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Empire's Symbol
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Posted: 18th March 2008 00:37
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Quote (toekutr @ 17th March 2008 17:30) petals+stem+evil empire = rose lol We get it. You think it's a rose. Seriously, we get it. No need to quote me and say it's a rose. We get it. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Posted: 20th March 2008 05:05
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I never thought it was anything. Just a stylistic symbol.
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Post #164259
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Posted: 20th March 2008 20:28
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Quote (Tryscal The Great @ 20th March 2008 05:05) I never thought it was anything. Just a stylistic symbol. That actually may be the right answer. I never thought of it that way. -------------------- |
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Post #164295
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Posted: 21st March 2008 05:39
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Clearly It's a post-modern representation of man's struggle with his self. Clearly.
Or it's a lazy designer's coffee stain. This post has been edited by Ultros: Octopus Royalty on 21st March 2008 05:39 -------------------- TURKEY! - (The only way not to get blocked for using Fowl Language) |
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Post #164314
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Posted: 21st March 2008 18:47
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I always thought it was some kind of flower, more than likely a rose, but now when I look at it I have no idea.
I did see the Yoshi screaming though. |
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Post #164330
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Posted: 21st March 2008 18:52
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I don't know how there can be any question. There is only one logical answer. Screaming Yoshi.
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Post #164331
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Posted: 24th March 2008 18:03
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Quote (Ultros: Octopus Royalty @ 21st March 2008 05:39) Clearly It's a post-modern representation of man's struggle with his self. Clearly. Or it's a lazy designer's coffee stain. Of course. That's clearly what it is. A glorified coffee stain. -------------------- |
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Post #164500
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Posted: 25th March 2008 02:22
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Quote (BlitzSage @ 24th March 2008 14:03) Quote (Ultros: Octopus Royalty @ 21st March 2008 05:39) Clearly It's a post-modern representation of man's struggle with his self. Clearly. Or it's a lazy designer's coffee stain. Of course. That's clearly what it is. A glorified coffee stain. Man's struggle with himself to go against the forces of procrastinating and letting that coffee stain seep in while he finishes another day's work on developing FFVI. -------------------- Check the "What games are you playing at the moment?" thread for updates on what I've been playing. You can find me on the Fediverse! I use Mastodon, where I am @[email protected] ( https://sakurajima.moe/@glennmagusharvey ) |
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Post #164540
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Posted: 25th March 2008 14:49
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Quote (Glenn Magus Harvey @ 25th March 2008 02:22) Quote (BlitzSage @ 24th March 2008 14:03) Quote (Ultros: Octopus Royalty @ 21st March 2008 05:39) Clearly It's a post-modern representation of man's struggle with his self. Clearly. Or it's a lazy designer's coffee stain. Of course. That's clearly what it is. A glorified coffee stain. Man's struggle with himself to go against the forces of procrastinating and letting that coffee stain seep in while he finishes another day's work on developing FFVI. That's true. I'm glad they did it. This post has been edited by BlitzSage on 25th March 2008 14:49 -------------------- |
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Post #164559
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Posted: 2nd April 2008 21:36
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Quote (toekutr @ 17th March 2008 14:30) petals+stem+evil empire = rose lol it all makes sense, doesn't it. |
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Post #165111
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Posted: 2nd April 2008 21:47
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Quote (kichithewolf @ 2nd April 2008 21:36) Quote (toekutr @ 17th March 2008 14:30) petals+stem+evil empire = rose lol it all makes sense, doesn't it. No. It's like R51 said, we already know it looks like a rose. Please come up with something different. Moderator Edit To be clear, if it wasn't, I meant that the one guy posted that it looked like a rose over and over. Never said people couldn't agree with him. -R51 This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 2nd April 2008 22:35 -------------------- |
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Post #165113
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Posted: 10th April 2008 19:22
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Coincidentially, I've recently renewed my interest in this issue as well as a result of my wanting to make an ff-based flash animation. I've always figured it was a silhouette of some flowers that was unfortunately distorted and pixellated due to the low resolution of the game. It's something you come across pretty frequently when dealing with image conversion.
So anyway, I took the liberty of making a quick sketch of what I think the silhouette was originally of. This is pretty much how I've always imagined it, though I've tried really hard to think of alternatives.  and then I couldn't resist throwing in a screaming yoshi attempt as well.   This post has been edited by fleetingsight on 10th April 2008 19:33 -------------------- Oh tell me why Do we build castles in the sky |
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Post #165384
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Posted: 10th April 2008 19:38
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OK, now I can see what you mean by saying that it's a flower. Never would have looked at that way.
Though the screaming Yoshi IS brilliant. Great work, fleetingsight. -------------------- You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one... |
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Post #165385
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Posted: 10th April 2008 19:48
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thanks, Silver Zombie
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Post #165386
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Posted: 11th April 2008 00:55
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Quote (fleetingsight @ 10th April 2008 19:22) So anyway, I took the liberty of making a quick sketch of what I think the silhouette was originally of. This is pretty much how I've always imagined it, though I've tried really hard to think of alternatives. Wow. Thanks for posting that picture. I thought it was a flower, but I never looked at it that way. -------------------- |
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Post #165398
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Posted: 11th April 2008 23:58
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This seems like a case of those inkblot tests. Those things are specifically designed so you can either see something "happy" like a butterfly, a flower, etc., or you can see something "angry" like a bat, crocodile, etc. If you see the "angry" image first, it means you're crazy.
