Hey, I thought I'd share how I started in the SoulCalibur series and where I am today.
December of 1999: It was Christmas. Since mid 1998, I was banned from fighting games. I was eight years old at the time. I got a Dreamcast for Christmas. My Dad rented a bunch of games, NFL 2K, NBA 2K, SoulCalibur 1, Virtua Fighter 3TB, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing. He said that I can play the fighting games for just the rental period. Then, I told my Mom on Christmas morning. She said, "no, you can't!" and her and Dad discussed it, and they decided that I wasn't allowed to play them for the rental period. Boy I was mad! I cried and threw things in my room. My Dad then told me about desensitization, especially since the Columbine shooting happened earlier that year. But I watched my Dad and my uncles play it, and I liked what I saw.
October of 2003: Earlier that year, my Mom said I wouldn't be allowed to get a Gamecube until I left the house. I was currently 12. Then, after my great uncle's funeral, my Mom took me to Walmart, and said, "how much does the Gamecube cost now?" I said, "$99." She said, "where are they?" I showed her, and she bought it for me with Super Smash Bros Melee. A few hours later, we got SoulCalibur 2 (I've been off fighting game restriction since December of 2002, when my Dad let me play Quake 3 Arena) and both NASCAR games from the time. I played the heck out of SoulCalibur 2, unlocking a bunch of stuff. I became fond of Lizardman, and he was so hard to unlock that I just used the Action Replay for him. My SSBM-enthusiast little cousin always chose Link, with the big steel hammer, and beat the crap out of me as Lizardman with him. Good times. This really set me up for Soulcalibur as one of my hobbies. I also started to want to learn more about the Renaissance, incidentally, since SoulCalibur takes place during that time, except for some CaS's we make, who can be from any era.
October of 2009: I bought an XBox 360 with SoulCalibur IV. I loved the graphics and stuff, and I could even strip Aeon of all his armor, and thus make him naked. Heck, earlier that year, when I was playing it at a local gaming center, I was telling a random woman next to me about how I liked doing that, and my Dad said the whole place heard me! I was like, "Oh crap!" My little sister and I created tons of characters, and even tried to make a machinima movie with them! There was one character we made, who kinda resembled Tekken's Kunimitsu in a leotard, who my sister swears by God she made and I stole from her. But I was confident I made her. Kitsune wars FTW!
September 2011: I got XBox Live, and played SCIV online.
2012: I got SoulCalibur V. I didn't like how the story mode didn't cover all the characters, and that you couldn't strip Aeon naked except for KO'ing him with a hard hit, making him unable to be naked in practice mode for machinimas, but I liked the more advanced CaS mode.
2014: I figured out placing special items in unique places to come up with even more animals. I actually like creating characters about as much as I do fighting!
2015: I'm probably still gonna continue playing SCV for a long time. Oh my God, imagine how in depth SoulCalibur VI is gonna be as far as CaS! I can't wait for that to happen! That's pretty much the only reason why I still play the SoulCalibur games. Not as much to offer as far as modes, as they used to, but they shine in the custimization department. Like...
What I do in NASCAR Heat for PC: Create and customize dirt cars and tracks for mods.
What I do in WWE Games: Create A Wrestler, Arena, Championship, Universe
What I do in Forza: Customize old muscle cars to look like Saturday Night Oval Short Track Stock Cars
What I do in Dirt Track Racing 2: Edit. Mod. Edit. Mod.
What I do in NCAA Football: Create and download my favorite High School and Small College teams.
What I do in Maximum Football (Indie PC American Football Game): Design players, faces, uniforms, leagues, stadiums, backgrounds
So, as you can tell, I'm all about that customization! :D
December of 1999: It was Christmas. Since mid 1998, I was banned from fighting games. I was eight years old at the time. I got a Dreamcast for Christmas. My Dad rented a bunch of games, NFL 2K, NBA 2K, SoulCalibur 1, Virtua Fighter 3TB, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing. He said that I can play the fighting games for just the rental period. Then, I told my Mom on Christmas morning. She said, "no, you can't!" and her and Dad discussed it, and they decided that I wasn't allowed to play them for the rental period. Boy I was mad! I cried and threw things in my room. My Dad then told me about desensitization, especially since the Columbine shooting happened earlier that year. But I watched my Dad and my uncles play it, and I liked what I saw.
October of 2003: Earlier that year, my Mom said I wouldn't be allowed to get a Gamecube until I left the house. I was currently 12. Then, after my great uncle's funeral, my Mom took me to Walmart, and said, "how much does the Gamecube cost now?" I said, "$99." She said, "where are they?" I showed her, and she bought it for me with Super Smash Bros Melee. A few hours later, we got SoulCalibur 2 (I've been off fighting game restriction since December of 2002, when my Dad let me play Quake 3 Arena) and both NASCAR games from the time. I played the heck out of SoulCalibur 2, unlocking a bunch of stuff. I became fond of Lizardman, and he was so hard to unlock that I just used the Action Replay for him. My SSBM-enthusiast little cousin always chose Link, with the big steel hammer, and beat the crap out of me as Lizardman with him. Good times. This really set me up for Soulcalibur as one of my hobbies. I also started to want to learn more about the Renaissance, incidentally, since SoulCalibur takes place during that time, except for some CaS's we make, who can be from any era.
October of 2009: I bought an XBox 360 with SoulCalibur IV. I loved the graphics and stuff, and I could even strip Aeon of all his armor, and thus make him naked. Heck, earlier that year, when I was playing it at a local gaming center, I was telling a random woman next to me about how I liked doing that, and my Dad said the whole place heard me! I was like, "Oh crap!" My little sister and I created tons of characters, and even tried to make a machinima movie with them! There was one character we made, who kinda resembled Tekken's Kunimitsu in a leotard, who my sister swears by God she made and I stole from her. But I was confident I made her. Kitsune wars FTW!
September 2011: I got XBox Live, and played SCIV online.
2012: I got SoulCalibur V. I didn't like how the story mode didn't cover all the characters, and that you couldn't strip Aeon naked except for KO'ing him with a hard hit, making him unable to be naked in practice mode for machinimas, but I liked the more advanced CaS mode.
2014: I figured out placing special items in unique places to come up with even more animals. I actually like creating characters about as much as I do fighting!
2015: I'm probably still gonna continue playing SCV for a long time. Oh my God, imagine how in depth SoulCalibur VI is gonna be as far as CaS! I can't wait for that to happen! That's pretty much the only reason why I still play the SoulCalibur games. Not as much to offer as far as modes, as they used to, but they shine in the custimization department. Like...
What I do in NASCAR Heat for PC: Create and customize dirt cars and tracks for mods.
What I do in WWE Games: Create A Wrestler, Arena, Championship, Universe
What I do in Forza: Customize old muscle cars to look like Saturday Night Oval Short Track Stock Cars
What I do in Dirt Track Racing 2: Edit. Mod. Edit. Mod.
What I do in NCAA Football: Create and download my favorite High School and Small College teams.
What I do in Maximum Football (Indie PC American Football Game): Design players, faces, uniforms, leagues, stadiums, backgrounds
So, as you can tell, I'm all about that customization! :D
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