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Kana posted...

Dreaming_King posted...

As a fellow artist and aspiring "ruler", I have to say we have some things in common

Not a good look, bud.

I said some things, and I don't want to rule a country like him, land is worthless to me. Souls, that's what I'm after.

For example, he also liked Disney cartoons and dogs, is it a bad thing if someone else happens to like those things too?
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As a fellow artist and aspiring "ruler", I have to say we have some things in common, but I can't agree with all of his actions.

I mean he should have known from Napoleon and general common sense not to try and keep fighting the Soviets into the winter after the Battle of Moscow went south, like come on man.
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So hot.
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JOExHIGASHI posted...

Do you only design swords or do you have ideas for other weapons like halberds, bows, etc.?

I posted a spreadsheet of more than 150 weapons I came up with awhile ago, none of which were swords. I haven't really drawn many of them out though, as I've been busy lately, but I have all of the designs in my head.
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Ones with Christina Applegate being hot.

Wait, that's like all of them.
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Blighboy posted...

The problem with wielding a blade is that most common thugs lack the proper discipline or training to test your mettle against. In the event of an assault, most will simply flee the moment you draw your weapon. Those who resist are usually cut down swiftly. It makes you feel like more of a butcher than a true warrior.

Ahh yes, I see what you mean... Perhaps I could design some "limiters" to handicap myself, such as weights and a glove for my right hand with magnets in the palm that repel magnets in the sword grip, forcing me to use my non dominant hand in battle.
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streamofthesky posted...

I always thought it'd be cool to walk around with a katana and a nice cloak.

But it's too hot for that most of the year, so meh.

Yeah, an outfit like the one Raidou wears would be choice. I'm not that big on katana though. I mean they're fine, I just like classic long swords better.



Like this for those who haven't played the game.
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If God exists he determines what is evil and what is good. If he says to murder women and children in his name, that is a good deed and to disobey would be evil.
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Veedrock, what do you think the names Sleeping and Dreaming King mean?

Even an all powerful King is as powerless as a peasant while Sleeping, and while he might be Dreaming of his glorious future, he can not realize it until he is Awakened.

Also, I would only draw my blade if my life was in direct danger, some fool could not arouse my ire sufficiently any other way for me to willingly get his blood all over my clothes.
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Smarkil posted...

I'm fairly certain people here weren't telling you to carry a sword around because it wasn't legal.

I would guess they were telling you not to carry a sword around because you might as well be carrying around your body pillow waifu. You'll get the same reaction.

From an ignorant fool who didn't realize I could rend him in twain if I was inclined to, perhaps (can't do that with a pillow). But I have no concern for those plebeians, they are beneath my notice.

Insight posted...

but at least you've got the ponytail and trench coat already?

Did you not see the coat I want to have made? I hate posting the same thing multiple times, but this is it.

Much cooler than a normal old trench coat, and much more adaptable with the different parts that can be swapped out.
Although it would cost an arm and a leg to have made...

BlazeAndBlade posted...

do you have the skills to make a sword?

No, I would buy one from a reputable sword smith. Athough one day I would like to try and forge some of my conceptualized weapons.
Nice username by the way.
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DorkLink posted...

Just imagine all the pussy you'd get

I don't have or want any interest from the common wenches one sees everywhere in these times.

I want a Lady who can appreciate my noble mien.
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/13/us/texas-sword-knives-law-trnd/index.html

My state has never had any restrictions on knives or bladed weapons other than ballistic knives, "throwing stars", and not having them in places like schools or brandishing them at people. As I said back then there is no reason then, that I couldn't wear a sword, and yet the """ legal experts""" on PotD seemed to think they knew better.

...Although I still don't have the money for a sword (a real one, not a cheap wall hanger) so the dream is still dead.
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Psyduck, the one Misty had in the anime specifically.
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Literally the same thing as a mildly racist person associating with a person of another race (one who "acts" like the first persons race, mind you) just so they can say "I'm not racist! So and so is a very good friend of mine!"
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Average as in your general age group and location, your peers to use the word loosely.
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DorkLink posted...

uh is 240fps even a thing and what would be the fucking point of that

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MICHALCOLE posted...

Dreaming_King posted...

I don't post outside of my own topics enough to even really warrant trying to remember. Seriously, most days I only go to the topic page to click on Post a New Topic button or whatever.

You posted in this topic

Yes, and? I said I rarely post outside my own topics, not that I never do.
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I don't post outside of my own topics enough to even really warrant trying to remember. Seriously, most days I only go to the topic page to click on Post a New Topic button or whatever.
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EightySeven posted...

Dreaming_King posted...

"Bad" doesn't exist any more than "evil", and most " bad" things hardly need a well thought out " excuse " when you consider why they are "bad" in the first place.

