CoN 25th Anniversary: 1997-2022
The CoN on gametrailers.com

Posted: 31st December 2011 09:55
*
Behemoth
Posts: 2,835

Joined: 24/6/2001

Awards:
Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Contributed to the Final Fantasy VI section of CoN. Member of more than ten years. Member of more than five years. 
First place in the 2008  Has more than fifty fanarts in CoN galleries. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy I section of CoN. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy IV section of CoN. 
See More (Total 9)
Are you freaking kidding me!? The site gets featured HEAVILY in a Gametrailer's Pop Fiction video and it's not mentioned anywhere here? Not even the news section! They name dropped R51 specifically!

Was anyone here even aware they were doing this?

This post has been edited by Narratorway on 31st December 2011 10:25

--------------------
Post #198819
Top
Posted: 31st December 2011 16:10

Group Icon
Dude on a Walrus
Posts: 3,944

Joined: 16/10/2003

Awards:
Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Member of more than ten years. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy VI section of CoN. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy V section of CoN. 
Member of more than five years. Third place in CoNCAA, 2005. First place in CoN Fantasy Football, 2005. Has more than fifty news submissions to CoN. 
See More (Total 9)
It just goes to show: you want information on oldschool Final Fantasy games, you go to CoN.

--------------------
Post #198820
Top
Posted: 31st December 2011 16:45

Group Icon
Totes Adorbs
Posts: 9,223

Joined: 31/7/1997

Awards:
Second place in the CoN World Cup soccer competition, 2018. First place in CoNCAA, 2018. Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Vital involvement in the Final Fantasy IX section of CoN. 
First place in the CoN Euro Cup soccer competition, 2016. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2015. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2014. Third place in the CoN World Cup fantasy game for 2014. 
See More (Total 29)
I have yet to watch the video, as I've not been in front of a PC all day, but I can say that no, nobody at all has contacted me about this. I have to say I'm interested to see how awesome I seem to be? wink.gif

--------------------
"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?
Post #198821
Top
Posted: 31st December 2011 17:13

Group Icon
Lucky <3
Posts: 3,270

Joined: 1/1/2001

Awards:
Major involvement in the Final Fantasy IX section of CoN. Third place in the CoN Euro Cup soccer competition, 2016. Winner of CoN World Cup fantasy game for 2014. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy VI section of CoN. 
Participated at the forums for the CoN's 15th birthday! User has rated 500 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 300 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 150 fanarts in the CoN galleries. 
See More (Total 24)
Heh, that's very cool, but I didn't hear an R51 namedrop. Now if only they would try out my General Leo revival method...

--------------------
Hey, put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me
Post #198822
Top
Posted: 31st December 2011 17:31
*
Behemoth
Posts: 2,835

Joined: 24/6/2001

Awards:
Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Contributed to the Final Fantasy VI section of CoN. Member of more than ten years. Member of more than five years. 
First place in the 2008  Has more than fifty fanarts in CoN galleries. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy I section of CoN. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy IV section of CoN. 
See More (Total 9)
Quote (Neal @ 31st December 2011 10:13)
Heh, that's very cool, but I didn't hear an R51 namedrop. Now if only they would try out my General Leo revival method...

It's at the 3:20 mark in the video.

--------------------
Post #198823
Top
Posted: 31st December 2011 18:40

*
Magitek Soldier
Posts: 335

Joined: 24/4/2011

Awards:
Member of more than ten years. First place in the CoN World Cup soccer competition, 2018. Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Contributor to the Final Fantasy IX section of CoN. 
Second place in the CoN Euro Cup soccer competition, 2016. Member of more than five years. Second place in the CoN World Cup fantasy game for 2014. User has rated 75 fanarts in the CoN galleries. 
See More (Total 12)
That's some impressive coverage! Good to see people getting props for their solid walkthrough work. Congrats!

--------------------
We apologise for the inconvenience
Post #198824
Top
Posted: 31st December 2011 19:04

Group Icon
LOGO ZE SHOOPUF
Posts: 2,077

Joined: 9/6/2007

Awards:
Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Member of more than ten years. Vital involvement in the Final Fantasy IX section of CoN. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2015. 
Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2014. User has rated 300 fanarts in the CoN galleries. Vital involvement in the Final Fantasy VI section of CoN. User has rated 150 fanarts in the CoN galleries. 
See More (Total 16)
Wow, that's really neat! I don't get around the internets nearly as much as I used to, so thanks for bringing this to our attention, NP! I remember first reading the FFVI rumors section here on CoN and being intreagued... We have such authority! flag-red.gif

--------------------
Currently Playing : Final Fantasy V
Most Recently Beat : Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Favorite Game : Final Fantasy X


The newest CoNcast is up! Have a listen!
Post #198825
Top
Posted: 31st December 2011 21:38

Group Icon
Lucky <3
Posts: 3,270

Joined: 1/1/2001

Awards:
Major involvement in the Final Fantasy IX section of CoN. Third place in the CoN Euro Cup soccer competition, 2016. Winner of CoN World Cup fantasy game for 2014. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy VI section of CoN. 
Participated at the forums for the CoN's 15th birthday! User has rated 500 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 300 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 150 fanarts in the CoN galleries. 
See More (Total 24)
Quote (Narratorway @ 31st December 2011 09:31)
Quote (Neal @ 31st December 2011 10:13)
Heh, that's very cool, but I didn't hear an R51 namedrop.  Now if only they would try out my General Leo revival method...

