Frequently Asked Questions
Here are a list of questions that I'm most likely to recieve. If you want to ask a question, please check this list first before emailing or IMing me. Thank You.
Why Ziggy?
Out of all the characters, why did I decide to make this website dedicated to Ziggy? Well, I find him the most interesting. He's a deep and conflicted character who goes through a lot of change. I'm a bit like him too (reserved, calm, and quiet). I also think he's a hunk! Ziggy is also less appreciated than several of the other characters. He seems to be enjoyed the most by more mature people in the fanbase. Anyway, at first I really didn't like Ziggy. I was more of a Shion fan, and consequently, Allen when I first started playing the games. Then, after I read through the fan translation of Xenosaga Pied Piper, I grew to appreciate Ziggy a whole lot more. Suddenly, everything he did in the first two games made a lot of sense! Even so, I wasn't so fond of him that I'd make this website until early in 2006 when I joined a Xenosaga based roleplay on Livejournal. Nobody wanted to apply for Ziggy, and I went ahead and took him because we needed him. After playing him (pretty horribly at first, mind you), I grew to like him a lot!
What is a fanlisting!?
A fanlisting is simply a website that lists all the fans of a topic from around the world. They're a lot of fun to join! You can even collect a bunch of buttons to place on a website (if you have one) to tell the world what you're a fan of. There are two main fanlisting networks, and several others out there too! These include The Fanlistings and Anime Fanlistings.
Do I have to have a website to join the fanlisting?
No. All you need is a name (please just use a first name or a simple alias, no numbers, special characters, or 234 words please!) and a valid email. Please be sure to select your country from the list!
Do you want to link exchange/affilate?
As far as link exchanges go, I'm open to it! When you do a link exchange, your link will show up on all of my Xenosaga related websites. I use one file to keep my links updated.
Fanlisting Affilation: I will affilate with Xenosaga anime and game fanlistings only.
Shrine Affiliation: I am very picky about shrine affiliations. I look heavilly into content, and then design takes a second place. I will only affilate with Xenosaga character shrines.
Your information is wrong!
Although I try really hard to research the topic as in-depth and throughly as possible, there is always a chance that I may be horribly off on something. If you've found a blatent mistake please contact me and I'll get it sorted out. On the other hand, a lot of what I've written comes from personal interpretation. Although we are both playing (and reading) the same games, we may not see something in the same light. I'm willing to discuss opinions and thoughts with you, as long as you're willing to do it intelligently. I'm always up for an intelligent discussion.
I found a typo, script error, broken link!
Please contact me and let me know what page, and what the error is. Sometimes these things slip by me unnoticed!
How did you create the layout?
I used Adobe Photoshop and Image Ready, and coded it by hand using BBedit (a program for Macintosh). For the image galleries, I used Dodo's No Margin Popup script, which can be found here.
Where did you find this?
Everything was found on the internet, and credit given where applicable. A bulk of the material came from official websites. I usually mention where I've found certian bits of stuff on the media pages themselves.
Textual information was found by playing the games duh! and taking notes, and also the fan translation of Pied Piper. I also use several reference websites, Google and wikipeidia are your friends!
Can you make me something!?
Unless I know you, probably not.
Ziggy sucks! I think he's ghey.
CONGRADULATIONS!!! You have just wasted your time and effort writing a pointless email or IM. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Feel free to shrine your favorite character, or make a hate site to Ziggy. In fact, you can make a hate site for me. I really don't care. :P