I was using bad in place of evil in this context. I knew I should have just used evil again to avoid having to hear the exact same shitty argument you made in the original post only with a different, similar word. Read ParanoidObsessive's post. He nailed it.

My argument is literally flawless because I am 100% correct. If you think evil is a real thing, please, try to prove it.
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EightySeven posted...

See when most people think of moral relativism it's more along the lines of "what society as a whole says is bad is bad". Combining moral relativism and nihilism is just an intellectually lazy way of excusing yourself when you do bad things.

"Bad" doesn't exist any more than "evil", and most " bad" things hardly need a well thought out " excuse " when you consider why they are "bad" in the first place.

Blaqthourne posted...

If evil doesn't exist, then goodness doesn't exist.

Correct.

Smarkil posted...

No we don't Buffalo Bill. Get the fuck outta here.

Yes you do. It is hidden in your heart. I laugh when I think of how many men have set out to explore distance countries, experiences, and even worlds, but how few have taken even the first steps in exploring themselves.
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Mead posted...

I guess you've never met a sadist.

I actually am one, well not a full blown sadist in that I like to inflict pain, I just like to watch/hear/read about it. So, like a diet sadist.

It is a completely natural and nearly universal trait of man, it's just that most people conceal it behind a persona, although you can see shades of it in many actions people undertake. The only thing odd about me is that I own it, rather than run from it.
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Mead posted...

OmegaM posted...

At least that's what his girlfriend says

Sounds like an unbiased source

Would the cop be much more unbiased to try and paint the picture of his using appropriate force regardless of if it was appropriate or not?
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Not as anything meaningful anyways, it exists as a mental construct, but those differ from each individual, and a word with 7 billion + definitions might as well mean nothing.

This is so simple a truth that I feel silly even talking about it, as if I was making a topic saying the Earth is round, but many people still don't seem to understand it somehow. Well maybe they do on some level but pretending there are evil people makes life easier for them by letting them treat others poorly with a clear conscience.
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rjsilverthorn posted...

Dreaming_King posted...

Grendel Prime posted...

This has been asked numerous times. My brother thought about this and turns out the internet is full of people asking this question. IIRC it takes blood of like 2500+ people to make one sword.

Thanks fam. I suppose I should have used google before making the thread but whatever. That's a ton of people though, yikes. That gives me useful info though, something like a small sword pendant with a .1g blade would work better then I guess.

Also I wonder how small of a meteorite would get you that much usable iron. Like what percent of a typical meteor is iron and how large it would have to be to not burn up on entry and only leave enough iron to make a single blade.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_meteorite#Composition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoric_iron

Hmm... I did the math here and came to an extremely interesting conclusion, remarkable really.

It wasn't that hard though so I'll let anyone else do it if they're interested to know what I'm talking about.
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Grendel Prime posted...

This has been asked numerous times. My brother thought about this and turns out the internet is full of people asking this question. IIRC it takes blood of like 2500+ people to make one sword.

Thanks fam. I suppose I should have used google before making the thread but whatever. That's a ton of people though, yikes. That gives me useful info though, something like a small sword pendant with a .1g blade would work better then I guess.

Also I wonder how small of a meteorite would get you that much usable iron. Like what percent of a typical meteor is iron and how large it would have to be to not burn up on entry and only leave enough iron to make a single blade.
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Asking for a friend.
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SmokeMassTree posted...

It's getting a bit too SJW for me with these character choices

I was reading a review from some professional critic for it who sang its praises to the end of the earth but only gave it a 3/4 stars, not even a 3.5/4. I kept wondering why until I get to the end of the review which took an issue with all of the main female characters being attractive, and therefore the movie being unrealistic/a bad influence on girls or something.

So apparently it wasn't SJW enough for some people.
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When you hug a flat chested girl you're closer to her heart than you can get with one of those milk cows, so yes.
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I don't care about the alt-right or whatever, but it does annoy me when people completely demonize and dehumanize a group of people, whoever they might be or what they might have done.

There is no such thing as "evil" as most people think of the word, and there's a lot more to history than what they teach in high school history class. When you get to the point where you can't/won't consider things from a different view point, you've lost.
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trodi_911 posted...

A wizard staff that summons sexy women who are very horny.

Make love, not war.

2.5/5... (screw it, I'm just going to use a standard X/10 scale, with 5 being completely average) 5/10 since it could have useful applications in using these (I assume succubi) to gather intelligence or act as assassins. If you just used it for personal pleasure though, 3/10.

123pizza2 posted...

I'm a fan of the parashu and the khopesh, and adore the Lucerne, but my favorite is probably the good ol' flanged mace.

If you can R8/h8 all of them gr8 m8, but if you're only doing one, then rate the mace.

