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I didn't even play Monster Hunter but I just can't take it seriously when machine guns are involved
Then you see Mila actually use magic swords which is..good..but then you realize that 95% of the trailer is about guns and machine guns and you understand that only 10% of the movie will probably loyal to the source material

The monsters do like nice though

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wololo

Nio.
Was +21% when I checked

I remember when people said to buy it when it was at 3 dollars

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Niooooooooo

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Paratroopa1 posted...

oh great, now he's just gonna do a rally in blackface tomorrow

hilarious

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LordoftheMorons posted...

https://twitter.com/blakehounshell/status/1316226126692397056

Glad we have a conspiracy theory-peddling lunatic as president
I'm sure that hasn't had any consequences

God damn it Trump, stop doing things I can't defend

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wololo

Exactly
I do like the Shantae games but they are not as "Metroidvania" as Axiom Verge is. And this is something I respect. I just wish it was more interesting..but the potential was there!

And wow I didn't know about the MW4 similarity. This is..very interesting

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wololo

Why clickbait SHINE you hurt my feelings

jk I didn't like the first game very much, but I appreciated it being a real Metroidvania and not one of those fake Metroidvania games (like Shantae)

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No

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We are all going to get nuked right

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andylt posted...

I've been trying to get them through proper channels if possible, I'm not an emulator guy and I don't even know if I could run that stuff. (GMUN's last post is complete gibberish to me)

If you have a toaster, you can run this stuff
It's the most simple thing possible
I can also.. you know
If you want

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andylt posted...

1-6 and Tactics aren't available on any of the current gen consoles though right? I wish they were selling each of them over and over again, it would make it much less annoying for me to catch up on the old ones I missed instead of trying to hunt down GBA carts >_>

How about...you know? The thing we are not allowed to say
I don't understand why you would try so hard if you legit can't play them any other way
This is Square fault for having a terrible game presevantion, not yours (the PC and mobile versions doesn't exist in my eyes)

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andylt posted...

idk how people can say this still, literally anyone can fall at any time!

This is true
With how the last few rounds went for Cecil and Barret and how many NRs people offered for them, I was sure they were going the next to go
And then Kefka went out and this is..surprising

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th3l3fty posted...

3, assuming they're all claimed

NRs are given by order, right?
So it's H1 for SockoressKnight, H2 for Inviso and hopefully H3 for KommunistKoala?

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wololo

That..that was unexpected

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FBike1 posted...

Let's make this a little less predictable. HOUR 3 GO!

0711
Cecil

You mean
FUN

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wololo

Gotta love lefty keeping eye on this thing for 3 hours straight

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Pokewars posted...

For Garnet I save in 6 min

Drakeryn posted...

Seymour

for Delita

:(

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Seymour

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Remind me
Earlier rounds were not like this, right? they were more active for the entire duration, and not just super loaded right at the beginning and then everyone are going to sleep until the second gour

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Garnet

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FFDragon posted...

Fuck me

Monday at three I have surgery on my hand to put bones back into place and fuse them.

Happy birthday to me

Don't worry it will be a 24 hours round
If I count the days correctly and there is no day off

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wololo

Moonroof, when is round?

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Mega Mana posted...

I don't know the whole story of the Cleopatra thing happening, but is it really a black-versus-white thing happening here, or is it Israeli as Egyptian royalty thing, because I remember BvS/Wonder Woman facing lots of early criticism specifically because of her nationality?

I'm not trying to interrupt the racism in movies nor blackface history discussions, but just an outside question because I was more under the impression the Cleopatra buzz was less skin color and more religious/nationality division.

It's both
There is also the "Israel is a terrorist country and Gal Gadot served in the IDF and therfore she is a terrorist" but I don't pay those people any attention because they always exist and I couldn't care less about them
I am just concered about the "only Egyptian actors can play a Egyptian character" bullshit

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Inviso posted...

Going back to the discussion of movie casting, or hiring practices in general, historical context is important to note.

For 200 years, black people were a largely enslaved population in this country. And even after they were freed as a culture, they still faced a further hundred years of subservience prior to the civil rights act. Now, let's pretend for a moment that the civil rights act fixed all the problems with racism in our society and the people who fought against the civil rights act (and all the practices that still existed) just disappeared or calmly said "we've been beaten, we'll change our ways now". That still leaves hundreds of years in which white people were able to make tremendous gains while black people were not.

Imagine a company was founded in 1900 by a white businessman. That company likely wouldn't have employed many black workers, if any at all. The company grows and grows, but likely maintains the same hiring practices. Then the civil rights act happens. Equality is legally enshrined in our country. That company would still have all white executives (or an all white board or directors), and a predominantly white workforce. So even with the new equality between the races, imagine that this company has a job opening. A black man applies and a white man applies, both with relatively equal qualifications. The white man is more likely to get the job, not necessarily because of overt racism, but because of intangible qualities. Psychologically, people are more likely to relate to those similar to them, so if you look at a predominantly-white workforce, you then turn to the white applicant and think "this guy will fit in better with our current workplace culture." Plus, there's the added drawback for black applicants in this scenario is that they are less likely to have someone already within the company (be it a friend or family member) to vouch for them or refer them for the position.

