'Hoy!

[Tsuzurao]

Hey everyone. As you can see, the username is Tsuzurao. I was registered over on BG, but I wasn't a very prolific poster. So....

Name: Wouldn't you like to know?
Favourite Games: This one, I'll divide up a bit.
* Favourite Tabletop: D&D (3.5e)
* Favourite DS Game: The World Ends With You (I need to get a new copy - I lost my old one )
* Favourite PS2 Game: Probably Final Fantasy XII (Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne comes close though)
* Favourite MMO: Dungeon Fighter Online
Non-Gaming Hobbies: Reading. Reading stories online, reading paper books, reading manga, reading Tvtropes. Also, collecting foreign coins.
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. As for the address, wouldn't you like to know?
Other Communities: Giant in the Playground Forums (also as Tsuzurao), Spacebattles (same), The Fanfiction Forum (as Ura Mamoru), a few other places I don't recall off the top of my head (usually as Tsuzurao)
Social Networking Profile Names: Wouldn't you like to know? (but seriously, I don't use them)


I think that covers it.

[sirpercival]

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[SneeR]

inb4 SneeR

Do I really have such a reputation? 
I just wish people would answer my questions... 

So, is Hoy just short for "Ahoy?" Or is it some sort of battle cry?

How long have you played 3.5? Have you ever played Xenosaga?

What does "Tsuzurao" mean?

[Tsuzurao]

inb4 SneeR

Do I really have such a reputation? 
I just wish people would answer my questions... 

So, is Hoy just short for "Ahoy?" Or is it some sort of battle cry?

How long have you played 3.5? Have you ever played Xenosaga?

What does "Tsuzurao" mean?

Okay then.

'Hoy is indeed a shortening of "Ahoy". If you've ever played Wind Waker, imagine it said the way Aryll says it at the beginning of the game.

I've played 3.5e for about two years. I've wanted to play D&D since around the time 3e first came out, but I didn't get to see the only people I knew who played it at any time other than school - and it was a long trip to and from school.

And yes, I've played Xenosaga. Only up to Episode II though - I haven't had a chance to play Episode III. I haven't even seen a copy around anywhere.

As for the meaning of Tsuzurao... If you've ever played Okami, did you get far enough to meet Priestess Rao? Well, like several characters' names in the game, it was shortened in the English translation. In her case, the original name is Tsuzurao (admittedly, it does come off as a complicated-looking name for someone who doesn't have at least a tenuous grasp on the Japanese language). As for the meaning, it's a bit of a veiled pun that gets lost in translation, but explaining it is a spoiler for the game.

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"Tsuzurao" is an alternate way of reading the two kanji that make up "Kyuubi" ("Nine Tails").

[SneeR]

Well, cool!
Thank you for responding, Tsuzurao!
Might I ask what sorts of things you read?

Anyways, enjoy the site!