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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: rastalant on October 18, 2001, 07:16:16 AM
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To get the real scoop on Tekken 4, we sat down with the top dog at Namco responsible for this project. Hajime Nakatani is the head honcho of Namco\'s global arcade and home (PS2, Xbox, Gamecube) software development, overseeing everything from Tekken to Ridge Racer, Nakatani-san was also the original producer on the first Tekken game, and serves as executive producer on Tekken 4. He took time out on the last morning of Tekken 4\'s mad development schedule to chat with Justin Keeling at Namco\'s creative HQ in Yokohama, Japan.
CVG:
What is your background at Namco?
NAKATANI:
Far too many titles to mention. I\'ve been developing games at Namco for 19 years and have been involved in more or less all the major projects in that time, leading up to my position today where I oversee all videogame development at Namco. Although I\'m not able to be involved in all the nitty gritty of every title.
CVG:
How did the idea for Tekken come about, Namco\'s first 3D fighter?
NAKATANI:
Well, we actually made the very first 3D game on the market. It was a racing sim called Winning Run and we released that around 1984. So we had been interested in moving more of our games to 3D before that.
CVG:
Was Tekken a reaction to Sega\'s groundbreaking Virtua Fighter or did you have plans for a 3D fighter before that?
NAKATANI:
Sega released Virtua Racing and then Virtua Fighter before we had a chance to make our own game, so we had to follow its lead. Actually we didn\'t have any serious plans to release a 3D fighter until Virtua Fighter came on the market and changed everything, although we\'d started our investigations of a man-to-man polygon fighting game before Virtua Fighter came out. Still it came as a surprise, and we really started planning our game aggressively to compete after that. It\'s important to remember Virtua Fighter was not the biggest fighting game at the time - we were competing in an already crowded area with Street Fighter II and the SNK games, each with their established following.
CVG:
Compared to other Tekken games, what\'s the biggest change in Tekken 4?
NAKATANI:
With the power of System 246 hardware (based on the PS2 hardware) we have been able to add a major new gameplay feature, which is the concept of fully 3D environments for the fighters to spar in. This is obviously a natural progression for the series, and one that adds a great deal to the Tekken formula. We now have walls and solid objects which all need a different approach to fighting.
CVG:
How interactive are these objects? Can you break them? Do they cause extra damage?
NAKATANI:
You can\'t break objects or use them for extra damage... the new strategy is more in the positioning of your fighter. We also have a new move that enables a trapped fighter to flip positions quickly. Actually we are still tweaking this feature this morning so I can\'t go into details, but we hope players will use it as a big new tactic in the game. Also if players get smashed into walls they are stunned, leaving them open to further attack, but you don\'t lose damage for hitting a wall.
CVG:
What is the inspiration for the new characters, like Christie Monteiro?
NAKATANI:
We don\'t choose new characters based on looks or gimmicks, they are almost always based around a new fighting style which we haven\'t yet explored. For example, in Tekken 4 we\'ve introduced boxing with Steve Fox.
CVG:
What feature of Tekken 4 are you most proud of as a producer?
NAKATANI:
The fact that we have stayed true to the spirit and concept of Tekken, yet managed to still introduce some radical changes like the stage layout. I\'m almost worried that some fans might say Tekken 4 is too much of a change!
CVG:
Let\'s talk competition. What\'s your impression of Virtua Fighter 4?
NAKATANI:
VF4 is more of an orthodox sequel than Tekken 4 is. I\'d say VF4 is a less of a series progression.
CVG:
How about Dead or Alive 3?
NAKATANI:
I\'ve only seen pictures, but DOA3 gives me a very good impression of the hardware.
CVG:
What about Tekken on, say, Xbox?
NAKATANI:
We\'re working on just PS2 for the foreseeable future. It\'s just a problem of time from our point of view, because we develop on System 246 so a conversion to PS2 is natural. I don\'t know about the future though, when we max out that hardware we will have to look elsewhere. But hardware isn\'t important, the game is popular independently and I think Tekken would be a success on a any platform.
CVG:
When do you plan to release the PS2 version of Tekken 4?
NAKATANI:
I can\'t even begin to think about that, because the team is still working hard on finishing up the arcade version! We haven\'t started on the home version yet.
CVG:
What crazy game modes will appear this time? We heard rumours of a Beat Mania-music style mode...
