#mognet central

[sezja]

Do you think if I cross my fingers and pray really hard to the gods of gaming, Burmecians will be tribe quests in 7.0

[undertaletwo]

UNDERTALE 2: Revenge of the Robots Soundtrack (022)

[ play undertale 2 here! ]

[humanoidtyphoons]

stiltzkin is the best tho. he decides to be his own postal service, since mognet central isn’t working, altho the ffix crew do their best to help out with that, but we watch stiltzkin just travel the world however he pleases, coming and going however he likes, and then the party occasionally stumbles onto him, and he’s like? hey can you spare me some gil? i’ve picked up some neat items along the way, and it’s just like! of course we’ll help you!!!! 

like ffx did it best! bc o’aka xiii and maechan and donna and barthello were my faaaaves, but god, the rush of affection at seeing this moogle travel all this way? all by himself? bravest of them all!

[finalfantasytrivia]

Sounds familiar...

FFIX pays tribute to previous games of the series in many ways. Music is no exception. Several tracks were re-used or remixed:

Mount Gulug – a remixed version of Gurgu Volcano dungeon music from the original FF

Pandemonium – a slowed-down version of the track from FFII, using Garland's theme elements

Zidane's Theme – resembles the music which plays inside the airship in FFIII

Doga and Une's Theme – plays in the Black Mage Village under special circumstances (see one of my previous posts), it originally appeared in FFIII

Skies of Alexandria – bears some similarities to the Red Wings track of FFIV

Moogles' Theme – plays at Mognet Central and is a remix of its counterpart from FFV

Rufus's Welcoming Ceremony – this track from FFVII is played by the Tantalus music band in Evil Forest when the corresponding Active-Time Event is activated

Info source: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_IX_allusions

Picture source: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_IX:_Original_Soundtrack

[keykidpilipili]

I would like to hear about your headcanons about the war between Maleficent and the Radiant Garden Crew between RG's fall and KH1, if you're feeling up for it!!

YES Absolutely! I mostly headcanoned it around an AU that involved Kairi working with the org for several years before ditching them around KH1 and another AU with a revamped Princesses of Heart cast(not just gals) so I apologize if it’s a bit too AU. For more clarity I’m gonna develop each side separately minus the org.

RG Crew, Traverse Town, Mog Network and the Resistance

A few more people but like less than 30 people in total from Radiant Garden managed to escape. Scrooge despite the loss of Della, pilot of the gummi ship that didn’t make it off-world, stayed for a while and helped the refugees settle in from a structural and financial pov. As more worlds fell, it was only a matter of time before refugees vastly outnumbered the tiny local population. Within two years(7 years BKH1), courses to adapt to the most common technology levels or fill in on their education were organized; local newspapers were born with the objective to share information about local facilities, missing people, mental health+ self-care tips and reports of fallen worlds. Lacking in military training and intel on Maleficent’s end goal, the Resistance at first stalled. The arrival of Camelot refugees, and with them a platoon of 30+ trained knights tips the scales in their favor. The defense of Traverse Town could now be insured at the same time as fighting offworld.

The turning point of the war involved the first appearances of the Lavender Knight, a mysterious Keyblade wielder donned in complete armor(5 YBKH1). Due to their help in reducing the numbers of the Heartless army and killing some of Maleficent’s operatives, the Resistance and Traverse Town struggled less despite the info leaks caused by DORIS. The lone knight was also famous among the Traverse Towners as their folk hero in response to their deeds: destroying waves of heartless and members of the Villain Alliance, as well as rescueing civilians during evacuations. The fall of Moogle Land and its trade network slowed down drastically communications and Resistance operations but the Villain Alliance’s supply chain as well. Such is the way of economical crisis. New trade routes were established by the Resistance and wide-spread cells of Moogle Merchants scattered across the galaxy with Traverse Town in a central position.

In the aftermath of DORIS’ defeat thanks to the combined forces of the Lavender Knight, org members and the Resistance(4 YBKH1), the economy started to get back up. The Mognet and morale too were recovering bit by bit. Instant Communication devices, Kupo Phones were developped for intelligence and commercial use as to strengthen trade and the Resistance. Despite the Lavender Knight’s interventions dwindling, they steadily gained terrain against Maleficent till the KH1 era and were even able to defeat a major member, as well as several minor ones, of the Alliance by themselves.

