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NFUN posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

NFUN posted...

Board 8 users with blue hair

Rating: 50/100

Don't know of any, so your cutesy attempt at humor falls flat.

Steiner

Haven't seen it.
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Snake5555555555 posted...

Taylor Swift - ...Ready for It?

Rating: 33/100

Not a Taylor Swift guy.
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Did the tutorial dungeon and the second dungeon in Mystery Dungeon; not sure I'm going to enjoy this game.
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Also, since this is Wrestling and not just WWE...

Taichi is getting an IC Title match.

Taichi.

TAICHI.
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I'm glad turnbuckles were so over a couple years ago.
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trdl23 posted...

Paramore Twitter Boobs

Rating: 9/100

A joke I wasn't originally privy to but has been run into the ground so much in front of me that I can't imagine it was ever entertaining.
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At my shop, Yu-Gi-Oh makes Smash look positively charming in comparison.
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Pillows

Rating: 64/100

I've discovered that very few pillows conform to a comfortable position, so as an overall rating for Pillows, I have to dock a significant number of points for the bad pillows. There are good ones out there, but I've experienced enough bad pillows to know that they are few and far between.
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Underleveled posted...

Pingas

Rating: 12/100

I don't care about anything Sonic-related.
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NFUN posted...

Board 8 users with blue hair

Rating: 50/100

Don't know of any, so your cutesy attempt at humor falls flat.
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Simoun posted...

LXG Century

Rating: 77/100

I'm not a fan of later Moore in terms of his actual writing, but the world-building here is fantastic. I think the art style has really killed this title as well. Of course, a 77 is a really good score, so it really goes to show that the basic plot and the world itself are very riveting.
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I like SHINE. Genial user, enjoy occasionally chatting with him about wrestling.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Well LU will have this season all taped before his no-compete is up so Season 5 it is

LMAO @ Season 5 happening
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That's an outlandish prediction, JONA.
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Demon's Souls complete!

Onto Mystery Dungeon
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Jakyl25 posted...

Are we buying this story about Dolph getting the richest downside guarantee ever in his new deal?

Seems fishy

I've seen it a couple places, and I can believe it since it apparently includes a healthy package of other side benefits so Dolph can continue pursuing his ambition to be a stand-up comic.
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I just noticed that my pics all have much smaller resolution for some reason, hope that wasn't a problem for you.
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Tag
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Anime characters with blue hair

Rating: 21/100

I don't like blue hair (I think it just looks unsanitary on real people), and I don't watch anime.
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Josef Mengele

Rating: 1/100

Pretty scummy and terrible individual.
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Simoun posted...

Batwing

Rating: 54/100

Very dull character. Has yet to really do anything memorable.
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Pringles original flavor

Rating: 73/100

I hardly ever eat snack foods, but when I do, I tend to go for something like Pringles.
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Murphiroth posted...

Monster Hunter World

Rating: 63/100

Played for about twenty minutes. I don't know if I was just not in the mood or what, but I wasn't enjoying the combat. I'll try it again later.
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sure
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Underleveled posted...

The ability to CTRL+F

Rating: 87/100

Extremely useful; however, CTRL+F in Excel needs improvement. I should be able to avoid making the "Esc" keystroke somehow after I use the search feature.
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So it sounds like you would fix the game by giving more time to highlight the characters' personalities and draw those personalities out more in the dialogue of the game. Doesn't sound like a "complete character overhaul" is in order at all. I mean, this sort of attitude is why critical thought is dying everywhere.
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Dragon66116 posted...

Lauren Cohan

Rating: 57/100

I don't think she's particularly good on Walking Dead, but few people are given strong dialogue on that show anymore. I've never seen her in a major role anywhere else.
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Simoun posted...

Phonogram (comic)

Rating: 61/100

I've only read the first volume and it was... fine? I just don't have enough time in the day to read everything, and I have to prioritize the Marvel and DC stuff for work.
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Snake5555555555 posted...

Split (film)

Rating: 81/100

One of my favorite films of last year.
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Jakyl25 posted...

He likes to have fun

To TNA's credit, Josh Matthews said on Impact that he did NOT like to have fun once. I legit marked out for that.
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Tom Cruise

Rating: 44/100

Great actor, but his ties to Scientology really bother me.
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Snake5555555555 posted...

Joy Division

Rating: 64/100

A couple songs I like, otherwise just another band. I don't really have super-strong opinions about the vast majority of modern musicians, I'm realizing.
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Simoun posted...

oh okay no problem how bout

Sex Criminals (comic)

Rating: 73/100

It's extremely well-written, but I don't enjoy the basic conceit of the title. It's just not in my bailiwick.
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SantaRPidgey posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

Also, I don't think you get to say you're "fixing a game" if you are destroying the integrity of the plot and characters and world the creators built.

"Built" is a pretty strong word for the characters in VIII. The whole point is you could take out all the characters and replace them with any other characters and the plot of the game wouldn't suffer. Theyre like chrono cross characters.