It's at the 3:20 mark in the video.

Hah, not sure how I missed that. Excellent!

--------------------
Hey, put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me
Post #198829
Top
Posted: 1st January 2012 03:57

*
Chimera
Posts: 1,017

Joined: 27/12/2002

Awards:
Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Member of more than ten years. Participated at the forums for the CoN's 15th birthday! Contributed to the Final Fantasy V section of CoN. 
User has rated 150 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 75 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 25 fanarts in the CoN galleries. Member of more than five years. 
See More (Total 10)
Holy crap! This is awesome CoN got not only a name drop but a whole section of the video talking about it! I wonder why they didn't contact any of the homies here and say, "hey guys, we're mentioning you in our cool video".

Although, when he's mentioned it's just as, "a user and editor named R51". He's not just a user, he's our head honcho!

--------------------
kame, tortue, tortuga, schildkröte, tartaruga, turtle

"Arthur Dent?"
"Yes."
"Arthur Philip Dent?"
"Yes."
"You're a total knee biter."
Post #198830
Top
Posted: 2nd January 2012 11:40

*
Holy Swordsman
Posts: 2,034

Joined: 29/1/2004

Awards:
Member of more than ten years. Participated at the forums for the CoN's 15th birthday! User has rated 25 fanarts in the CoN galleries. Member of more than five years. 
Second place in the 2004 Gogo Fanfiction contest. Third place in the 2009 Quiz contest. 
Quote (Kame @ 31st December 2011 23:57)
Holy crap! This is awesome CoN got not only a name drop but a whole section of the video talking about it! I wonder why they didn't contact any of the homies here and say, "hey guys, we're mentioning you in our cool video".

Although, when he's mentioned it's just as, "a user and editor named R51". He's not just a user, he's our head honcho!

I pretty much had the same reaction, and yeah, I also noticed they denigrated our Dear Leader to the level of us peons. They clearly know not of whom they speak. It's a nifty video, but obvious google of "FFVI Czar Dragon", is obvious.

--------------------
If you've been mod-o-fied,
It's an illusion, and you're in-between.
Don't you be tarot-fied,
It's just alot of nothing, so what can it mean?
~Frank Zappa

Sins exist only for people who are on the Way or approaching the Way
Post #198836
Top
Posted: 2nd January 2012 16:30

Group Icon
Totes Adorbs
Posts: 9,223

Joined: 31/7/1997

Awards:
Second place in the CoN World Cup soccer competition, 2018. First place in CoNCAA, 2018. Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Vital involvement in the Final Fantasy IX section of CoN. 
First place in the CoN Euro Cup soccer competition, 2016. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2015. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2014. Third place in the CoN World Cup fantasy game for 2014. 
See More (Total 29)
Now that my parents are no longer visiting, I managed to get some time to watch the video. Two things:

1. I guess I can't go changing around page URLs now. smile.gif
2. I think I gave myself entirely too much credit, saying that I "hacked" anything on that page. Oh well!

Beyond that, I think MogMaster has the best grasp on how CoN and I specifically got involved there - while I don't really care that they didn't call me some vainglorious title, whether or not it is entirely accurate, the video producers didn't appear to know much about CoN at all before finding it in a Google search. Just goes to show you that even though there aren't many sites like ours out there any more, there sure are a lot of gamers that have no idea we exist. smile.gif

--------------------
"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?
Post #198840
Top
Posted: 2nd January 2012 16:53

*
Black Waltz
Posts: 953

Joined: 23/2/2005

Awards:
Member of more than ten years. Member of more than five years. 
That's pretty cool. Makes me want to play ffvia.

--------------------
"You know that feeling you get when you're on a merry go 'round, and you want to jump off to make the spinning stop, but you know it'll suck when you land? I feel like that all the time"- Keno

"I stab my girl until I fall down"
-Yukari
Do you like Horny Bunnies?
Post #198841
Top
Posted: 4th January 2012 18:07

*
Disciplinary Committee Member
Posts: 689

Joined: 7/12/2004

Awards:
Member of more than ten years. Contributed to the Final Fantasy VI section of CoN. User has rated 25 fanarts in the CoN galleries. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy V section of CoN. 
Member of more than five years. 
Sweet deal!

It's not that it isn't deserved, by any means, but CON be covered by some other gaming authority, in a vid no less, is something I would never have expected to hear!