NAKATANI:
(laughs) We have had this idea for quite some time, but it\'s a tough one. It\'s an amusing idea but we\'re not sure if we can really do it.
CVG:
Will there be a Tekken 5, and what can we expect from it?
NAKATANI:
Definitely. There were many ideas we had we couldn\'t include in Tekken 4. We have plans to use the 3D arenas in more interesting ways, and you will see some of that realised in the next update in the series."
Awesome there will be a tekken 5!!!!!! Sweet!!!!! Not only that but it said like the tekken series is ps2 only just read this "
"CVG:
What about Tekken on, say, Xbox?
NAKATANI:
We\'re working on just PS2 for the foreseeable future. It\'s just a problem of time from our point of view, because we develop on System 246 so a conversion to PS2 is natural. I don\'t know about the future though, when we max out that hardware we will have to look elsewhere. But hardware isn\'t important, the game is popular independently and I think Tekken would be a success on a any platform."
Hmmmmm..........sound like tekken 4 is going to stay on the ps2.:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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That´s fine, very well, but I wanna play a different tekken... this game is just the same since the first one... at least this time we´ve interactive objects :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by Adan
That´s fine, very well, but I wanna play a different tekken... this game is just the same since the first one... at least this time we´ve interactive objects :rolleyes:
What? What? What? What? You don\'t like tekken?!?!!?! Tekken 4 was an awesome game. I played it for serveal hours. I\'m looking forward to tekken 5 as well.:thepimp: :thepimp: :thepimp:
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Wait! wait! I love Tekken, I´ve played and bought all ones but I\'ve still no played Tekken 4, and I wanna find new things in it, I don´t wanna buy another Tekken that is =TTT, or Tekken3, I want to find a absolutely new game, with new game modes, new... you know. But I love Tekken.
PD: have you finished tekken4? where? I think you would say TTT :p
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Tekken 4 plays similar to tag which is a good thing. But it has new elements like the interactive enviroments. I got up to about stage 7, I didn\'t finish the game. They made the A.I. a lot harder than tekken 3 and TTT. Plus, tekken 4 is a great game as well. Its good to here you like tekken.:thepimp:
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Its too bad that Tekken sucks. Give me VF4 or Marvel vs Capcom anyday.
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Originally posted by Gohan
Its too bad that Tekken sucks. Give me VF4 or Marvel vs Capcom anyday.
What? What? What? What? Be careful what you say about tekken okay. Tekken rules!!!!:evil: :evil:
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Yes, VF4 must be so good, but I can´t forgive Soul Calibur 2. The first one is great, so the sequel has to be very well.
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Originally posted by Gohan
Its too bad that Tekken sucks. Give me VF4 or Marvel vs Capcom anyday.
Nice opinion;) , to me Marvel vs Capcom are the crapiest fighters besides the DOA series but thats just me
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Virtua Fighter is the best 3D fighting series, hands down.
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is a masher, and a bad one at that, much like Tekken. Gotta love those...graphics ;)
Eric Jacob
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I\'m still shocked that namco is coming out with tekken 5. Thats great news too me!!!!:thepimp: :thepimp: :thepimp:
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There have been 4 different Tekkens since the PSX came out and one more on the way this or next year. Who would of guessed they\'d make another one after 4? :rolleyes:
Milking, Namco is milking.
Originally posted by Gohan
Its too bad that Tekken sucks. Give me VF4 or Marvel vs Capcom anyday.
You are right, son. ;)
(had to do that once)
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Originally posted by Goku
There have been 4 different Tekkens since the PSX came out and one more on the way this or next year. Who would of guessed they\'d make another one after 4? :rolleyes:
Milking, Namco is milking.
You are right, son. ;)
(had to do that once)
Yeah whatever. Tekken rules too me. I couldn\'t care less what a nintendo fanboy like you goku thinks of it anyway. :thepimp: :thepimp:
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Oh goku I suppose you think smash bros is the best fighter ever.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Oh yeah tekken sucks cause its not on a nintendo system.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Moron..........
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^^^^Calm down there little tyke. Just because someone does like Tekken doesn\'t mean they are a fanboy. You are acting like someone spit on your mother.
BTW, Tekken 4 isn\'t even released for the PS2 and you are creaming over Tekken 5. Life must be boring if this is what you get extremely excited for.
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I know first I need tekken 4 before I get excited about tekken 5. Hmmmmmmmm...........I wonder what they could do to tekken 5?!?!?!?
