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The mechs in Zone of the enders weren't very big. Not sure if you'd call them "small" though. Definitely shorter than many other mecha series.
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Depends, is Ginger a ginger?
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My brother-in-law clapping and barking like a seal.
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Yellow posted...

Are we forgetting about The Dark ages?

Never happened according to that image.
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shadowsword87 posted...

It said nothing about Republicans or fundamentalism.

No, but it did say we needed Christianity to have a moral society despite that codes of morals and ethics were developed thousands of years around the world prior to its conceptualization, as well as, completely ignores the totalitarianism and extremism that arose when Christianity was at its peak in power and influence. So it may as well have talked about Christian fundamentalism since the bias is blatantly clear.
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Meh, my sister sends paragraph-length texts faster than tat. Can't even pick up the damn phone before five more come in.
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Dora Winafred. Totally butchered that second part but I remember the pronunciation at least.

That was kind of a fucked up episode too because she basically gets tormented by nightmares of Arthur calling her by her full name. Tha's some deep-seeded issues right there if your name is a cause for trauma.
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The Popo posted...

Bullshit. I have an entire free hand available while masturbating.
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Moonjay posted...

A good Satanist would know you don't need "Christian culture" to have morals and order. The Satanic Tenets are a better life code than many.

Eh, it's the closest I could think of for someone that says their a Christian but doesn't believe in what is at the lcore of the religion itself.

Of course, to be a Satanist you need to believe God exists in the first place...
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shadowsword87 posted...

Shinebolt posted...

Math and science are invented and written by man!
*Completely ignores that The Bible was written by men who had a lot to gain by writing a book they could pass as the ""Word of God"*

https://i.redd.it/4phdhhwvp0e01.jpg

A Christian that doesn't believe in God? So, a Satanist then?
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Math and science are invented and written by man!

*Completely ignores that The Bible was written by men who had a lot to gain by writing a book they could pass as the ""Word of God"*
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We're talking movies here, right? Because that's not how it usually goes in games or books. It's also important to note that there's a difference between a trilogy with a single overarching plotline and a series with three movies that follow the same characters or set in the same universe. Typically, a story that spans three installments suffers from Second-part Trilogy Syndrome which is why it's an actual thing.

In the case of books there's also Second Book Syndrome which is similar, but affects the second book an author publishes that doesn't necessarily have to be a sequel to the first.

I'd also like to point out that RoTK technically isn't the third installment. It's the final act to a singular book that got split into three due to its sheer size so it doesn't really count in book form.
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green dragon posted...

Pokemon stadium 1 and 2

Most definitely not RPGs. Closest thing to an RPG in either of these is playing RBY and GSC on them. Outside of that, they're both literally just turn-based battles and minigames.
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Grendel posted...

Revelation34 posted...

Well in order to get rid of culture like that you would need to get rid of racism 100%

The only way to do that is with lots and lots of cross-racial sex. I'll do my part.

No, because then you'll just start creating mixed cultures. Unless you do it with a Japanese or American in which you'll just be contributing to their culture.
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Nope. The closest I got to liking any kind of liquor was a wine cooler, and even then I was just sitting there thinking, "I could be drinking a glass of water..." which is pretty bad.

To be fair though, my sister had just come back from the store with the coolers so that one got warm pretty quick. Haven't bothered to try one again, and I haven't had any actual wine either.
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I'm only fine with different colored text if it doesn't melt into the background. Although, I'm not much of a fan of the whole "RED TEXT MEANS THIS IS IMPORTANT!" thing that goes on in video games. Like seriously, you don't need to hang a fucking lantern on something. You're just ruining the damn suspense that way.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/world/asia/chinese-prom-dress.html

This is what you get for being late to the party, duckbeard. The Chinese love her dress!
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Gamefreak9905 posted...

ernieforss posted...

i still need to go back and finish the game. i got 3 ending and trying to get the last ending.

Theres more than 3? Damn

Yep, one for each god. Think about that for a moment and you'll understand. Unless you forgot in which case there's four of 'em.

Although, don't you get the last one along with your third anyway? Or do you need to beat it once more?
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saspa posted...

Shinebolt posted...

Was it Korea or Japan that has that whole "American eyes" thing going on where they got their eyes reshaped to be more European...yeah no idea why it's apparently called "American eyes" but that's the term I heard for it.

