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Topic | [VGMC] Day 87! Lost City/Gusty Garden Galaxy, Prophecy/-[PROTEASE]- |
azuarc 08/23/22 10:22:47 PM #6 | The Lost City Prophecy --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | I've generally had a less negative view of Google over other mega corps, but... |
azuarc 08/23/22 4:23:53 PM #10 | I agree that the copyright claim system on Youtube is pretty awful. But that has the outward appearance of doing more with incompetent design. What this video shows is that it's by design. Youtube profits from the system and actively tries to maintain it. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Genshin Impact Topic 11: Brace yourselves, Dendro supremacy is coming |
azuarc 08/23/22 4:22:14 PM #194 | I had assumed Sumeru would be stonewalled behind a bunch of quests, but apparently you just have to finish the prologue (i.e., Mondstadt). I set up a team last I logged in of Keqing, Kuki, Traveler, and Kazuha. (I should rename my traveler to start with K.) I haven't played with one of these characters ever and obviously not the dendro variant of MC, either, so this will be interesting. I might rapidly say nuts to that and play something more comfortable, considering the only two characters I really need are Ganyu and a shield, and I can brute force anything that's not element-locked. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Rate the VG Story Day 422: The Forgotten City |
azuarc 08/23/22 4:18:31 PM #9 | I'd love to hear more (non-spoiler) opinions on this. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Genshin Impact Topic 11: Brace yourselves, Dendro supremacy is coming |
azuarc 08/23/22 12:22:16 PM #190 | I'm tempted to just not play tonight and watch streams and/or do something else. I already logged in today to get my dailies done. What's everyone's day 1 team looking like? --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | I've generally had a less negative view of Google over other mega corps, but... |
azuarc 08/23/22 10:13:21 AM #6 | banananor posted... I apologize for asking this, but could you provide a short summary? Certainly. Content creator, Business Casual (BC), makes original videos on history. One of the signature elements of their videos is the way they recreate images out of a pastiche of other images to create 3-D moving imagery. The original images are probably publicly available, but given the amount of work they do to restore those images before even combining them, it's pretty obvious that they are creating their own work. Channels run by Russia Today (RT), which is funded directly by the Russian government, ripped off some segments of BC's videos. It's also heavily implied that they do this routinely with other content creators, but this isn't addressed. RT made it obvious that they knew full well what they were doing, considering they scrubbed the watermark and desaturated the image to avoid filters. It was only by chance BC became aware. BC finds initially one, and later two more instances that explicitly use their videography and also excerpts from their script. They file a copyright strike on the first video. RT accepts this. Then they file strikes for the other two, and the fireworks begin. Crude timeline that follows:
Obviously, due to the length, tons of subtext is missing here. The TLDR is that Google sides with profiting from Russia state media whose sole purpose for existing is to misinform people outside of Russia, rather than following the law or what is obviously the ethical thing to do. RT performed the same act in all three cases, and not only conceded to the first strike, but have directly admitted it in emails that will easily cost them their case (among other things). One of these other strikes involves literally the same exact material being DMCA'ed in another upload, and Google washes their hands of that simply because RT has a counterclaim. Google also dragged their feet in even processing these later two claims because if 90 days can pass, a channel loses one of their copyright strikes, and doing so would enable RT to exist with just two strikes. The irony is that RT's entire network is temporarily blocked now because of the war in Ukraine, however the videos are not gone, the account is still very much alive, and there was a one-year period between when the channels should have been banned and this block being instated for completely independent reasons. During the entire fiasco, a variety of internal members of Alphabet responded to BC, have revealed that these high-ranking members have reviewed the case themselves, and in many cases tried to persuade BC and others that what RT did isn't so bad, despite the rather black-and-white nature of the DMCA law and the blatant violations of their own site policy. At one point, he was even contacted by an official from Youtube Russia out of the blue who literally used to work for Russian state media. I could go on, but the point was to summarize. In the end, BC intends to appeal the Google case, and are looking for tacit support from the community to spread the word about what should justifiably amount to a scandal that could lead to Google losing a lot of their protections against pirating and harmful content on their platforms. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | I've generally had a less negative view of Google over other mega corps, but... |
