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Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Unknown Target on February 15, 2003, 04:56:05 pm: Has anyone seen this?! IT'S FRICKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! It's called Macross 0, and...wooooowww.....
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Turnsky on February 15, 2003, 04:58:24 pm: link please
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Unknown Target on February 15, 2003, 05:32:37 pm: Here's the official site (Japanese): http://www.macross.co.jp/zero/

Any renderers might like this, it's got great animation, and the fighting is done with CG.
Unfortunately, you probably won't be able to get this in the US, at least any time soon. You'll have to get it off the web, and no translations. Evil Harmony Gold has all export liscenes for the series, and they don't like bringing Macross to the states. However, you can get it off some FTP sites. If anyone wants to know where, I can give you the addresses. You'll need an FTP browser, though.
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: an0n on February 15, 2003, 05:33:47 pm: Firstly: Internet Explorer can function as an FTP browser.
Secondly: Old news.
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Unknown Target on February 15, 2003, 05:37:46 pm: Thirdly: I've had it for awhile now. I've just never told anyone :D Mostly because I'd left this forum for....lessee...quite awhile.

Fourthly: There are those that don't know.

Fifthly: FTP browsers are easier, plus, I couldn't get onto the server with IE.

Sixthly: Have you seen it?
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: an0n on February 15, 2003, 06:05:52 pm: Seen the site. Not seen the series.
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Unknown Target on February 15, 2003, 06:17:20 pm: You really should check it out. It's a prequel to the original (in case you can't read Japanese).
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Warlock on February 15, 2003, 07:06:25 pm: hmmm I will without a doubt need to check this out,...I didn't know that a new Macross was in the works.
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Gortef on February 16, 2003, 07:02:20 am: Yep this is a must see, mut I need to finish the original Macross first :p (yea yea I've seen the Robotech version -obviously :D - but I'd like to see the original too)
Hopefully soon.

M0 really looks like a winner.
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: an0n on February 16, 2003, 07:43:49 am: Macross Plus f00kin 0wnz j00!!!!!!!777777
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: mikhael on February 16, 2003, 07:33:47 pm: Oh joy. More anime SUCK.
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Turnsky on February 16, 2003, 07:39:09 pm: now now, no need to get worked up :D

hmm, madman entertainment (http://www.madman.com.au) won't be too happy with harmony gold eh?
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: neo_hermes on February 16, 2003, 10:49:57 pm: I never know they where making another one.
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 16, 2003, 10:56:06 pm: ARR! Anime be for sissy-men and blowfish! Your giant robot be no match for me musket! Now give me yer gold and jewels! I know ye haves 'em, you anime sissy-men LOVE to dress in women's clothing!
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Turnsky on February 16, 2003, 11:02:28 pm: watch it people spam pirates :p
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Anaz on February 16, 2003, 11:03:15 pm: :lol:
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 16, 2003, 11:04:39 pm: That's it! We fly yer balls off the Jolly Roger, me boy!
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Anaz on February 16, 2003, 11:06:30 pm: ow...f***...I need those...

*grabs balls back from stryke*

now...where's my hot glue gun...
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Turnsky on February 16, 2003, 11:06:48 pm: *parries with katana*

watch it shorty, carl's right behind ye..
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 16, 2003, 11:08:36 pm: Quit your babble, landlubber, me aim be not that bad, yer mouse's balls be intact. Now give me gold, or yer pitiful manhood be next!

Or I might just Bring out me skipper, Insane Phil. He be bringin' the rapin' to the pillagin', even when there be no women about! Har har! Arr!
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 16, 2003, 11:09:48 pm: And yer measly ninja sword be doin' no good here. I've sailed all the seven seas, and I know a katana be cheap and disposable- it be a samurai sword that be worth anything! Now, leave off afore I chop off the rest of you
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Anaz on February 16, 2003, 11:09:59 pm: *gets meson bomb*

*stands on top*

*gets big a** hammer*

all my gold are belong to me!
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 16, 2003, 11:10:46 pm: Arr, not if we leprechaun pirates have anything to do with it! Now make with the gold, or meet Insane Phil in the brig!
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Anaz on February 16, 2003, 11:11:59 pm: gahh...you're hopeless...

*jumps into pegasus*

*flies to orbiting arcadia*

*detonates meson bomb*
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 16, 2003, 11:14:57 pm: We pirates be tougher than THAT! Har har!

Now, me laddies, he dropped the gold, you carry it into the hold! I be plannin' to talk in rhyme, and have you to spend my times!

