User talk:LisaGarland

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Harry's wife
Is it really that unlikely for her to be Japanese? Silent Hill was made in Japan for Japan afterall. It isn't just the hair, her eyes are also very Japanese looking. Her upper eyelids have no visible crease. 

Silent Hill is also full of Asian influences. There's like 6 Chinese restaurants in the entire series. Maria has a Chinese cleaver. James and Heather have spoken Japanese. Heather has a Sailor Moon costume. Japanese Katanas in SH1 and SH3.

Cherry blossoms also have a very distinct look to them in Japanese art. Note the 5 petals. 

Even though Mrs. Mason lives in New England, it's not that uncommon for Japanese women to be in Japanese fiction. Sayoko from the Another Code series lived in Washington and Mariko from the Parasite Eve series lived in Massachusetts (both are also couples with caucasian men)

Other fans have speculated that she's Japanese as well. There was a topic on a forum where lots of people agreed that she has a Japanese flare to her. That's how I found out about it. I feel it at least deserves a mention as a possibility. 11:12, January 10, 2011 (UTC)


 * I didn't mean it in a bad way - I actually think it's very likely for her to be Japanese. Many things about Mrs. Mason are unexplained, and are left up to the players to deduce. I just didn't think there was enough proof for it to be worthy of the main section, whith just the pink flowers (possibly cherry-blossoms), and dark hair as included information. I was thinking of adding it to the Trivia section, but thought I would see what the other members of this wiki thought about it. I definitely think it's worthy of the Trivia section, so I'll add it there. If you think the theory deserves to be in the main section of the page, add it back. Jiyanamiki 18:03, January 10, 2011 (UTC)

Hey
Just wondering, do you use the Rich Text Editor? (like, if you edit a page, you can still see the images in the article). Because some of your edits include misplacing era icons, adding random nbsp, and adding "undefined" in infoboxes. It's kind of annoying, but I bet you aren't doing it on purpose and it's the fault of the editor. I highly recommend switching to basic wikitext. You can do so in Preferences > Editing > Uncheck "Enable Rich Text Editing" and save. 22:20, January 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I'll try this. As you may have guessed, I'm not that experienced with Wikia yet - I'm still learning. Also, for some unknown reason, my computer makes Wikia text appear somewhat different than on most normal computers (for example, the quotes appear under the infobox, and not over like they're supposed to). So, due to this, I may not be able to see the mistakes on the page. Thanks again! Jiyanamiki 22:35, January 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * No prob! We all were wiki newbies at one point including me. Also, it's not your computer that's making the quotes go under -- I found out that Internet Explorer is doing it (no clue why). I use Firefox and everything appears normal and looks great, so if it annoys you, you should get Firefox and an add-on called "Ad Blocker Plus". It makes Wikia look much, much cleaner and nicer. I highly recommend it. 22:42, January 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well I thought it was my computer because I went on another computer and the quotes appeared at the top xD thanks! Jiyanamiki 00:57, January 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, and by the way, do you know how to create a "quote" template? See, anytime I want to add a quote at the top of a character page, I would just copy the template from another page - it's much easier. But I've been spending a lot of time on the Xenosaga Wiki, and if I do that, it says "This template does not exist!" xD so, any ideas? Jiyanamiki 20:07, January 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, and by the way, do you know how to create a "quote" template? See, anytime I want to add a quote at the top of a character page, I would just copy the template from another page - it's much easier. But I've been spending a lot of time on the Xenosaga Wiki, and if I do that, it says "This template does not exist!" xD so, any ideas? Jiyanamiki 20:07, January 13, 2011 (UTC)

Greetings!
Hey there, just wanted to thank you for all the recent edits you've been making. Keep up the awesome! F0xx0rz 04:51, January 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks, you too! Jiyanamiki 19:42, January 21, 2011 (UTC)

About Yuri Lowenthal.
So far I haven't found a reliable source that he was John. I checked his official website but his resume doesn't say he acted in Shattered Memories.

http://www.yurilowenthal.com/

http://www.yurilowenthal.com/uploads/AnimeNVideogamesResumeITERNET.pdf

That Gamefaqs list is from IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1502419/fullcredits#cast

IMDB is unreliable. It once said that Heather Morris voiced Eileen Galvin but it was actually Anne Kunnecke. Anyway, have one of the administrators e-mail Yuri themselves. Also, your avatar is cute.--EasyRhino 17:17, February 17, 2011 (UTC)

Okay, okay. You were right. I was wrong. I'm sorry. I just wanted to be sure the information was accurate. Happy now? No need to keep saying "lol".

