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LeonhartFour 12/20/18 10:14:49 AM #451: |
This is awesome if you're a Metal Gear fan. --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png - Me, upon learning Advokaiser won the Guru https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LeonhartFour 12/20/18 6:27:55 PM #452: |
Whoo heading home tomorrow for Christmas
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LeonhartFour 12/20/18 7:34:05 PM #453: |
Oh hey, I was on the final episode of The Show for CBX, and it's out now!
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LeonhartFour 12/20/18 11:55:10 PM #454: |
Now Playing: Lufia II - Battle #3
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Leonhart4 12/21/18 8:12:35 PM #455: |
Oh yeah, probably shouldn't let this purge during my travels.
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xp1337 12/22/18 9:56:10 AM #456: |
Surprise anime update.
I started watching Kara no Kyoukai (Garden of Sinners. It's adjacent to the Fate universe though IIRC how "canon" it is to Fate is vague.) Only saw the first 2 movies (OVAs? Based on the intro gags I assume these were shown as movies but 1 hour runtimes just seem weird to call movies to me) Pretty good so far. Second one (Murder Speculation Part 1) was definitely the better of the two. Shiki is a really interesting character. Touko is great too. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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pyresword 12/22/18 10:11:14 AM #457: |
Kara no Kyoukai is pretty neat.
It's something a lot of people like to tout as "greatest anime of all time". I don't really feel that way about it, but most of the movies are very good. I will say I strongly disagree with the way the story is presented in terms of the order of events. In particular I've found that the first movie is much much better on rewatch when you already know what's going on. (For the record I side with the "broadcast order" side of the Haruhi debate, so I'm not opposed to this type of story structure on principle. I just don't think it works at all in this case.) --- Oh woops. Putting Advokaiser in my sig like this until I think of something more clever ... Copied to Clipboard!
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xp1337 12/22/18 10:17:18 AM #458: |
Yeah, I've heard the high praise for it so it's been on my radar for a while, along with general Nasuverse awareness, saw that Crunchyroll had the movies so decided "why not?" I remember in the past that it was nigh-impossible/super expensive with the boxset being like $500 so it wasn't really an option before lol.
I'm not opposed to anachronistic orders but obviously I think I'm too early to say how I think it works or doesn't work here other than being a bit confused with 1 for a while. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LordoftheMorons 12/22/18 8:30:18 PM #459: |
Ugh why is one of my favorite games now an MWC alt
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The Mana Sword 12/22/18 8:52:11 PM #460: |
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LeonhartFour 12/23/18 8:46:09 AM #461: |
Thank you to Malcolm Butler for taking that last second INT back for a meaningless TD
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xp1337 12/23/18 6:28:17 PM #462: |
Watched Kara no Kyoukai movies 3, 4, and 5.
Really great batch of movies here. The music has been strong the whole time, but it felt like it was utilized a lot better in these ones. Touko is so good. Shiki vs. Movie 5 was also quite the... trip. Not that I plan to anytime soon, but I think that while I eventually understood most of what was happening, that another watch would be quite enlightening. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Robazoid 12/23/18 6:48:37 PM #463: |
I still don't understand the appeal of those movies, I thought they had good music and the occasional good action scene but were otherwise boring nonsense at best. When they were bad, they were really bad. I know I'm in the minority on that though. At least they were a good warning not to watch anything else from ufotable.
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xp1337 12/23/18 6:52:58 PM #464: |
I could listen to Touko get into philosophical discussions for an entire movie tbqh. I can see how it could be seen as boring/off-putting to someone who doesn't like/have a decent working knowledge of the Nasuverse and its mechanics though, but I find a lot of the discussions involving those pretty interesting.
It helps that I think Shiki and Touko have some really interesting aspects to them and they're explored often. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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pyresword 12/23/18 7:55:29 PM #465: |
5 was probably my favorite Kara no Kyoukai movie. It does a lot of stuff I like. The presentation style is really neat but I also think the story itself is probably the best of the movies.
Also I think there's some pretty key differences between Kara no Kyoukai and the Fate series, if that's what you mean. Fate is a lot more action focused, is more direct in its storytelling, and is also more...idealistic, if that makes sense. Also I said pretty much exactly the same thing in the anime topic already, but Yuki Kaijiura is fantastic. (I recently "rewatched" the Kara no Kyoukai movies and was talking about it there, though it was really only a rewatch for movies 1-6.) --- Oh woops. Putting Advokaiser in my sig like this until I think of something more clever ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LordoftheMorons 12/23/18 7:59:31 PM #466: |
I think the only ufotable stuff Ive seen were F/Z and F;SN UBW, but both of those were very good
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xp1337 12/23/18 8:04:25 PM #467: |
pyresword posted...