This all compounds and furthers the disparity in employment at the company between black and white employees. The reason diversity quotas exist is because without them, it's possible that the "best" employee (as you say) for the job might be overlooked and outright snubbed, if he's not white.

So, what do you suggest?
Affirmative action? (is this the correct term? I think this is the correct term)
In this case, sure, it help the minority, but it also hurt the "strong". Is this the right course of action? does the "strong" have a right to complain about this?
I don't think there is a easy answer for this. I can't picture a scenario where everyone wins and everyone are happy. Some will have to get hurt in favor of others.
I am just asking what would be the best course of action, in which nobody gets hurt?

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Jakyl25 posted...

Hes mad about your grammar.

An actor not a actor

My bad
Thanks for correcting me
I will try to improve this

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

You guys sure spent a long time arguing with Nanis when they came out swinging with "nothing wrong with blackface".

This actually continued in Discord
Smarter, and more civilised people than you, pointed me out that "blackface" is forbidden because of the history of the term
They agreed that, if that bad history didn't happen, then "blackfacing" wouldn't have been this bad as it is today
I had to agree - because as I said - context is important
I only wish we would leave the bad history behind. Because people used bad things in the past, used "blackface" to insult black people, is using it for positive purpose like cosplay also not allowed? if the history is so tainted and so painful, then...it shouldn't be allowed
But I wish in the future it will change

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scarletspeed7 posted...

People shouldn't sleep on the offensiveness of this

What
What even was the context?

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Inviso posted...

I'd like to point out that Hollywood executives, when pitched a movie about Harriet Tubman--a black slave who escaped her enslavement and became a crucial part of the Underground Railroad for other escaping slaves--had the kneejerk response of "let's cast Julia Roberts in the role". The problem, Corrik, is that historically, when trying to cast the "best" actor for the role, Hollywood tends to immediately default to white actors/actresses as the "best", without necessarily doing the work to consider whether, maybe, there are PoC who might be better.

This is true, there are plenty of black actors, some of them are fantastic

But the question is more than just black people..it's about every race and nation
If it's just a matter of "white can't play black people" then fine, but how far can we stretch this?
Can a French actor play a German character, for example?

Now if I want to make a movie about Taiwan, and well, I have enough budget to cast Jackie Chan as a main role even though he isn't Taiwanese, but rather chinese, but this is close enough (in terms of looks, I don't pretend to know about how different they are in other terms like culture)
And well I am sure there are some great Taiwanese actors as well but..I can have Jackie motherfucking Chan, why would I do otherwise?
This is no racism, this is just greed for money. This all that matters to Hollywood
And this is fine (or not fine, if you want to rebel against how the world works currently and feel like it should be changed)

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GildedFool posted...

Why is the casting director making these decisions? Is there any reason for it beyond "because we wanted to do something different?"

In my opinion Gal Gadot was cast because it's fucking Gal Gadot
"Hey looks it's Wonder Woman in our movie!"

This all there is to it
It's all about the money. Always has been.
It's people that are looking deep into this stuff and wanting to feel offended.

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Inviso posted...

Yeah. The belief is not "every character should always be played by a person of the race that the character either was (for real people) or was intended to be when the character was created (for fictional people)" but rather "white people have historically been given far more opportunities in terms of film and television casting (including giving non-white roles to white actors), therefore to correct this imbalance, we should consider using race blind casting for white characters that don't NEED to be white".

This is fair as long as they state this and don't hide behind multiple excuses
But that would raise a question
If a white person voice a black character..for like, years, but then they got fired because "he isn't black"
Would that be fair for that white person?

Not everyone can win, with affirmative action "the strong" get hurt as well
If you think that this is fine - well, opinions, but I personally disagree

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Corrik7 posted...

Nanis, you are going to have to learn that liberals are hypocrites regarding this. Nothing more.

If a POC is cast in a white role, it is a victory for them. Example is how they wanted Michael B Jordan to be Superman, Idris Elba to be James Bond, and so on down the road. If white characters change to be a POC it is a victory for "representation".

If Scarlet Johansen plays a character in a Ghost in the Shell, if whatever character that is white plays a POC (even if same skin color) it is whitewashing and bad.

It's hypocrisy.

Imagine this. They wanted a star actress to play a transgender character. The thinking is if a star played in the film the film might get more eye balls and representation. Instead, liberals freaked out a non-transgender person was playing the role. The star backs out amid the backlash. The movie has very slim pickings for who to cast now and shutters. Was that a victory for their cause?

Exactly, this is hypocrisy. Like always. This is always their problem

Now let's ignore my Nazi example from before
I want a help with drawing a line here
Please tell me what is considered offensive

A British actor playing a American, with a British accent
A American playing a British character, without a British accent
A TV show set in Russian, played by American actors
A trans character, played by a non-trans actor
A gay character, played by a straight actor
A male character voiced by a female
A female character voiced by a male
A eldery character played by a young actor
A woman (30-40 years old) played by a young actress (16-20 years old)
A black character (when accent is not important) voiced by a white actor
A white character voiced by a black actor (without a "black accent" and forgive me if that's racist I just don't know how to call this)
A black character (when accent is important) voiced by a white actor
A white character voiced by a black actor (with a accent)


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HashtagSEP posted...

