Jayde,

If you're talking about setting up a DMZ on your router, then yes, that would be very risky, unless you really know what you're doing.
If you mean forwarding two UDP ports to your computer, I don't see what harm that could do. The game only listens on those ports when you choose to host, so I think it should be safe.

The general idea here seems to be not so much that there should be absolutely no trading whatsoever, but rather that the way in which it's done is kind of clunky. For the tech savvy among us, no problem. You open up a couple ports and go. If you're not, well, you get to experience the awkward feeling of asking for help setting it up in addition to the awkward feeling of having to beg someone to trade with you. I'm not crazy about the way it's implemented. You get to either open up a couple of ports in your router and hope it works, or dmz the damn thing and drop any firewall you might have up because it's just easier. Also, in an unrelated note, I've officially completed the game, I think. Big thanks to the help I've gotten from people on this list. Spoilers or something:
Got all mon collected, beat the really religious tamer guy, and the doctor. Observation: It was a really fun game, but the story toward the end is just, meh. It's like the author simply ran out of steam, and just ended it. I am whelmed. Neither over nor under, but simply whelmed. I hope there will be more content coming at some point. A continuation to the story? Hidden items in the game? A way to grind that isn't painfully slow or doesn't involve jacking the master stadium up to impossible levels and losing your ass to get a few thousand exp here and there? Gear that does not simply neutralize itself with an x percent boost to one thing and an equal value reduction to something else?

I noticed that the VGStorm site uses PHP scripts. A PHP script could be written to implement some functionality of a server directory. The notion of public versus private servers could be implemented. Public servers would call out to VGStorm HQ to have themselves listed in the directory, and then ping occasionally to keep themselves in the directory. The DIRECTORY would assign them with a unique server ID, and a secret authentication token for them to authenticate with the directory in future calls.
When someone joins the server, it makes another call to the script, passing along the token, and asks to be removed from the listing. Then, clients poll the directory script for a list of public servers. When a client wants to connect, it sends the directory a request for the server's IP address, passing along the server's unique ID, and then tries to connect.
True, this system could be broken by an attacker, but not without some significant work on their part.
IN this system, all of the work is done by the game, so unless someone made the effort to break the system, the user would never see the IP address.
It could be better if there were an actual server listening at VGStorm, and have everyone connect to eachother through it, but Aaron might not want to pay for the hosting, deal with updates and security patches, and all of that.

next possibly very stupid question time.
I ran up lader in the grass, pushed the bolder onto switch, got up to the tree bridge, pushed bolder again,  ran down, pushed bolder back onto switch.    ran back up tree bridge,  and down, across the water, and into this cave.  I'm running around the cave, but the only thing I've found are dead ends and a guy who said he shouldn't of eaten before coming into the cave.  I also notice on f2,  outside, a ladder with no way to get to it.  is there a way through that cave tunnel. and if so?  roughly where? because, I. can't seem to find it.  and I feel rather stupid about that fact.

as to where to grind, ascendence path seems good, that field outside the ruined city past the gangeria sea sounds good. and  the sea is good for electric and grass types.  just my 2 cents

I just added Manamon to the BlindGamers.com games list.
I hope someone more knowledgable than me will write an informative review with links to guides and play throughs.

hi,
Ok then, will definitely try that.  Would it be a good idea to replace lower level manamon in my team with higher level mithical dragons? Also, I found a bug. if you try to  teleport out of shadow kingdom after catching erodium, you get ported back into the chamber of hatred. Guess I'll download the update to see if that fixes it.  If not then, I'll have to walk that massive path again. On another note, does mortrex or fiender learn anything useful past level 60 or so?

Enes: You can use your copter in the chamber. I know, I wasn't expecting that either, but you can.

Anyone know how the monzeye machine works? I never could figure it out, and also I'm curious about plasibot or however it's spelled. Spoilers:
If you get the addon that let's it use the elemental attacks, can you still use the equipment such as the sword or staff?

Ugh. Let me clarify my stance just a little.