This looks like a similar situation. You can either see a flower/bouquet or you can see a creature with its mouth open like it's fixing to chomp down (or a screaming Yoshi). If you saw the screaming Yoshi first, it means you play too many video games. Also, crazy. -------------------- "I had to write four novels before they let me write comic books." -Brad Meltzer |
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Post #165431
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Posted: 23rd April 2008 19:09
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@_@ I've never even looked at it before now *laughs* Shows how much attention I pay XD I think it looks like three things, two of which are already posted. A flower, a screaming Yoshie, or a very deformed scrotum
 (If you look at it upside down ... Buuut , me being to muppet that I am decided to, instead of turning my head and looking at it upside down, I picked up the screen and rotated that instead @.@ Aaaand I nearly dropped it T.T) This post has been edited by Full_Metal_Mage on 23rd April 2008 19:09 -------------------- Everyone's always in favour of saving Hitler's brain, but when you put it in the body of a great white shark, you've suddenly gone 'too far' |
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Post #165941
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Posted: 23rd April 2008 21:11
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Quote (Full_Metal_Mage @ 23rd April 2008 19:09) @_@ I've never even looked at it before now *laughs* Shows how much attention I pay XD I think it looks like three things, two of which are already posted. A flower, a screaming Yoshie, or a very deformed scrotum (If you look at it upside down ... Buuut , me being to muppet that I am decided to, instead of turning my head and looking at it upside down, I picked up the screen and rotated that instead @.@ Aaaand I nearly dropped it T.T) An upside-down, deformed scrotum? That's the weirdest one I've heard yet. -------------------- |
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Post #165946
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Posted: 24th April 2008 06:40
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 -------------------- Everyone's always in favour of saving Hitler's brain, but when you put it in the body of a great white shark, you've suddenly gone 'too far' |
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Post #165971
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Posted: 27th April 2008 05:09
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I much prefer these options to what I've been seeing in it for years now -- a dog's head in profile with a gruesome-looking hole in it.
With its muzzle pointing right? See it?  -------------------- "Cavefish is delicious, but only if cooked." |
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Post #166100
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Posted: 27th April 2008 23:25
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Quote (Shiva Indis @ 27th April 2008 05:09) I much prefer these options to what I've been seeing in it for years now -- a dog's head in profile with a gruesome-looking hole in it. With its muzzle pointing right? See it? It took me a while, but I see it now. -------------------- |
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Post #166130
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Posted: 28th June 2008 19:53
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It seems to me that a plume of smoke would fit in the category very nicely.
 All I can say is it seems to fit the empire to have smoke on their flags. They destroy things without care of people or anything else. It kinda reminds me of that one saying "Where there's smoke, there's fire". When you see smoke, you know the Empire's after you maybe???  Fleetingsight, you have a wonderful talent for showing things other people don't really see! I salute you!  I think the low resolution can be fixed if you get the SNES emulator and use the F1 command (Take picture) it's a lot clearer and you can do MAJOR editing without having to worry about color blends with shadows! -------------------- .¸•´¨¯¨*°•.,¸¸,•´¦♥¦`•,¸¸,.•°*¨¯¨´•¸. Magic ceased to exist When Espers left this world They forgot me, The Phantom Pas De Deux Esper .¸•´¨¯¨°•.,¸¸,•´.¦♥¦.¸•´¨¯¨°•.,¸¸,•´ |
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Post #169025
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Posted: 29th June 2008 10:33
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It's probably just a rose waiting to be devoured by screaming Yoshi who doesn't have a lower jaw.
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Post #169040
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Posted: 4th July 2008 16:32
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Quote (PhantomPasDeDeux_Esper @ 28th June 2008 19:53) It seems to me that a plume of smoke would fit in the category very nicely. All I can say is it seems to fit the empire to have smoke on their flags. They destroy things without care of people or anything else. It kinda reminds me of that one saying "Where there's smoke, there's fire". When you see smoke, you know the Empire's after you maybe??? Fleetingsight, you have a wonderful talent for showing things other people don't really see! I salute you! I think the low resolution can be fixed if you get the SNES emulator and use the F1 command (Take picture) it's a lot clearer and you can do MAJOR editing without having to worry about color blends with shadows! wow that's the one i'm going by for now on. not only does it look like smoke but it makes sense storywise. -------------------- |
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Post #169236
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Posted: 5th July 2008 05:30
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But seriously. What is it? what was it supposed to be? can we get a definitive answer? It COULD be a hundred things but we're on a frickin' ff6 board and nobody knows for sure!
In all honesty it looks like an ink stain to me. -------------------- "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? |
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Post #169271
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Posted: 5th July 2008 16:10
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It is the Rorsach symbol of might. That is all.
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Post #169291
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Posted: 5th July 2008 22:15
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Quote (Djibriel @ 5th July 2008 11:10) It is the Rorsach symbol of might. That is all. Thank you! -------------------- "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? |
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Post #169311
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Posted: 9th July 2008 02:28
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It is a rose, but I think its suppose to be bleeding.  -------------------- Isn't it soooo Cute!? [img] http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn161/A...ntine2004-s.jpg[/img][CODE] |
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Post #169407
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Posted: 9th July 2008 18:36
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Is there no possibilty that it could be some sort of kanji?
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Post #169412
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Posted: 10th July 2008 08:20
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Quote (Dark Paladin Danny @ 9th July 2008 20:36) Is there no possibilty that it could be some sort of kanji? No, I daresay it cannot. Kanji, however blotchy they might look, are always arranged in blocks. This symbol is pointy towards the lower end. Either that, or it's Yoshi screaming. Edit I checked Rorsach. I hate you Dji This post has been edited by SilverMaduin on 10th July 2008 08:22 -------------------- "I fell off the mountain of words at around the 10,000ft mark. Tell my family...they owe me money." -Narratorway "If you retort against this, so help me God I'll shove any part of your anatomy I can find into some other part. Figuratively, of course." - Josh "We have more, can deliver tuesday." - Del S Good old CoN |
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