Maleficent’s clique

While the witch spent much of the first period hunting for Royalty of Heart and increasing the size of her heartless army through numerous conquests, Beside the Resistance, Maleficent took notice of mysterious figures spying on her and undermining her ranks, among one of those black coats was a keyblade wielder. Her Villain Alliance grew even stronger with the inclusion of the hat robot DORIS(Meet The Robinsons). Their main goal shifts from capturing Royalty of Heart to taking over the Mognet in order to corner and deal with the Org. The Alliance believed the keyblade wielder in a black coat to be dead despite matching the size of the Lavender Knight due to the help of the Mog in helping the org fake Kairi’s death, for a price of course. The Knight taking on missions solo helped cement this theory as the cloaked wielder always fought alongside a partner of similar cloth. The cons of risking their single Keyblade bearer by sending them out alone vastly outweighted the pros in the eyes of the witch.

Worlds are sunk on purpose by both Maleficent and the org in order to impede the other’s progress. As a result of the intervention of the Lavender Knight who tore open the Keyhole of Moogle Land on the local’s request, the DORIS wasn’t able to take over the Mognet. Its fall cripples the supply lines of the Villain Alliance and more importantly the import-reliant Hollow Bastion. The dire situation forced the org to help the Lavender Knight openly during Operation Scrap(defeating Doris), proving therefore their connection. Losses of heartless and competent ally aside, Maleficent was able to confirm the Lavender Knight’s allegiance as well as the death of one of the black coats. Unfortunately Doris was the most computer literate in the Villain Alliance and with her death the data base became unusable and was scrapped. With both the org and the rising Digital branch of the Resistance in better shape than ever, the witch decided to switch utterly to magical means of trade and communication. Unable to track any leads on the org, she returned to strengthening her cells and Royalty of Heart hunt for the last 3 years pre-KH1.

[ranuel]

The interconnectedness of all things

I saw the news this morning about the horrific arson attack at Kyoani studios in Japan and my first thought after the initial OMG was to hope that Kuro and her husband were not involved. But how to find out? TLDR: They’re okay Sorry phone people. Long post is long.

It’s a quirk of fandom that people drift in and out of our lives and you can know someone for years but if you aren’t close you likely will know little to nothing about them IRL. Way back when Inuyasha fandom was thriving there was a popular IY fan artist who went by Kurohime who was a professional artist. She was married to an animator and together they ran a forum that was mostly not inuyasha related but was a good way to stay current on what she was up to. I remembered that her husband was Japanese American and had worked for studios in both Japan and America. I thought his name was Steve. That was over an hour ago and I just confirmed that Kuro’s husband, whose name is Roy, is currently working in California. To get there I played a mildly frustrating game of connect the dots that really is pretty cool now that I think about it.

I dug through my Firefox bookmarks and found the link to their forum. It’s closed. I searched for Kurohime and because  Kurohime is the name of an anime character and there are several people using some variation on it as user names mostly came up empty. I finally found a couple of places where Kuro had posted but she took down her fanwork years ago after getting tired of having her work stolen and being flamed by assholes and she left no personal info behind.

BUT! The Google-Fu was strong today and I found a mention of their forum on a different forum and the post mentioned their real first names and by Googling a combination of both their user names and their first names + animator I got three hits. One of which was his Linked In with a list of movies he’s worked on. I cross referenced with IMDb and BINGO! The search didn’t take me very long. It’s really amazing how quickly you can find something if you plug in the right search terms. The bulk of the time spent was getting sucked into reading a post at Fanlore about the Tumblr discussion on fanfic disclaimers. I found that article when sticking Kuro’s name in didn’t turn anything up and I put mine in just on impulse.