azuarc 08/23/22 2:29:57 AM #1 | When you watch Youtube, you inevitably see videos about how the system is screwing over so many of its creators, both in terms of piracy and in terms of demonetization. That's always good to get a good fist shake and a moment of silent anger before going on with my life. Then there's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IaOeVgZ-wc Should I have tagged this politics? idk. It's not technically political. It's equally as angering as politics, though. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | What is the best anti car theft device |
azuarc 08/23/22 12:11:59 AM #6 | MysteriousStan posted... A chicken you have to fight every time you want to drive your car. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Epyo's Top 100 Games of All Time (with write-ups) |
azuarc 08/23/22 12:11:36 AM #165 | Epyo posted... I love just scrolling around a park, just staring at it. I LOVE GRIDS. Wonder if we'll see any (other) city builders on here. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Day 86! Limitless Cinderella/Tachi, Dance With the Shadow/Theme of D4 |
azuarc 08/23/22 12:09:40 AM #21 | Tachi Theme of D4 --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Post an animated series, comic, or video game, and I'll tier its visual design. |
azuarc 08/22/22 9:36:36 PM #363 | Oh. I thought I did a control-F for CD-I, too. Gestalt: Steam & Cinder --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Could Donkey Kong defeat Rocky Balboa in a fight? |
azuarc 08/22/22 4:09:21 PM #27 | DK will break you. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Day 85! Kill Command/Dark Pit, Aquatic Ambience/Wind Calls to Shevat |
azuarc 08/22/22 10:49:52 AM #37 | Kill Command Aquatic Ambiance --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Genshin Impact Topic 11: Brace yourselves, Dendro supremacy is coming |
azuarc 08/22/22 10:33:39 AM #186 | That we know of. As you've said, we have three eyepatch characters, and I'm pretty sure Kaeya also has something going on with his other eye. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Genshin Impact Topic 11: Brace yourselves, Dendro supremacy is coming |
azuarc 08/22/22 9:41:25 AM #183 | Wait, a character with a literal shield? What's her weapon? --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Post an animated series, comic, or video game, and I'll tier its visual design. |
azuarc 08/22/22 1:37:50 AM #354 | wow, this is still going? Wand of Gamelon --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 16 - Bracket Discussion and Results Thread!! |
azuarc 08/22/22 12:40:14 AM #462 | Mor Ardain just scraping by twice. I wonder what would have happened if I had voted JJ. Also, Move Me apparently decimates any game that suggests any kind of geographical feature in its name. Mor Ardain mentions "the wastes." I think we all know what's going to happen. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 16 - Bracket Discussion and Results Thread!! |
azuarc 08/21/22 9:41:07 PM #456 | NFUN posted... ROLF! https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/5/6/AAUC3iAADlpw.png --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Epyo's Top 100 Games of All Time (with write-ups) |
azuarc 08/21/22 2:44:26 PM #154 | Epyo posted... (Warning: Take this ranking with a grain of salt, because I played this game with friends and family, which is always a blast, even with a bad game.) You could have put Jackbox top 10 and nobody would have batted an eye. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Which mega man game had the best music? |
azuarc 08/21/22 10:54:16 AM #12 | 2 or X are the obvious answers to me, as someone who's never played any of them. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 16 - Bracket Discussion and Results Thread!! |
azuarc 08/21/22 10:26:56 AM #453 | Arti posted... the forests were too strong this year Nerf green. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Day 84! Spirit of the Mountain/Move Me, In Hell We Live Lament/Mor Ardain |
azuarc 08/20/22 10:23:55 PM #6 | Move Me In Hell We Live, Lament --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Day 83! Jupiter Guns Novel/Sky Tower, DESIRE/Breath of Forest |
