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I_Abibde
04/22/21 1:08:38 PM
#401:


Zeus, I recommend the six-man tag match at the end of Elevation. Takeshita (from the DDT promotion) is great in the ring.

The Wave Master posted...
The topic is dying.

It does feel like a lot of our regular posters here have gone.

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shadowsword87
04/22/21 1:34:08 PM
#402:


Y'all post about stuff I'm not interested in, sorry.
Wrestling isn't my jam.
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Revelation34
04/22/21 3:10:40 PM
#403:


I_Abibde posted...
Zeus, I recommend the six-man tag match at the end of Elevation. Takeshita (from the DDT promotion) is great in the ring.

It does feel like a lot of our regular posters here have gone.


I don't have that much time to play anything so I barely post in here. My new work schedule will give me a few extra hours in the day but I'll be way too tired for the first week.
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Naruto_fan_42
04/23/21 3:22:23 AM
#404:


shadowsword87 posted...
Y'all post about stuff I'm not interested in, sorry.
Wrestling isn't my jam.


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ParanoidObsessive
04/23/21 5:53:02 PM
#405:


shadowsword87 posted...
Y'all post about stuff I'm not interested in, sorry.
Wrestling isn't my jam.

The main problem is that the original point of these topics was to talk about geeky stuff that would tend to die a quick death if it was posted as a separate topic on PotD (because it was about stuff most people here didn't give a crap about), by sort of concentrating all of those sorts of topics into one place where specific people would be more receptive to them. In essence, you could post about stuff and maybe get people who were interested, whereas if you made a separate topic about it in the wider PotD sphere it would almost certainly get ignored and drown in a sea of shitposting.

But no one person is ever going to care about every single subject brought up here - the idea is more to pick and choose which discussions you care about and interact with those. And that means the more niche subjects may not get heavy focus (while more general stuff might sometimes seem like it's getting too much focus), so it's easy to feel like no one is all that interested in the same things you're interested in. At which point this topic just seems as useless as the rest of PotD when it comes to trying to discuss something you like.

It also didn't help that some people would complain that no one ever talks about the things they care about here, but they also never really went out of their way to try and start those conversations either (or acted huffy and insulted when everyone didn't immediately jump in and focus on their topic exclusively). So their complaints came across more petty and tantrum-ish than anything actually justified. The more active posters bring stuff they're interested in up to try and spur conversations. If someone feels like they're not seeing talk about what they're interested in, they should at least try to bring those topics up themselves (though admittedly, it can be understandable that if no one engages with your topic the first few times you bring it up, you may feel increasing reluctance to bring it up again).


Though personally I've mostly just been gone for a while because I've been kind of busy on and off in real life so I haven't had much time for PotD at all, let alone in-depth discussions or debates about anything here.
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Zeus
04/24/21 4:30:52 AM
#406:


I_Abibde posted...
Zeus, I recommend the six-man tag match at the end of Elevation. Takeshita (from the DDT promotion) is great in the ring.

Haven't got around to finishing this week's Elevation because I was still working on last week's Dark and Elevation. However, if it's the match with MT Nakazawa and Kenny Omega, ugh. I've seen 3 Nakazawa matches so I never need to see another one because it's all the same shit each time and he's a shitty comedy wrestler like Kenny. Then Kenny is on my no-watch list. I might watch a minute or two, but I'll stick to seeing Takeshita in singles. Honestly, 6-man tag matches generally suck anyway because you don't get to see much of anybody.

shadowsword87 posted...
Y'all post about stuff I'm not interested in, sorry.
Wrestling isn't my jam.

I'm starting to burn out on a bit again. Watching Dark once a week was fine when Dark was 60-90 minutes, but now I've been doing Dark + Elevate which can be 4-5 hours at times.

ParanoidObsessive posted...
It also didn't help that some people would complain that no one ever talks about the things they care about here, but they also never really went out of their way to try and start those conversations either

If the trees won't talk for themselves, they need to find a Lorax.

ParanoidObsessive posted...
(though admittedly, it can be understandable that if no one engages with your topic the first few times you bring it up, you may feel increasing reluctance to bring it up again).

Never stops me. (Particularly in the anime topic where I've brought up Hero? I Quit a Long Time Ago maybe ten to fifteen posts in each of those topics and I doubt anybody there has even read it. (Not that I blame them, either, because it takes a while to get good and the series has some really weird decisions.)