So the difference is in my example I'm not completely disrespecting the writers and artists and creators by saying that an entirely new game should be created from scratch, and in your example, you don't understand that you are completely dismissing the intent of the creators and their vision. For example, at my shop, I've been asked many times how I would fix the Suicide Squad movie. I don't completely negate the entire plot. I may add some scenes or remove some scenes, but I keep the overall plot and characters intact, because "fixing" something and just doing what you want are two very separate things. Of course, "the fixes" are subjective, but in one frame of mind you are giving deference to the original creator and attempting to not change the spirit of the game, and in the other, you're being a self-entitled narcissist with a lack of creativity or even critical thinking and throwing away the entire game because "ME NO LIKE THIS CHARACTER" is good enough for you.
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Snake5555555555 posted...

King of Fighters series

Rating: 40/100

Boring and repetitive. Why did we need a King of Fighters XI? What was left to be said after I-X?
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Jakyl25 posted...

Should submit Raw for Emmy consideration

That's not a terrible idea. All you need are a few unique episodes that put a premium on storytelling and not wrestling if you want to jump start a movement for fans to care about the storylines. Really, that's all that is necessary. But, again, you need a fresh, new writer to come in and be given the opportunity to impose their own voice and vision on the show.
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Simoun posted...

Music from the Golgotha levels as heard in The End is Nigh OST, which remixes classical music in this case Night on Bald Mountain

I'm at work, so I don't have the ability to rate music since I'm running music in the store.
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Jakyl25 posted...

You would think bad writers COULD get better with experience

But not when the boss praises their bad writing

Inexperienced writers get better with experience. Bad writers are bad writers. WWE is a company run by people who don't watch television. They don't know what good writing is. They know they need writers, so they get the writers out of the pool of people who apply, and the people who apply are not the cream of the crop. Because if you're good, you get your own show or a job on another person's good show. And if you're bad, you're available. And WWE hires the people that are available. The stigma of writing for WWE is pretty significant in the screenwriting world.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Please elaborate

So the issue wasn't that they thought that it would be approved because the other brand did it, it was approved because the mandate was for X to happen, X being "we need to achieve this goal in order to pursue our endgame." Absolution and Riott Squad exist because they needed women available and they needed them fast. The only way to achieve that end was to introduce new women on both shows, and the only way to reach the quantity necessary was to introduce them as stables, where you can put less of a premium on individual introductions. The issue isn't laziness so much as incompetence. These are the worst TV writers working with a guy who built a company on stealing top stars and relying on these stars to overcome bad writing after a certain point.

So the laziness is in not finding unique ways to achieve Vince's goals. Yes, there are aspects of the shows that are about kowtowing to Vince's bizarre proclivities, but this is an instance of a mandate for a larger goal leaving no real outs for bad writers. Bad writers can't get better. They'll still be bad. There's a reason they aren't working for a TV show that could actually be in Emmy contention. They wanted a Women's Rumble, so they needed to introduce women and these guys couldn't come up with a way to make the pieces necessary for that Rumble interesting. A Women's Rumble is a great idea; the devil is in the details, and the writers have no understanding of little things weighing down big moments.
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Snake5555555555 posted...

When Alec Holland gave John Constantine his butt tattoo

Rating: 72/100

Yeah, that was a thing that happened. It's more fun to just say than it was in practice, I think.
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Simoun posted...

Night on Bald Mountain

Rating: 70/100

Great classical work. Not one of my absolute favorites, but I respect it.
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That's lazy but not for the reason you think.
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Snake5555555555 posted...

Venom movie teaser

Rating: 20/100

Really, really poorly planned. It was marketed as a trailer than downgraded to a teaser, and I completely understand the backlash to it. I actually agree with people who were irked by this. I think they made a terrible calculation on what they actually had polished for public viewing. This also apparently included Venom himself. There should be no suspense or surprise about what Venom looks like.
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trdl23 posted...

Snakes passion for survival horror

Rating: 72/100

I mean, whatever floats his boat, I guess. I don't have a problem with it.
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Simoun posted...

Hunie Pop

Rating: 52/100

I played it for like 15 minutes and it was amusing but it has a bizarre pornographic quality that stopped me from continuing further.
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Johnbobb posted...

oh goddamnit scarlet where did that post come from

I looked over the nominations three times and didn't see it and thought I was being clever

Lmao. That's amazing.
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KingButz posted...

lacks post-game content.

In its time it makes sense that there isn't any post-game content, but the opportunity to remake the game and add said content is very appealing in modern gaming. I'd love to see where that would lead.
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Simoun posted...

The Evil Within

Rating: 50/100

Never played it. Probably won't. I don't like survival horror. I feel like I'm becoming a broken record.
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Snake5555555555 posted...

Alessa Gillespie

Rating: 41/100

I don't particularly care about any Silent Hill characters. Survival horror has never really convinced me to give a shit about those who reside in that genre. Also, being a child hurts the rating in general.
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