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Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 488 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 488 Donate  | Old-school FFXI journals. Remember the days when we were all hurrying to read the latest installment of so-and-so's poorly written FFXI journal? I recall, way back when, going through page after page of some importer's journal, my eyes blank and glazed-over and my jaw hanging wide. At one point I had thousands of saved screenshots from entries that were just too good lose; I was sure they'd disappear if I didn't save them. While I can't really remember any of those specifically now, does anyone else have similar memories? Did you have any favortie adventurers, or were you one of the first to write about it?
Sure, many of us have got our current ones (advertisement: http://www.livejournal.com/users/ffxi_cengriffin), but the feel has changed so much over the years.
I'd love to hear about this from others' perspectives. It'd be great if anyone had old links to tales of adventure in Vana'diel with the original entries intact.  Relapse. Back on FFXI. Cerberus now. |  | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 11-25-2005, 08:26 PM | #2 (permalink) | | Veteran Member Brain of Knowledge Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,576 Style: Dark - Version 5 Thanks: 0
Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 5,319 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 5,319 Donate | Re: Old-school FFXI journals. Twistid's journal was just awesome ... do a search for his.. it's on this site. RDM75| DRG75 | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 11-25-2005, 09:12 PM | #3 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: VA Posts: 13 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0
Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 488 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 488 Donate | Re: Old-school FFXI journals. A shame all of the images for Twistid's are screwy because of AngelFire. Don't think I've read it, though, so I'll be sure to soon. Relapse. Back on FFXI. Cerberus now. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 11-26-2005, 06:50 PM | #4 (permalink) | | Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 756 Style: Dark - Version 5 Thanks: 16
Thanked 4x in 4 Posts Gil: 5,730 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 5,730 Donate | Re: Old-school FFXI journals. ping's are legendary, Sharky blade, russta.. Jei.. all from this site.  Originally Posted by SevIfrit  | | we asked for more wyvern control the give us emotes.... /em slams head off desk... | | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 11-26-2005, 08:18 PM | #5 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 407 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 2
Thanked 3x in 3 Posts Gil: 1,149 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 1,149 Donate | Re: Old-school FFXI journals. Russta's is consistantly awesome even now @.@. If not updated that often when there isn't new content- but that's because he seems to be the first person to explore said content! www.livejournal.com/users/russta I believe. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 11-26-2005, 08:22 PM | #6 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: VA Posts: 13 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0
Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 488 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 488 Donate | Re: Old-school FFXI journals. Yeah, I definitely remember reading many of those journals' entries, especially Jei's. I don't think I read a great deal of any of them when compared to what I remember of the more obscure and short-lived adventurers, though. For some reason the people I can't remember are the ones I remember most.
Edit in respose to Alucath: Yeah, I usually skim over Russta's stuff when I look through Linaaa's friends page. I remember him commenting on Twistid's journal (thanks for mentioning it, Xyphere) too, which is pretty old by now. Relapse. Back on FFXI. Cerberus now. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 11-26-2005, 09:11 PM | #7 (permalink) | | J...atatouille Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 8,338 Style: Light - Version 5 My Mood:  Thanks: 5
Thanked 136x in 106 Posts Gil: 22,235 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 22,235 Donate | Re: Old-school FFXI journals. the game did feel different when I was new ^^ enough that gustaberg music can always make my eyes brim with tear. The old feelings have changed, but I still love this game nonethless. There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot,
but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence
transform a yellow spot into the sun.
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Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 488 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 488 Donate | Re: Old-school FFXI journals. I know what you mean, Jei. A while back when I had cancelled my content ID I saw a screenshot in one of my folders and it was Jazaar fighting a dragon; I knew that I just had to return. Thanks for helping bring me back! Relapse. Back on FFXI. Cerberus now. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 11-30-2005, 02:00 PM | #9 (permalink) | | Veteran Member Keeper of Knowledge Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Honolulu Posts: 2,250 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood:  Thanks: 62
Thanked 34x in 20 Posts Gil: 11,780 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 11,780 Donate | Re: Old-school FFXI journals. From Russta's LJ, his very first entry: http://www.livejournal.com/users/russta/2003/10/01/
You can go to the friend list, visit Mithrankittycat's LJ, peer at his friend list and then navigate from there. You'd be surprised at just how extensive the web will grow and just how much data can be acquired. To read all this would require many weeks, I'm sure. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 01-03-2006, 01:50 PM | #10 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Arizona Posts: 152 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0
Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 1,347 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 1,347 Donate | Re: Old-school FFXI journals. Though I don't have a link, Guely's journal was my absolute favorite, followed by Xylia's. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 01-03-2006, 02:09 PM | #11 (permalink) | | <3 Valkurm Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 960 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 57
Thanked 24x in 16 Posts Gil: 8,868 Bank: 7,245 Total Gil: 16,113 Donate | Re: Old-school FFXI journals. Guelly, Jei, Starving Artist, and Maxim's journals were my favorites. I wanted to play so bad... arg. Clipper and fraps didn't work on the machine I started the game with though, couldn't make my own. By the time I reached high level thoug hthe game had eveolved into something far removed from what those journals showed, and what my own experiences where like at lower levels.  BLM 75 | RDM 37 | WHM 42 | SCH 56 | BST 22
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Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Gil: 4,159 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 4,159 Donate | Re: Old-school FFXI journals. I made a journal back in the days... recently.. i've desided to get a LJ account and do it again.. *points to sig* its nothing yet.. but its a work in progress | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 02-12-2006, 04:24 PM | #13 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 385 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0
Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 970 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 970 Donate | Re: Old-school FFXI journals. I don't remember if Nerv had a journal or not, but I remember seeing some of her pics and always thinking they were awesome. It was funny because my first day of playing FFXI I ended up on server Unicorn and ran into her in person! I got so excited! We sat down and chatted for a few minutes and she told me that it was nice to finally meet another person that could speak english. Anyways, I always liked Nerv's pictures. =D Satsuki~Thf/Nin~42/24
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Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 553 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 553 Donate | Re: Old-school FFXI journals. I remember those days.. *nostalgic*
I LOVED Twisted's, it was cool. I remember him going to san'doria, and it was cool that he explained almost the whole day he had prior to ffxi haha.. Jei's journal was pretty badass too.. Guelly was pretty cool.. Xylia's was one of the first I read, I was like 11 and it was a godsend!
Good ol' days. I'm going to go read some of those now haha, thanks for the reminder.
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