5 was probably my favorite Kara no Kyoukai movie. It does a lot of stuff I like. The presentation style is really neat but I also think the story itself is probably the best of the movies. Think I'd go 5 >= 3 > 2 = 4 > 1 so far. pyresword posted... Also I think there's some pretty key differences between Kara no Kyoukai and the Fate series, if that's what you mean. Fate is a lot more action focused, is more direct in its storytelling, and is also more...idealistic, if that makes sense. No, I get you, I meant mechanics/lore-wise. 5 in particular was very heavy on this. You have the Root, Origins, the Counter Force, and Clock Tower all playing substantial roles. Additionally, though a lot of this is more aesthetically but Touko, and the story in general, definitely feels less idealistic but it makes sense when Touko is kind of the main outlet for a lot of this. I mean in FSN, Rin is basically the magus with the most prominence and she's super idealistic for magus standards. Touko plays their reputation pretty straight. And yeah, FSN and F/Z are more action focused but that's not a deal-breaker for me, like I said, I generally enjoy Nasuverse talkathons. pyresword posted... Also I said pretty much exactly the same thing in the anime topic already, but Yuki Kaijiura is fantastic. (I recently "rewatched" the Kara no Kyoukai movies and was talking about it there, though it was really only a rewatch for movies 1-6.) I was aware of some of the KnK music previously, but Sprinter was new to me and is so good. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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The Mana Sword 12/24/18 10:03:00 AM #468: |
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xp1337 12/24/18 3:29:41 PM #469: |
Kara no Kyoukai beated.
Movies (even though 8 and and 10 are only 30 minutes long and totally not movies lol): 5 >= 3 >= 9 > 7 > 2 = 4 > 6 > 10* > 1 >>> 8 *10 especially doesn't count since not only is it 30 minutes but it's 30 minutes divided into 3 different stories of roughly 10 minutes each. Movie 1 probably would benefit greatly from a rewatch as pyre said from now having a much better handle of what was going on, but as is, I think that's where I'd put it. Movie 7 / Murder Speculation Part 2 was really good but Now "Movie" 8... okay, okay, I brought this on myself when I said I generally liked Nasuverse talkathons lol. There are limits. While it was happening I wanted to make EoE/Evangelion 25-26 jokes but damn I think they still had the budget. Really liked Movie 9, Seo secret MVP of this movie, her narration really carried this one IMO although I also really liked the idea/concepts behind Shiki's side of things. "Movie" 10 was weird because like I said it's just 3 super short stories. The cat one was whatever, but the Anyway, overall thoughts, I really liked Kara no Kyoukai. It's not "best anime ever" tier or anything, but I don't think I'd look strangely at anyone who held that opinion. I liked the characters and themes and as noted before the music is top-notch. Definitely was worth the time to watch. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LordoftheMorons 12/24/18 3:33:19 PM #470: |
The Mana Sword posted...
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Mac Arrowny 12/24/18 3:40:26 PM #471: |
Oops could've suggested not to watch 8 but oh well. Hope you at least liked the pretty snow.
My own ranking would probably be like 7 >= 5 >= 3 > 10 > 4 > 2 > 7 > 1 > 9 > 8? The top 3 are all pretty amazing. For a while I cried every time I listened to Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete Iku. It's my favorite ending song from the movies, but there are a lot of good ones. http://puu.sh/CmEHW/33b39ea583.png were all the KnK songs I liked enough to DL. One thing that's weird: books 1-4 are all similar lengths, and books 5-7 are all similar lengths too. Movie 6 was cut down pretty heavily (maybe the book's not that popular?). KnK definitely a contender for my favorite anime. I've ranked it as #1 at various times. I consider 1-7 to basically be one series with 8-10 as bonus content, since that's how it was released, essentially. --- Congrats to Advokaiser on winning the 2018 Guru Contest! All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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xp1337 12/24/18 3:50:23 PM #472: |
Mac Arrowny posted...
Hope you at least liked the pretty snow. it was wonderful Sprinter (Movie 5 Ending) is definitely my favorite ending song (and song in general) from KnK but yeah there were tons of good ones. Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete Yuku would be #2 though, I think. Oblivious and Kizuato probably next. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LeonhartFour 12/24/18 4:05:08 PM #473: |
augh need a big game from Jared Cook tonight in order to win
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pyresword 12/24/18 4:49:07 PM #474: |
I absolutely hated Kara no Kyoukai movie 8 yeah.
