Lurker > Lightning Strikes

From: GeneralKenobi85 | #336

I don't really see what's so bad about his post there. It doesn't come off as him saying that people who read slowly are stupid. Just that they read slowly.

"People who do things different to me are slow" is how I read it, and I don't think that's that surprising.

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From: Takfloyd_mkII__ | #333

I've tried to listen to that song a few times, but I never get further than 20 seconds in before the cheese becomes unbearable and I have to turn it off. Don't know why people like it.

@Lightning Strikes

I imagine the people who give the characters voices while reading are slow readers. I read very fast, so if I tried to imagine their voices while reading they would all be Yuki Nagato speak. Like inaudibly fast robot voices.

Thought does not occur at the same speed as hearing. In the time it has taken me to read this sentence in my head (with my own voice) it would only be possible to actually read a fraction of it aloud. That's just how thought works. Inception time, basically. I read fast too.

Also I love how you can't even get through that without some kind of disparaging/elitist comment.

EDIT: Also Temporal Shenanigans rules. Great instrumentals, great vocalist, pretty good lyrics.

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Maaaan I have to reiterate how I don't get the "I don't give them voices" thing. I mean, fair enough to the people who do it, but I just can't imagine it. Or think I would enjoy reading it that way. It gives 'em character, honestly.

Most are unique voices my subconscious came up with though, I'll agree with that.

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That's a bit surprising. Do you not just subconsciously read the words in a certain voice? I do that with pretty much everyone, not just limited to Homestuck or even fiction.

Anyway, that Doc Scratch voice is really, really good. Might have to change my headcanon. Liked the intro bit there too.

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"I don't know how to use Google".

Famous Canadian author. There, I solved it.

Also Dante Basco is not that obscure. Rufio was a biggish deal before Homestuck, hell he was going to get his own movie. he also voiced Zuko, as said (which I didn't actually know at first). Involved with the Legend of Korra too. So he's had a decent amount of popular stuff.

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Why would Aradia and Sollux be shown? Leave it for Intermission 3. The main Act 6 has been completely from the Alpha Kids' perspective pretty much, only showing what the previous characters are up to when they interact with the Alpha Kids (i.e Tavros and Vriska, the Dream Bubble get together). Without some kind of unbelievable segue, showing Sollux and Aradia here would just be fairly ransom.

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From: tereziWright | #223

Dave > Rose > Roxy > John > Jade > Dirk > Jade > Jake

What the devil is this.

But seriously, not going to do kid rankings because they're all pretty rad. Dirk, Dave and Roxy are the best ones though, I'll say that much.

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Whoa, awesome flash. And the rest of the update was equally amazing.

Dirk is so great. It saddens me to think that there are people who think he's the worst Alpha kid!

Roxy's facial expressions were the best part though, especially her :( face.

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Vlado, Vlado, is this you?



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9/10.

I want to rate this higher, but a lot of me is thinking more about how well it works with The Lost Age. The two are basically halves of one incredible game.

Still excellent.

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You know, there was probably a point when Rare was the single best developer in the entire business.

Realising that just now made me incredibly sad.

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Rock, if you need to think about it, it's not an impulse buy, obviously.

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The walls of text in Hivebent were pretty jarring not because I don't like to read or anything silly like that (this is coming from someone who has read War and Peace, for instance) but because it was so different and so much more than what came immediately before. It was like Hussie massively changed the way the story was told. That took some getting used to. I enjoyed it, though, for the characters. That was also where we started getting some really nicely complex characterisation and I like that.

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It is absolutely not something you "need" to do, and definitely isn't for everyone. Try it if you want, but you're likely not missing out. Or maybe you are. It all depends on the person.

Anyway, I don't really drink, but there have been a few times. I remember all of them quite clearly, and one or two are fun stories. The first time I really got drunk I was in Russia, and had been pressured into taking an unholy amount of vodka shots with a meal because Russia. I then kept suggesting that the people I was travelling with watch Battlefield Earth (the cabin we were staying in had it on VHS) and then sat on a couch in quiet drunk mode until I recovered.

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It's not that hard. Unless you play with no continues. I mean, it's fairly hard, but there's a lot more to the game than difficulty. Honestly, if you don't know much about a game, perhaps you should head to Wikipedia or Youtube for 5 minutes before making these topics >_>.

Anyway, 8/10.

Daddy gave you good advice.

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From: bronxplayah | #042

Did you read the article? Read it before making assumptions.

I did. It's much the same. Yes, it's a little better in that it is by one particular person talking about their own experiences, but ultimately it was published by the Mail because it pushes their typical agenda. Even the TC is unwittingly acting in a very Daily Mail fashion with the alarmist and reactionary topic title.

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From: WalrusJump | #017

How does that invalidate an article written by an irregular contributor 80 years later?