Literally never heard of such a term

Eh, it was just something I saw mentioned on this site once. I already looked into it and from what I can tell Koreans don't really consider themselves pursuing a more "western" look, and it's mostly just Western journalists trying to define the look in a way that suits them. So yeah, probably just more arrogant western biases like usual.
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Yep, I loved that game. Pretty sure it's the inspiration behind one of the main concepts for the magic system in my novel. Hard to say really because a lot of games have runes. However, it's the only game I remember playing where you have to combine certain runes together to get different effects. Like how combining the runes for the different gods with a healing rune heals a different bar (health, magic, sanity) or with an enchanting rune to get a different enchantment.

Now that I think about it are they even called runes in that game? Man, it's been way too long...
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Zeus posted...

NightMareBunny posted...

compare that to most of DC's Well Known Heroes living in fictional cities as opposed to real united states cities

...which are mostly just fictionalized versions of real cities.

Metropolis = super generic name given to a fictional New York. Might as well have just kept it New York if you weren't going to be creative enough to actually name a metropolis.
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Steam? Damn that's a double-edged sowrd. I have too many games as is. Oh well, several full external hard drives here I come!
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Well, the My Fairy thing is now in 3D...but yeah, based on what the people who own the Japanese version have said i just has a few tweaks here and there really.

I never owned the 3DS version so I have it pre-ordered, but not sure if there's much justification for those that did have the 3DS version.
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Never mentioned Spider-Man in my post so no idea why he came up. I've got zero fucks to give to the web-slinging bug guy so whatever.
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Marvel. No contest. X-men are my favorite by far simply because of just how much variety the X-Gene allows.

That, and I despise DC's "no killing" BS.
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What do you expect? They took a generic "genetically modified creature runs amok" movie and then slapped the Jurassic Park logo on it and called it a damn day for Jurassic World. They didn't bother with anything other then name-branding for the first which paid off immensely. There's absolutely no reason for them to try on the second...until it bombs horribly because people realize how much of a shitfest it actually is. Of course, they could get lucky and people will fail to realize what's really going on for another couple of movies. Either way, the producers made bank already and don't give a fuck.
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I'm not big into either really, but if I had to choose it would be Marvel all day everyday. DC is just too damn preachy with, "Killing is wrong and if you kill the psychopath that's trying to blow up the whole northern hemisphere than you're no different then him despite saving literally billions of lives and preventing said psychopath from ever hurting anyone ever again because now you're a psychopath too who's now going to kill anything and everything that you think is bad just like the alternate Earth Justice League that killed that ONE guy and now rule the world with an oppressive iron fist because they killed that one psychopath that killed millions of people and possibly even millions more if he was still alive today, but that's okay because you didn't kill him so now you're not a psychopath even though your complete lack of not killing him has led to the deaths of even more people." And that's essentially Batman's whole fucking shtick so maybe.

No, actually they just need better movies and other things that appeal more to a mass market audience like Marvel has managed to do. I'll still prefer Marvel though because fuck DC's "Kill is wrong!" bullshit.
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Was it Korea or Japan that has that whole "American eyes" thing going on where they got their eyes reshaped to be more European...yeah no idea why it's apparently called "American eyes" but that's the term I heard for it.
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What's not to love about an angry overly emotional child-murdering man that eventually almost force chokes his pregnant wife to death? /s

Conceptually, the prequels were nice since they were a deconstruction of the "Child Prodigy" and "Chosen One" tropes. Anakin does everything you wouldn't expect from those typical hero archetypes. Too bad we didn't have anyone actually worth a damn writing them though...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

ecause now you know literally everything he mentions is either a lie, or was generally terrible.

Obi Wan being full of shit was established in the OT itself with the whole, "Darth Vader killed your father...well okay, he is actually Anakin, but his soul, man! He killed his soul, or something..."
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What's not to love about an angry overly emotional child-murdering man that eventually almost force chokes his pregnant wife to death? /s

Conceptually, the prequels are nice since their a complete deconstruction of the "Child Prodigy" and "Chosen One" tropes. Anakin does everything that you wouldn't expect from either of those typical hero archetypes. Too bad they didn't have someone actually worth a damn writing them though...
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streamofthesky posted...

Nice artwork. Is she in WO4? Been meaning to buy Nights of Azure 1 and/or 2...
But I haven't even played WO3 yet, I'm so behind on games....