Arr, I should never have watched Leprechaun in the Hood. It be what inspired me to piracy, but it also mean I talk in rhyme, sometime. Now, where was I? Ah yes! Raping and killing! This be my favorite part, arr!
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Turnsky on February 16, 2003, 11:17:58 pm: *sends forth an army of ninjas *
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 16, 2003, 11:20:42 pm: Ha! Are you swabs gonna fight, or not! Bother me no more with these silly ninjas and spaceships! Draw your pistols and duel, you dogs!

Yarr!
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Turnsky on February 16, 2003, 11:26:33 pm: *calls white house*

Turnsky- mr president, we seem to have pirate leprecaun problem

George w. - do they have weapons of mass destruction?

Turnsky- well errr, they could be hiding some sir..

George w. - good enough for me!

*turnsky watches on as entire US armed forces declares war on stryke 9*

booyeah..
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 16, 2003, 11:31:19 pm: HAH! Is that the best you can do, boy? We routed those yellow-bellied dogfish twice last week! Mounted Ashcroft's head on yon mast, fer show!

If ye have no gold, waste not our time. We'll use ya for food! Yarr!
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Turnsky on February 16, 2003, 11:33:25 pm: *begins work on the "spam hammer"*
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 16, 2003, 11:46:16 pm: Begone, troll. We want none o' your kind.

My mother was eaten by a troll...
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Turnsky on February 17, 2003, 12:06:14 am: ... 'kay :nervous:

(http://users.bigpond.com/turnsky/images/spamhammer.png)
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Liberator on February 17, 2003, 01:19:15 am: Okay, to force the thread back on topic, it looks interesting. It's nice to see that they're filling the 10 year gap from the Crash to SDF-1/Macross launch.

Separate note, I like the site a lot. Even on my 56k, it loaded very quickly and has some very nice animated menus

*Raises Flame Sheilds*
*cough cough*I liked the novelizations better that the various incartnations of the series. *cough cough*
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Turnsky on February 17, 2003, 03:07:55 am: yessssss.... let's get back on topic shall we ? :nervous: :shaking: :nervous:
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Unknown Target on February 17, 2003, 08:14:39 am: *draws 5 foot sword*

Yes...let's.
Anyhow, if you want to get it, logon to these servers:

Quote

iMacross Server Information

iMacross III
Server Name: imacrossIII
Server IP/Name: imacrossIII.dynu.com
Login Name: (your macrossworld name)
Login Password: vf1a
Server Type: ftp
Hours: as often as possible
Server Admin: lu523

iMacross IV
Server Name: imacross4
Server IP/Name: imacross4.myftp.org
Login Name: macrossmania
Login Password: vf1a
Server Type (hotline, ftp, etc): ftp
Hours: as often as possible
Server Admin: boinger
Admin e-mail: [email protected]

iMacross V
Server Name: iMacross V
Server IP/Name: imacrossv.myftp.org:2121
Login Name: (your Macross World user name)
Login Password: macrossworld
Server Type (hotline, ftp, etc): ftp
Port Number: 2121
Hours: as often as possible
Server Admin: charles55
Admin e-mail: [email protected]

iMacross VI - new
Server Name: iMacross VI
Server IP/Name: macross.serveftp.com
Login Name: anonymous
Login Password: (your e-mail address)
Server Type: ftp
Hours: as often as possible
Server Admin: khyron
Admin e-mail:

EDIT: You can also get many other things off there, including Do You Remember Love (the Macross movie)
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 17, 2003, 12:48:45 pm: Yarr! Come near me with yon toothpicks and I'll blast ye down with me shotgun pistols!

[has played too much Blood in the past week]
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Turnsky on February 18, 2003, 02:31:30 am: settle down you...
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Black Wolf on February 18, 2003, 03:45:28 am: *Has a Spoon*

*Will Take you all on.*
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Unknown Target on February 18, 2003, 07:21:02 am: *slices off Black Wolf's head*

*grabs his spoon*

*neuters Turnsky with it*
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Unknown Target on February 18, 2003, 02:19:33 pm: anyone checked out those links yet?

Anyways, there's also a PC game, Macross VO, it's ok, you guys should try it, it's an interesting diversion. ;)
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Nico on February 18, 2003, 02:24:27 pm: no idea what those links are for... IRC?
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Kamikaze on February 19, 2003, 06:20:19 am: Fricking sweet!! :D *activates his Japanese web browser*

...... :wtf:

It's pre-VF-1x... prequel eh?