ParanoidObsessive posted...
Though personally I've mostly just been gone for a while because I've been kind of busy on and off in real life so I haven't had much time for PotD at all, let alone in-depth discussions or debates about anything here.

And here I thought Fakesaw had done away with you and had been impersonating you to fool the PotD detective squad!

But the other kinda general issue with the topics kinda defaulting to wrassling is simply because there's very little else happening right now. The pandemic has wreaked havoc on most forms of entertainment, but wrassling is largely unaffected because it's continually run on a weekly basis and owners always find ways to make it work.

Other than wrassling, I'm still binging those weird speculative History Channel documentaries (the nut job from Missing in Alaska has appeared on an episode or two of Monster Quest) including America Unearthed and Monster Quest. There's some amusing fantasy at times, as well as some weird science (I learned about paleomagnetism, for instance, and how it can be applied to see if something is man-made or natural). And then I'm still occasionally watching Sanderson lectures.

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Zeus
04/25/21 3:38:04 AM
#407:


On the subject of speaking for the trees, I was momentarily excited recently (and had meant to post this) to learn that DC was starting a horror imprint... and I was then horrified to learn it was tied into the fucking Conjuring shit

https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2021/04/23/the-conjuring-the-lover-limited-series-launches-dc-horror

Granted, The Lover story sounds a little interesting, but Ed and Lorraine Warren are jackass con people who bilked a fortune out of people with their insultingly false claims of the supernatural and I would never purchase anything connected to them since I don't want a penny getting back to their estate because I'm sure whoever would associate with them is a piece of shit, too. And it's a weird place for me to draw a line, but that's where I put a line. The really obvious, stupid fakery always annoys me. Same reason why I could never get into Ghost Hunters, despite enjoying a few other paranormal investigation series (including Destination Truth, although even there I think I started to tune out when the show got more into ghosts).

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Revelation34
04/25/21 11:30:52 AM
#408:


Zeus posted...
On the subject of speaking for the trees, I was momentarily excited recently (and had meant to post this) to learn that DC was starting a horror imprint... and I was then horrified to learn it was tied into the fucking Conjuring shit

https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2021/04/23/the-conjuring-the-lover-limited-series-launches-dc-horror

Granted, The Lover story sounds a little interesting, but Ed and Lorraine Warren are jackass con people who bilked a fortune out of people with their insultingly false claims of the supernatural and I would never purchase anything connected to them since I don't want a penny getting back to their estate because I'm sure whoever would associate with them is a piece of shit, too. And it's a weird place for me to draw a line, but that's where I put a line. The really obvious, stupid fakery always annoys me. Same reason why I could never get into Ghost Hunters, despite enjoying a few other paranormal investigation series (including Destination Truth, although even there I think I started to tune out when the show got more into ghosts).


Ghost Hunters was the only good show like that.

I liked The Haunting or whatever it was called with the real stories too. The one that had the original people in interviews while actors played the parts.
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Zeus
04/25/21 2:11:14 PM
#409:


Revelation34 posted...
I liked The Haunting or whatever it was called with the real stories too. The one that had the original people in interviews while actors played the parts.

If you mean Haunted on NF, yeah, that's a pretty neat show. The only kinda ridiculous thing about it is that a few of the stories -- like the serial killer one -- should be pretty easy to verify and when you can't find any details about that happening, the whole thing seems bogus.

Just realized it's listed as having a third season now? ...but apparently NF doesn't get it until May 14th. Fuck.

When trying to look that up, I learned that there's a Latin American version as well (which I might try, but the fact it's likely in Spanish will make it a bit less fun) and that the second season of Two Second Horror Stories is on NF. (Season 1 had a few good episodes, and some other not-good ones.)

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Revelation34
04/25/21 2:13:02 PM
#410:


Zeus posted...


If you mean Haunted on NF, yeah, that's a pretty neat show. The only kinda ridiculous thing about it is that a few of the stories -- like the serial killer one -- should be pretty easy to verify and when you can't find any details about that happening, the whole thing seems bogus.

Just realized it's listed as having a third season now? ...but apparently NF doesn't get it until May 14th. Fuck.

When trying to look that up, I learned that there's a Latin American version as well (which I might try, but the fact it's likely in Spanish will make it a bit less fun) and that the second season of Two Second Horror Stories is on NF. (Season 1 had a few good episodes, and some other not-good ones.)