Jessie
The European version of the game spells her name as Jessie, and Jesse is more of a guy's name. I think maybe Jessie can't be spelled in Japanese with the right symbols, so it comes out as Jesse on translators. AlexShepherd 01:17, February 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * I really want to play it too. No North American release. There were rumors of a Wii port... but now, things aren't looking so great for the game. Oh well, I'm not into shooters/rail shooters that much. There's an upcoming "Silent Hill Sounds Box" coming up in Japan only, which features music from The Arcade, other unreleased music, and an artbook (which I hope someone nice out there will rip). I thought you were European? :o I'm Canadian. AlexShepherd 01:34, February 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Just curious, which state you from? AlexShepherd 01:42, February 26, 2011 (UTC)

Howard
Hmm... there's not enough info that confirms that Howard in Past Life and Howard in Downpour are the same person. It's possible that Howard in Downpour is simply an ancestor of Howard in Past Life who shares his ancestor's name. I would wait off creating an article for now since it's really not necessary, so I just added a note on his page. Also, no need for italics on my talk page, unless you really want to. :P AlexShepherd 09:25, February 27, 2011 (UTC)

Sure, I like the quote
It's pretty badass though I prefer James and Laura going into hiding instead of James crashing his car in the lake. I like happy endings. :) --Pj1050 20:27, March 1, 2011 (UTC)

Profile
Hey Kelly,

How did you do that with the age and the blue background shindig? I have NO idea how to do that otherwise I would've done that a LONG time ago. thanks!

CherylMason12 00:07, March 2, 2011 (UTC)CherylMason12

Profile
Hey Kelly,

Thanks but Jillan already told me. I appreciate it though. :)

CherylMason12 22:29, March 2, 2011 (UTC)CherylMason12

Rule of Rose
Hey Kelly!

Rule of Rose is similar to Silent Hill right? I just finished playing through it a little bit and when I play it I think of Silent Hill because of the monsters. Lol.

CherylMason12 01:38, March 8, 2011 (UTC)CherylMason12

Agreed :).

CherylMason12 02:52, March 8, 2011 (UTC)CherylMason12

You're crazy about Silent Hill 2 aren't you? lol Don't get me wrong but I'm OBSESSED with SIlent Hill 4 and Homecoming because of the Protagonists XD Oh.... I said to much. I'm embarrassed to admit that! *-.-*

I'm totally embarrassed to admit this but Henry and Alex ARE adorable. In my opinion, both of their stories are kind of depressing as Henry is trying to get killed because he lives in an apartment where a kid was abandoned and Alex for killing his brother >:"( . But yeah, SIlent Hill 2 is an incredible game and James Sunderland is pretty cool :).

I only made it up to the Bird Of Happiness chapter and I didn't know Alex was into this as well XD. I can't wait till I finish it.

Hmm... I guess I could check it out but I don't know much about it? .


 * Are you kidding? Weird surreal games are the best! — Alex Shepherd ツ  09:50, March 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Agreed! Jiyanamiki 16:06, March 8, 2011 (UTC)

Transparent background
The first very thing I need to know is if you have Photoshop. You should also know that transparent backgrounds do not work with .jpg files, you must use .png files. Get into the habit of saving to .png instead of .jpg from now on (it's like a must to work with design because .png is lossless and .jpg is lossy). You also have to be able to use layers (that part is pretty easy), and be patient. If you rush and do a crappy job, there may be little white/black spots left behind in the image, and that just looks bad. :/ — Alex Shepherd ツ  09:50, March 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * 1) Find a high quality image. The higher the resolution, the better it'll look in the end.
 * 2) Crop it in Photoshop as close as you can.
 * 3) "Unlock" the image by double clicking on the lock on the only layer. It's to the right of 'background'. A menu will pop up, so just click OK and you get "Layer 0".
 * 4) Use the Polygonal Lasso tool. It gives you the best results, far more than the magic wand tool.
 * 5) Zoom into the image. Now click on a spot away from the image. Click to a "point" on the image, then just follow the path of the image. See how I formed a triangle here? When you're done, just double click and you'll have a selected area. (note, if you screw up, such as cutting too much of the image away, simply undo.)
 * 6) Now simply press Delete on your keyboard. The selected area will turn look like this:
 * 7) When you're done, save the image as a .png file