Venom: I think they're FTP servers
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Nico on February 19, 2003, 06:41:32 am: Quote
Originally posted by Kamikaze
It's pre-VF-1x... prequel eh?

well, it's supposed to, but the valkyries are in it, go wonder. japanese never paid much attention to plot continuity ( macross, harlock, gundam, etc ). They do what they want, usually.
In Macross 0, you have the valkyries, but you also have F14 or F117 for exemple.
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Unknown Target on February 20, 2003, 05:31:43 am: nope, these are VF-0's, they are before valkryies. There's been a lot of debate about some aspects of them, but they are quite different. The major difference is that they use gas, while VF-1s use a fusion engine.

And, yes, they are FTP servers.
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Nico on February 20, 2003, 06:41:21 am: but in the first macross series ( same in robotech btw ), they say the VF1 are the first transformable mechas.
And if that's not Roy Fokker's Valkyrie, then my mother is the Queen of England.
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Unknown Target on February 20, 2003, 07:09:28 am: Hello, sir prince!

It really is not Roy's Valk. Look at it, it's got a different control scheme, and two head lasers, as well as a totally different head.
Trust me.
If you want proof, gotto www.macrossworld.com, and discuss it ;)
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Nico on February 20, 2003, 07:51:59 am: of course it's a bit different. if you take harlock's arcadia, it's also different in harlock saga than in the series, etc. They always change stuff and others, they improve the designs etc. But a white valk with yellow and black strips, with a skull, etc, there's always been a single one. All that is just geek talk ;)
plus you haven't replied about the fact that there shouldn't be any transformable mecha by then ;)
anyway, to be honest, I don't care, I'm used to inconsistency in animes, or else I'd hate the Lodoss TV series for exemple ( and I love it, so... )
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Unknown Target on February 20, 2003, 09:59:54 am: while this series a prequel to SDF Macross, it's not a prequel to the actual crash of Macross. The series chronicles the events that happened in the ten-year timespan after Macross crashed until it's launch. So, yes, there were valkryies, and the general concesus at the Macross World (MW) boards is that the VF-1 and the VF-0 were developed side-by-side, but the VF-1 eventually won. Don't remember the specifics of what they all said.
And of course it's Roy's valkryie: it's got Roy in it! ;)
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Nico on February 20, 2003, 01:59:27 pm: No there was not, the valks first appeared against the zentran/meltran :p
Roy's in it? cool :)
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Turnsky on February 20, 2003, 03:05:48 pm: if i remember correctly the valk was being developed around the time the macross was being built/rebuilt (whatever)
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Unknown Target on February 20, 2003, 03:43:14 pm: ...and so was the VF-0.
Look, just watch the movie, k? ;) :p :D
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: neo_hermes on February 20, 2003, 07:23:44 pm: am i going to have to import Macross 0?
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Unknown Target on February 21, 2003, 05:10:10 am: yes...but if you use one of those FTP links I gave you, you can download it.
There is currently no region 1 setting for the DVD, so just download it, look at it, then buy it when it comes out in America (if ever)
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Post by: Kamikaze on February 21, 2003, 09:56:23 am: you can play non-us dvds on usa-available dvd players ya know.....
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Unknown Target on February 21, 2003, 10:04:48 am: ...only if you're willing to shell out $40+ for simple importation rights (not including DVD price).
Yea, Harmony Gold put a big embargo on all Macross-related stuff.
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Nico on February 21, 2003, 10:53:43 am: alright, first:
zone 0: can read any DVD regardless of its zone
zone 1: USA, canada
zone 2: western europe, japan, south africa
zone 3: south-east asia
zone 4: australia, south america
zone 5: russia, eastern europe, africa
zone 6: china

that put aside, it's very easy to turn most of the DVD drives into zone 0 drives, or "dezone" them.
For pc Dvddrives, you just have to find the correct bios
For the TV DVD drives, t depends, but most can be dezoned after pushing some of the keys in a certain order ( yeah, like a cheatcode :D ).
Dezoned mine in a couple minutes, and now I can read anything on my DVD drive, mwahahaha :D

edit: most retaillers will dezone the drive themselves in the store if you ask them.
Title: Cough, cough. *Walks into room* The New Macross is out!
Post by: Kamikaze on February 21, 2003, 06:00:59 pm: Certain players have built in regional code bypassing and various other "Cheat features" which aren't advertised :D