Turns out my post on that was one of the quoted ones in the article. It was interesting to see other contributions to that discussion that didn’t find their way across my dash. It also gives me this odd sense of validation. Like, look! I’m mentioned by name somewhere! I exist! I’m a verified fan! Which ties into a whole identity thing I’ve been chewing over the last couple of days. No matter what my objective qualifications are to claim membership in a subculture Imposter Syndrome almost always kicks in at some point and I doubt my right to make that claim. I want to post about that when I get it sorted out more in my head. Anyway. I started with a search that I fully expected to fail at and after visits to Google, Yahoo, IY Fanguild, DeviantArt, Encyclopedia Dramatica (don’t recommend), Fandom Wiki, Fanlore, Mognet Central, Eyesonff.com, Twitter, Linked In, and IMDb I had an answer that I would never have been able to find way back when I first was involved with online fandom and webrings were still a thing.

It was good to be reminded of people and things from a decade ago but even better to be reminded of how far we’ve come in building online places for ourselves and how sites may die but Fandom goes on. Something we all need to keep in mind as we prepare for the next great migration.

[magitek]

Very late for Day 4′s prompts, sorry ;A;

When every Mogshop mysteriously goes offline, the only clue Sora and Riku find is a letter from Stiltzkin:

Sora, Mognet is gonna be offline for a while. My friends told me you can travel between the worlds, kupo. If you want to help us, Mognet Central is somewhere on Gaia (08:06:20:00:23:59). I think Artemicion did it again…

[ao3feed-soriku]

Where Moogles Be

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2SE9xwv

by stand_by_me

When every Mogshop mysteriously goes offline, the only clue Sora and Riku find is a letter from Stiltzkin:

Sora,

Mognet is gonna be offline for a while. My friends told me you can travel between the worlds, kupo. If you want to help us, Mognet Central is somewhere on Gaia (08:06:20:00:23:59). I think Artemicion did it again…

Words: 5481, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Soriku Week 2018

Fandoms: Kingdom Hearts

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Multi

Characters: Sora (Kingdom Hearts), Riku (Kingdom Hearts), Kairi (Kingdom Hearts), Lea (Kingdom Hearts), various ff9 characters

Relationships: Riku/Sora (Kingdom Hearts), Kairi & Lea (Kingdom Hearts)

Additional Tags: Adventure, Established Relationship, Moogles, Lindblum pickles, I might have misremembered some moogle locations, SoRiku Week 2018

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2SE9xwv

[maetel-cho]

Translation of the Interviews Famitsu / Dengeki By the user: xXShuyaXx by Mognet Central

It has been about one year since release. How about we look back on everything up until now?

Tabata - We sure came a long way. The Royal Edition was originally planned to be the conclusion and finale to FFXV, so for now it feels like we have accomplished what we had set out to do at first.

Even among the DLC that were released after FFXV, Episode Ignis that was released last year on December 13th introduced a divergence in the ending, which became quite a topic.

Terada - In E.Ignis, we didn't just want to add to the story of the game, we wanted to illustrate Ignis where he refuses and fights against destiny (fate).

Tabata - It's not simply looking into alternate possibilities, it was to make it ''Ignis' game''. In order for Ignis to define his own destiny. FFXV was created with the intention to run towards a single conclusion, but with E.Ignis we wanted to make a game for players to become Ignis and fight against fate.

So as a result, the alternate ending was born.

Terada - Yes that's correct. The ''opposing thy fate'' theme was decided early in the development and with that we thought about what kind of ending would make the users most happy. Along with many revisions to the script, it became ''that'' ending.

So that means the conclusion wasn't decided from the start?

Terada - ''Where do we draw the line'' was the difficult part. Do we leave it to the imagination of the fans? Do we do everything? Such considerations became a hurdle and we made adjustments and changes until the very end.

As a result, there were much praise from the fans. There are even some who say, ''This is the true ending'', but in the official perspective, where and how does that conclusion stand?

Tabata - Simply, the main game is canon and 'that' ending is a 'if' scenario.

Terada - This is shown in the split of the scenario. In the main game, Ignis chooses to support Noctis who put his own life on the line to save the world. But what if the player chose to change that fate... and so we made E.Ignis with emphasis on that.

In the 'if' scenario, the final confrontation with Ardyn isn't depicted. How does Noct save the world without paying the price?

Tabata - Ahh... that (laughs) That, is for the development to come.  

