Lurker > Mumei

.... Surprised this has this much debate.

Gladiator


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

When she is burning Atium, she sees what they are going to do in the extremely near future - next few seconds - while still being able to see what they are doing in the present. And the actions of the visions will change as the situation changes / as the person being looked at changes his or her actions. It's very battle-centric, works-in-real-time sort of ability.

The main problem is duration; she would probably have like a minute tops (which even then is a massive, essentially insurmountable advantage in her universe) at the very most, and would probably have more like 20 - 30 seconds worth.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

She's killed quite a few people.

However, seeing as how the ability is basically magic, wouldn't Doom have some silly broken armor-related ability that would nullify it or somesuch thing?


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

distinctly remembering the idea that having metal on you while facing them was a bad idea. any idea why?

The major issue would be that if you have metal on you, a Mistborn (like Vin) could manipulate it (e.g. pull you towards her, yank it away from you, push you away, etc.). A normal person who has a knife in their hand would just be asking to get it shoved in their face, essentially. There are some rules to the manipulation of metal on a person, though. For instance, it isn't possible in most circumstances to manipulate metal that has been ingested or is inside someone in another way (for instance, a piercing) except in certain circumstances that I think for the purposes of one of these fights would be considered unrepeatable.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

They don't really 'control' metal. Instead, they ingest it (in a diluted, liquified form) and they are able to "burn" (read: magically deplete it) in order to cause certain effects such as enhanced senses, superhuman speed and endurance (running as fast as a horse for hours on end, for instance) and durability and strength, hide their usage of Allomancy (the name of the magic being used) or detect others using it, augmenting the effects of other metals when burned in conjunction, and a form of limited precog (seeing a few seconds into the future), though that ability is greatly limited in duration in a normal fight. They are also able to burn metal to push or pull and can use it to leap great heights by pushing off a coin or to use the coin itself as a powerful, bullet-like projectile. And they can burn metals which can allow them to influence the emotions of those around them by either dampening certain emotions or inflaming others.

From what I know of Doom, I think it sounds like a stomp in his favor


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Some stuff that hasn't been listed:

Severian (The Book of the New Sun)
Miles Vorkosigan (Vorkosigan Saga)
Cordelia Naismith (Vorkosigan Saga)
Yorick (Y: The Last Man)
Pierre Aronnax (20,000 Leagues Under The Sea)
Offred (The Handmaid's Tale)
Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus)
Genly Ai (The Left Hand of Darkness)
Shevek (The Dispossessed)
Nausicaa (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)
Gesicht (Pluto)
Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Despite hearing it as often as I did, I never grew to hate it.

Miracle of miracles, that.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

OctilIery posted...
ITT: Delusional hardcore Christians.

I'm Agnostic actually >.>;

it's actually much superior as it doesn't enforce discrimination.

Neither does Christianity.

lol "hardcore" atheists

as if there are levels of not believing

I NOT BELIEVE MORE THAN YOU

There's a significant difference between believing there is no god(Atheism is not just not believing) and believing that someone is foolish or idiotic for believing otherwise.

Atheism does not promote discrimination.

The whole issue with hardcore atheism is that you're acting like you're superior to religious believers. That's pretty much discrimination >.>;




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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

pkmnmaster6591 posted...
Azp2k32 posted...
pkmnmaster6591 posted...
^^Are those reports and statistics about all prisoners or just male ones?

It was specifically male prisoners.

I was addressing Mumei. Sorry for the confusion.

It was specifically male prisoners, with regards to the adults. I don't recall if the one regarding children differentiated by gender, though I think it might have.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

And there's a reason that the Human Rights Watch's report on male rape in prisons is called "No Escape."

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/prison/

"Prisoners unable to escape a situation of sexual abuse may find themselves becoming another inmate's "property." The word is commonly used in prison to refer to sexually subordinate inmates, and it is no exaggeration. Victims of prison rape, in the most extreme cases, are literally the slaves of the perpetrators. Forced to satisfy another man's sexual appetites whenever he demands, they may also be responsible for washing his clothes, massaging his back, cooking his food, cleaning his cell, and myriad other chores. They are frequently "rented out" for sex, sold, or even auctioned off to other inmates, replicating the financial aspects of traditional slavery. Their most basic choices, like how to dress and whom to talk to, may be controlled by the person who "owns" them. Their name may be replaced by a female one. Like all forms of slavery, these situations are among the most degrading and dehumanizing experiences a person can undergo."

