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TopicFourpack: Borderlands 2/Xenoblade, Mass Effect 3/Pokemon B2W2
Paratroopa1
01/27/20 5:26:47 AM
#4
Pokemon could lose to ME3 or beat Xenoblade and it wouldn't surprise me either way. I hedged and took Xenoblade > Pokemon. I think Xenoblade is the sort of game that will age VERY gracefully in this poll, having every reason to have a higher playrate today than in the past (although I'd be even MORE confident if the Switch port came out before the contest started) and being a game that's both quite prestigious and very Nintendo. Borderlands 2 is I think going to be more flavor-of-the-monthy - if you weren't into it then you aren't into it now.
TopicLeonhart Ranks 100 Games with Writeups!
Paratroopa1
01/27/20 2:49:08 AM
#51
The Simpsons Arcade game was the shit in the 90's. Even in like, 96-97, you could find The Simpsons in just about any pizza restaurant in town, and at least for my group it was like always the game we wanted to play. I didn't even know The Simpsons very well! Probably most of the things I knew about the show were from this game. But the game was just really colorful and fun, it didn't really look anything like any of the other arcade games of the time, and it was an awesome co-op experience with friends. The time we finally threw enough quarters into the machine to beat Mr Burns was like, a major triumph of my childhood.

The X-Men Arcade game was also around but we didn't play that one as much for some reason.
TopicAnagram Aces Ace Attorney Topic 3: Foolishly Foolish Fools Edition (spoilers)
Paratroopa1
01/26/20 3:54:41 PM
#61
Raka_Putra posted...
Thinking about it...yeah, I agree with that.

As for 4-4...it has the most memorable use of Perceive function.
The best part is that I don't know which one you mean because they're both so special
TopicLeonhart Ranks 100 Games with Writeups!
Paratroopa1
01/26/20 2:44:18 AM
#35
Oh I love Tales of the Abyss, I haven't played a lot of Tales games but it is my favorite nontheless. I like every member of the main cast and I think by JRPG standards the story is far better than most. Luke's arc is, like you said, really something - can't think of a lot of games that have protagonists that are that weird and flawed and interesting to see develop.

Also the gameplay's just good. As far as standard JRPGs go I think the Tales series stands above most, the action elements make combat and the idea of having skill a little more urgent, and they're nice and meaty without feeling too heavy or inaccessible. I could actually go for one right now, maybe I'll see if my computer can handle Tales of Berseria or something.
TopicLeonhart Ranks 100 Games with Writeups!
Paratroopa1
01/25/20 10:16:57 PM
#9
The train level is such ass
TopicLeonhart Ranks 100 Games with Writeups!
Paratroopa1
01/25/20 10:08:54 PM
#7
X_Dante_X posted...
wow i thought i was the only one who played this
I've played it! It's a relatively benign platformer with a couple of exceedingly difficult levels but overall it's pretty cute and well polished I think
TopicAnagram Aces Ace Attorney Topic 3: Foolishly Foolish Fools Edition (spoilers)
Paratroopa1
01/25/20 9:56:28 PM
#52
hombad46 posted...
I think it has a defendant problem. Easily the worst collection of defendants in the series IMO.
sorry, defendants is what I meant to say.
TopicAnagram Aces Ace Attorney Topic 3: Foolishly Foolish Fools Edition (spoilers)
Paratroopa1
01/25/20 9:48:15 PM
#50
I really started to like Machi when I saw some of the wrong option dialog during his testimony - there's one point where Machi shit talks you in his language and then Lamiroir can't help but stifle a laugh that I find extremely funny, but I don't remember the exact line

AA4 really has a "witnesses not cooperating with the protagonist" issue, though
TopicHow would you rank the decades in gaming?
Paratroopa1
01/25/20 9:33:00 AM
#6
10's > 90's > 00's > 80's

The 10's were just really solid all around - it was like a mashup of all the best ideas of the 90's and 00's combined.