Flanged mace gets a 8/10 for being the classiest general weapon type behind the sword, being extremely useful besides, and for being one of the great steps in melee weapon development. You as a poster also get an 8/10 for having good taste in other weaponry.

MrMelodramatic posted...

Hammerkind

4/10 not a fan of hammer, hammers since I find the mace/pole arms (like the Lucerne) to be better in almost every way and they're usually pretty ugly. I was going to take a point for not being specific, but there aren't many variations other than size so I took a point for that instead.
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green dragon posted...

A sword that shoots out swords

2/5 for unoriginality.

LaggnFragnLarry posted...

i like to duel wield a blunt weapon and a bottle of whiskey

1/5 for not being specific and spelling dual wrong. Might throw another point your way if you used the whiskey to set the blunt weapon on fire or something.
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Yeah, it's stupid how weak the king is. I hate how hard it is to get him to the front lines and do damage with him.
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Can just be a real life type of weapon (be specific though), or a specific one from a legend/story/video game. Just know if you post a gun you'll be luck to get above a 1/5.

Go.

God, I dislike working, but when I have more than a single day off I get so bored I don't know what to do with myself.
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I happened to be at the store the other day and bought a little $1 apple pie thing to eat today. I don't even really like pie, but it'll make me feel slightly more patriotic I guess.
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What_The_Chris posted...

wow, I've never heard of that one before

Which part?

shadowSEXil posted...

Is this a Balor account? It sounds like a Balor account. I haven't been around here in a while though.

Nope.
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TheOrangeMisfit posted...

White: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.

What did he mean by this?
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I've heard a similar "anti-joke" that goes something like "Did you know, if you were to stack all of the giraffes in the world on top of each other... (beat) ...they would all die?"

Perhaps the core tenet of humor is subversion, saying what someone wouldn't expect you to say. So these aren't really "anti-jokes" since as you point out in your example they expect a joke response and in mine they expect some revelations of how tall the giraffe tower would be. Maybe this type of joke should be called a "subversion subversion" but I'm sure someone's thought of a better name by now.

A true anti-joke, taking the word anti literally (the meaning of which is actually closer to 'against' rather than 'opposite') would be something akin to being needlessly serious in what should be a humorous situation or place.

Anyways, a joke, anti or otherwise, I give your example a 2/5. It is very obviously supposed to be a joke, but saying you are boring during the joke adds a layer of conflict that would make you come off as, perhaps trying too hard, or being self deprecating, both of which are more annoying than funny.

If you could say it with a completely straight face and tone, I might bump it up to a 3, since most would expect a corny chuckle from you after telling it, and the lack of that would probably be found funnier than the joke itself.
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Oh man, how could I forget the title of this great work? Since it'd be a light novel initially, something like...

"At one time I might have just been a clueless otaku... but now I'm a cluess hero in a strange land fated to save the world?!"

would work. It being an idiotic name, something like "Dragon Star" would probably be used for later adaptations.
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Blighboy posted...

This has definitely already been made, because I'm pretty sure I've seen at least five different parodies or variants of it.

EclairReturns posted...

It sounds too much like an otaku fantasy, and I feel like it would pander too much to that demographic to warrant any other attention.

Who do you think buys all of the $100+ figures and blu ray OVAs? If a property is shown to be valuable it will get adapted to everything from coffee cups to video games and tweaked along the way, all for the purpose of making even more money. After it has the otaku under lock and key, debating over things like best girl, it can widen it's sights if it needs to.
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Smarkil posted...

Dreaming_King posted...

pretty boy's lewd older sister flirting with him (fan service), a thousand year old white mage loli who enjoys running experiments on him (fan service)

How can you have fan service for something that doesn't have fans?

Voluptuous whores and lolies definitely have fans, ones that will sit through an otherwise mediocre show just to get their fix, trust me.
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NinjaGhosts posted...

They auctioned off women? On a ride that is fake? How barbaric

I know, like they were pirates and other ruffians or something.
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I_Abibde posted...

Dreaming_King posted...

It has everything it needs to be the next hit.

Go stand on the X and wait for the anvil, please.

Don't hate the player, hate the game.
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The only thing I can draw is weapons...

Well I have the day and tomorrow off, so maybe I can make something up.
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OK, for all of my special guests, here is a tldr version.

An otaku wakes up in a video game like fantasy world as a renowned hero with a beautiful princess fawning over him (wish fulfilment), a stoic pretty boy as his best friend(fujo/shipping bait), pretty boy's lewd older sister flirting with him (fan service), a thousand year old white mage loli who enjoys running experiments on him (fan service), her adorable but wise cracking mouse (marketable mascot/comic relief), and a mercenary rival with dark powers and a giant black wolf(edge factor) who are on a quest to stop an evil empire with a mysterious general (long running secret to keep people coming back even if they hate the show, just to see how it resolves).