If you ask a question that hasn't been answered, or whose answer is very technical or detailed (such as who is good vs. who is not as a flame type or something), fine. Go ahead.
If you are asking something like "where is the ring", the first thing you should do, before you even write your question out, is use the search feature. Use it. Learn to use it well. I've done it dozens of times on this forum and I've never had an issue. If I can do it, you can do it. This will save you from further inflating the thread, which is already pretty bloated. It will save other people from seeing repeat questions. It will save you from looking potentially lazy when an answer is right there for the taking and you want it spoon-fed to you.
I have all kinds of patience for people who are genuinely stuck and have tried everything they can think of. I have tons of patience for people who are playing a game where the info is slim and new and whatnot. See, if you were asking where the ring was when this thread was, say, eight pages long...then okay, fine. Maybe the info isn't so readily available. I was asking all kinds of questions early on. But once I asked those questions and got some answers - I was horribly stuck in the arcade hideout because of the scaling fight, I didn't know any fights scaled - I started looking things up or asking very specific questions. I've also kept track of the thread since very early.
So okay. You don't want to read eighty-odd pages and hundreds of posts. Type "where is Irroadium in the post-game?" into the search box, and suddenly your scope is narrower. Type "Where is the ring in the Mineruff Tunnel?" and again, suddenly your scope is narrower.
This thread is becoming a database of sorts...a bloated, scattered database. But the search function can access it, and as such, you can use it to better disseminate info that you want and separate it from the info you don't need.

If you ask a question that's been answered many times, I'm not going to ignore you and make you think I don't care. I'm going to pounce on it and tell you how to answer your own question. Maybe if I do that, and you have another question that's been answered, you'll use the search feature. I will not coddle you if you refuse to use the tools available to you. If that's the case, wait for my guide to come out. I am sure it will eventually have the information you're after. If it doesn't, then feel free to ask me or point out missing things, because I'm all in favour of learning more and filling out the walkthrough.
I just don't have patience for people who want help and who won't help themselves at least a little.

If you ask a question and I flat-out know the answer can be searched using the search feature on the forums, I'll tell you so. And I'll be right, because I won't tell you the answer can be found with the search feature if it can't. I will have tested it to be sure. So your scenario where I tell you to search and your answer isn't there? Not gonna happen. If ever it does, feel free to show proof, and I'll be suitably flabbergasted, but it's not gonna happen. Because you're right, that would be rather off-putting.
But my purpose in this thread is not solely or even largely to regurgitate info for you. If it's there, I'll tell you where to find it, and that's an end to it.

Hint on Sansurgion: its first form is somewhere smelly. Have you been someplace really smelly yet?

See, there's a good question. I don't believe anyone has actually asked that. Sansurgion/Sansaron aren't rare, but I suppose one could miss them if one used a lot of encounter-down type items. I have zero issue with good questions, or ones I'm truly not sure have been asked/answered before. It's the really obvious ones, or the ones that fish for info (such as "Is Ascendance Path near Starwalk Mountain?") that bug the hell out of me.

That is precisely what I'm saying.
If you tried, and the answer truly wasn't there, then say so. But the first thing I'm going to do is go test it, and if I find an answer I'll tell you how. If I don't find an answer, then I'll gladly apologize to you and answer your query.
Make an honest effort, especially with questions that have probably been asked multiple times, and that's all I ask. I come across harshly, but really it's because my patience for people not willing to put in a little work when some of us are doing all the research is frankly rather bothersome to me personally.

And to answer your question:
You can replay the very last line of output with the t key, but no, there's no way to actually go back and replay cutscenes or anything I'm afraid.

Greetings all.

Yay its way past my bed time but I've backed up my save and am starting a new again.

Firstly, someone wanted to know what happens if you kill your Father. I haven't played through where you don't kill him so I don't yet know how that story line plays out. Your Sister asks optaros to kill her and he obliges; making your character hate himself even more than he already does. He never recovers from his depression after the joint funeral of both Father and Sister. I don't think even the launch into space of the vibrojin rocket can get him out of it. In fact, he sinks even lower but to the outside world, it looks like he's merely sad.

Secondly, how is time calculated in the game? I know we see time in seconds as displayed in the timed rooms and other challenges but is say 45 seconds really 45 seconds or is it really 45000 milliseconds? Also, how are steps calculated? Are they equivalent to footsteps in real life? I'm wondering because of the sizes of houses, cities, wilderness areas etc. I'm trying to imagine actually being in the game world, living in that world so to speak, a full immersion. Another concept, the pocket copter. I know we only hear the copter for a brief time every time we fly to a city but what actually happens? Does the copter generate an anti gravity field and transports you along with it? What's it's fuel source? What about pre-flight and post-flight checks to insure it runs safely and doesn't break down while you're in the air?

Kind regards, Amin Abdullah.

could their be something where some manamon transform at night and some when its day time?