Mathias

You have every right to be scared s**tless. However, as one of our proud and patriotic soldiers, I'm sure you'll use that to be careful, do the right thing, and represent our country with flying colors. On behalf of everyone here, I'd like to thank you for your service. We'll pray for you and all of our servicemen's well being. Keep in touch and let us know how things are going for you.

Take your time and don't rush things. It's just 8th grade after all, you should only be thinking about a hug here and there and the occasional kiss. Don't go overboard, we don't need any little BlitzZs running around. Finish school first! Man, do I sound like an overprotective parent already?

I like the Firefox software, and the furry beast. I think the Columbus, OH Zoo has one, last time I went earlier this year. Too cool, thanks!

Birthdays are a celebration your life. Make the most of it, if not on the day, close to it. Make it a point to spend time doing something you like, even if it's only for a half an hour. If birthdays are important to you, then REMIND people that its coming up, or you'll only disappoint yourself as it seems you have. My family constantly reminds each other of the birthday's coming up. We all have a tendency of forgetting things, time, and dates. Hell, I've been trying to think of something for my wife's birthday for over three months, and got side tracked by father's day. Now, I'm feeling the pinch these last couple days for nearly forgetting her birthday. It's a good thing I have a calendar and family members who CONSTANTLY remind me of everything coming up. I'd go years without remembering birthdays and such if they didn't.

I hated all of my school dances, because I FELT like I needed to take someone. It never panned out for me through school. I was always just a "nice guy". Of course at 23 I met my wife, got married, and we now have two wonderful kids. It all comes around in the end. I agree with CabbitGirl, enjoy the evening, with or without someone, or don't go.

I don't seem to have that problem.

You are the man, Crimson King. Thanks for all you do there, so we don't have to deal with it here. Our problems here are nothing compared to what you go through on a daily basis. Do us proud and then come back to us safe!

Hi and welcome and stuff.

The Wife: We'll keep you in our prayers. Remember that you always have friends here.

Mrs. Mathias here...

90s right now, but we're supposed to get rain and have everything cool down in OH. Of course, I try to stay inside all of the time to avoid the allergies.

That bunny scares me! I would have paid to have been ridden of that demonic beast. Shut up bunny! Shut up! That was wonderful. Thanks for the laugh.

I posted the Star Ocean stuff in the games section. Check it out!

Title: Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (PS2) Summary (Spoilers) Synopsis: Fayt was enjoying some nice rest and relaxation on Hydra IV in the high tech Milky Way where transport between planets takes days and replicators can make anything you want. His vacation didn't last long until the Vendeeni, a race of fish men currently at war with the Galactic Federation, come for him and his entire family. Article: The Entire Story from Start to Finish (Spoilers)

Title: Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (PS2) Invention Tips (Spoilers) Synopsis: Here are some invention tips for those not wanting to spend much time on it. Some might consider this a spoiler, so ...

Title: Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (PS2) 3.5/5.0 stars Synopsis: Star Ocean had a refreshing fighting system, some interesting plot twists and an annoying invention system. Article: Star Ocean had a refreshing fighting system, some interesting plot twists and an annoying invention system. The storyline dropped the ball around three fourths the way through the game and was pretty lame from there on. I wish they would have ended the game before the climatic twist. The lame ending was an interesting concept, but poorly timed. What's it about? Fayt was on vacation on Hydra IV in the high tech Milky Way where transport between planets takes days and replicators can make anything you want. His vacation didn't last long until the Vendeeni, a race of fish men currently at war with the Galactic Federation, come for him and his entire family. The high tech story line is a bit deceiving as the game takes place more or less on a medieval planet with sword and sorcery, I'm sorry, Runology, no wait Symbology. I think the concept was confusing enough that they should have called it the same thing. Controls The fighting consisted of only eight options. Pressing X hard and soft and from a distance or up close. The same options were for the O button. Each option could be further enhanced with battle skills, but you are severely limited by the skills you can use at one time, making most obsolete very quickly or overlooked completely. Here's a fairly minor spoiler. Replayability, nah The saved game will be updated with the clear option, so you can replay the game and have a couple more dungeons, the rest of Sphere corporation to explore and another inventor. No thanks. I'm done and shelving the game while the rating is this high. If the invention options were more user friendly and a lot less time consuming, then it may have reached a rating of 4.0. Sorry, you can't make up for the plot in the last quarter after such a strong first half. In conclusion Overall, the story was decent for the most part with an uplifting message that we are the ones who control our universe and only through looking at it with a positive outlook will we make our dreams come true. That is if you are willing to reach the end of the game.

I think you've ridden the skittle rainbow a bit too high. I've never seen the bunny or the commercial.

I think gokuDX7 has done a wonderful job in helping you. I've only skimmed the code, but it looks very similar to my own forms. I'm not up to speed with all of the regular expressions, but I've found this site very informative. http://www.regular-expressions.info/ I would recommend creating a function for your PHP code and stick it in its own include file. It may add a little overhead, but unless you are expecting a high traffic volume (I sure don't), the organized structures of classes and functions in include files are very useful, making maintenance of the code later easier. I recommend creating a file called debug.inc.php in your lib folder. <?php //----------------------------------------------------------------------- // Function: Debug // Description: Print the values entered straight to the pages for debug. // Assumptions: session_start(); has already been called. //----------------------------------------------------------------------- function Debug($sName, $saValues) { if (is_array($saValues)) { print "<p><b>$sName</b> "; print_r($saValues); print "</p>\n"; } else { print "<p><b>$sName</b> $saValues </p>\n"; } return (1); } ?> Add this include to the beginning of any PHP script in question. include_once "lib/debug.inc.php"; I use this debug function regularly to print of variables, array, and pesky SQL statements that don't work. I apologize for not knowing your knowledge base and experience ahead of time. I hope you find these tips useful.

Cool.

Get better soon Precious.

I have a wonderful review, tips and hints, and storyline with notes written for Starocean. The storyline has spoilers. The tips have an easy, but tedious method of making tons of money when you get 3/4s the way through the game. If you're interested, let me know. FFX is very good. Isn't FFX1 the on-line only game that you have to pay monthly for? Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 if you like Disney movies. Look over some of our other notes about the game. We may have dissed parts of it, but it was still a much better game than most. Prince of Persia trilogy, but only if you're old enough for bad language and blood and guts. I'm sure there's others, but I'm not sitting next to my games right now. Sledgstone put a list together for me at one time, so he'd be a good one to ask. PM him he doesn't read this soon enough.

I bought Diablo II, but put it away before I barely got started. The graphics were grainy and the max screen size was too small. There was barely anything on the screen and I was getting pegged off screen. I heard the expansion fixed these issues, but I haven't even bothered to pick it up since I was so disappointed earlier. On a brighter note, I've played through Starcraft and its expansions at least twice all the way through. Warcraft II was great, but I see forking over the $25 for the expansion. Starcraft II will probably force me to upgrade my computer again. That's what sucks with computer games. You buy the newest game out, but you have to fork over big bucks to upgrade your computer. Afterwards of course, all of your old games no longer work, pissing you off. I remember the Joust game and was so disappointed when the upgrade made it unplayable as the characters flew off the screen. Oh well, I digress again. Starcraft II looks great. Someone, please buy it for me and the computer required to play it. Please?!

Wonderful. I hope it lives up to even half the hype. All hail Kerrigan, the heart of Starcraft!

Parlais vous Francais? Mais non. J'adore du fromage. I can speak a little more, but that's stretching my limits, sorry. I bow to your excellence in speaking languages.

Glad to have you here. If you're a roleplayer, check out the roleplaying section!