Well, Warriors All Stars had two NoA characters and I'd wager there's a good chance characters from that game and represented series that haven't been in WO yet will probably be in WO4. Hell, may even get a couple guest characters since Sophitia is in WO3U.

I_Abibde posted...

*headscratch*

I thought Warriors All-Stars was supposed to be the 'new' Orochi series?

Yeah, I thought the same too. Maybe All Stars wasn't received and/or didn't sell well enough so they just went back to Warriors Orochi.
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Monster Hunter: World and Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Remastered.

...So, basically Grigori is replaced by Zorah Magdaros?
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Too flat/10
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Better scaling is a definite for me to even consider buing the next game. I never even touched the Pre-Sequel because BL2's pea-shooting guns and paper-mache shields were utterly ridiculous. The fact that health gating even exists just makes things that much worse because that's literally the devs openly admitting they went overboard and made things pretty much one-shot you. Also, enemy spawns need to be better controlled as well. Seriously, I'm fine with more enemies, but they shouldn't be fucking spawning right fucking behind me after I move a fucking inch from where I used to be.

The loot system needs tweaking too. The way BL2 handled it was: Whites everywhere, an occasional green, a very rare blue, and "Purple? Orange? Hahahaha, good fucking luck with that one, buddy. Maybe after you kill me another 20 or so times I'll consider it..." I don't want blues, pruples, and oranges spewing out of every crevasse, but greens should be far more common and blues should be the occasional drop with purples and oranges the rare ones. The loot explosion at the end of the Torque DLC was one of the most depressing moments in gaming history because of BL2's shitty loot system.

I'm also 100% convinced that the BUNK3R skins and heads are an elaborate fan-created conspiracy to troll the fuck out of people. I killed that thing like 200+ times and never got a single one.
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Yeah, sure. Games are to blame. That's why crime in general has been on a decline for the past several decades.

Honestly though, I doubt this is anything more than the usual political dance around until the heat dies down. Of course, none of the real issues will actually be addressed either so it'll happen again, and then games will be dragged in again like in literally every major mass shooting to happen since the late 80's.
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...well at least you didn't say it reminds you of Dark Souls.
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Eh, I kind of lost interest once I heard they essentially removed the "monster-catching + evolving" aspect. That's what's what got me into the first one. Haven't followed up on it in awhile so no idea if they addressed that or not though.
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thekingoftown posted...

Mead posted...

TC is trying his very best

Like no one ever was

To bait them is his real test.
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Nope. Don't really care about the anime very much. Still play the games though, and I did enjoy Dragonball and Z at least.
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How did the hobits even come into existence anyway. That's something I either missed or just wasn't explained. Elves and men are from the creator, dwarves from Aule, orcs are corrupted elves created by Morgoth, but no idea where hobbits come from.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Metalsonic66 posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

You need to read The Silmarillion.

I've wanted to for a while, but I've heard it's a slow read, and I have quite a few books in my backlog at the moment.

It's like reading the Old Testament in the King James Bible (which is kind of deliberate). It can be a very hard slog unless you can get into it.

That being said, it describes literally thousands of years worth of history, and tons of stories which are probably more interesting than anything Bilbo, Frodo, or Gandalf ever did. The only downside being that the scale means that it describes events that take decades over the span of a few paragraphs, and is more historically descriptive than narrative. So it can feel REALLY dry.

DarkKirby2500 posted...

I don't claim to be a Lord of the Rings lore expert, but how far away do you need to be from the Ring to not be effected by it? Lots of people hang out around Frodo are aren't effected by the Ring, can't you just carry it in a very large bag to keep it a good distance from yourself while transporting it?

It's seemingly less about how far away from it you are, and more how much it wants to try and influence you. It clearly reaches out to entice certain people more than others, mainly so that it can manipulate events to get itself back into Sauron's hands.

It generally WON'T reach out to stronger wills like Gandalf because even if it corrupts them they'll still use it for themselves (and will probably destroy Sauron with it even if they eventually become as bad or worse than him over time), and it doesn't bother with people it sees as being worthless to its goals (like Merry or Pippin), but it can apparently stretch its influence pretty far to trigger random orc attacks (to get Isildur killed) or start to subvert people like Boromir over time.

Shinebolt posted...

and after that it's just a matter of desire and lust for power.