What would you do as you act like a chef? Pretend to cook.

What would you do as you act like a gladiator? Pretend to fight.

What would you do as you act like like Spider-Man? Pretend to shoot webs and climb walls and shit.

Now tell me what you would do as you act black.

Lets see if you can figure out why theyre ACTORS, its ACTING, they can just ACT black isnt like those other things.

You don't "act" black. You act as a "a character with black body color"
That's fucking different
The very phrase "Acting black" is super racist by the way

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HashtagSEP posted...

I...

No

What

So I don't understand

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HashtagSEP posted...

Nanis, I want you to stop and think about this.

In trying to sell people on the idea that white washing in Hollywood isnt a problem, the counter-example you chose to use was You wouldnt say a Nazi needs to play a Nazi!

Think about the many, many reasons why that is dumb. I believe in you. I think you can get it.

I don't, sorry to disappoint you

Suprak the Stud posted...

Which inoffensive movies are you talking about that has men playing women, just out of curiosity.

Movies..not much, really. But I am more refering to satires. Most of those examples are from Israeli TV shows so this wouldn't help you much
But it happens a lot and nobody is bothered by it - it's satire

HashtagSEP posted...

Lets try an exercise.

Nanis, act like a chef.

Nanis, act like a gladiator.

Nanis, act like Spider-Man.

Nanis, act black.

Lets see if you notice the problem with any of these.

So your logic is
A actor can play Chefs because actors that are also Chefs in real life doesn't exist/Very rare
A actor can play a gladiator because gladiators doesn't exist
A actor can play Spider-Man because it is a fictional character
But a actor can not play black characters because black people exist and they play this rule too?
Is this where you are going?

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

Nanis pro-blackface

If you want to believe this is offensive...be my guest

But by the same token a male actor can't play a female character (mostly in parodies) with using makeup because somehow that would be offensive for females?

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

"Will Ferrell should be able to play Dr Martin Luther King Jr".

That's you.

He can, not should. I would believe there are actors that are more fit for the role for authentic reasons
But he absolutely can and there is nothing to be offended about. Read the fucking word ACTING
You are playing a character. You are not you. With enough make-up and special effects anything is possible

Regardless, it's pointless to continue this debate. It's clear how close minded you are

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wololo

What
That was cyncical, are you serious? I don't understand what you want
Of course we don't need a Nazi to play a Nazi character (we don't need Nazis at Hollywood..or at all)

My point is that every actor can play every character. I was just setting a Godwin Law example of why the argument that "Gal Gadot can't play Cleopatra because she is white/Israeli" is dumb

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wololo

I am glad that the two dumbest users in this topic liked my post

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MZero posted...

there's more but I can't concentrate

Well played

(I assume it was intended)

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wololo

I am not sure this is the right topic but whatever

Question - why are there no Nazi actors in Hollywood? I would think that in order to play Nazis or, god-forbid, Hitler, you must be a Nazi
Why would a non-Nazi actor play a Nazi character? this makes no sense

https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-commentator-other-leftists-slam-gal-gadot-casting-as-cleopatra
Yeah...exactly

People tend to forget what acting is all about. They tend to forgot the fucking meaning of the name "acting"
Every actor can play any fucking character they want. The only valid argument I would stand for is authenticity. Every other reason and especially "politically correctness" is idiotic

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wololo

Voted for IX, but I agree that VI is more important part of the series and a must play

MawiIe posted...

I don't really understand the IX hate.

Like there's nothing that game does that's outrageously bad compared to literally every other Final Fantasy

As a huge fan of IX, I must say that the gameplay of it is pretty meh sadly
Battle system too slow (didn't bother me much as I played on emulator with turbo, but it would suck otherwise) and Trance is useless
If you care about stuff like exclusive items then stealing with Zidane is also a pain in the ass
It doesn't even come close to VII in terms of gameplay. So if you value gameplay above story, cast and atmosphere, I can understand why someone wouldn't like IX

LeonhartFour posted...

FFIX's playable cast is 50/50. I only ever want to use the big four.

Freya is such a wasted opportunity
She was very promising in the beginning only to disappear and return unrelevant, it sucked
Zidane+Vivi+Steiner+Garnet forever

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wololo

whatever its just dum pink ball who cares

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mnkboy907 posted...

You know... every train needs a conductor.

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Cactuar_Conductor

This is some Paper Mario shit

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VeryInsane posted...

But actually how have not had a cactuar in

Cactuar (well, Gigantuar) is responsible for my most epic boss fight in a FF game, I would throw him a save
https://i.imgur.com/lnW5KBK.png

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wololo

Man I wish FFVIIR came out on PC because I really want to play this

Or maybe I will get a PS5 one day
Maybe

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Grimlyn posted...

does anyone else read "NR" as Nrr

I am honestly blind after F5ing so much

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bwburke94 posted...

1 NR for each Edea save

For Garnet please

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wololo

Edea

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This is the slowest H2 I remember

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