I'm gonna be playing this again for the first time since around when I was last posting on this topic. I had lost my data for DQ8 when my old PS3 YLOD'd and didn't have the motivation to go through the game again to get back to where I was, especially since it was a borrowed game.
So now I'm going to stream this game on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2PM EST (GMT-5) at
http://twitch.tv/pentsage if anyone wants to watch.