I do prefer the 90's over the 00's though. The period between like 2005-2009 was just kind of a dark period for me, there weren't that many games during those years that I loved. The 90's were crazy and innovative and fun.

I love some 80's games but the decade suffers from not really hitting its stride until 1987, and also the fact that a lot of the best NES games just barely backslid into the 90's. My FAVORITE 80's games beat my FAVORITE 00's games but there's more going on in the 00's overall.

TopicTop 42 Games of the Decade
Paratroopa1
01/25/20 5:17:19 AM
#107
Undertale's great! I feel like there's so many ways to approach talking about it. I didn't mention in my writeup that I did know the game's "schtick" before playing it, which did influence the way I played it, but it didn't really feel like it impacted my experience too much. Even so, I do really wonder about the experience I missed having where I didn't know what was coming at the end.
TopicRank the GOTYs in order of contest strength
Paratroopa1
01/24/20 11:51:18 PM
#6
Underleveled posted...
Breath of the Wild
Smash Ultimate
Skyrim
Witcher 3
Smash Wii U
Mass Effect 2
Link Between Worlds
FF15
RE2
Borderlands 2
I tried to put together a list but then it was exactly this

I'm not very confident about the bottom half though, not at all. Especially not Smash 4
TopicBest Game of 2019 Round 3 **Resident Evil 2 vs Trails of Cold Steel III**
Paratroopa1
01/24/20 10:40:13 PM
#4


(no opinion on this match)
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 261: Schiff Happens
Paratroopa1
01/24/20 9:20:11 PM
#268
Grimlyn posted...
To be fair I can't comfortably claim much of an authority on trans matters myself yet this early in my own experiences
It still greatly changes how much this affects you personally, which is authority enough that people should listen. I understand where you're coming from though - LGBT identity issues are a tricky beast and if you've only been living a certain way for a while your breadth of experience can be different and no amount of validity changes that with the snap of a finger

TopicPolitics Containment Topic 261: Schiff Happens
Paratroopa1
01/24/20 9:09:50 PM
#265
Just to be clear, I am not trying to claim the mantle of speaking for trans people by being gay because I think those are very different things, I'm only trying to speak from what I believe is the most helpful position possible
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 261: Schiff Happens
Paratroopa1
01/24/20 8:59:51 PM
#261
Grimlyn posted...
Right but that's what I'm saying, Bernie doesn't have to be accountable for what a shitty supporter of his does. I specifically said Bernie doesn't have to condemn him or anything close to that, just don't go on the opposite end celebrating it, that's what gives him more responsibility for who he's then thanking.

Like I said I agree with your last post - Rogan is shit, his endorsement is useful -- but you don't have to cheer for it, just let Rogan endorse you, that's the useful value. To reiterate though it's not like I think it takes Bernie down a peg or anything but this could've been handled a heck of a lot easier and that the collaborative act chosen is what owes a proper response.

That being said prompting more dialogue from Sanders on the matter would be absolutely be a greater benefit in the end of it all.
That's fair, I don't have any counterpoint to this.
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 261: Schiff Happens
Paratroopa1
01/24/20 8:40:09 PM
#255
HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
I don't know if you're being serious but this would actually be a great thing for him to do
I agree with this

This would be a good way for him to distance himself from the shittiest of Rogan's positions and push back on them, which he has the power to do.
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 261: Schiff Happens
Paratroopa1
01/24/20 8:39:30 PM
#254
CelesMyUserName posted...
This is true but also missing one thing: the options weren't celebrate endorsement vs disown, there's the third option of let Rogen support you without you supporting Rogan
Eh. The thing is, politics are a dirty business and I just do not think it's feasible for Bernie or anyone else to be accountable for every possible shitty thing anyone who supports him has ever done. Joe Rogan sucks, but he's not a nazi or something. He might be shitty, his fans might be shitty, but if that is true, then over half of this entire country is shitty and some of them need to be voting for good candidates. For me, this is why Bernie's impeccable record on LGBT issues, going back well before it was convenient for him to take this position, really matters - while I sympathize with the bile rising in the back of the throat for anyone who sees this as a betrayal I think he has won the benefit of the doubt.
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 261: Schiff Happens
Paratroopa1
01/24/20 8:26:37 PM
#247
Kinglicious posted...
He's a very live and let live so not really. You've got his objection mostly right, though there's a few categories. With sports is that males hold multiple advantages, body structures are different and remain that way, and testosterone might as well be doping if female sports are involved. Another position would be against transitioning children. And the last part i can see some complain about is to the set of like 30+ genders. Still is very "hey, you do you" but isn't going to be compelled into that.

Very pro trans rights, living life as they want to, getting medical help, etc. No hate there. If those views are enough to be called transphobic you're gonna end up losing all progress. Including by trans people, ironically.
You can have a complicated take on the issue of how transgender people participate in sports; this is not a matter of settled debate, not in the trans community or anywhere else. That is completely separate from the issue here, which is the way that he talks about the issue, with absolutely no respect for the person at the center of it, revealing no respect for transgender people of any kind. The way he spoke is absolutely repugnant.
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 261: Schiff Happens
Paratroopa1
01/24/20 8:21:37 PM
#241
Joe Rogan's a piece of shit and it's a good thing that his fans might be convinced to vote for Bernie. These two things aren't mutually exclusive. Bernie stands to gain very little from disavowing. He gets everything here and gives up nothing.
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 261: Schiff Happens
Paratroopa1
01/24/20 4:20:30 AM
#168
ChaosTonyV4 posted...
Are you sure about that?

I think a possible read of these numbers is that Buttigieg and Warren supporters are 100% Dems, so theres no reason for them to be the candidate.
Well, a few things here

a) I wasn't really expressing whether or not any given candidate should or should not be the nominee based on these numbers, I just find the Sanders/Yang/Bloomberg numbers very frustrating

b) We don't really know how many respondents there were to this poll I don't think - for all we know the Yang thing is a smallish sample size and there aren't really that many people to lose here compared to Sanders or even Biden, for instance. And the 14% of Buttigieg supporters who say "depends on the candidate," that could very well mean "god I really hope it's not Yang" for a lot of them.

c) As far as refuting the argument you gave goes, I think the big thing is that this poll doesn't account for people who are not supporting any of these candidates (whether they be Dem, Ind, or Rep), people who are undecided, and the VERY LARGE group of people who are just not engaged with the primary process at all currently. We can tell from these numbers the likelihood of Biden getting Yang supporters, but we can't tell from these numbers the likelihood of Yang drawing voters from the huge mass of undecideds. There are SO MANY question marks here. At the end of the day, I simply do not think Yang can rally more dem votes than Biden can - I just don't, and I think it ignores too many factors to believe that these numbers say he could.

d) I think this argument is a huge problem for our democracy, because it implies that we should hand the nomination over to the first side who's willing indicate that they'll throw a temper tantrum if it's not their nominee. I am NOT ACCUSING ANYONE HERE OF DOING THIS, mind you, but it IS the implication of a policy like this that one side would be able to hold the other sides hostage simply by being the first to refuse to budge. The reality is more complicated, of course, but I don't think this is a healthy way to look at how we should choose the nominee.
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 261: Schiff Happens
Paratroopa1
01/24/20 2:53:08 AM
#164
TheRock1525 posted...
https://twitter.com/EmersonPolling/status/1220531705682984961?s=19

Bernie and Yang stand seem to be all in on their guys.
jesus christ, the 11% who wouldn't support anyone but bloomberg. what the fuck???

the 5% who would support nobody but biden are weird too; warren and buttigieg are the only non-cringeworthy numbers here
TopicBest Game of 2019 Round 2 Day 4 **With Fire Emblem and Mario Maker 2!**
Paratroopa1
01/23/20 11:51:24 PM
#9
Tetris 99 (Nintendo Switch)
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling (PS4, Switch, PC)
Outer Wilds (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Disco Elysium (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
TopicMy account is now legal.
Paratroopa1
01/23/20 8:35:15 PM
#2
I'm blown away by the fact that you have more karma than I do despite having a newer account. I thought my % of possible karma earned was nearly pristine
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 261: Schiff Happens
Paratroopa1
01/23/20 7:38:13 PM
#123
Jakyl25 posted...
Do you see traditional conservatives on the same level of awful as the alt right?