No it was on the travel channel or something.
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The Wave Master
04/25/21 6:38:22 PM
#411:


Oscar night tradition.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dSpOjj4YD8c

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Zeus
04/25/21 9:33:11 PM
#412:


This year I couldn't even name one of the best picture nominees >_>

Oh wait, News of the World is probably one... but, after checking the list, it's not (although it's on there for other shit). The ONLY best picture film whose name I recognize is Nomadland, since I saw some commercials for it (which is often how I know the nominees)... wait, scratch that, I also just heard the name Judas and the Black Messiah on NPR today so technically that's two names I recognize as being a thing.

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Revelation34
04/25/21 9:51:04 PM
#413:


Oh I found it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Haunting
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Zeus
04/25/21 10:44:38 PM
#414:


Oh, I *think* I might have seen an episode of that and not liked it.

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The Wave Master
04/26/21 12:14:51 AM
#415:


I'm going to create a wtesing topic called "Kayfabe" to talk about wrestling as it's nearly on seven days a week. Unless POTD already has a wrestling topic. Then we can keep wrestling put of this topic and focus on gaming and other Geek stuff. So, does POTD has a wrestling topic?

Like how the Resident Evil Village demo releaes have been fire the last three Saturdays.

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shadowsword87
04/26/21 12:16:54 AM
#416:


Nah Wave, there's no wresting topics.

I don't think there's any megatopics anymore except for the geek topic.
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Zeus
04/26/21 4:18:44 AM
#417:


The Wave Master posted...
I'm going to create a wtesing topic called "Kayfabe"

Which would be ironic, since nobody practices it any more >_>

The Wave Master posted...
Unless POTD already has a wrestling topic. Then we can keep wrestling put of this topic and focus on gaming and other Geek stuff. So, does POTD has a wrestling topic?

Two dead topics instead of one! =p

Granted, I guess it could attract some of the other marks and smarks on the board who don't visit the geek topic (And actually, calling it a Mark/Smark topic could be in keeping with this series' theme.)


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The Wave Master
04/26/21 6:46:36 PM
#418:


Zeus posted...
Which would be ironic, since nobody practices it any more >_>

Two dead topics instead of one! =p

Granted, I guess it could attract some of the other marks and smarks on the board who don't visit the geek topic (And actually, calling it a Mark/Smark topic could be in keeping with this series' theme.)

That's the fun part of calling it Kayfabe.

Secondly, my only option is to end the Geek topics after going on 16 years, or to try to soldier on during the down times.

Honestly, I've gone through too much to just give up on these topics, but I guess All good things. What do you all think?


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shadowsword87
04/26/21 7:20:27 PM
#419:


I mean, if you want, I can talk about my own stuff I'm getting into, it's just that I don't expect anyone to be into BattleTech.
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Zeus
04/26/21 7:48:18 PM
#420:


The Wave Master posted...
That's the fun part of calling it Kayfabe.

Secondly, my only option is to end the Geek topics after going on 16 years, or to try to soldier on during the down times.

Honestly, I've gone through too much to just give up on these topics, but I guess All good things. What do you all think?

The kinda problem is that there's never enough consistent all-around activity where the discussion won't sometimes be dominated by one subject that half the group doesn't care about, particularly since nobody cares about everything.

shadowsword87 posted...
I mean, if you want, I can talk about my own stuff I'm getting into, it's just that I don't expect anyone to be into BattleTech.

Although people could get into it if a discussion got them interested >_>

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Naruto_fan_42
04/27/21 3:34:30 AM
#421:


Hollow Knight is awesome please play it

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Metalsonic66
04/27/21 4:18:10 AM
#422:


Naruto_fan_42 posted...
Hollow Knight is awesome please play it
I've been having trouble with the last Coliseum match. I was also wondering if there's another good use for all my extra Geo once I've bought the Unbreakable Charms

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CyborgSage00x0
04/27/21 4:25:21 AM
#423:


I cared even less of a shit than I do about the Oscars than other years, for obvious reasons. Although a local sound mixer I've worked with won for Sound of Metal, so that's cool. That's incidentally the only "Oscar Movie" I really care about seeing.

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I_Abibde
04/27/21 12:53:57 PM
#424:


There might be no wrestling topics here because there are whole separate (... and very toxic) boards for the stuff.

shadowsword87 posted...
I mean, if you want, I can talk about my own stuff I'm getting into, it's just that I don't expect anyone to be into BattleTech.

*raises hand*

Old Battletech fan here, believe it or not, but I have not acquired anything related to it since the days of the Fedcom Civil War, and I have not played it at length in years. Used to belong to a group for it, but the lead player was a complete asshole (and, later, a rapist), so, once he was gone, no one else wanted to play any more, so I was stuck reading novels and sourcebooks to reminisce. Doubt anything will top good ol' pre-Clan Invasion 3026 for me. (I loathe Clantech.)

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shadowsword87
04/27/21 1:02:18 PM
#425:


I_Abibde posted...
Old Battletech fan here, believe it or not, but I have not acquired anything related to it since the days of the Fedcom Civil War, and I have not played it at length in years. Used to belong to a group for it, but the lead player was a complete a****** (and, later, a rapist), so, once he was gone, no one else wanted to play any more, so I was stuck reading novels and sourcebooks to reminisce. Doubt anything will top good ol' pre-Clan Invasion 3026 for me. (I loathe Clantech.)

Oh shit, yeah I've just been getting into it from some youtube videos explaining the lore and the history, and I just picked up a boxset for my early-birthday.
So I've just played over online and also one pretty simple game with my SO.

Things have gotten.... not going to lie they've gotten worse since the clan invasion, but they've also apparently balanced the game better around the clan mechs so they're not so overpowered anymore.
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I_Abibde
04/27/21 1:05:45 PM
#426:


That would be welcome news. It was almost impossible to even score a kill, let alone win a scenario, with Inner Sphere mechs if I had a Clan opponent. ... Granted, said Clan opponent was also a cheat (see: the aforementioned problem player), but, even taking that into account, it was a bad match-up.

Which boxed set did you pick up, Shadow? I still have my old 4th Edition box here.

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shadowsword87
04/27/21 1:12:57 PM
#427:


It was A Game of Armored Combat that came out in 2019. It came with an Awesome, BattleMaster, Catapult, Commando, Locus, Shadow Hawk, Thunderbolt, and Wolverine figures. It does mean eventually I'll need to figure out how to paint figurines, but for now, I'm happy just with a sweet Catapult figure. Plus the rulebook, and a splattering of fluff. The rulebook is actually super well laid out for mechanics this old.

I'm thinking of painting my boys in the color of house steiner, because they seem one part incompetent, and one part way too much money. Like the italians in the world wars.
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I_Abibde
04/27/21 1:17:46 PM
#428:


I never got into the figures (because I had almost no money in high school). I either used the cardboard standees included in the box, or I cut up index cards and wrote the names of the mechs on the resulting squares, plus little arrows for facing. So of course several people at the table were like "It only counts if you buy the real figures hurr hurr".

I played using Steiner mechs when I started, but I switched to the St. Ives Compact before that got written out of existence. Good excuse to beat up on House Liao.

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Zeus
04/27/21 2:57:55 PM
#429:


I_Abibde posted...
There might be no wrestling topics here because there are whole separate (... and very toxic) boards for the stuff.

Yeah, I started using the other promotions board a while back. Actually saw a few PotDers and other people I knew there. Place moves a bit fast for my liking.

I_Abibde posted...
EDIT -- While I am thinking about, a reply to Zeus: While I do recall you mentioning series like Hero? I Quit That A Long Time Ago here and there, I generally have little to say about manga because most of what people read (q.v. the anime / manga topic series) is online stuff. I read 99% of my manga in print.

Unfortunately it's one of those series that probably won't ever be in print since it's a Chinese webtoon iirc (although I guess it could also be seen as a manhua, but more relevantly it's not even in print in its home country (which is why the whole series has color) so it's extremely unlikely to show up in print elsewhere). It is finally getting an anime, though.

It's also kinda funny that like every Asian series about superheroes tends to have a hero's association or something similar. I'm not sure it was also strictly done to copy (or parody) one title that got over big there or whether it just reflects how Asian cultures tend to skew towards regulation and collectivisim over individualism. It was also amusing because -- specifically in the case of Tiger & Bunny -- you had a lot of anime fans who talked about the idea being more realistic and original. They apparently didn't realize that the whole sponsored hero thing had already been done-to-death in the west, where some of the ideas were covered in just the previous decade alone with Marvel's Civil War (which also partly demonstrated why Tiger & Bunny's idea sucked, because ) and the Incredibles.


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The Wave Master
04/27/21 5:41:14 PM
#430:


shadowsword87 posted...
I mean, if you want, I can talk about my own stuff I'm getting into, it's just that I don't expect anyone to be into BattleTech.

