General Category > General Discussion
The Story of Fouinox
Ozzy_98:
--- Quote from: noemann on April 25, 2014, 04:04:48 PM ---Ozzy was my High School nickname - I am a fan of Ozzy Osbourne and we share the same given name. I like Let Me Hear You Scream lately and I usually listen to it while scanning ;D
--- End quote ---
I was a big fan of Ozzy, too bad he hasn't released any albums after No More Tears. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar. I got the nickname from always putting on OZY was my initials at the arcade. When we had Mortal Kombat II, the arcade owner first noticed me when he watched me win a round with 94 seconds left on the clock. Then noticed I put my initials in as OZY... and that I had every spot on the win streak. When Killer Instinct came out, I owned most of the general scores, and more than a few chars scores.
I picked up the 98 when I bought my second GrandPrix in 98 (It was a 96). I was going to change the plates every year, but decided not to. I got internet in 2002 I think, and had my MSN user name as Ozzy_98. So almost any Ozzy_98 out there on the web is me, especially if it's about gamming, programming, or routers.
noemann:
--- Quote from: sebboh on April 25, 2014, 05:10:32 PM ---
--- Quote from: noemann on April 23, 2014, 07:18:40 PM ---a typo is normal: gsmr for game, since the letters are close together on a qwerty keyboard. But a complete lack of knowledge is a whole other issue. Obviously, the seller does not know that the name of the game is Equinox. I can see why it could happen due to the artistic lettering. However, the example that I have found on ebay is being sold by a video game store owner. What? you sell video games but do not even know the appropriate titles? unbelievable yet funny. :)
You have a good point Ozzy_98: I will search for typos and odd interpretations. maybe I will get lucky and find a rare game for a good price ;D
By the way, I must be completely honest: I have never heard of TurboGrafx games until 1998. I started researching games online and stumbled across TurboGrafx articles on gaming websites. I still have limited knowledge of these games. I'm a moderate gamer. I'm now a member of the 40 something club, so i'm not a novice but I do not remember hearing this name when I was growing up. I didn't even know what Neo-Geo was until I started researching video games. Interesting.
--- End quote ---
Maybe the seller is not an english speaker :p. I remember when i began to learn english for the speaking test i memorized many of the word using spanish, off course this is a fast way to pass the test but many people will not use again (in Spain the vast majority) so if someone listening biohazard probably will write baiojasard :P.
A good example of that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yelx7HQVtnc (and this is one of the richest men here..)
--- End quote ---
Language barriers are acceptable defense in many cases but not this one: the name of the game is printed on the back of the box. Plus, even Spanish uses the Latin/Roman Alphabet. ;D
noemann:
--- Quote from: Ozzy_98 on April 25, 2014, 05:33:57 PM ---
--- Quote from: noemann on April 25, 2014, 04:04:48 PM ---Ozzy was my High School nickname - I am a fan of Ozzy Osbourne and we share the same given name. I like Let Me Hear You Scream lately and I usually listen to it while scanning ;D
--- End quote ---
I was a big fan of Ozzy, too bad he hasn't released any albums after No More Tears. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar. I got the nickname from always putting on OZY was my initials at the arcade. When we had Mortal Kombat II, the arcade owner first noticed me when he watched me win a round with 94 seconds left on the clock. Then noticed I put my initials in as OZY... and that I had every spot on the win streak. When Killer Instinct came out, I owned most of the general scores, and more than a few chars scores.
I picked up the 98 when I bought my second GrandPrix in 98 (It was a 96). I was going to change the plates every year, but decided not to. I got internet in 2002 I think, and had my MSN user name as Ozzy_98. So almost any Ozzy_98 out there on the web is me, especially if it's about gamming, programming, or routers.
--- End quote ---
I was a Wildman in my teens, I got the nick because I carved the letters in my arm with a sewing needle. The blood dried, the wound healed and a scar revealed Ozzy on my arm for a year and a half. LOL I never wanted tats anyway but I felt the rage and grabbed the pins. ;D
I've been online since 96. I've seen Google rise and others fall. Exchanged emails with Sir Tim Berners-Lee before and made friends with some Microsoft employees. Met a girl that worked for Sun Microsystems and her husband worked for EA. I've had lots of fun online. I've been scanning game boxes and other stuff since 96. I've been around a long time :P
sebboh:
--- Quote from: noemann on April 25, 2014, 06:01:58 PM ---
--- Quote from: sebboh on April 25, 2014, 05:10:32 PM ---
--- Quote from: noemann on April 23, 2014, 07:18:40 PM ---a typo is normal: gsmr for game, since the letters are close together on a qwerty keyboard. But a complete lack of knowledge is a whole other issue. Obviously, the seller does not know that the name of the game is Equinox. I can see why it could happen due to the artistic lettering. However, the example that I have found on ebay is being sold by a video game store owner. What? you sell video games but do not even know the appropriate titles? unbelievable yet funny. :)
You have a good point Ozzy_98: I will search for typos and odd interpretations. maybe I will get lucky and find a rare game for a good price ;D
By the way, I must be completely honest: I have never heard of TurboGrafx games until 1998. I started researching games online and stumbled across TurboGrafx articles on gaming websites. I still have limited knowledge of these games. I'm a moderate gamer. I'm now a member of the 40 something club, so i'm not a novice but I do not remember hearing this name when I was growing up. I didn't even know what Neo-Geo was until I started researching video games. Interesting.
--- End quote ---
Maybe the seller is not an english speaker :p. I remember when i began to learn english for the speaking test i memorized many of the word using spanish, off course this is a fast way to pass the test but many people will not use again (in Spain the vast majority) so if someone listening biohazard probably will write baiojasard :P.
A good example of that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yelx7HQVtnc (and this is one of the richest men here..)
--- End quote ---
Language barriers are acceptable defense in many cases but not this one: the name of the game is printed on the back of the box. Plus, even Spanish uses the Latin/Roman Alphabet. ;D
--- End quote ---
maybe someone was helping to the one who wrote :P. One make the announce meanwhile someone it's saying the name of the games :P. Anyways this case it's very rare (i speak 5 languages and it's nearly impossible to wrote that xD)
Japanese also have roman alphabet (romaji) to learn and for the spanish it's easy to speak (because we have more or less the same phonetica) xD meanwhile to english people it's difficult
Aton7:
Well, I guess I'll give up my secret...fatfingers.com
It searches eBay automatically for common misspellings and from my experience is pretty good at finding deals.