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Originally posted by rastalant
Yeah whatever. Tekken rules too me. I couldn\'t care less what a nintendo fanboy like you goku thinks of it anyway. :thepimp: :thepimp:
Um, hello, I never gave my opinion on the quality of the game.
Oh goku I suppose you think smash bros is the best fighter ever. Oh yeah tekken sucks cause its not on a nintendo system. Moron..........
Actually, I think Soul Calibur is by far the best fighting ever. And did I say Tekken sucks? No, get your crystal-ball replaced. Let me guess, it\'s a Sony right? :laughing:
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No its tekken.........:thepimp: :thepimp:
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Your crystal ball is a Tekken? Well that explains why it sucks. :laughing:
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Originally posted by Goku
Your crystal ball is a Tekken? Well that explains why it sucks. :laughing:
Oh man that was so funny.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: I know your is nintendo..........:thepimp: :thepimp: :thepimp:
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Originally posted by rastalant
Oh man that was so funny.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: I know your is nintendo..........:thepimp: :thepimp: :thepimp:
Your is Nintendo? You must mean your\'s is Nintendo. Thankfully after reading so many of your garbage posts I am used to your poor writing.
I know you are but what am I would have been a better insult. Why must you ruin a descent thread by attacking me for NO reason? Correction, your OWN thread?
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Originally posted by Goku
Your is Nintendo? You must mean your\'s is Nintendo. Thankfully after reading so many of your garbage posts I am used to your poor writing.
I know you are but what am I would have been a better insult. Why must you ruin a descent thread by attacking me for NO reason? Correction, your OWN thread?
But your so easy to insult. Not to mention annoying as well.:thepimp:
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Originally posted by AlteredBeast
Virtua Fighter is the best 3D fighting series, hands down.
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is a masher, and a bad one at that, much like Tekken.
Sorry, but I would have to disagree with this. IMO Sega\'s strive to make VF semi realalistic is what is holding that game back from greatness. Fighting games were not meant to be taken seriously. Hell a game where people can shoot fireballs started the genre....
Also Tekken is not a button masher. That\'s just plain ignorance. That would be like saying Virtua Fighter is not a deep fighting game. (which is something that I give the VF series credit for.)
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Stick Fighter ****s all over Tekken 4 Imo
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Originally posted by Crippler
Stick Fighter ****s all over Tekken 4 Imo
Yeah whatever.........:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by AlteredBeast
Virtua Fighter is the best 3D fighting series, hands down.
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is a masher, and a bad one at that, much like Tekken. Gotta love those...graphics ;)
Eric Jacob
VF is basically tekken but stiff controls.
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Originally posted by Goku
Your is Nintendo? You must mean your\'s is Nintendo. Thankfully after reading so many of your garbage posts I am used to your poor writing.
I know you are but what am I would have been a better insult. Why must you ruin a descent thread by attacking me for NO reason? Correction, your OWN thread?
Uhm, don\'t you mean DECENT? Stop complaining about other people\'s writing skills when you obviously are no better.
Please stop insulting other people like that, it\'s unnecessary...
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Jumpman/goku is a moron anyway. I have no RESPECT for him or his opinion........:evil: :evil: :evil: :thepimp:
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I prefer tekken above all rest. I find DOA and VF series is limited in gameplay. I have ALL the games. So i\'m no where near bias.
In order i prefer.
TTT
SC
MVC2
SNKVSCAP2
DOA2
VF3
I also have MVC, SNKVSCAP, Tekken 1,2 and 3, VF 1 and 2. Fighting Vipers 2 and many other fighters.
But the most FUN for me with friends is Powerstone 2.. But i don\'t play it much, It would probably get boring after awhile :(
I\'ll get VF4, SC2 and Tekken4 :D
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[color=0033CC]Well I will be getting tekken 4 because tekken it is fun too play. But tekken story sucks. And the game has not changed since tekken 1. It is repedititve and easy to master. But that is why I love it go figure.[/COLOR]
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o boy this is a hostile place :nerd:
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Originally posted by QuDDus
[color=0033CC]Well I will be getting tekken 4 because tekken it is fun too play. But tekken story sucks. And the game has not changed since tekken 1. It is repedititve and easy to master. But that is why I love it go figure.[/COLOR]
Dang, when are they going to make Tekken online?! Don\'t worry QuDDus, you\'ll get your turn right after Bobby and Soulgrind. Oh, and don\'t plan on winning...:D
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Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
I prefer tekken above all rest. I find DOA and VF series is limited in gameplay. I have ALL the games. So i\'m no where near bias.