See if you can get the hang of it! — Alex Shepherd ツ  04:26, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Adminship
Leaving it up to me, are you? No problem, it's good to think ahead.

http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Community_Central:Adoption_requests

Look at the other requests and learn from them. Make sure to post a link to Xenosaga Wiki. A wikia representative will eventually reply. I'll work on Kosmos's artwork. Everything seems simple, except the hair. I'll try not to make a real hackjob of it. — Alex Shepherd ツ  04:44, March 12, 2011 (UTC)

Xenosaga
It looks really good! My only advice would be to maybe add a picture at the top of the main page, because it looks a little bare for some reason. Other than that, it's very nice!  AlessaGillespie  Talk   Contributions  00:19, March 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * I *love* the look! That's a very good picture you picked for the front! Love it! :)  AlessaGillespie  Talk   Contributions  20:17, April 6, 2011 (UTC)

Poster
I use different accounts. I upload some photos on my friends accounts. But really? he does? huh... I didn't know that. I use different accounts because I want people to GUESS who did it and like, not know that it was ME who did the art you know what I'm saying? Concealing Identity is a REALLY big and important thing for me. Keeps stalkers away...I think. Thanks for pointing that out. I don't think I copied him. That or we made the same thing. No biggy though, I'm sure its coincidence.

— Cheryl Mason 12  01:15, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

Do you really need to ask? xD Henry and stuff from, Silent Hill 4 and 3. I really hate Robbie Rabbit *Shudders* so I TRY to stay away from drawing him but...its necessary sometime xD

— Cheryl Mason 12  01:21, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

DMC Video: Dear God...

I love Nero! He's so adorable. My favorite is 3 & 4 of DMC. I can't for the life of me, get into Final Fantasy. I threw out 3 PS2's out my window in frustration on those blasted games. Dante is...awesome. If you like I'll show you some fan art I did on DMC? FYI They are mine but under different names Comprende? lol. I told you why nuff said. Oh and Okami is REALLY boring no offense.

— Cheryl Mason 12  01:40, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

I finished Okami.... I think I can't remember. I think I was like, 7 or 8 when I finished it. Final Fantasy makes me Scream in my pillow. The fights come outta nowhere and my brothers are the only ones in my family to handle that crap. I have to admit, the ONLY final fantasy I can get into is Crystal Chronicles.

— Cheryl Mason 12  01:51, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

Haunting Ground is freakin awesome! I remember playing it with my bro when I was like, 3. I...played survival horror games at a very young age.

— Cheryl Mason 12  01:58, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

Daniella scares me just as bad as Robbie Rabbit! lol I think I mean I Barely remember playing Xenosaga. I was like, 2 or something. I know I was really young and THAT was really old.

— Cheryl Mason 12  02:02, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

heh... I finished the first one last week? -cowers in corner- lol

— Cheryl Mason 12  02:19, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

FF13
Yes, I love FF13, why do you hate it? — Alex Shepherd   ツ  04:32, April 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, Imma try and defend it. He says that the game had NO plot. The game has a great story, you just have to actually pay attention to it. You have to understand that the main characters are unwillingly branded L'cies, are given timelimits to be alive, are given a mission which they don't know what it is. To create even more tension, they have tattoos that develop more and more each day to let them know they're inching closer towards death. And all of society hates L'cies and considers them a threat. So obviously, the main characters are confused and "on the run" from the government and society. Like in a real life situation, the characters have different ways of dealing with such situation. This doesn't mean the story has "no direction" just because some characters like Hope don't know how to cope with it (and it's Lightning's choice to either dump him on the road or help him through it). Some characters try to focus on seeing their loved ones one last time, one character at one point decides suicide is the only way out.


 * Then he goes on about flashbacks, and says almost all the game is told in flashbacks. So what? Flashbacks add backstory and help you connect with the characters, and in the game, they're meant to give you a sense of how the characters acted in their normal lives before they turned L'cie. For example, Snow/Serah's relationship (and Lightning's disapproval of it), Hope/Nora's love, Sazh and his son's love, etc.


 * He says "Over 90% of the story is your party wandering around with no real purpose." This is true in some aspects, but if you go back to the premise, it's understandable. It's like the guy has an awful long term memory or something. Even then, you're still given directives, like leading Hope back to his father.


 * Then he says "No character development whatsoever." A lot of the game is about the characters building relationships with others. Hope/Lightning and Vanille/Sazh for example. The characters do change, but it's gradual and not like in an instant. Just because it's gradual and not in an instant, it doesn't mean there's no character development. Here's 2 of my favorite examples of this.