"The first time M.R. was raped -- "which felt like having a tree limb shoved up into me" -- he told the prison chaplain about it, and the chaplain had him write out a statement for the facility's Internal Affairs department. According to M.R.'s description of the events, the Internal Affairs investigator brought both the victim and the perpetrator into a room together and asked them what had happened. Although M.R. was terrified to speak of the incident in front of the other inmate, he told his story, while the perpetrator claimed the sex was consensual. After both of them had spoken, the investigator told them that "lovers' quarrels" were not of interest to Internal Affairs, sending them both back to their cells. "The guy shoved me into his house and raped me again," M.R. later told Human Rights Watch. "It was a lot more violent this time."

M.R. spent several months trying to escape the rapist, facing repeated abuse. He filed grievances over the first couple of rapes in an effort to draw the attention of prison officials; they were returned saying the sexual assaults never occurred. On the last day of December, the rapist showed up on M.R.'s wing and threatened to kill M.R. with a combination lock. "I was in the dayroom. I remember eating a piece of cornbread and the next thing I knew I woke up in the hospital," M.R. recalled. A room full of prisoners saw the rapist nearly kill M.R. and then rape him in the middle of the dayroom. The rapist hit M.R. so hard with the lock that when M.R. regained consciousness he could read the word "Master"--the lockmaker--on his forehead. Four years later, a Human Rights Watch researcher could still see the round impression of the lock on the right side of his forehead. In all, M.R. suffered a broken neck, jaw, left collarbone, and finger; a dislocated left shoulder; two major concussions, and lacerations to his scalp that caused bleeding on the brain. Notwithstanding the extreme violence of the attack, and despite M.R.'s best efforts to press charges, the rapist was never criminally prosecuted."

There's also stuff about prison staff deliberately placing at-risk prisoners ("young, small in size, physically weak, white, gay, first offender, possessing "feminine" characteristics such as long hair or a high voice; being unassertive, unaggressive, shy, intellectual, not street-smart, or "passive"; or having been convicted of a sexual offense against a minor") with prisoners known to have raped other prisoners in the past.

There are lots of people who assume that prison rape is either an unavoidable or - more disgustingly - a desirable part of prisons, unfortunately.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

I said I'm disturbed not surprised. Stuff like this is just plain wrong. Couldn't the victim have reported this or are prisoners not allowed outside contact to report this?

... You are a bit naive on this issue. For instance, with regards to juvenile detention:

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2010/jan/07/the-crisis-of-juvenile-prison-rape-a-new-report/

"What sort of kids get locked up in the first place? Only 34 percent of those in juvenile detention are there for violent crimes. (More than 200,000 youth are also tried as adults in the U.S. every year, and on any given day approximately 8,500 kids under 18 are confined in adult prisons and jails. Although probably at greater risk of sexual abuse than any other detained population, they weren’t included in the BJS study.) According to a report by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, which was itself created by PREA, more than 20 percent of those in juvenile detention were confined for technical offenses such as violating probation, or for “status offenses” like disobeying parental orders, missing curfews, truancy, or running away—often from violence and abuse at home. Many suffer from mental illness, substance abuse, and learning disabilities.

A full 80 percent of the abuse reported in the study was perpetrated not by other inmates but by staff. And shockingly, 95 percent of the youth making such allegations said they were victimized by female staff. 63 percent of them reported at least one incident of sexual contact with staff in which no force or explicit coercion was used; staff caught having sex with inmates often claim it’s consensual. But staff have enormous control over inmates’ lives. They can give them privileges, such as extra food or clothing or the opportunity to wash, and they can punish them: everything from beatings to solitary confinement to extended sentences. The notion of a truly consensual relationship in such circumstances is grotesque even when the inmate is not a child.