azuarc 08/19/22 11:35:27 PM #16 | Sky Tower Breath of Forest --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Epyo's Top 100 Games of All Time (with write-ups) |
azuarc 08/19/22 9:32:18 PM #140 | Epyo posted... It is a beautiful disaster of an experiment --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Do you wish it were sunny and warm all year round, by you? |
azuarc 08/19/22 9:12:31 PM #17 | Sunny, yes. Warm, no. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Day 82! THE MEX/Seashore War, Apex of the World/Argon Refinery |
azuarc 08/19/22 1:28:13 PM #41 | THEMEX Argon Refinery I could see flipping either of these matches. Solid R4 choices. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Which of the three NES classics holds up the best? |
azuarc 08/18/22 5:12:00 PM #31 | FL81 posted... Super Mario Bros. is the best aged game from the generation From the entire generation? I dunno about that. SMB3 is still loads better than SMB1. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | ITT I rank death/game over screens |
azuarc 08/18/22 5:11:15 PM #60 | Paratroopa1 posted... Is this Diablo III? I don't recognize it. Doesn't look like Diablo. That picture is, yes. I could be mistaken but I think it does the same thing in all three games. The font just isn't quite as snazzy. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Which of the three NES classics holds up the best? |
azuarc 08/18/22 5:02:31 PM #29 | pjbasis posted... No way at least for Zelda. A modern day player should still be able to find a 3-5 dungeons and feel like they progressed a bit before giving up. I'm sure I'd do a lot better today, but as a kid, I couldn't even survive across like 3 screens. When I did avoid the enemies and try to scoot to the next screen, I had no idea what anything was or what I was doing. So I'm viewing this through the lens of a 7-year-old. I've simply refused to go back and try again. It didn't look appealing. LTTP, otoh, I was able to be convinced to try for the first time in 2016. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Which of the three NES classics holds up the best? |
azuarc 08/18/22 2:25:19 PM #21 | SMB, easily. Zelda and Metroid were always impenetrable for me. I say this as someone who plays LTTP rando and enjoys metroidvanias. So it isn't even a matter of "holding up." It's simple that the other two were never accessible to begin with. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Smash Players attempt to name popular fighting game characters for prizes. |
azuarc 08/18/22 10:20:18 AM #18 | A lot of the characters I knew, I didn't recognize the character until I scrutinized it due to the art choice. Show me an in-game version pls. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Genshin Impact Topic 11: Brace yourselves, Dendro supremacy is coming |
azuarc 08/18/22 9:56:33 AM #177 | The perspective puzzles were awful. I cheated a few of them with Kazuha and the red fan. The controls were atrocious, and the level of precision needed was extremely inconsistent. I've been dragging my feet on the final leg of the event, but I'll probably do it today. I am otherwise all caught up with 2.8 events. Just need to do like 6 character quests and 8 hangouts after that~ --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | ITT I rank death/game over screens |
azuarc 08/18/22 1:18:54 AM #55 | I posted two images, but I notice a lot of these links are youtube. Are you okay with a game over cutscene then? Spoilers for Danganronpa, timestamp to 6:45 -- --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | ITT I rank death/game over screens |
azuarc 08/17/22 10:50:48 PM #49 | GavsEvans123 posted... Final Fight Was thinking of posting this next. Go with hardcore Diablo instead. <img src="https://www.diabloii.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/RIP-immortinaIV.jpg"> --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Epyo's Top 100 Games of All Time (with write-ups) |
azuarc 08/17/22 10:42:26 PM #130 | Epyo posted... Oh, I'm not sure if this is the problem you ran into, but I have a very related complaint: This is also fair, however, I'm a master MK64 player, so the instinct to use drift is just automatic for me. Some of what I don't like about MK8 is just me not knowing the game, and I recognize that. If I don't know a track is going to turn, or what some power-up I've never seen does, or whatever. But I feel like there are a number of tracks where if you aren't practiced at the lines to take, you just straight-up crash even if you know how to drift. The tracks don't do a good job of preparing you for these obstacles, which makes them all feel like playing MK64's Bowser Castle. Besides that, too many of them have gimmicks and mechanics that I don't think make the game more fun, and I like it better when I know how many laps a race is going to have rather than it changing on each circuit. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Day 81! Passing Forest/Southern Twilight, -(PHENYLALANINE)-/Diff World 1 |