 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDUK1RNdT94 (1:00 to 8:30)
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vug3YphBP-k (the beginning 'til 3:00)


 * Then he disses the characters names. Seriously, he goes down to that level? Some of the names ARE meaningful. Lightning is a nickname she uses to run away from her past (as Claire) and her parent's death. She also explains the meaning behind lightning/thunder and how it suits her. Hope is a person who has no hope and has a struggle trying to find it.


 * FF10 and FF13 have great stories. Imo, FF12 had a way worse story than FF13. There's little character development and there's no emotion connection in there (I'm looking at you... every character in the game). FF10 and FF13 are about emotion and human relationships, meanwhile, FF12 is about politics. Imagine how you'd feel if some guy just said "Silent Hill 2 is just a boring story where you play as a guy, fight through monsters, then fight his dead wife and that's it." or "Rule of Rose is pointless, it's just some story about a girl getting ridiculed by by little girls." Well, that's kinda how I feel about this dude's dissing of FF13. — Alex Shepherd   ツ  19:07, April 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * dealing with completely stereotypical characters
 * Honestly, what isn't a stereotype in any shape or form nowadays? Almost every fictional character can be put in a stereotype if you think about it. (ex: Lulu = cold on the outside, warm on the inside; Wakka = surfer dude; Aerith = good girl; Rikku = hyper teen girl who overdoses on sugar) I appreciate that they didn't make Sazh like Barret, by not adding pounds of muscle onto him, and giving him wisdom and intelligence too. Also, sometimes stereotypes can be a good thing because they *click* with the audience so that they can relate to them easier.


 * In Final Fantasy XIII, nothing happens.


 * I feel this is a huge exaggeration. I mean, just look at all the plot here. Even though I didn't like FF12's story because it was so political, I still admit that a lot of stuff happened (I just didn't care for any of it...) So instead of saying "nothing happened", maybe you should say "stuff I didn't care about or find interesting happened". If you think the gaps between story development and gameplay are too long, that's a valid point but it doesn't mean that there is no actual story development. Patience is a virtue. :)


 * It's too simple. There's little background behind it.


 * One thing I find annoying is how 14 year old girls go on Yahoo Answers' writing section and always ask for advice on names. Come on, am I supposed to give a crap whether or not your character is named Aiden, Joseph, Eric or Mr. Freckles? Names don't have to mean anything, a name doesn't make a character. I'd rather have an interesting character with a boring name than the other way around. Why do people care so much about names nowadays? Substance comes from the character, not who the character is called by.


 * An alternative view is that too complex names can also be a bad thing -- you don't always understand them. For example, how the heck am I supposed to know Yuna is some far-off foreign Okinawan word for moon? To me, Tidus/Wakka/Lulu/Rikku are gibberish and mean absolutely nothing. As an English speaker, at least I can know and understand the significance of Lightning and Hope. Snow uses blizzard-spells and Fang is a tribal/wolf-like character. Maybe that's what the developers were aiming for.


 * Also, you just gave the game props on graphics, music, voice acting, and the gameplay. Is the story enough for you to hate a game? Maybe you should say, "I like FF13 but dislike the story." Also, the game has a slow ATB setting too for beginners. — Alex Shepherd   ツ  20:50, April 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * I understand your points too. I think one of the cardinal sins of gaming is when people compare games to other games. I think when you compare games, you put them up to unfair standards. For example, a person who compares Shattered Memories to SH1 will feel that it sucks because there's no combat. However, if you go into the game knowing that it's not SH1 and combat has been replaced by chase scenes, you get more out of it, which is why I loved Shattered Memories.


 * FFX and 13 have different graphics, storylines, music, characters, etc. They're so drastically different games that it's kind of unfair to compare them. I personally relate to Lightning and Hope more than any character from FFX. There were times when I wanted to slap Tidus...


 * Lulu: If you want everything, you'll end up with nothing.
 * Tidus: But I want everything!