Nationally, however, fewer than half of the corrections officials whose sexual abuse of juveniles is confirmed are referred for prosecution, and almost none are seriously punished. Although it is a crime for staff to have sex with inmates in all 50 states, prosecutors rarely take on such cases. As children’s advocate Isela Gutierrez put it to The Texas Observer, “local prosecutors don’t consider these kids to be their constituents.” A quarter of all known staff predators in youth facilities are allowed to keep their positions.

The biggest risk factor found in the study was prior abuse. 65 percent of those who had previously been sexually assaulted at another correctional facility were also assaulted at their current one. In prison culture, even in juvenile detention, after an inmate is raped for the first time he is considered “turned out,” and fair game for further abuse. 81 percent of those sexually abused by other inmates were victimized more than once, and 32 percent more than ten times. 42 percent were assaulted by more than one perpetrator. Of those victimized by staff, 88 percent had been abused repeatedly, 27 percent more than ten times, and 33 percent by more than one facility employee. Those who took the survey had been in their facilities for an average of just half a year. In essence, the survey shows that thousands of children are raped and molested every year while in the government’s care—most often, by the very corrections officials charged with their rehabilitation and protection."


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Something being commonplace doesn't make it less disturbing.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

10


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kingpineco posted...
Also hey guess what Rick Perry. The bible says hate the sin not the sinner. So much for him being a true christian.

... It does? Where?


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

(3)The Wire
(6)Modern Family


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

really glad to see I Won't Say I'm in Love is top 10.

Great list.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Plain ass M&Ms


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

... Myopia!


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Metal Gear Solid 3 vs. Ever17 -the out of infinity-
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Metal Gear Solid 3
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Ever17 -the out of infinity
C. I haven’t played Metal Gear Solid 3.
D. I haven’t played Ever17 -the out of infinity.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Lunar: Silver Star Story vs. Planescape: Torment
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Lunar: Silver Star Story
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Planescape: Torment
C. I haven’t played Lunar: Silver Star Story but I bet I'd vote for Planescape: Torment even if I did
D. I haven’t played Planescape: Torment.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Lord Foul


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

As for Pikachu getting thrown away by a small gust...as it turns out, he's dealt with big gusts before. Red found a way to maneuver around Mewtwo's Psywave tornados to capture him. Simple wind isn't going to stop his team, which has gotten massively more powerful since then.

Were these tornados doing the sort of damage that the gusts of wind were doing in that clip?


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Aang.

Might change my mind, though.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Dark Schneider


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

I don't know enough about either character. Are there any good arguments for Accelerator? I'm thinking Gambit, if not.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Lunar: Silver Star Story vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Lunar: Silver Star Story
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
C. I haven’t played Lunar: Silver Star Story.
D. I haven’t played Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.

Kingdom Hearts II vs. Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Kingdom Hearts II
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo
C. I haven’t played Kingdom Hearts II.
D. I haven’t played Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island vs. Ever17 -the out of infinity-
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Ever17 -the out of infinity-
C. I haven’t played Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
D. I haven’t played Ever17 -the out of infinity-.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.

Mother 3 vs. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Mother 3
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
C. I haven’t played Mother 3.
D. I haven’t played Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Seiya


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

-Luffy (needs an update and a clear explanation of Haki ("****ing Haki, how does it work"))

There are three types of Haki:

Kenbunshoku Haki - Limited precog of the opponent's next move; user sees the move in his mind's eye

Busoshoku Haki - Surrounds the body (or a part of the body) with a force that allows the user to take significantly more damage than usual / do significantly more damage than usual. For instance, it allows otherwise normal arrows infused with Busoshoku Haki to penetrate stone. It also allows the user to ignore the effects of a Devil Fruit (for instance, allowing Luffy to punch a Logia in their elemental form).

Haoshoku Haki - Allows the user to knock out / incapacitate weaker-willed fighters. It's like a magical form of psyching someone out, except that it can be targeted to individuals or groups. Oh, and it can tame animals. I'm not sure that this one will have any real relevance or not.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas vs. Silent Hill 2
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Silent Hill 2
C. I haven’t played Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
D. I haven’t played Silent Hill 2.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.

Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors vs. Portal
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Portal
C. I haven’t played Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.
D. I haven’t played Portal.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Super Mario Galaxy 2 vs. Skies of Arcadia
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Super Mario Galaxy 2
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Skies of Arcadia
C. I haven’t played Super Mario Galaxy 2.
D. I haven’t played Skies of Arcadia.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.

Ghost Trick vs. Mass Effect 2
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Ghost Trick
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Mass Effect 2
C. I haven’t played Ghost Trick.
D. I haven’t played Mass Effect 2.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Zone of the Enders 2: The Second Runner vs. F-Zero GX
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Zone of the Enders 2: The Second Runner
B. I’ve played both. Vote: F-Zero GX
C. I haven’t played Zone of the Enders 2: The Second Runner.
D. I haven’t played F-Zero GX.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 vs. Shadow Hearts: Covenant
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Shadow Hearts: Covenant
C. I haven’t played Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4.
D. I haven’t played Shadow Hearts: Covenant.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra vs. Super Metroid
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Super Metroid
C. I haven’t played Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra.
D. I haven’t played Super Metroid.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.

Valkyria Chronicles vs. Donkey Kong Country 2
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Valkyria Chronicles
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Donkey Kong Country 2
C. I haven’t played Valkyria Chronicles.
D. I haven’t played Donkey Kong Country 2.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one
.

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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

The Misadventures of Tron Bonne vs. Resident Evil 4
A. I’ve played both. Vote: The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Resident Evil 4
C. I haven’t played The Misadventures of Tron Bonne.
D. I haven’t played Resident Evil 4.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.

WarioWare: Twisted vs. Hotel Dusk: Room 215
A. I’ve played both. Vote: WarioWare: Twisted
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Hotel Dusk: Room 215
C. I haven’t played WarioWare: Twisted.
D. I haven’t played Hotel Dusk: Room 215.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Sonic 3 & Knuckles vs. Planescape: Torment
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Sonic 3 & Knuckles
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Planescape: Torment
C. I haven’t played Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
D. I haven’t played Planescape: Torment.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis vs. Xenogears
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Xenogears
C. I haven’t played Resident Evil 3: Nemesis.
D. I haven’t played Xenogears.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Melee!


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Super Mario Bros. 3 vs. Mother 3
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Super Mario Bros. 3
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Mother 3
C. I haven’t played Super Mario Bros. 3.
D. I haven’t played Mother 3.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves vs. Mario Party 2
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Mario Party 2
C. I haven’t played Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
D. I haven’t played Mario Party 2.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

More importantly than her technical skills (which are only pretty good), I like her tone, and I think she has pretty decent resonance.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island vs. Soul Calibur II
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Soul Calibur II
C. I haven’t played Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
D. I haven’t played Soul Calibur II.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.

Ever17 -the out of infinity- vs. Suikoden V
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Ever17 -the out of infinity
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Suikoden V
C. I haven’t played Ever17 -the out of infinity.
D. I haven’t played Suikoden V.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Spyro the Dragon vs. Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Spyro the Dragon
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
C. I haven’t played Spyro the Dragon.
D. I haven’t played Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.

Portal vs. Okami
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Portal
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Okami
C. I haven’t played Portal.
D. I haven’t played Okami.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Ogre Battle 64 vs. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Ogre Battle 64
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
C. I haven’t played Ogre Battle 64.
D. I haven’t played Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.

Resident Evil vs. Elite Beat Agents
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Resident Evil
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Elite Beat Agents
C. I haven’t played Resident Evil.
D. I haven’t played Elite Beat Agents.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage

Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica vs. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
C. I haven’t played Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica.
D. I haven’t played Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.

Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations vs. Tales of Symphonia
A. I’ve played both. Vote: Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations
B. I’ve played both. Vote: Tales of Symphonia
C. I haven’t played Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations.
D. I haven’t played Tales of Symphonia.
E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.


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"Luxe, calme et volupte." - Charles Baudelaire, The Invitation to the Voyage