Because that's who the paper is written for and by. Ultra-right wing near fascists. This article, ultimately, is no different, or else the author would have found a different outlet.

As for unreliability, it's a tabloid newspaper, what more do you want?

Anyway, here is some video footage of a meeting of Daily Mail sorts:



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Also, the Daily Mail literally supported Fascism in the '30s.

No, that's not a joke.

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Basically the British equivalent of someone linking to the Fox News website. To sum it up in simple terms anyway.

It's a reactionary, right wing, racist, xenophobic, nationalistic, homophobic, and most importantly unreliable tabloid paper. But hey, at least it isn't the Daily Express! That one would try to spin Alice Walker as having been responsible for the death of Princess Diana.

Seriously, in British culture the paper is often nicknamed the "Daily Fail" and "Daily Mail reader" can even be used as an insult. That is how bad this paper is.

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From: NeoElfboy | #003

Unironically linking to the Daily Mail.

Oh, B8.

This.

The worst part is, this isn't even the first time I've seen that done here. In fact, it's at least the third.

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Nah. These usually make everything you've done seem pointless. Tragic endings can be pretty great though.

I wonder if Phantasy Star II counts as a bad ending... That was an enjoyable one.

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GBA.

The sound quality really doesn't suffer as long as you use headphones or simply don't play it on a GBA, and the pieces are strong enough to carry themselves regardless. It has by far the best translation of the lot (taking the good parts from the SNES one and combining it with a more accurate, less censored script), and is otherwise identical to the SNES version with some nice errors and all the bugs fixed.

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You really just need to be aware of MG1 and 2. If I recall, the manual for MGS even included a plot sumarry, with a handy retcon for 2.

Also, I highly doubt MGS5 will be called MGS5 but we'll see. I think the series should have dropped numbers after two, as all series pretty much have to do it eventually, for their own good.

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It was to the point where the working title for Peace Walker was literally Metal Gear Solid 5. Also, Portable Ops wasn't even overseen by Kojima. It is in canon, but the only references to it are a very obscure piece of data in MGS4 that retcons a massive plot hole Portable Ops makes, and a line in Peace Walker telling you to forget about the events of Portable Ops. It's not part of the main series. Peace Walker is.

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The series follows inverse Star Trek film logic in terms of game quality (which is to say, the odd numbered ones are the good ones, as opposed to Star Trek where it's even). Especially if we count Peace Walker as MGS5.

MGS3 is one of the best games ever made. Enjoy.

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Did I hear someone mention Seven Samurai? Of all the "classics" I've seen, that's one I'd legitimately rank among the best films ever made even today. It's pretty long though, that's its only flaw, if you even consider that a flaw.

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I think that was possibly the first laugh-out-loud moment of Homestuck. With many more to come, I promise you!

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I'm just going to say this flat-out. 3 is the weakest game in the series. Do not rush to it. Now it still has stuff to recommend, but you'll get a much better experience if you take your time to savour 1 and especially 2. As climaxes and endings go, 3 is very underwhelming, and also suffers from some pretty lazy game design in places compared to the very rigorously structured 2. If you rush to 3, there's every possibility that you won't get much enjoyment out of the entire trilogy because you didn't spend enough time on the first two.

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I don't know what my expectations for Dante reacting to those events were, but that far surpassed them.

Him being a little drunk through all of that made it so much better.

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ninkendo posted...

Lightning Strikes posted...

No relation beyond a few vague themes and references.

that's enough to make it not count because you could say the same for every Final Fantasy then

I knew someone would say this as soon as I posted.

And really there's a world of difference. Not only are each Final Fantasy much closer related (each is based on the same core concepts expressed differently) but they each bear the Final Fantasy name and trademark. Xenoblade is its own IP with no official relation to the other Xeno_ games beyond the first four letters of its name, which does not a series make. It's like saying that The Last Story is a Final Fantasy game because they have similar names and share a director. That's not enough to count as a series.

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Xenoblade certainly isn't part of the same franchise as Xenogears or Xenosaga. No relation beyond a few vague themes and references.

But my gut reaction was TWEWY. So Xenoblade for consoles, TWEWY for handhelds.

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I agree with Ayuyu, with the exception of a few remaining bastions of niceness, the board is pretty much downright unfriendly and unwelcoming. Just look at how we treat new users. I'm pretty much only here for the Homestuck topics now, without those I would basically leave the board. There's just no reason to stay here since it's so closed off and, well, mean. So have a nice time away from the board, Ayuyu. You could be pretty annoying sometimes (and downright odd at other times) but I liked you. You did not deserve the treatment you got from the people in this place.

Also, Metroid Composite's a girl? I thought she was a gay man.