Happy to see this stellar place acknowledged! Good stuff, team!

--------------------
Games on the Go
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy: Four Warriors of Light
Baldur's Gate

Too much to play, so little time!

Greg
Post #198877
Top
Posted: 5th January 2012 06:05

*
Engineer
Posts: 383

Joined: 2/12/2009

Awards:
Member of more than ten years. Member of more than five years. User has rated 150 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 75 fanarts in the CoN galleries. 
User has rated 25 fanarts in the CoN galleries. 
Good vid. Nice to see some publicity.

I like how they were like "after some more searching", even though the part about R51 is written right before where the rumor is written on that page. Makes for a good story anyway. tongue.gif
Post #198885
Top
Posted: 5th January 2012 07:40

*
Chimera
Posts: 1,017

Joined: 27/12/2002

Awards:
Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Member of more than ten years. Participated at the forums for the CoN's 15th birthday! Contributed to the Final Fantasy V section of CoN. 
User has rated 150 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 75 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 25 fanarts in the CoN galleries. Member of more than five years. 
See More (Total 10)
Yeah, I totally need to play my copy of FFVIa again. I beat the game but didn't bother doing the extra tasks that you can do after. Now I'm kinda kicking myself having not done it before.

Also, lol for those guys googling CoN. You'd think they'd have spent more than five minutes checking out the site before doing their video. If you looked more deeply into CoN, you'd not on see that R51 is our leader but it explained directly on the page what the "rumor" was (faaaaake, with some real stuff thrown in). But I suppose if they just took our word for it, they'd not have an episode.

--------------------
kame, tortue, tortuga, schildkröte, tartaruga, turtle

"Arthur Dent?"
"Yes."
"Arthur Philip Dent?"
"Yes."
"You're a total knee biter."
Post #198886
Top
Posted: 5th January 2012 16:20

Group Icon
Lucky <3
Posts: 3,270

Joined: 1/1/2001

Awards:
Major involvement in the Final Fantasy IX section of CoN. Third place in the CoN Euro Cup soccer competition, 2016. Winner of CoN World Cup fantasy game for 2014. Major involvement in the Final Fantasy VI section of CoN. 
Participated at the forums for the CoN's 15th birthday! User has rated 500 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 300 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 150 fanarts in the CoN galleries. 
See More (Total 24)
Quote (Kame @ 4th January 2012 23:40)
If you looked more deeply into CoN, you'd not on see that R51 is our leader but it explained directly on the page what the "rumor" was (faaaaake, with some real stuff thrown in). But I suppose if they just took our word for it, they'd not have an episode.

The best part is that you can even see our warning in the video.

--------------------
Hey, put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me
Post #198892
Top
Posted: 5th January 2012 17:11

Group Icon
Totes Adorbs
Posts: 9,223

Joined: 31/7/1997

Awards:
Second place in the CoN World Cup soccer competition, 2018. First place in CoNCAA, 2018. Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Vital involvement in the Final Fantasy IX section of CoN. 
First place in the CoN Euro Cup soccer competition, 2016. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2015. Voted for all the fanart in the CoNvent Calendar 2014. Third place in the CoN World Cup fantasy game for 2014. 
See More (Total 29)
It would have been nice if we'd gotten a little more benefit from it. While it's cool to see us namechecked like that, they didn't actually give us any actual link out that I could find, which meant if anyone wanted to see this for him- or herself, they had to type in the URL that was shown for about ten seconds.

CoN only got about fifty visits from this, from a video that has over 130k views so far.

Oh, well, no sense whining when it's fifty visits we didn't have before! smile.gif

--------------------
"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?
Post #198893
Top
Posted: 6th January 2012 04:27

*
Chimera
Posts: 1,017

Joined: 27/12/2002

Awards:
Celebrated the CoN 20th Anniversary at the forums. Member of more than ten years. Participated at the forums for the CoN's 15th birthday! Contributed to the Final Fantasy V section of CoN. 
User has rated 150 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 75 fanarts in the CoN galleries. User has rated 25 fanarts in the CoN galleries. Member of more than five years. 
See More (Total 10)
Quote (Neal @ 5th January 2012 08:20)
Quote (Kame @ 4th January 2012 23:40)
If you looked more deeply into CoN, you'd not on see that R51 is our leader but it explained directly on the page what the "rumor" was (faaaaake, with some real stuff thrown in). But I suppose if they just took our word for it, they'd not have an episode.

The best part is that you can even see our warning in the video.

hah hah! You're right Neal! I saw that too after I rewatched it again. Josh is right though, they should have provided a link to CoN if they were going to name drop. Not that just getting named dropped isn't bad, would have liked to have seen more credit for their episode.

--------------------
kame, tortue, tortuga, schildkröte, tartaruga, turtle

"Arthur Dent?"
"Yes."
"Arthur Philip Dent?"
"Yes."
"You're a total knee biter."
Post #198904
Top
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members: