Kohta
Muddy Mole
Blue. Mmm, blue.
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Post by Kohta on Feb 4, 2008 15:19:44 GMT -5
*ahem* Anyway, after I got back on, I noticed I was reaching 500. Any benchmark for that? 600 I believe is the next one? Muddy Mole? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2008 16:23:47 GMT -5
I forget what the exact rank is, but every 200 posts, it goes up until you hit Legendary Tingle at 2,000; then you get Sexy Tingle at 3,000 posts (judging by how DiU has 2,500+ posts and is a Legendary Tingle as well). But still, congrats Kohta and Roy ;D
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Kohta
Muddy Mole
Blue. Mmm, blue.
Posts: 651
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Post by Kohta on Feb 10, 2008 7:30:18 GMT -5
Post 255 ;D
Significance of this number:
- Maximum number of rupees link can hold in LoZ
- Maximum number of missles samus can hold in Metroid
- Maximum stat available in most Final Fantasy games
Very random yes, but it had relevance to Nintendo! ;D
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Post by TV Eye on Feb 10, 2008 11:10:23 GMT -5
^ That it does Kohta, that it does.
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Post by Nester the Lark on Feb 10, 2008 12:10:31 GMT -5
Post 255 ;D Significance of this number: - Maximum number of rupees link can hold in LoZ - Maximum number of missles samus can hold in Metroid - Maximum stat available in most Final Fantasy games Very random yes, but it had relevance to Nintendo! ;D It's not that random. 256 is the size of a single byte in memory. Starting from 0, it goes up to 255. Obviously, many early NES games used a single byte to count things, and that's why they only went up to that number. |
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Kohta
Muddy Mole
Blue. Mmm, blue.
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Post by Kohta on Feb 10, 2008 12:15:14 GMT -5
Indeedy Nester. 255 is the maximum value that can be assigned to elements in the 24-bit RGB color model, since each color channel is allotted eight bits. It is also the maximum value of any dotted quad in an IP address and of the alpha blending scale in Delphi (255 being 100% visible and 0 being fully transparent). Thats copied and pasted from Wikipedia by the way  Although I did recognise the significance with gaming, and in particular nintendo games that were limited by that value. |
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Post by Nester the Lark on Feb 10, 2008 12:23:12 GMT -5
^ Touché! When I was a kid, I used to wonder why the number 255 showed up in so many games like that. I actually thought it was just because it was a cool looking number that was a multiple of five. |
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Post by Yamato.EXE V2 on Feb 10, 2008 21:40:21 GMT -5
.........finally, I posted 400, now maybe I should unmask myself now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2008 15:02:17 GMT -5
It's-a-500 for me! ;D
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Post by Smashchu on Feb 19, 2008 9:45:36 GMT -5
There was a reason 255 was so special. It pops up a lot in programming I believe.
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Post by Blueberry_pie on Feb 20, 2008 8:50:33 GMT -5
Yes, Nester explained that a few posts up. 8-bit data units can store 28=256 values.
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Post by Sqrt2 on Feb 27, 2008 6:00:11 GMT -5
Finally reached 1000 posts! Yay for me!
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Post by TV Eye on Feb 27, 2008 11:41:28 GMT -5
sqrt2, I just noticed, your name means square root of 2. I always thought you misspelled "squirt" |
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Post by Spud on Feb 28, 2008 21:29:38 GMT -5
Finally reached 1000 posts! Yay for me!  Tough Luck. You're stuck with it for a while. |
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Post by Nester the Lark on Mar 1, 2008 12:37:57 GMT -5
I just noticed I was ranked "WVBA Champion," which is funny because I bought Punch-out!! last week on the VC. Ironically, I can't seem to beat Super Macho Man, so I'm not really a WVBA Champion, but I'm working on it!
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