Do you want to talk about anything other than Battletech? *which I haven't heard about in a while.)

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The Wave Master
04/28/21 12:09:56 AM
#431:


Getting really excited for Returnal next week. Bullet Hell game combined with a rogue lite, it could be the beginning of something special, or it could be a cobbled together mess of genres. However, the game play videos and preview live streams I've seen; seen to say it's going to be something special.

The problem is 70 dollars is a hard price tag pill to swallow for a new game. As usual I'll wait for a severe price cut, but depending on reviews and word of mouth it might be be hard pill to wait on and patiently not swallow.

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Zeus
04/28/21 2:30:19 AM
#432:


Certainly doesn't sound like a game that would be worth $70.

Oh, apparently I only have a few days to watch Kong vs Zilla before it goes off HBO Max? Meh.

Trying to think of the last time I watched a movie. Can't remember. Lately it's just episodes of shit on YT, between those documentaries and AEW (Skye Blue is quickly becoming my favorite job girl, although she can be hilariously sloppy at times; I watched Abadon sell a pump kick that wasn't even close and the announcers called it like it was legit. And speaking of Legit, teaming Hirsh with Ryo oddly works... and Nyla with Madi was kinda neat.)

The most recent documentary I watched was a Black Death one from... well, Leonard Nimoy was narrating it, so at least 20 years ago. In it they were talking about the possibility of future outbreaks and bringing up ebola. Oh, they they only knew about COVID >_>

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The Wave Master
04/28/21 8:31:15 AM
#433:


Kong vs Godzilla wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either. I got roasted on Twitter and Book Face because I said the humans were the worst part of the film, and they are.

My advice is to just watch the fight scenes, and piece together whatever plot you want in your head. It's going to be more fun that way.

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Zeus
04/28/21 2:00:35 PM
#434:


The Wave Master posted...
I got roasted on Twitter and Book Face because I said the humans were the worst part of the film, and they are.

That's true of like every giant monster movie, or movie featuring the clash of non-humans where human characters are added because the creators think it won't work otherwise (which, when you have non-speaking monsters fighting it out, is a valid concern)

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The Wave Master
04/29/21 3:07:33 PM
#435:


Reviews are coming in for Returnal and they're pretty good. I just can't justify spending nearly 80 bucks on one game. For that much I normally get 3 to 4 or even 5 games, and there's also my backlog to consider, which is enormous.

I just ordered Nier Autamata: Game of the Yorba Editiom today for 20 bucks. I'll just add that to the stack on my gaming shelf.

I think I have a problem....

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Zeus
04/29/21 4:17:30 PM
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I'm sure most of our queues dwarf yours >_>

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Naruto_fan_42
04/30/21 3:27:44 AM
#437:


Metalsonic66 posted...
I've been having trouble with the last Coliseum match. I was also wondering if there's another good use for all my extra Geo once I've bought the Unbreakable Charms
Whats your build and fighting style?

also you can buy out all the shopkeepers and get unbreakable charms and after that geo is useless

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Metalsonic66
04/30/21 3:54:21 AM
#438:


I think I've bought everything but I dunno if there could be a merchant out there somewhere I missed. I have like 10k now and I know it's only a matter of time before I lose it.

Naruto_fan_42 posted...
Whats your build and fighting style?
Right now I'm running Quick Focus, Unbreakable Strength, Mark of Pride, Grubsong, and Nailmasters Glory. But over the 100+ hours I've played, I've tried quite a few charm combos, and I'm open to suggestions.

I have all but the final Nail upgrade, three extra Soul vessels, eight Masks if I'm not using Unbreakable Heart/Lifeblood Heart

Only missing two (?) Mask Shards and three charms and one Pale Ore for the last Nail Upgrade but I feel like I shouldn't need EVERYTHING to beat this Coliseum battle. It's just there are SO MANY ROUNDS

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Zeus
04/30/21 4:20:18 AM
#439:


Oh, I guess that series I've been watching might be called Ancient Mysteries, which I imagine I thought came out earlier because I was thinking of In Search Of which was also hosted by Nimoy. Was watching an episode about Mexican pyramids earlier in an area I can't fucking pronounce; was pretty fun. I guess the perk here is that this series is probably at least moderately factual, unlike some of that shit I've been watching where I have to fact-check half of the claims (or they admit that it's just a theory)


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The Wave Master
04/30/21 8:23:26 AM
#440:


There was a new Guilty Gear Strive Beta announced, and with it a nerf to Leo Whitefang. They took away his cross up mix up dash strike, and now it just kind of dashes, but doesn't mix up.

