I've wanted to buy a cheese burger for a long time now since it had been over 10 years since I last had one. So I decided to walk the epic journey to the nearest McDonalds as I reasoned it would also give me an opportunity to listen to this weeks giantbombcast. But by the time I brought it home, ready to dive into this wonderous food  it was cold and there was nothing I could do about it :( 
Fucking conservation of thermodynamics...
 
The good news is that I used this outing to buy a 'mountain dew'.  I do not live in America Land I have never had a mountain dew before but have heard so much about it on the podcast and in the forums. So in my mind I had hyped up this drink as some kind of legendary refreshment, unparalled by any other beverage. To my dispointment however it just turned out to be a a 7up with a little extra flavouring and caffine. 
 
So that was my day. 3 hours of walking for a cold burger and a crappy soft drink. The former I blame myself for but the latter is entirely Giantbomb's and the community's fault for hyping it up so much. So take responsibility for it!

I am a fan of jrpgs (Tales of, Final Fantasy, Persona, Ar Tonelico, Golden Sun) and wrppgs (bioware stuff, fable) however I did not like Dragon Quest VIII. It was too 'traditional' for me. I'm done with random battles and turn based combat unless they change things up and offer something new ala persona and ar tonelico. 
Also the game was too hard and too slow paced for my liking. It had wonderful graphics, sound and voice acting but it just wasn't for me.
 
So it may sound silly to ask this question, but would I like Dragon Quest IX?
 
At first I thought 'of course I won't!' but I've been hearing good vibes from people who are new to DQ or new to jrpgs in general. Also people who liked DQ VIII generally (so I've heard) did not like DQ IX. So that made me think 'If I did not like DQ VIII - would I like IX?'. Make sense?