Page 6 of 7 FirstFirst 1234567 LastLast
Results 76 to 90 of 97

Thread: Greek text

  1. #76

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Cid View Post
    Have you got evidence they are not? If no, then your counter-claim is baseless.
    Have you got evidence they are not and are and are not and are? If no, then your counter-counter-claim is baseless.
    I already have.

  2. #77
    Fragaria addict Recognized Member Momiji's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    On top of this frustrating world
    Posts
    10,543
    Contributions
    • Former Site Staff

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Serapy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Ryushikaze
    Just because I put something that outputs absolutely nonsensical; unintentional or not, doesn't mean it becomes absolutely meaningless.
    Yes. Yes it does. Nonsense, especially intentional nonsense, has no meaning. A nonsense phrase is a meaningless phrase.
    They added Latin words with the wrong sentences on Ultimecia's paintings. Was that intentional nonsense too?
    Yes!

    Congratulations, you finally get it.

  3. #78

    Default

    Not really. It was actually not intentional nonsense.

  4. #79
    GO! use leech seed! qwertysaur's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    Kanto
    Posts
    11,627
    Contributions
    • Former Site Staff

    Default

    It is simply there to look pretty, the same reason several Japanese shirts say smurf (without the filter) these days. They have no idea what it means but it's letter art.

  5. #80
    Fragaria addict Recognized Member Momiji's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    On top of this frustrating world
    Posts
    10,543
    Contributions
    • Former Site Staff

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Serapy View Post
    Not really. It was actually not intentional nonsense.
    Can you prove that outside of absurd theories?

  6. #81
    Conservative Darth Cid's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Undisclosed Location
    Posts
    934

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Momiji View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Serapy View Post
    Not really. It was actually not intentional nonsense.
    Can you prove that outside of absurd theories?
    No.

  7. #82

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Serapy View Post
    They used MSPAINT to draw textures? Pro!
    Let's break this down. Even MSPAINT has Copypaste and a 'text' option. Their texture programs have copypaste and 'text' options.

    Have you got evidence they are? If no, then your claim is baseless.
    Have you got evidence they are not? If no, then your counter-claim is baseless.
    1. Certainly, you can do better than copy-pasting my words and adding 'counter' to it, child.
    2. The default claim is never baseless.
    3. My 'counter claim' does not need to be substantiated if your original claim is not.

    They added Latin words with the wrong sentences on Ultimecia's paintings. Was that intentional nonsense too?
    That's not nonsense, however. These greek letters spell utter nonsense. It's Dummy Text.

    It's, and I know this is hard to grasp for you, MEANINGLESS FILLER.

  8. #83
    Fragaria addict Recognized Member Momiji's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    On top of this frustrating world
    Posts
    10,543
    Contributions
    • Former Site Staff

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Cid View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Momiji View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Serapy View Post
    Not really. It was actually not intentional nonsense.
    Can you prove that outside of absurd theories?
    No.
    It was a rhetorical question.

  9. #84

    Default

    This is not meaningless. You're just refusing to believe it because common sense overpowers you.

    If this thread was about a blank wall or some paint, it wouldn't reach 2 pages or so.
    Last edited by Serapy; 12-07-2009 at 04:06 PM.

  10. #85
    Gobbledygook! Recognized Member Christmas's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Pious Moose's HQ
    Posts
    13,424
    Blog Entries
    6
    Contributions
    • Hosted the Ciddies

    Default

    Cause you are the one that had been posting to make it get to two pages? We can always delete our posts if you want.

    And getting two pages doesn't mean anything! A lot of spam or random threads get to ten pages for no particular reasons.

    And sorry, we really cannot think like you which doesn't involve common sense but that doesn't mean we must get lectured for using common sense right?

  11. #86

    Default

    We use VIII's common sense, not our actual common sense.

  12. #87
    Fragaria addict Recognized Member Momiji's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    On top of this frustrating world
    Posts
    10,543
    Contributions
    • Former Site Staff

    Default

    ...

    What?

    My common sense says that your common sense is broken. Even if a bunch of jumbled-up Greek may happen to form a word, it doesn't mean it's significant. THAT is common sense.

  13. #88

    Default

    So, Square wastes time on typing the text and putting it over there because it's not significant? Not to mention that they were in a hurry to finish VIII?

    Yeah, okay.

  14. #89
    What You Say? Recognized Member BG-57's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2002
    Location
    Your Base
    Posts
    6,422
    Contributions
    • Notable contributions to Final Fantasy forums

    Default

    Are you perhaps trying to distinguish between external and internal logic?

    External logic is what concerns the creators of the game (Square) and the players (us).

    Internal logic is what concerns the characters who are (presumably) unaware that they are in a story.

    We have been discussing the external logic behind the text: why the game makers put in the Greek letters in this way.

    If you are trying to suggest that it has meaning internally, that may well be true, unless Dollet puts random Greek letters on their communication equipment. It could be like a serial number or something.

    But the consensus seems to be it has no greater meaning externally. And the partial matches have not been persuasive.

  15. #90
    GO! use leech seed! qwertysaur's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    Kanto
    Posts
    11,627
    Contributions
    • Former Site Staff

    Default

    Serapy, the argument is that you are finding meaning in something that looks like this.

    rehewaos ret face rgvw.

    And you are then taking the word face out of context with where it comes from. Greek looks cool, especially to Japanese people who never saw anything like it before.

    Also it could be a number, the greeks used letters for numbers as well. That would make the text translate to

    6060040;4 2500703..9
    20701005, 5005030014170070

    which again has no meaning at all.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •