Lurker > JigsawTDC

literally every time i post, you're on my nuts like white on rice

you literally just described yourself lmao

you've attacked me repeatedly for mocking white knights

Her version is the first to come up if I search ok boomer. Your feed puts the loli version at the top. Yup, I'm the weirdo.

At least post the neekolul version for the eye candy instead of the creep loli shit. Why am I not surprised at the version you chose?

...without our masters telling us what to think...

"The AP has declared Joe Biden the winner of the US presidential election"

Yes, big tech and the AP are our Ministry of Truth...

the prohibition on large family gatherings for thanksgiving wasn't about covid per-se, it was because we can't have groups of people meeting and discussing the bullshit we're all neck-deep in and drawing their own conclusions without our masters telling us what to think.

As great as this is, her laptop is right there D:

I gotta find a new show to get hooked on. Been watching The Vow but that comes on HBO every Sunday

started The Vow. Episode five tomorrow 10:05est. It is insane what people will do, what people will believe; and what people will do to other people and try to cover up. Sickening.

IF you have not seen it the first season at least of West World was very good. I'm sure you have heard of Game of thrones, but True Blood was very good as well (books were over all better but still liked the series), Rome was great as well. So many good HBO series honestly. I think Deadwood might have been on HBO as well, although I never did finish it (both times I tried) nor did I see the recent reunion show.

I think...OZ ...was also on HBO, watched it as a group (me, my wife, best friend and his wife) along time ago and many of the cast members went on to be in Law and Order SVU and other shows....it's worth a shot if you like prison shows at all as well.

Pikmin 3 Deluxe Announcement Trailer - Nintendo: https://youtu.be/aSSQ0Z6eDhU

i beg your pardon, i haven't the foggiest as to what you're referencing.

what?

i was unaware that all white people were well-off and had their secret illuminati membership cards.

"A rich white man, a working white man, and a Black Man are seated around a table. At the center is a plate holding 13 cookies.

Rich white man takes 12 cookies, then turns to working white man, and says:

"Watch out. Black Man is about to steal your cookie!"

as long as the wealthy can push to divide us along racial lines, we'll never realize the real problem is class and we'll fight amongst ourselves like we are rather than combine our efforts against them. fuck white privelege, its the line minorities were fed to keep Evil Whitey in their crosshairs. stop playing into it.

My musical involvement has always been attending random shows and talking about it online.

But if I was rich or won the lottery I've always said I would open up a music venue. But kind of like an all ages kinda hole in the wall

#NoLivesMatter

You got friendly once I pointed out how you were being abrasive in the first post, then you backpedaled and changed gears.

I take full credit for reforming you and helping turn your shit topic into a more friendly, inclusive and all around better topic. You're welcome.

There is current direct evidence all over the place that it's not working. Now, linking the extreme cost of living increases to the increase in minimum wage is of course supposition. Perhaps they would have gone up anyway, but the fact of the matter is places where min wage increased drastically have had a much larger increase in cost of living than in the past, and in almost every situation, the cost of living increase has been far more severe and detrimental, then the bonus to the min wage (especially when you take into account the higher amount of taxes being paid on the additional income.

I can see that that would eliminate the "finally, a turn-based JRPG!" sentiment that BD gave a lot of people when it first came out, since you would have had that itch scratched already. That said, Octopath's gameplay generally felt like Bravely Default Lite to me, with less depth to the combat and class systems and overall less strategic variety. It was still enjoyable, but I would say I like Bravely Default better in that regard.

BD's story just baffles me. It started out alright. Nothing amazing, but certainly serviceable, and there seemed to be some interesting twists coming. But then those twists happened... and nothing else did. The rest of the story just consisted of ignoring all the revelations from the game's pivotal moment and repeating the first four chapters over and over again. It was like the producers read what the writers had up until that point, then got tired of reading, fired all of them, and just copy+pasted the first stuff a few times to fill out the rest of the game. It's easily one of the most egregious cases of wasted potential I've ever seen in a game's story, and I don't understand how they screwed it up as badly as they did. Granted, somebody also thought the Endless Eight arc of Haruhi season 2 was a good idea, so I guess there's precedent elsewhere for such poor judgement.

The point of contention was how he seems incapable of living in a world where people enjoy things that he doesn't.

Oh damn I forgot to listen to the new Animal Collective EP. I heard it was really good, should get on that today.

And idk if it would be on my list but I didn't think about including 1000 Gecs and the Tree of Clues cause my mind just considered it a remix album but I do love it and the original album a lot.

I couldn't get into this book. Might be the worst book I've read in recent memory. There are just too many characters to be given anything but a superficial treatment in the 300 pages or so allotted to them. Personality development is very shallow, and they're all messed up of course. Is it too boring for a novel to feature a couple grounded, well-adjusted characters?

This shallowness is also found in the notion that this book is a great account of the "urban Indian." Nope, it isn't. Although it's true that most Native Americans live in cities and not Reservations, so many still have strong connections to the Rez: relatives are still there, growing up happened there, Reservation landscapes are essential to spirituality and identity. None of this is present in "There There." It's as though these people sprang into existence ex nihilo. They have little or no backstory. For an excellent "urban Indian" novel from a much, much better writer, read "The Hiawatha" by David Treuer.

Finally, the ending of "There There" is simply bizarre, even ridiculous (spoiler alert). Some of the characters try to rob a Powwow, and for no apparent reason one of them starts shooting another, who returns fire, and in the shootout nearly all of the characters are hit. Mr. Orange prefers coyness to closure and does not indicate who lives and who dies. What's the point?

Pretty much. It would have been extremely unremarkable if it had released on the SNES in the mid-90's (well, aside from the graphics requiring some manner of wizardry to pull off on a SNES, but we'll assume they're downgraded accordingly for such a hypothetical), but in a world where turn-based JRPG's have been largely neglected (Squenix themselves didn't expect it to do well because they'd convinced themselves nobody wanted such games anymore), it scratched the itch very nicely. The story is thoroughly meh (mildly interesting until they seemingly gave up on writing anything new to fill the last half of the game), but the combat and class systems manage to both satisfy the yearning for a classic JRPG while also keeping things fresh and interesting such that it's not relying entirely on nostalgia.

"All I did was ask a question..."

^ this is not inviting people to discuss a game. This is shitting on a game and daring people to defend it.

Only after I said you shouldn't let it ruffle your feathers did you change your tune and start with the "I'm just trying to understand" BS lol

Just because Dirt is in here jerking you off now doesn't make you any less full of shit

I liked the gameplay, story, some of the callbacks to classic FF/jrpgs stuff, like the jobs/subjobs. The soundtrack was pretty solid too. I also enjoyed the random encounters feature as it made grinding less of a chore.
Though I will say one thing, I can't say that I was all that invested in most of the characters. Ringabel was fairly interesting though.

Thats the problem. You saying I just never considered means that explaining might not really work. Many people actually like repetition. Especially since they can just play without really thinking... Like after a long day at work. People are going to like different things. Like food. You may not like a food because of reason A. But reason A is the reason someone else likes it..

The title itself is definitely fine. But then you immediately start off trashing the game hard. Ive asked why people liked a certain game many times without immediately trashing it. And it can turn people off answering your question. Or even make some people defensive, like Far-Queue said...

Its not about not knowing your likes and dislikes, but rather liking something you normally wouldnt like. Ive play games where it checks off boxes where I wouldnt play it. But theres still something alluring about it. Like when you cant stop watching a really bad movie, or a train wreck... Eventually, I usually know what it is even if it take a while to find out, though. Though, its usually the battle system I found interesting. Haha.

Because get this TC. Other people like the game.

Although I did find the second half a bit repetitious but not really all that much.

I think that's a lazy answer though. Just like I gave reasons why I disliked it, people can know why they like something. There's always a reason for something. LinkPizza and BlackScythe have given reasons where I can see why someone might interpret this game differently than I did.

Let's not get carried away here, Link ol' chap.

Im sorry you lack the emotional intelligence to explain why you do/dont like things.

Yep. Thats how it is. Some people play for different reasons. Personally, I like certain games just for the battle system.

amen
its offensive to stupid people that cant explain why they like stuff

You honestly didnt seem like you were asking about the game. You seemed like you were just trashing it, possibly tot get a reaction... Thats what it seemed like. Ive heard many people actually ask question about games. You dont need to trash it to do so. It doesnt really make many people take you seriously...

why do people like a game

answer: because they do

Bravely Second is better, then again I played the Japanese version of Bravely Default where it had a boring near endgame, the international version shortens that boring near endgame.

There is a distinct lack of classic RPG's being made today. There are some cheap RPG maker games on steam, yea, but it's not the same as a professional effort.

I'm not upset at all lol

I've never even played this game. You made a shit topic and I'm pointing out that's it's a shit topic is all

Sometimes, you just cant explain. Its a pretty simple game, from what I remember. And sometimes, people like that. Or maybe they just likes the battle system. It could be anything, really. Somebody could like the exact stuff youll hate. And if they do, itll still be hard for you to understand...

If you want to understand, maybe begin by asking what people like about the game and leave it at that. You start off trashing the game and listing what you dislike about it and that comes off as abrasive and puts people on their defense.

Don't try to play it like you're reaching out and looking for people to persuade you on your opinion. You're only saying you want to understand because I called you on your BS.

You're asking why people liked a relatively classic jrpg when there is a distinct lack of those.