Walkthroughs FAQ
Well, I know most of my walkthroughs themselves have their own FAQ sections, but some questions may apply to all or none of them, so I will put them here
for simplicity's sake. Please excuse the boring visual state of this page, as I am terribly uncreative (otherwise why would my entire site be dedicated
to walkthroughs of video games made by other people instead of, say, writing my own stories). If I get annoyed enough, I'll make it more
aesthetically-pleasing later.
- Can I write a walkthrough for your site?
Sorry, but this is a big resounding NO. I'm not trying to be an asshole here, but I've had two offers to write walkthroughs/sections of walkthroughs from
other people before, and they've not really followed through. One was the Gummi Ship Guide of the Kingdom Hearts walkthrough, which after two years of
waiting for the person to actually do what they said they'd do, I gave up and did it myself. The other one was the Final Fantasy VII walkthrough (yes,
the whole thing), and around 2003 that person was like "I'm too busy now" and just stopped working on it. Now (2009), it's still never been finished by
this person and I have to pick it up eventually. I also have a sneaking suspicion that what they did write was ripped entirely from the official guide
book for the game sold in stores, but I can't confirm it as I don't own the official guide. I just hope I don't get sued over it... ^<__<^;;
Please note that both of these examples were of people who up and offered to do those things for me, not people that I randomly asked to do it for me. So
again, no, sorry, I do not accept offers of work done by anyone other than myself. It's really more trouble than benefit for me, and anyone who visits my
site.
- How come some of your pages have a bunch of squares or ????'s in random places?
On some pages (mostly character bio pages), I have things written in Japanese (mostly character names). If you do not have Asian language support installed
on your computer, anything written in Japanese (like so: あたまは爆発しました) will show up as either squares or a bunch of question marks.
This page will show you how to install
Asian language support onto your computer if you run Windows XP, and also has links for instructions if you're running Windows 2000 or Vista. If that
website ever goes away, just Google "Japanese language pack" or "Asian language pack" (the Japanese one will technically include all East Asian languages,
so if you need Chinese or Korean or something as well for whatever reason, you're covered). East Asian language support files are technically included
with all Windows OS, so the instructions basically just enable pre-existing OS files, so you're not downloading anything and all of the files are supported
by Microsoft. If you're on a Mac, they supposedly have this option enabled from the get-go, so you should have no problems whatsoever.
And no, I'm not going to teach anybody Japanese, so don't ask. I'm not even remotely fluent.
- I found something wrong/incorrect/messed up/buggy on one of your pages. What should I do about it?
Each page of every walkthrough should have a "Contact the Webmaster" link on it. If you find something wrong/whatever on one of my pages,
feel free to contact me about it and I'll fix it as soon as I can. If you do this, please specify what walkthrough it is, and
what page it is (i.e., include the URL, like http://whateverelse ), and exactly what the problem is. If it's incorrect information in a walkthrough and
I can verify it, you will get credit for the information, unless I lose your name/email. Speaking of which, anyone who did email me about the
extra lavaboy in the orphanage part of Chrono Cross, please email me again so I can give you credit, as my host's mail server crashed awhile ago and I
lost those emails before I could give you credit (anyone who this applies to will know what I'm on about).
- Why do you have .mp3's playing on some pages of your website? Don't you know people can steal those? Are you stupid or
something?
No, I'm not stupid. The same could very well be said of any image on this site, including ones that took me like five hours to make (like some of the
maps in some of the walkthroughs). People can and will steal anything and everything, if given the chance. I am aware that downloading .mp3's is illegal
and bandwidth-intensive, but technically .mp3's are only illegal if you 1) don't own the original CD they came from, or 2) didn't buy them from a legal
downloading site somewhere, like the iTunes store or Amazon or some other legal place. Also, I have plenty of bandwidth. The reason for having the .mp3's
on there is because I want to have the best walkthroughs possible, and area-appropriate music playing in my walkthroughs helps that. Also, if the music
playing while you're reading/playing bothers you, there's a pause and/or stop button on every walkthrough page that includes music so that you don't have
to listen to it if you don't want to. Anyway, if I wanted boring, mediocre walkthroughs, I'd just resort to pure .txt walkthroughs like most places do.
(this is why I've never posted anything on GameFaqs in the maaaaaany many years that I've been writing walkthroughs)
- Can I request a walkthrough for you to write?
I've got a lot of walkthroughs listed as "Coming Soon," and I'd like to get some of them out of the way before I make any new ones. Also, I tend to
generally stick to RPG's, but you can request one if you want to. I can't guarantee anything though, sorry.
- Why do you have Spanish on your site??
Easy there, young padawan. If you'll notice, all the walkthroughs are in English, and some (and hopefully all in the future) have Spanish translations.
If the Spanish bothers you, perhaps you should use the English versions? I've begun translating some of the walkthroughs into Spanish because I've found
that there is a huge void in the world where Spanish-language walkthroughs should be. If I knew more languages, I'd totally translate them into other
languages, but sadly I'm only fluent in English and Spanish. It's that whole "I want my walkthroughs to be as good as they possibly can be" thing again.
- Can I link to your site or donate money?
Totally! Donations aren't mandatory (otherwise I'd password-lock all of the walkthrough pages and make people pay me before they could read them), but they
are welcome, but ONLY if you want to and have the money to spare. I'm not in the business of guilting people into giving me money, especially during the
current crappy economy, but if you wanna help out, np. There's a nifty little PayPal button on most every walkthrough page that you can click on.
Apparently, however, any donation under $1 gets eaten up by PayPal fees, so... yeah. Keep that in mind, I guess.