I can see the argument for that!
No my argument is just that Shapiro is fucking horrendous
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 261: Schiff Happens
Paratroopa1
01/23/20 7:33:57 PM
#118
Jakyl25 posted...
And for the record I am totally willing to put Shapiro on a less awful tier than Tucker, Maher, Crowder, etc.
You're making a big mistake here
TopicDo you think you're more intelligent than prez. trump?
Paratroopa1
01/23/20 7:26:34 PM
#23
Grimlyn posted...
this is the kind of poll where whatever you vote is the correct answer
Anyone with enough self-awareness to consider the prospect that they might be less smart than Donald Trump has already actively demonstrated more intelligence than Donald Trump
TopicAnagram Aces Ace Attorney Topic 3: Foolishly Foolish Fools Edition (spoilers)
Paratroopa1
01/23/20 1:18:59 AM
#22
I'm almost 100% certain it's intended to be canon. I don't really know why it wouldn't be
TopicBest Game of '19 Round 2 Day 3 *With KH3, Outer Worlds, and 2 overtime matches!*
Paratroopa1
01/22/20 10:57:27 PM
#7
Untitled Goose Game (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Control (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
A Short Hike (PC)
Sayonara Wild Hearts (PS4, Switch, PC)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Baba is You (Switch, PC)
TopicTop 42 Games of the Decade
Paratroopa1
01/22/20 1:17:43 AM
#70
LeonhartFour posted...
I think Spirit of Justice mixes up the formula enough to keep it from feeling stale, and it has a finale every AA fan should experience.
I agree with this. I can sympathize with feeling burnout, but I can almost promise that Spirit of Justice will be worth it when you feel up to it.
TopicBoard 8's Top 100 Video Games of the Decade - The List
Paratroopa1
01/21/20 11:58:17 PM
#172
Thanks for doing the list, it was really interesting
TopicBest Game of 2019 Round 2 Day 2 **With Bloodstained and Astral Chain!**
Paratroopa1
01/21/20 10:32:23 PM
#3
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Baba is You (Switch, PC)
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo Switch)
TopicAnagram Aces Ace Attorney Topic 2: Penny Nichols Edition (spoilers)
Paratroopa1
01/21/20 9:07:14 AM
#493
MrSmartGuy posted...
The two minor characters I considered two of the best in the series were Eldoon and Plum, btw. Eldoon's hat removal is legitimately a top moment in the series for me.

Also, Alita admitting she hired you just because you were new and she thought you'd fuck up Wocky's defense while Apollo sits in stunned silence is another highly underrated moment.
Yeah I love the twist at the end that Alita hired you because she thought you would suck and you foiled her plans by being competent
TopicAnagram Aces Ace Attorney Topic 2: Penny Nichols Edition (spoilers)
Paratroopa1
01/21/20 6:02:24 AM
#489
I like 4-3's defendant haha
TopicAnagram Aces Ace Attorney Topic 2: Penny Nichols Edition (spoilers)
Paratroopa1
01/21/20 5:33:32 AM
#486
I actually like Wocky, he's a decent kid at heart who's just under pressure to look cooler than he actually is, I've never really gotten why everyone hates him and I feel like people are just taking him at face value. He is, though, emblematic of a problem with AJ that keeps coming up again and again in this game
TopicAnagram Aces Ace Attorney Topic 2: Penny Nichols Edition (spoilers)
Paratroopa1
01/21/20 3:17:45 AM
#484
Anagram posted...
Also, I just briefly looked up the later games, AA6 has 8 cases?
You might've thought this because AA6 has two little side-story cases that you can play called "Asinine Attorney." They're really nothing though, just goofy little cutscenes that can be watched in 20 minutes on Youtube, so in the future make sure not to buy those.
TopicBest Game of 2019 Round 2 Day 1 **With Resident Evil 2 and Devil May Cry 5!**
Paratroopa1
01/20/20 10:54:13 PM
#7
Dragon Quest Builders 2 (PS4, Switch)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III (PlayStation 4)
Cadence of Hyrule (Nintendo Switch)
Eliza (Switch, PC)

TopicPolitics Containment Topic 259: Raucous Caucus Robots
Paratroopa1
01/20/20 9:05:54 PM
#421
Kinglicious posted...
Like look at what you're saying. Re-read it and see if it makes sense.
"He didn't give sources here!" is followed up with "it wouldn't matter anyway!"

A literal positive message is replaced with "there's no positive message" because he's a braggart.

This means that anything he says, as long as he brags, will never be good to you. Always bad. That even if he backs it up with proper sources it wouldn't matter because he brags. You're saying, in no uncertain terms, that as long as that character exists he will never be good and will only be bad, regardless of the content. At that point there's no argument to be had, just dogmatic world view.

So what if he brags a lot. Xp's approach was by far a better one - attacking the content instead of the character. The content is what matters. The character is such a losing argument and so common with Trump that it's the basis of what people call Trump derangement syndrome. Argue and beat his position properly because if you don't you're gonna get stuck in a loop for a lot more than just the next 4 years.

What I'm saying is that there's no positive message here, there's spin. These are two different things. It isn't a positive message when it's an opinion statement whose sole and only purpose is to make yourself look good.
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 259: Raucous Caucus Robots
Paratroopa1
01/20/20 8:45:47 PM
#410
DoomTheGyarados posted...
I agree with Wang in this instance. Tweet was fine. There's so much.... so so so so so so so so much that is not. Let's move on!
The tweet was NOT fine, it's merely not the worst thing that Trump does on any given day; you're still contributing to normalizing his manner of self aggrandizing by making shit up

Like, he didn't give any SOURCES to back up the idea that blacks are better off now than they were under the last year of Obama's presidency, he's just saying it - and even if he did give sources, it's obvious what the real thrust of the message is ("I'm great and Obama sucks")

there is no positive message here, just some bullshit meant to puff himself up, and it's not normal or fine
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 259: Raucous Caucus Robots
Paratroopa1
01/20/20 8:31:44 PM
#404
KamikazePotato posted...
Also, for anyone who is confused and doesn't know Wang's MO, he is a conservative who legitimately thinks he's a liberal. He fell in hard with the GameGate crowd a while back and has been an alt-righter at heart ever since while still espousing liberal ideology on the very surface level. It's why every post he'll make is couched in the sentiment of 'Trump is bad, I agree, but not really and here's why'.
Yeah, I dunno how to keep going on this one

It's like playing a game of mafia and Trump keeps saying "I'm mafia" and he's like "well but he makes some good points"
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 259: Raucous Caucus Robots
Paratroopa1
01/20/20 8:18:41 PM
#394
Wanglicious posted...
more that i don't see that part really matter since the good thing is that there's improvement. if he wants to take credit for it, fine, whatever. life is better - that's all that matters. which, on MLK, sure seems to be the main point.
I just do not think you are seeing in between the lines here. The primary statement being made is "I am an awesome president and you should be grateful for me," and his motivation behind this statement is that he has a huge ego and he gets antsy whenever people aren't lavishing praise upon him. It has literally nothing to do with black welfare and if you don't see that then you've just being misreading the guy for years. (Yes, all politicians do try to score points in this way but most would invoke the entire country when doing so; hence me saying "50 years" vs "3 years" which is obviously a petty statement about himself and a slight against his predecessor)

Also it's highly questionable whether or not black lives have improved in the last three years, I would probably say "about the same" at best, it's more likely than not a scarier time to be black
TopicBoard 8's Top 100 Video Games of the Decade - The List
Paratroopa1
01/20/20 8:07:49 PM
#138
KamikazePotato posted...
Ouch, that update hurt.
I mean, I feel like at the point at which your games are in the top 20 it's more like, wow my faves did awesome
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 259: Raucous Caucus Robots
Paratroopa1
01/20/20 7:59:33 PM
#370
Wanglicious posted...
so your issue is "because trump."
that's insane.

you're somehow taking a positive message of "on MLK Day, black lives are better now than they were 3 years ago" and twisting it into a way to be offended. this is one of those trump derangement syndrome situations.
No, you're the one who's twisting this to be a message that isn't about Trump. If he was actually talking about how much black lives have improved, he would have said they're better than they were 50 years ago. Instead, he said 3, which is making it about himself.
TopicAnagram Aces Ace Attorney Topic 2: Penny Nichols Edition (spoilers)
Paratroopa1
01/20/20 7:23:43 PM
#463
Leonhart4 posted...
Well, her dad is a famous lawyer!

But I also think that's another issue with 4-2. Trucy kinda makes Apollo look incompetent at times.
This is the secret reason I like 4-3 the most. Yes, I said it! It's the only case in the game that Apollo takes full ownership of
TopicI'm 5 episodes into Carole & Tuesday
Paratroopa1
01/20/20 9:46:08 AM
#4
I like to imagine you sitting there watching this show thinking "damnit, it's TV-MA, when are they gonna fuck already"
TopicAnagram Aces Ace Attorney Topic 2: Penny Nichols Edition (spoilers)
Paratroopa1
01/20/20 6:39:55 AM
#452
LeonhartFour posted...
oh my word yes

I think it's EXTREMELY funny that he thinks this cliffhanger is boring BEFORE the reveal
TopicFOURPACK OF FUN: Walking Dead/Life is Strange, AC: New Leaf/Stardew Valley
Paratroopa1
01/20/20 2:57:31 AM
#5
The Walking Dead puts down Life Is Strange pretty easily, I think, but I'm not sure what happens with the rest of this. I took Animal Crossing > Walking Dead but I wouldn't be surprised if any other result happened here, Stardew Valley is a really tough one to make a call on
TopicPolitics Containment Topic 259: Raucous Caucus Robots
Paratroopa1
01/20/20 2:34:51 AM
#291
MoogleKupo141 posted...
Jordan Uhl managed to accidentally predict the nyt endorsement:

https://twitter.com/jordanuhl/status/1219036069162835969?s=21
Holy shit this is funny as hell
TopicAnagram Aces Ace Attorney Topic 2: Penny Nichols Edition (spoilers)
Paratroopa1
01/19/20 11:29:15 PM
#448
Anagram posted...
I said I don't have enough time to keep doing the large writeups, dammit! But I will say that this has one of the weaker cliffhangers of a case. For all the theoretical drama of a mysterious shadowy figure taking your friend hostage with a knife, I had more interest when unexpected witnesses were called.
just wait until you see the resolution to this cliffhanger
TopicBest Game of 2019 Round 1 Day 8 **With Link's Awakening and Disco Elysium!**
Paratroopa1
01/19/20 10:11:02 PM
#4
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)
Outer Wilds (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Shakedown Hawaii (PS4, Switch, 3DS, Vita, PC)
Disco Elysium (PS4, Xbox One, PC)

Tetris 99 (Nintendo Switch)
Bug Fables: Everlasting Sapling (PS4, Switch, PC)
TopicBest Game of '19 Round 1 Day 7/8 **With Fire Emblem and Super Mario Maker 2!**
Paratroopa1
01/19/20 2:05:56 AM
#9
Eastshade (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Tetris 99 (Nintendo Switch)
Bug Fables: Everlasting Sapling (PS4, Switch, PC)
Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo Switch)

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