 * The ending song isn't bad by any means, and the lyrics do fit with the story. Just because something is mainstream, it doesn't mean I'll automatically not like it, even though I hate a lot of it (way too many songs today abuse autotune). I like Avril Lavigne's earlier work like Losing Grip, Take Me Away and Nobody's Home. However, when her later music began to sound mainstream (ex: What The Hell, Girlfriend), I was put off so much. For FF13, I like Kimi Ga Iru Kara a lot better anyhow. — Alex Shepherd   ツ  05:45, April 11, 2011 (UTC)

KH Wiki
It's alright... give me a moment while I get some things down. Also, I had to delete your post since I really don't want to get any fights started between any communities. Try to keep your calm for now, okay? — Alex Shepherd   ツ  01:13, April 15, 2011 (UTC)

Downpour jacket guy
Hey Kelly, I think the two guys are the same person? — Alex Shepherd   ツ  06:16, April 16, 2011 (UTC)

Redirects
Think the only one left to fix now is my username :) Shoggoth1890 19:18, April 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Blast! I have failed! -- Shoggoth1890 19:23, April 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * FM already got a few of them. Does the "action throttled" thing come when you've done too many edits too quickly?  That may have made me miss a couple. -- Shoggoth1890 19:28, April 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * Jesus, what the hell happened? Working on them. — Alex Shepherd   ツ  19:29, April 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh, one more thing I need to know. Have you decided to leave the disambiguations alone on KH Wiki? — Alex Shepherd   ツ  19:35, April 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * Okies. Also, every redirect and edit made by that Abubot guy has been deleted. :) — Alex Shepherd   ツ  19:58, April 16, 2011 (UTC)

lolwut
I didn't know Lorenzo could fly. Btw, thanks for the assistance lately.

Oh yeah, since you're an admin, you should learn how to use special pages. Xenogears wiki has a few broken redirects, a lot of double redirects, uncategorized pages and unused files. You want to make it so that every article has a category or else people will never be able to find them. — Alex Shepherd   ツ  01:02, April 17, 2011 (UTC)

Hey...
I realized I'm being a bit of an as*hole with you. Every time you edit something, sometimes I go and erase a part of it and put something made by me. Like in SH: Downpour, you added the man with a violet jacket and I erased it. I figured that what I'm doing must be pretty damn annoying to you so...I'm sorry :( TheDarkOnePH 11:44, April 19, 2011 (UTC)

Silent Hill Homecoming
Stop running you freaking kid indeed ^_^ — Cheryl Mason 12  21:46, April 22, 2011 (UTC)

So you've played Haunting Ground too.
It's definitely a great game. Hewie is so cute and loyal.:D

WOOTNESS!
Adminship?! Really?! Woooow :)

— Cheryl Mason 13  02:20, May 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Didn't realize you were going to become an admin Jiyan, congrats! You definitely deserve it. -- Shoggoth1890 02:46, May 3, 2011 (UTC)

Well, that was quite the rally. And forgive me for snooping, but you just said to Cheryl that you guys have been getting a lot of vandals lately? Phoenix the Cat The flames reborn....  02:48, May 3, 2011 (UTC)

CONGRATS FOR MAKING IT ADMIN!!! WOOT!! *throws a party* And yes, some idiot started deleting the pages and we a few of us worked on keeping the wiki together ^^

— Cheryl Mason 13  02:54, May 3, 2011 (UTC)

@Cheryl: In case you're talking to me in your last sentence, then here is my response: Yeah, I could see that, and you all did a fine job. But if I were you, I'd stay on your toes for a while, because that guy might return under another name/IP, and he may have a few friends too. Phoenix the Cat The flames reborn....  02:59, May 3, 2011 (UTC)

Don't worry, I'm used to taking care of assholes XD And when i get adminship (if) I'M SOOO gonna stay on taking vandalism lol — Cheryl Mason 13  03:01, May 3, 2011 (UTC)

@Cheryl: Well, keep at it and you'll keep getting better. There's a whole variety of assholes out there, so be prepared to find some who'll completely baffle you. And you're an Admin canidate? Well, congrats, being considered for Administration alone is a pretty high honor. Anyway, I hope you don't mind if I take the conversation to your Talk page instead? Phoenix the Cat The flames reborn....  03:06, May 3, 2011 (UTC)

Don't mind if you do xD — Cheryl Mason 13  03:07, May 3, 2011 (UTC)

If he does return, make miss Scarlet an admin so she can swing the Ban Hammer, too!! >D Scarlet Fitch 17:57, May 3, 2011 (UTC)

I do know what delete means XD
Thanks Kelly, really, you embarrassed me. Happy? xD — Cheryl Mason 12  04:13, May 5, 2011 (UTC)

Hi from Skeith90

tell about information about what you think about silent hill "revolations"

and if you want to talk

Your Story
How is it going? You were talking about it in April and I was curious if you started it yet?

I'm a gamer at heart 11:09, May 22, 2011 (UTC)