>_>

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Personally, every 2D Metroidvania-styled Castlevania except for HoD is better than SotN. Of which either Dawn of Sorrow or Order of Ecclesia is the best. Zero Mission is also an excellent Metroidvania that surpasses Super Metroid in a lot of ways.

As for 3D games, all three Metroid Primes (1>3>2 btw) and Dark Souls.

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Ancient Cistern for sure. Also, Slimy Spring Galaxy.

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True. Although I don't think it necessarily has to be before. I think both Dirks will live long enough to corpsesmooch, at least.

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I think in order to have the light go out, you only need to have one self die. As both of Dirk's selves are unconscious, the light is dimmed. Also, as this contradicts what was said in the Jane walkarounds about the lights going out, I expect that Jane will do the lifey thing again soon.

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Oh wow, ~70 page update. That is definitely worth the wait.

And what an update it was! I think the most interesting potential thing may be the fact that uu calle Calliope "Cal". Possibly some connection there, especially considering his distaste for Lil' Cal.

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Honestly, I feel the writers didn't really do much for Luwin that wasn't in the books (and I really liked him there). I think it just shows what a good enough actor can do for a role, really bringing the character to life.

Also, a few choices on this list I disagree with. Osha being so low was a real shocker. I really thought Tena nailed it and disagree with pretty much everything you said in that writeup. I didn't get the "wildness" from her at all, in fact I felt that the absence of wildness was kind of the point of her portrayal. Also, Gillen gets too much flak for things that aren't really his fault and generally reserved for the first two episodes anyway. I felt he was great for the last eight, on par with his season 1 performance, it was just the first two he had problems with.

And of course, I would probably rank Iain McGlen at number 1 for supporting actors. I watched the episode you mentioned in his writeup last night, and I have to say, I really did feel that conflict and turmoil. I guess that's just the thing about interpretations of art-they're very subjective.

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Home with the milk in the mooooooorning,

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27% of gamefaqs doesn't know what they're talking about. As said already, Sony will be out of business in 10 years. They're currently in the weakest position by a very long way. But I guess people just voted for the ones they liked the best.

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Okay, so that brings the famous people reading Homestuck count to at least three. Probably higher.

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LinkMarioSamus posted...

I'm kinda baffled at all these Zelda responses since I have extremely fond memories of Twilight Princess. Has the series produced a series of really bad games since then that people hate it?

The stupid thing is that the main YouTube user I watch videos from:

-Considers The Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and even Spirit Tracks to be among his favorite games of all time
-Really liked Metroid: Other M even though he conceded that it's nowhere near as good as Super Metroid, Prime, and Echoes (to be fair, he's a huge Team Ninja fan) and that it's story is bad
-Has not liked any Final Fantasy released after Final Fantasy IX (though to be fair, he never got around to the series until 2007-2008).

You just couldn't stop with that fairly normal post, could you LMS. You had to go and edit to make yourself look even more ridiculous.

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None, really.

It's pretty spiteful to want franchises that people enjoy to die, especially those that are still producing very critically acclaimed and commercially successful games like Mario, Zelda, etc.

That said, there are some that should definitely take a break and reevaluate themselves. Final Fantasy, Call of Duty, Sonic... These could still be great if they cut back on the output and focused on improving the series.

Also, when a series ends it needs to stay ended. MGS, Halo, Resident Evil... Continuing the series through reboots, spinoffs, prequels and such is fine, but trying to keep the same damn storyline going after deliberately drawing it to a close is just irritating. If you're going to end something, end it. Don't change your mind afterwards.

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I just can't believe that there were people in here who thought England would win a penalty shootout.

They weren't even English!

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lol, penalties.

I for one, welcome our glorious Italian overlords.

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Although I didn't have a knife, a blackjack, or a gun!

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I have been called LMS.

Time to commit suicide then.

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Vlado posted...

Lightning Strikes posted...

The bad would be it being RE4 but less so with worse mechanics, the entire plot, the length, the shift to standard third person shooting, and most importantly, the lack of scares and atmosphere.

Indeed, the shift to standard third-person shooting is totally RE5's fault, nevermind that it happened in RE4.

RE4 is not a standard third person shooter. RE4 did invent the formula, but did not forget the series' survival horror roots. It incorporated this into the mechanics. RE5 went full Gears of War on us.

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Hmm.

5/10.

Pretty smack-bang in the middle, because there are a variety of things good and bad about it. I have a hard time siding either way. The good would be Mercenaries, Lost in Nightmares, the presentation, and the core game from RE4 still being awesome. The bad would be it being RE4 but less so with worse mechanics, the entire plot, the length, the shift to standard third person shooting, and most importantly, the lack of scares and atmosphere.

The core mechanics are solid, which makes it fun, but it really leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Also, co-op is both a blessing and a curse. It is quite fun, but it ruins the single player.

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The fun it doesn't stop 'til 12 on happy old Broadway,

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