond me. Their continued agreement to sponsor the competition supports this behavior, it shows the audience that it's okay to be a disgusting sexist pig because that's just how the gaming world works... and that's not right.

And I know there are other companies sponsoring the competition — MadCatz, for one — but Capcom was the biggest name I noticed there, and certainly the one I (had) trusted most, which is why as a female I feel particularly betrayed that they've condoned this kind of thing by not pulling their sponsorship. I've purchased so many Capcom games over the years, but I'll be damned if they ever get another dime of my money. I don't care if the next Phoenix Wright game is flippin' amazing and the bestest thing ever. I don't care if Layton vs. Wright ever hits NA shores, I will not be purchasing it.

O Great and Wise The_Fox, please tell us what to say instead so that our lowly, uncouth, and yet amazingly succinct expression of disgust with Capcom shall no longer offend thy heavenly ears.

@Radixxs: (a) watch the hate speech, please
(b) if no attempt is made by competition staff to shut you up or boot you from the competition, then yes, in that situation SEGA's rep would certainly be hurt in my eyes — especially if it was allowed to go on over a period of days in a format available to SEGA staff for review (the way this has been allowed to happen).

@GundamMac: Watch the videos — the article links to the one with the Day 5 argument for you. Hear the words straight from the donkey's mouth.

@Jumbif: sure, people are going to make idiots out of themselves, but when they're asked to stop and don't, up to the point where they go off on a rant likening sexual harassment to onions and saying what boils down to 'deal with it', that's when corporate sponsors need to take a good, long look at what they're condoning by continuing to back said idiot(s) with money. eff that guy, and eff Capcom as far as I'm concerned.

as of this point, i've gotten Hijikata, Okita, and Kazama's endings, and i'm working on Saito's. I will say the story is better the second (or third) time through, once you're already familiar with everything... now it's just the tedium of waiting for the game to fast-forward through the early choices so that you can get to the better choices later (with new conversation paths to tread), lol.

i despise all things cake-y.

just FYI, implying that Ant's a liar isn't really the smartest move ever :3

also, @zez: KINECTaku hasn't made the switchover yet, so it's still displaying avatars at 60x60.