Terada - We intentionally left that part ambiguous........ (bitter laugh) Even in the 'if' route, the fact that in order to save the world Noct's power is needed, hasn't changed. In order to focus on the theme of the episode, we purposely decided not to focus too much in regards to Ardyn. In that regards, we are thinking about furthering the development in that part around Episode Ardyn that will be released soon.

So that means the story updates from now will expand?

Tabata - Yes. If I were to say that the fans wanted more and beyond to fill the gaps of the main story, I don't think that would be the case. Even in the development point of view, I think if we did that, FFXV will never be able to come to a conclusion. So we are thinking about new developments that are different from the DLC's up until now. The spearhead of this goal is Episode Ardyn which was highly sought out for in the survey. And as so, as mentioned in the ATR, there might also be a Episode Luna. Continuing up to 2019, we have decided to make 4 episodes.

That is great news!

Terada - In the story updates from now, we want players to love the characters more. It seems like there were many who cried in Episode Ignis, so we want to make the next epsisode where people will smile.

What is the intention behind the release of the Royal and Windows Editions?

We have rebuilt the game to be enjoyed on PC for the Windows Edition and as for the Royal Edition, it is the compiliation of all the updates up until now. By compiling all of the additional contents, we think it will be a product that is easy for first-time players to head into.

For the current FFXV users, there is an additional DLC ''Royal Pack'', which includes content only included in the Royal Edition correct?

Tabata - That's correct. In the Royal Edition, we have expanded the final map of Insomnia, not only that, we have also prepared numerous additional content. For everyone who continued to enjoy the game, it has become something that has a lot of worth.

In the expansion of Insomnia, does it also include additional events?

Tabata - We have included story events that are connected with the Comrades DLC.

Kuroda - After the 10 year skip as depicted in Comrades, it is connected from when Noct and his friends return. There is also the perspective of the Glaives from Comrades. There are additional quests and furthermore the story has also been expanded.

That is great news for the users of Comrades. Also, will the contents of the main story change with that?

Kuroda - Without changing the eventual confrontation with Ardyn, we are adding more content for during the journey. Like the Past Kings blocking the path for example. Originally the Past King of Lucis were suppose to aid Noctis, but why they are hindering ones path, will all be explained in the story.

Regarding the Past Kings of Lucis, will Noct's late King also appear?

Terada - Although Regis won't appear, there will be differing 3 types respectively of Past Kings.

Kuroda - Differing from the main story, new boss monsters Cerberus and Omega will make an appearance. These kinds of monsters will be appearing in the last chapter, the difficulty has also been increased and as such we have also added the ''True Phantom Sword'' ability to aid players in battle.

''True Phantom Sword'' (Can't remember what it was called in English sorry) seems powerful just from the name (laughs).

Kuroda - Yes (laughs) You will be able to use the ''True Phantom Sword'' ability after collecting all the Phantom Swords and you will be able to constantly(?) fight in Phantom mode. If you just hold the attack button, then the current Phantom mode is stronger, but if you time your actions and attacks correctly, it will be very powerful. With the current ally the commands, combined with special abilities, you will be able to enjoy fights only found in the Royal Edition.

This seems great for those who want to enjoy technical combat with Noctis.

Kuroda - That's right. The concept for Royal Edition is ''expanding the freedom of play'', so we are expanding the maps and adding various other components.

Tabata - Among the additional components is boat fishing. While on the cruiser en route to Altissia, you can freely travel around the ocean and fish while looking at fish in the ocean. We also have prepared a quest that includes a fishing line.

Kuroda - Noctis is also very cheerful when he is boat fishing (laughs) You can also get new recipehs by catching fish.

With the upgrade for the Type-D, does this mean that freedom in travel has improved?

Kuroda - Yes. With this, travelling on the ground, air and sea has been implemented, so traveling has become very pleasant.

Also, first-person mode will be implemented, but is this feature only for Noctis?

Tabata - It's for Noctis only. You can change between first and third person at any time. In regards to the implementation of the first-person mode, we had many requests since development (of the game), we originally to implement the feature only in the Windows Edition. However, if we also implemented it into the Royal Edition, we thought that this could bring a fresh new experience for existing FFXV players, so we decided to implement it into both editions. If you play in first-person mode, you can experience the vastness of the world and experience the relationship with the bro's first-hand. We thought it could improve the immersion.

