Hi everybody. I'm sorry for bringing this subject back, I know I'm a bit late but I've just found this thread.
I'm Orakio Rob, I'm a Brazilian and I've run a website about Phantasy Star for seven years now, it's called "Gazeta de Algol":
www.gazetadealgol.com.br
I know Yoz. He is an amazing guy, and he really really really digs deep into the Phantasy Star games. He is always discovering all kinds of tricks and weird stuff on it. He just loves the series, maybe even more than I do, and believe me, I love this game. He is now working on a sprites section for my website, and he is working pretty hard on it. It's almost ready now, and once it's online you'll have an idea of the kind of work this guy is willing to put into Phantasy Star stuff. It's just beautiful.
I still remember the day Yoz found out about the warps. He was pretty excited, and I can assure you all that, up to now, he didn't know that this thing had already been discovered. And since he didn't knew about it... well, he kind of discovered it too. I assure you all that he didn't stole anyone's thunder here, at least not on purpose.
I've translated lots of English content into Portuguese at my website. All of Mike Ripplinger's theories, at least half of "Beyond Algo" content, and up to now I didn't know about the warps either. Since Yoz's English isn't very good (it's pretty lame, actually
, I strongly doubt he could know about the warps before I did, since I'm always checking English PS content, and I didn't knew about it.