Not even that, since it's pretty clearly spelled out that Gandalf doesn't really lust for power or even want the Ring, yet he understands full well that it will corrupt him as soon as he has it (Galadriel is actually a different case, because she IS self-aware enough to understand that she DOES want power - part of why she came to Middle Earth in the first place was to claim land and dominion, and that her younger self probably would have succumbed to the lure of the Ring whereas her older, more world-weary self does not).

And while the movies sort of make Boromir look like a jerk from the start, it's clearer in the books that he's actually a pretty noble soul who doesn't really desire power per se as much as he just wants to save Gondor (in the same way that Denethor was very much a good man until he fell under the power of Sauron via the Palantir). Faramir is probably as close as you ever come to seeing what Boromir and Denethor were like before being influenced by the evil of Sauron through the Ring and the Stone respectively.

But the Ring is clearly limited in just how much control it can exert, because otherwise it would have just turned Gollum into a crazy deathseeker and had him march directly into Mordor and back to Sauron long ago.

I wasn't talking about Gandalf in that post. It was just a general statement on how the ring corrupts. Also, "desire" and "lust for power" aren't meant to be treated as the same thing. I'm well aware of what Boromir's intentions were, but that desire is what led him to be corrupted for a brief moment which honestly is the truly scary part about the ring. It can twist an otherwise noble inner desire to do good into something malevolent. And that part about Gandalf just goes back to what I said earlier about his own personality really.
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Because The Goblin King stole his wizarding hat, and wouldn't give it back until Dumbledore performed a raw blink on Hara Kiri Rock.
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DarkKirby2500 posted...

I don't claim to be a Lord of the Rings lore expert, but how far away do you need to be from the Ring to not be effected by it? Lots of people hang out around Frodo are aren't effected by the Ring, can't you just carry it in a very large bag to keep it a good distance from yourself while transporting it?

There's some psychological implications as well. The ring itself probably doesn't corrupt unless you come into physical contact with it. Bilbo had the ring for some time yet Frodo didn't get affected by it until he started carrying it around himself. Boromir, on the other hand, was pretty much corrupted without touching it. So, just knowing of it's existence may really be enough, and after that it's just a matter of desire and lust for power.
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I haven't read the books in a very long time so I can't remember every detail.

As for why the Valar can't interfere, it's written in the song that created the world of Middle-Earth (Middle-Earth is just a continent btw, don't remember the name of the planet itself aside from the earlier name which was Ardah or something similar). Elves are the first-born of the creator of the world and men are the second-born. The Valar are not allowed to directly interfere with the second-born and instead forced to observe them from a distance as part of the punishment for the creator's song being corrupted.

Like I said, can't remember everything so I'm still probably forgetting things and getting others wrong. Go read The Silmarillion for an accurate explanation.

...and thanks for the reminder despite you jumping to assumptions.
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Which is part of what makes it a great cop out. Tolkien could have just given Gandalf the ring and been done with it, but doing so would mean no book. Most other writers wouldn't even acknowledge the fact that the most powerful person in the group should be carrying the artifact of power, and if they do it's usually some half-ased reason like not being pure of heart or something.

Here, we have Gandalf's own "character personality" preventing him from taking the ring. He's wise enough and has the forethought that taking the ring could easily turn disastrous. People can argue all they want on whether or not Gandalf would actually get corrupted, but you can't argue character personality because it trumps everything.
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OhhhJa posted...

Okay, let's be real here this is just a cop out on the author's part. A great cop out because Tolkien knew what the fuck he was doing and covered his ass well, but a cop out nonetheless. There's no reason to believe Gandalf is any easier to corrupt than Frodo. In fact, Gollum gives a pretty good indication on just how easy it can be for hobbits to be corrupted. You also can't use the "mortal man" excuse with Gandalf either. For details on that go read The Silmarillion
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Yep, I'm honestly surprised at how uncommon it seems to be in games given it's common as hell in real life. Still, I got a FF summon that shares the same name, and a Gundam but that's not from a video game, so no complaints from me.
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Lokarin posted...

A teacher back in my old elementary school would host an after-school bible study in his classroom. Guess no one told him God was expelled.
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People have outright raped, murdered, and turortured in the name of God. So yeah, no that won't help a god damn bit. Seriously, if that's all it took then Medieval Europe under the Holy Roman Empire would have been the safest, bestest time to live in human history which it is far and away from not being either of those things.
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