Kuroda - It especially has an impact when fighting against large monsters.

Tabata - I am sure that you will be able to experience the beauty of the FFXV's world like if it was seeing through your own naked eyes.

First-person mode and open world has a good affinity.

Terada - So as for the vast playability, there are supplemental additions in regards to the world of the game, such as newspapers and book that has been added in the games various locations. So even for those players who simply enjoy the world and the lore, they can enjoy the game.

The release of the Windows Edition demo is coming very close.

Tabata - Yes. Fundamentally it's kind of like the FFXV demo ''Judgement Disc'' +α, you will be able to play from Chapter 0 Chapter 1.

The Windows Edition will have 8K support, but please tell us the reason behind it.

Tabata - Since we are already doing this, we thought that we wanted to deliver something that could be enjoyed with the highest of specs at their fullest extent.

Aramaki - The Windows Edition supports native 4K, so basically the textures become sharper and diagonal polygons become very clean as well. Also, same at the PS4 version, HDR10 will also be supported.

So that means you can enjoy the beauty of the game at the ultimate quality. Will 60FPS and beyond gameplay also be supported?

Aramaki - It will be different depending on the GPU so I cannot say, but with a Nvidia GPU loaded PC you can achieve 90FPS at 2K and 40FPS at 4K. If you reduce the setting, 20-30FPS at 8K is also supported. Furthermore, in the games configuration settings, there are about 10 settings added recently besides the resolution setting, so you will be able to fine-tune depending on your specs.

In regards to the usage of the Nvidia tech, what does that mean for AMD hardware?

Aramaki - We are making it so that all AMD hardware including lower ends will work. However, AMD performance compared to Nvidia hardware will be inferior (when using Nvidia tech).

Then Nvidia hardware is recommended. Mods will also be supported in the Windows Edition, so you will be able to experience a unique experience not found in home consoles.

Aramaki - We plan to release mod support shortly after release of the game. You will be able to have a surreal experience like changing the character model of everyone to Kenny Crow for example (laughs) You will also eventually be able to freely change things around with user-created model data. Also, eventually we will release an official platform where you can customize the map and add quests.

Are you also considering content exclusive to the Windows Edition?

Tabata - At the moment, we are at the stage where we just want to finish what we set out to complete, so I cannot say with certainty. But mods and multiplayer quests may be improved. But story related content will not differ from the console version.

Lastly, please tell us about the future of FFXV.

Tabata - Windows Edition for the PC and also the Royal Edition for the home consoles, we were able to announce them as a short pit-stop. Furthermore, FFXV Pocket Edition for mobile is also in distribution. With this, we have released FFXV, optimized for each of it's 3 different consoles as planned. From now on, so that each can be enjoyed for a long time, we plan to propose the conclusion of FFXV one more time. Along with the 4 additional Episodes, please look forward to the development of FFXV!

Font: http://www.mognetcentral.com/threads/completed-famitsu-interview-translation-february-23rd-2018.9056/

[leonawriter]

Not much to say on the watch through side of things - I just skimmed past the videos of more Chocobo sidequest, and the finale of the Mognet Central subplot.

All those letters, just because a moogle couldn’t help himself to some fur-softening oil. Really, Artemicion? Really?

[sezja]

I should make a bingo card for FFIX Things I Hope To See In Dawntrail

[pxperhearts]

mognet central quests more like where tf was that moogle again

[theedrewgamer]

Final Fantasy IX part 34: Who has the stuff?!

Despite the clear and present danger, Zidane leaves Memoria in order to tie up some loose ends before the final battle. He heads to Mognet Central in order to see if he can get it up and running again. A quest around Gaia ensues, to find the stuff needed to fix it.

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[mooglescave]

5 anos se passaram desde que a Moogle's Cave começou suas atividades, inicialmente com o nome de Mognet Central kkkk Muito obrigada a todos, é o apoio e o carinho de vocês que faz com que nos dediquemos cada dia mais ♥ Em breve haverá novidades no site www.mooglescave.com ~ aguardem! — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2pAXymw

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