Even if the mods weren't asleep, considering how numerous threads in the past were allowed to go far off into another galaxy of a subjects without any mod intervention when they actually were paying attention, it's rather silly to think this one would get shut down for deviating by an inch or so.
Now comes the part where I humor SO3 by making an on topic post
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I played the original Grandia for about a week, sometime earlier this decade. That's the extent of my Grandiaing.