In order i prefer.
TTT
SC
MVC2
SNKVSCAP2
DOA2
VF3
I also have MVC, SNKVSCAP, Tekken 1,2 and 3, VF 1 and 2. Fighting Vipers 2 and many other fighters.
But the most FUN for me with friends is Powerstone 2.. But i don\'t play it much, It would probably get boring after awhile :(
I\'ll get VF4, SC2 and Tekken4 :D
[COLOR=0033CC]Yeah Powerstone is so fun with friends I hope sega brings that game to ps2 or xbox. Oh and I would kill you in powerstone2 just to put that out for everyone to see. HEHEH:D [/color]
Originally posted by Ironfist
Dang, when are they going to make Tekken online?! Don\'t worry QuDDus, you\'ll get your turn right after Bobby and Soulgrind. Oh, and don\'t plan on winning...
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[color=0033CC]DID you not hear? I said that game was so easy to master. Which makes me a tekken master. And the student shall never be greater than the master.[/color]
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I don\'t know guys I find tekken the most addicate fighting game. I mean I still play TTT almost every day and had it since oct. 26, 2000 at 7:00am in the morning. So I really can\'t wait til tekken 4 comes out at home its going to be fun remastering all the new characters again.:thepimp: :thepimp: :thepimp:
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Don\'t you mean Tekken is VF4 with loose controls?
Afterall VF invented the genre.
Rastalant, learn to take a joke. Stick Fighter is a fightign game from like 1984 or 86, it suks, bad. It was a joke, learn to take them. Of couse you probably have never heard of SF because you are too young.
Eric Jacob
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Yeah I can use my old name. Turns out it was a glitch instead of a banning.
Originally posted by rastalant
But your so easy to insult. Not to mention annoying as well.:thepimp:
If I\'m so easy to insult then why do all of your insults suck penis?
I\'ll make a list of all the known insults you used against me:
Moron
Nintendo-fanboy
Stupid
You\'re awesome man. You complain about my insults when your insults rival those of a fourth grader. You deserve a cookie.
I\'d be annoyed by you too if your insults were any good. But alas, you\'re a retard not capable of doing that.
Uhm, don\'t you mean DECENT? Stop complaining about other people\'s writing skills when you obviously are no better.
Please stop insulting other people like that, it\'s unnecessary...
It\'s unnecssary for you to correct one simple spelling mistake.
Also, blow me. So my writing skills are as bad as his because of one mistake? Riiiiiiiiiiight. That doesn\'t make sense. Read a book on making sense before you post next time alright?
Jumpman/goku is a moron anyway. I have no RESPECT for him or his opinion........
That\'s because I make you look stupid everyday. Duh?
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Jumpman, you make yourself look stupid everyday.
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Good explanation! :rolleyes:
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i read one of those books about making sense.... it didnt make much sense.
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Originally posted by Jumpman
Yeah I can use my old name. Turns out it was a glitch instead of a banning.
If I\'m so easy to insult then why do all of your insults suck penis?
I\'ll make a list of all the known insults you used against me:
Moron
Nintendo-fanboy
Stupid
You\'re awesome man. You complain about my insults when your insults rival those of a fourth grader. You deserve a cookie.
I\'d be annoyed by you too if your insults were any good. But alas, you\'re a retard not capable of doing that.
It\'s unnecssary for you to correct one simple spelling mistake.
Also, blow me. So my writing skills are as bad as his because of one mistake? Riiiiiiiiiiight. That doesn\'t make sense. Read a book on making sense before you post next time alright?
That\'s because I make you look stupid everyday. Duh?
Here we go again. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: You say you make everyone look stupid? Nah..........cause more than half the forum hates your guts!!!!!! Your a moron jumpman all you do is troll the forums with little lame high school insults. Your always talking about penises. Whats up with you man? What are you some ****** or something?
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Originally posted by AlteredBeast
Don\'t you mean Tekken is VF4 with loose controls?
Afterall VF invented the genre.
Rastalant, learn to take a joke. Stick Fighter is a fightign game from like 1984 or 86, it suks, bad. It was a joke, learn to take them. Of couse you probably have never heard of SF because you are too young.
