Maestro

My apologies, but I will not be able to complete my turn since I'm on vacation right now. My Xbox is ~400km away until Wednesday!

You have to be a one-man army. Since GSD is a hyper lethal killing machine, it wouldn't be fair for one team to permanently have him on their side. We considered putting P34nut in this position as well, but chose to have him play a larger role instead.

Of course! Just send me a message letting me know that you're ready to go.

Since the Xbox One is a much more powerful system, I don't see why these different armour configurations wouldn't be possible. (inb4 Twin shows up) For all we know, 343 might have a colour dial system like MSPaint where you just type in how much of red, green, and blue you want, as well as the option to make it neon or metallic. Or if said neon and metallic colours use much more power to render, they could come in preset colours like we have now.

...except in the pacific time zone or anywhere west of that. 9am EST = 6am PST = 5am AKST = 4am HAST

Y'arr, we be needin' a nautical map fer all o' the mateys! Also the order which people take their turns should be the same as specified in OP's list.

I, Maestro, do solemnly affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the forums, according to law and faithfully execute the Office of President of the United Forums, so help me Twam.

Nice try. Butch Flowers!

Count me in! Unless it's after July 3, then my gold subscription runs out. >.<

To celebrate Canada's 147th birthday, why not play some Halo with some chums? Many photoshop skill, much edit, wow Since the long weekend was a bit of a dud due to circumstances beyond my control, I'm going to host another event on Canada Day! Here are the details: GAME: HALO 4 + Forge Island DATE: CANADA DAY (July 1) TIME: 1-6pm Pacific (convert it!) MIC?: Preferred but not mandatory What's on tap? Take a look: Halo Gear Solid Hockey at Kappital Imperial Stadium Koridai Holy Gamelon Route 666 Husky Raid Mario Kart 64 Halo Tactics Fort Leonard (not really) Ice Breaker ...and more! Who's going? 1. Maestro 2. Butch Flowers 3. Bnus 4. Yang Xiao Long 5. Self Destruct 6. Unease P34nut 7. BeckoningZebra1 8. Edward Kenway 9. HaloGeek 10. -Sparky- 11. ShadowFiend216 12. Rue 13. Ledgend1221 14. A New Challenger (Yang/DarkAngel's friend) 15. ? 16. ?

Let's just say that's within the realm of possibility in the near future...

INCOMING CODEC CALL COLONEL: Snake, you have been called in to succeed where others have failed. SNAKE: What's my first objective? COLONEL: We need you to infiltrate Shadow Ravine Island. Intel suggests that a war machine known as Halo Gear is being built here. SNAKE: Halo Gear? Isn't that a rip-off of Metal Gear? COLONEL: It is. And yet, it's much more dangerous than any Metal Gear ever built. Halo Gear is a machine capable of moving Halo rings around the galaxy. SNAKE: What's a Halo ring? COLONEL: A Halo ring is a weapon capable of destroying all sentient life within 25,000 light years of its location. SNAKE: 25,000 light years?! COLONEL: That's right. You must stop its construction by any means necessary! COLONEL: Using visual data collected from Recon's initial outing, the entrances to the base on Shadow Ravine Island are highly fortified. They are guarded by at least one automatic turret, highly skilled soldiers, shields, and camouflage inhibitors. COLONEL: You will begin here, at Recon's last base camp. Fortunately, the terrorists in Shadow Ravine haven't raided it, or even found its location. SNAKE: It's on a cliff. That could be a bit of a problem. COLONEL: There is a waterfall which leads down to the ground. Tread carefully, and dive into the water below. It will cushion your fall to an extent. COLONEL: Use whatever supplies you may find there wisely. Any weapons available should be used for more than just dispatching guards. Recon believed that the Incineration Cannon could destroy shield generators located above the entrance gates, and a pinpoint weapon could destroy camouflage inhibitors with ease. SNAKE: In your previous images showing the entrances, I could see some sort of nodes. COLONEL: Recon said they were camouflage inhibitors. SNAKE: And where are the shield generators? COLONEL: We believe they are hidden behind the barriers above the gates. However, Recon could not get a clear image of them. The Incineration Cannon's scattering ability can inflict enough splash damage to destroy any machinery that may be hidden behind those barriers. A second shield protects each gate from crossfire. The source of these shields has not been located. SNAKE: Would I still be able to walk through? COLONEL: A double agent we have in Shadow Ravine told us that the interior shield prevents enemies from walking in. The exterior shield only blocks projectiles. COLONEL: These are the last known images of Recon team we've seen... they haven't radioed in for two months now. We're counting on you, Snake. Infiltrate Shadow Ravine Island. Destroy Halo Gear! This is HALO GEAR SOLID, a blast from my forging past! It has been rebuilt from the ground up, with an entirely new structure, objective, and gametype! The structure is composed of three large bridges linking each gate together on the outside of the base. On this bridge, there are weapons and armour abilities available for either team to use, although red team is more likely to reach them first. There are two grav lifts leading up, and two teleporters leading to the top. Instead of using an Extraction variant like the original Halo Gear Solid, this one uses a modded variant of King of the Hill. The mod simply allows usage of the parent-child attach labels, as well as the ability to hide objects. Also, this map is the first of a pack of maps. I have yet to determine how many maps will be in this pack. The next one will be inside Shadow Ravine. The gametype itself has also been entirely reworked. The red team is no longer an invincible horde of monsters who can kill blue team with ease. They still cannot use their radar, which encourages them to keep their eyes peeled. They have camouflage inhibitors to help, as well as auto turrets to alert them to enemies. However, blue team needs to watch their step. Despite the repertoire of tools at their disposal, success is not guaranteed. Teamwork is pivotal, as well as using their tools wisely. Each armour ability fills a different niche, from observing guards (Promethean Vision) to distracting (Hologram) to healing (Regeneration Field). They do not have good camouflage, but rather have poor camouflage. Patience is required to succeed! Also, the colonel himself can watch the action and call blue team. If you have an odd number of players, one player can go on YELLOW team and observe the action from up high with a Beam Rifle. They cannot inflict damage or be killed, but can warn blue team of any threats nearby. I'd recommend playing it with at least 8 players, even though the description of the map says 12. Here's the map and the gametype. And with that... I evolve to silver. Goodbye purple. I'll miss you.

I didn't even bother learning Ruby. I do have an extensive knowledge of RPG Maker 2003 though, which does have an active battle system and a side-view perspective like Final Fantasies 4-6.

The only downside is that I found VX Ace to be rather clunky to use and in terms of map design. I would've been all over that deal if it weren't for the world map looking so... square. And instead of giving a character abilities in the character screen, you have to make a class for each character. A character named Jim needs to be a Jim-class character. :|