azuarc 08/17/22 10:36:12 PM #11 | Took me a second to realize why Fear of the Heavens would be in the poll. Nice. Passing through the Forest Different World 1 --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 16 - Bracket Discussion and Results Thread!! |
azuarc 08/17/22 10:27:30 PM #432 | Well, that was an 0-for-3. I'm happy for CT and for older songs in general, though. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Day 80! R4!! SecretForest/KazeNoNe, DragonFeed People/EndlessDesert +Tie |
azuarc 08/17/22 11:51:08 AM #39 | Kaze no Ne The Dragon's Feed is the People NARWHAL --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Epyo's Top 100 Games of All Time (with write-ups) |
azuarc 08/17/22 10:54:16 AM #122 | Coming from someone who didn't really play any Mario Kart games after 64, I found MK8 very hard to get into. Not only do I have no idea what all the different driver/kart combos do, but it seems like the track is constantly just throwing random mechanics in my face with a distinct lack of predictability. I'm sure it's a great game if you play the tracks more than 3 or 4 times each, but for a sit-down-and-go experience, I was not enjoying it as much as I would have hoped. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | ITT I rank death/game over screens |
azuarc 08/17/22 10:47:49 AM #6 | https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U1n7eWqQvZQ/hqdefault.jpg --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 16 - Bracket Discussion and Results Thread!! |
azuarc 08/16/22 11:47:56 PM #427 | banshiryuu posted... Day 79 Results! What a pro retirement match. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Genshin Impact Topic 11: Brace yourselves, Dendro supremacy is coming |
azuarc 08/16/22 5:16:34 PM #174 | Arrowheads were my gray-item roadblock for a very long time. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 16 - Bracket Discussion and Results Thread!! |
azuarc 08/16/22 10:01:05 AM #425 | In a close match, it swung swing votes. Am I cherrypicking? Absolutely. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | B8 NFL Suicide League: Week 1 |
azuarc 08/16/22 9:59:02 AM #11 | Saints for now --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 16 - Bracket Discussion and Results Thread!! |
azuarc 08/16/22 9:44:50 AM #423 | Can't resist what? It was a match between two songs that I think are overrated, and I picked the one that had a better sound that I could get into. I talked to someone else who kinda said the same thing. It won by 2. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Does Chutes and Ladders count as a game? |
azuarc 08/16/22 1:46:40 AM #11 | Chutes and Ladders is a game because there's at least a strong illusion of the player doing something to affect the outcome. Candy Land, otoh, is just draw a card, do what it says. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 16 - Bracket Discussion and Results Thread!! |
azuarc 08/16/22 1:45:12 AM #419 | DoctorJimmy133 posted... Interesting that GGG is doing so well! I wouldve sworn it got too overplayed over the years to be worth anything here. I can say it won yesterday due to how it matches up against its opponent rather than on inherent power alone. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | Epyo's Top 100 Games of All Time (with write-ups) |
azuarc 08/16/22 1:42:20 AM #117 | Three straight choices I can align with. Epyo posted... This is mainly here for the part that got me hooked on the game: the single player adventures they were designing, during the 2010s, such as "Blackrock Mountain", "Naxxramas", "Karazhan", etc....I somehow don't care about the real game's gameplay very much, or the balance. It's interesting or whatever. See, this is funny, because as much as I generally loathe and detest any game where I have to compete against living, breathing humans, I had -zero- interest in the single player modes of Hearthstone. I started off playing tons of games against the innkeeper rather than against "real" opponents, but eventually I moved beyond and never looked back. I found the challenge encounters a chore and only did them once for the rewards. Even then, not always. The runs starting with Kobolds & Catacombs were interesting, though. --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Day 79! 2PlanetsAppRocheLimit /Prophecy, PROTEASE/Suite Photoconductivity |
azuarc 08/15/22 10:33:00 PM #6 | Prophecy -[PROTEASE]- --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
Topic | [VGMC] Day 78! D4/NARWHAL, Ring*3!/Lost City, Merciless Savior/Gusty Garden |
azuarc 08/15/22 2:43:47 PM #41 | NARWHAL The Lost City Gusty Garden Galaxy --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. |
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