It has everything it needs to be the next hit.
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EvilMegas posted...

You know what brief means?

I could have made it twice as long, easily.

Greenfox111 posted...

yeahhhh this is amazing. you're a true genius

Heh, thanks, finally someone with taste. It just came to me out of the blue today at work too, how crazy is that?
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If VN's count, Hanako from Katawa Shoujo

If they don't Rosalina from Mario, although I wouldn't want to marry her, just have her as a mother.
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Go_Totodile posted...

No, you didn't.

Wow, you sure can read quickly.

Oh wait, you didn't read it at all did you? No idea why you have a troll boner for me, but you just make yourself look silly with these posts of yours.
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She has been fascinated by the curse on Stock for a while since it was one of very few ailments she couldn’t find a cure for and this memory issue with fragments of memories of another world fascinates her to the point she decides to devote herself entirely to curing him. Summoning a host of lifeforms she tells them to look after things while she's gone and then
calls a mouse like artificial lifeform called “Mr. Mic” (mascot character) to accompany them towards the first location she thinks the party should check for clues in.

The Princess chooses to accompany them and fight with her bow if need be, since Stock was cursed saving her life and she wants to repay him, or so she says. As they leave the castle gates, a shadowy figure and a giant black wolf leap down from the ramparts and the man draws his massive long sword. Even as the rest of the party draws their weapons, the figure smirks but then frowns as he sees Stock paralyzed with fear. He growls and sheaths his sword asking him who this imposter of the western captain is. Yuri calls him out as Blade Lord Cross (he has a cross shaped scar on his face), a mercenary supposedly working for the kingdom who is said to used demonic powers. He says that before Stock was cursed he agreed to a rematch from an earlier battle where Stock won him over to fight for the kingdom, and he only came to make good on the promise.

However after hearing about the memory loss he realizes there would be no point in fighting Stock now as it would be an easy win. He and his dire wolf Lupin, to the discomfort of most of the party, join them in their quest to restore the memories of Stock and defeat the evil empire, although he makes it clear he is only there to make sure Stock doesn’t die before he’s worth killing. As they walk along the road towards town it cuts to the fortress of the empire where the evil general clutches a sword very similar to the one Stock has which burns with black flames.

OK, so all I have to do is write this out in light novel format, have it translated into Japanese, have them like it enough to make a manga of it, and have that manga do well enough to get an anime, which hopefully gets a video game or two so I can get VIP status here and gloat on the boards.

What do you think?
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So a brief overview of the plot/first episode.

One day an ordinary, everyday otaku who is fed up with daily life falls asleep while playing a new fantasy video game. When he wakes up he finds himself in another world, lying in bed inside a castle with a beautiful young woman looking over him. She gives him a huge hug and starts crying, bringing a bunch of soldiers rushing in, who salute him and cheer when they see him sitting up. The girl, Princess Bella, asks the guy, who she refers to as Stock, how he feels. He has no idea what is going on though and faints from shock.

When he wakes up he is still in the castle rather than having woken up like he assumed he would as from a dream. A soft spoken and handsome young man who introduces himself as Yuri Lovegone, captain of the northern guard, explains that Stock, Stock Lequest (get it? Like request and "the" quest, like "regarding the quest") is the captain of the western guard and fell ill after being cursed some time ago, which has apparently impacted his memories. As Stock gets his bearings he tries to remember his life on Earth, but his memories have faded like a bad dream in the morning sun, and he can remember nothing of his life in this world. Yuri returns his sword, a legendary relic called Dragon Star for it's flame enchantment, but it elicits nothing more.

Princess Bella joins the two and gives exposition and whatever about the evil empire her kingdom is fighting against and the curious masked general who laid the curse on Stock. Also when Stock asks what exactly their relationship was she gets super embarrassed and starts stammering. She is saved by Mary Lovegone, Yuri's (very) well endowed older half sister interrupting her to starts teasing Yuri about him not showing any emotion at Stock waking up even though she knows he's relieved and happy. She is a powerful witch who helps the kingdom in times of need like now, but it too wild and free spirited to work for them directly like Yuri who is one of the best fencer in the land (although he's something of a pacifist).

The group has been walking thought the castle to the chamber of the great, ancient sage so they can examine Stock to see how to fix the memory problem. When they step inside Stock is surprised to see a little girl instead of a wise old man as he expected. The girl, Dolo, is actually a thousand+ year old artificial life form who was created by some wizard as an assistant, but out living him, vowed to find a way to gain a soul and has read every tome in the land in that quest and done many experiments with healing magic, even creating some artificial lifeforms herself.

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No it didn't.
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