Eric Jacob
Yeah whatever........I\'ve been playing street fighter since part 1. I\'ve owned every home version of street fighter that ever came out, but remember I\'m too young I never heard of street fighter?:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by rastalant
Here we go again. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: You say you make everyone look stupid?
Are you a retard? Seriously, your mind is completely dead.
Did I say I made everyone look stupid everyday? No, I said I make YOU, 14 year-old punk who pretends to be older when we all know he\'s not, look stupid everyday.
Oh my gawd. How could anyone take that a different way then it was suppose to be? Really, die retard.
Nah..........cause more than half the forum hates your guts!!!!!!
So? More than half of hte people on this forum are total brain-dead Sony lovers. Good for them.
Also, half of the forum? Can I see your crystal ball? I\'ll narrow the list down.
You, Bozco, lestat, JP, C2X.
That\'s some nice math your working there.
Also, anyone who\'d hate someone elses\' guts on a internet forum needs to get out of the house more. Socializing out-side of these forums are possible you know? Learn to try it sometime.
Your a moron jumpman all you do is troll the forums with little lame high school insults.
If by me insulting mindless zombies like you is trolling then I guess I\'m guilty of it.
OH MY GAWD. Saying I have lame insults when you only have three? What were ythey again? I\'ll have to quote myself since you were smart enough to get it the first time.
Moron
Nintendo-fanboy
Stupid
Your always talking about penises. Whats up with you man? What are you some ****** or something?
I forgot, 8th graders still get nervous when they hear the word penis. When you go through puberty in another 3 years then you\'ll understand it\'s not a "dirty" word.
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Originally posted by Jumpman
Are you a retard? Seriously, your mind is completely dead.
Did I say I made everyone look stupid everyday? No, I said I make YOU, 14 year-old punk who pretends to be older when we all know he\'s not, look stupid everyday.
Oh my gawd. How could anyone take that a different way then it was suppose to be? Really, die retard.
So? More than half of hte people on this forum are total brain-dead Sony lovers. Good for them.
Also, half of the forum? Can I see your crystal ball? I\'ll narrow the list down.
You, Bozco, lestat, JP, C2X.
That\'s some nice math your working there.
Also, anyone who\'d hate someone elses\' guts on a internet forum needs to get out of the house more. Socializing out-side of these forums are possible you know? Learn to try it sometime.
If by me insulting mindless zombies like you is trolling then I guess I\'m guilty of it.
OH MY GAWD. Saying I have lame insults when you only have three? What were ythey again? I\'ll have to quote myself since you were smart enough to get it the first time.
I forgot, 8th graders still get nervous when they hear the word penis. When you go through puberty in another 3 years then you\'ll understand it\'s not a "dirty" word.
Yeah whatever........:rolleyes: :rolleyes: Nah.........were not sony lover we all just hate you!!!!! Thats all.........your insults are getting old. Oh yeah I\'m 14 years old, strange how you tell me how old I I\'m and haven\'t even seen me before.........moron. I have nothing else to say to you. You are about smart as a brick.:thepimp: :thepimp: :thepimp: :thepimp: Btw, your only 15 years old your not even old even to drive or legaly take care of yourself. You sure have alot of mouth for a little 15 year old punk.
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Thats all.........your insults are getting old.
Saying I have lame insults when you only have three? What were ythey again? I\'ll have to quote myself since you were smart enough to get it the first time.
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Moron
Nintendo-fanboy
Stupid
Oh yeah I\'m 14 years old, strange how you tell me how old I I\'m and haven\'t even seen me before.........moron.
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Btw, your only 15 years old your not even old even to drive or legaly take care of yourself.
Wow, you sure do contridict yourself a lot.
You are about smart as a brick.
Who\'s insults are bad again?
OH MY GAWD
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Originally posted by rastalant
Yeah whatever........:rolleyes: :rolleyes: Nah.........were not sony lover we all just hate you!!!!! Thats all.........your insults are getting old. Oh yeah I\'m 14 years old, strange how you tell me how old I I\'m and haven\'t even seen me before.........moron. I have nothing else to say to you. You are about smart as a brick.:thepimp: :thepimp: :thepimp: :thepimp: Btw, your only 15 years old your not even old even to drive or legaly take care of yourself. You sure have alot of mouth for a little 15 year old punk.
I don\'t hate jumpman I am glad he is back some of yall need to be set strait in here:D
I mean don\'t get on jumpman for saying something smart when you do the same thing.