I might post more later, but my ranking is 5 > 7 > 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 6 >>>>> 8. Never saw 9 and 10 yet, though they are on my list. I will say, I think 7 has by far the best individual scenes in the series. Everything involving --- Oh woops. Putting Advokaiser in my sig like this until I think of something more clever ... Copied to Clipboard!
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xp1337 12/24/18 5:17:15 PM #475: |
Yeah, that relationship and its dynamics are great throughout all the movies, but 7 had some real highlights. Really, 5, 3, 9, and 7 are all really, really good IMO. The order is almost just for show there. 8 was the only real dud IMO.
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LeonhartFour 12/24/18 11:18:42 PM #476: |
And I lost. Bummer.
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The Mana Sword 12/24/18 11:19:24 PM #477: |
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The Mana Sword 12/25/18 10:27:24 AM #478: |
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LeonhartFour 12/25/18 6:34:19 PM #479: |
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night
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DanteIsSlacking 12/25/18 6:57:01 PM #480: |
MERRY CHRISTMAS topic who mostly ignores my off topic tangents
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LeonhartFour 12/25/18 6:57:49 PM #481: |
hey at least you're not the topic creator who gets ignored in his own topic
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LeonhartFour 12/25/18 7:52:38 PM #482: |
Ace Attorney Season 2 Episode 9 complete
The showdown between Phoenix and Tigre was pretty good. They played up the Tiger's intimidating personality a lot, which is great. And it looks like we're getting a multi-part original case that isn't set in the past. Looking forward to that. --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png - Me, upon learning Advokaiser won the Guru https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq ... Copied to Clipboard!
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xp1337 12/25/18 10:53:06 PM #483: |
Merry Christmas everyone!
I now have Pokemon Ultra Sun. I haven't played a Pokemon game since Gen 3*, what am I getting myself into? *Sapphire save data will tell you I got all the badges, and if I concentrate really hard, I think I became Champion too, but honestly I have essentially zero recollection of Sapphire so really my Pokemon memory really only covers up to Gen 2 lol. LeonhartFour posted... They played up the Tiger's intimidating personality a lot, which is great. for some reason i saw this part first and my mind immediately thought you somehow meant tiger woods ...might watch >_> --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LordoftheMorons 12/26/18 12:53:19 AM #484: |
Don't know about Ultra, but S/M were very handholdy which makes the first couple of hours pretty annoying. They're still fun, but probably my least favorite gen (also there's no national dex which is Ultra-dumb)
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LeonhartFour 12/26/18 1:58:28 PM #485: |
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xp1337 12/26/18 11:18:22 PM #486: |
did this guy seriously choose the starter i have a type advantage against then turn right around and challenge me?
the sheer disrespect this hau showed me will not be forgotten also i feel like my new talking pokedex is an existential crisis waiting to happen --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LordoftheMorons 12/27/18 1:32:42 AM #487: |
Replaying Earthbound (know youre a big fan, Leon!)
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Leonhart4 12/27/18 2:22:08 AM #488: |
Boo Earthbound
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LordoftheMorons 12/27/18 2:42:09 AM #489: |
The actual battle system is pretty much DQ2 (as is the dumb limited inventory!), but I love even the early DQs so it makes sense than I like it.
I like the writing too but I can definitely see how its hit or miss. --- Congrats to Advokaiser for winning the CBX Guru Challenge! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LeonhartFour 12/27/18 3:23:55 PM #490: |
Oh yeah, I guess we need a new topic.
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LeonhartFour 12/27/18 3:33:30 PM #491: |
And here it is:
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LeonhartFour 12/27/18 5:40:25 PM #492: |
I don't appreciate ESPN's fantasy football app trolling me by talking to me about my team as if I have any games left.
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Leonhart4 12/28/18 3:33:14 PM #493: |
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LeonhartFour 12/29/18 4:29:40 PM #494: |
To 500...?
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LeonhartFour 12/30/18 3:36:26 PM #495: |
Keep on keepin' on
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xp1337 12/30/18 4:10:54 PM #496: |
user SaveEstelle stealing this topic's thunder tbqh
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LeonhartFour 12/30/18 4:12:53 PM #497: |
ya go my Cowboys
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xp1337 12/30/18 4:13:39 PM #498: |
I walked in and the first thing I saw was Dak's 4th down throw.
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LeonhartFour 12/30/18 4:14:21 PM #499: |
I appreciate it, because the first thing that I saw as soon as I turned the game on was a Cowboys turnover.
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LeonhartFour 12/30/18 4:14:26 PM #500: |
ya go my Titans
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