My problem with this isn't that the move is nerfed, but the fact that Strive's whole existence is to make the game easier for new players but seemingly at the cost of fun.

Shouldn't fighting games be fun?

That's my problem with Street Fighter V, it's just not crazy enough and fun. I guess that's why Smash is so popular, even though I don't consider it a fighting game, sorry EVO.

Hopefully, Arc did redesign the broken ass lobby system from the first open beta. Hopefully.

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Naruto_fan_42
04/30/21 2:05:23 PM
#441:


Metalsonic66 posted...
I think I've bought everything but I dunno if there could be a merchant out there somewhere I missed. I have like 10k now and I know it's only a matter of time before I lose it.

Right now I'm running Quick Focus, Unbreakable Strength, Mark of Pride, Grubsong, and Nailmasters Glory. But over the 100+ hours I've played, I've tried quite a few charm combos, and I'm open to suggestions.

I have all but the final Nail upgrade, three extra Soul vessels, eight Masks if I'm not using Unbreakable Heart/Lifeblood Heart

Only missing two (?) Mask Shards and three charms and one Pale Ore for the last Nail Upgrade but I feel like I shouldn't need EVERYTHING to beat this Coliseum battle. It's just there are SO MANY ROUNDS
Ok last nail upgrade is incredibly useful, but if you have Strength you can use that, if you dont have
Quick Focus you can still heal between waves and on far platforms if you time it right. I would say remove Quick Focus and put on Quick Slash if nail boi and Shaman Stone if magic boi

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Zeus
04/30/21 2:45:52 PM
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I need to watch Kong vs Godzilla tonight since I think it's going off HBO Max tomorrow =x

The Wave Master posted...
My problem with this isn't that the move is nerfed, but the fact that Strive's whole existence is to make the game easier for new players but seemingly at the cost of fun.

What about new players' fun? >_>

The Wave Master posted...
Shouldn't fighting games be fun?

That's my problem with Street Fighter V, it's just not crazy enough and fun.

On a similar note, GTA4's loss of fun (in favor of realism) is what killed me the franchise for me. Luckily I got into the Saints Row games which, unlike GTA, get wackier with time.

The Wave Master posted...
I guess that's why Smash is so popular, even though I don't consider it a fighting game, sorry EVO.

I consider it a fighting game, but I just don't think it's a good fit for EVO.


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Metalsonic66
04/30/21 5:23:43 PM
#443:


The Wave Master posted...
Shouldn't fighting games be fun?
I don't think that has been a rule for like 20 years. The contrary, if anything.

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Metalsonic66
04/30/21 5:25:23 PM
#444:


Naruto_fan_42 posted...
Ok last nail upgrade is incredibly useful, but if you have Strength you can use that, if you dont have
Quick Focus you can still heal between waves and on far platforms if you time it right. I would say remove Quick Focus and put on Quick Slash if nail boi and Shaman Stone if magic boi
That's probably good advice. If I stop relying on the ability to heal so often, I won't be quite as overwhelmed when I get to the later rounds where it's trickier (or outright impossible) to heal

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Zeus
04/30/21 10:43:29 PM
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Hate watching movies out of order, but I'm down to the wire on Kong vs Godzilla. Meh. (Granted, MAYBE I have enough time to watch one of the other films first (since it's only 10 now and it'll probably get removed at 3am-5am, but not all of them and it would have been a risk.)

At any rate, the CGI is pretty fucking baller from the early going.

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The Wave Master
04/30/21 11:17:23 PM
#446:


Metalsonic66 posted...
I don't think that has been a rule for like 20 years. The contrary, if anything.

I really love Street Fighter III: Third Strike and Marvel Vs Capcom 2. Marvel 3 and Ultimate Marvel 3 aren't that bad, and can be fun if you're not getting rolled, and it's a Versus game so you will get rolled.

I've heard great things about Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, and it looks fun, especially with the Street Fighter crossover, but even with Ultimate 3, that's been at least 10 years, and you can't have a fun game in the genre every 10 damn years.

I just checked the release date for Ultimate 3. Ren years this November. That's nuts.

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shadowsword87
05/01/21 12:01:58 AM
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Oh, I've started reading A Canticle for Leibowitz.
This shit's a pretty good book, I'm surprised people don't talk about it more.
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Zeus
05/01/21 1:39:35 AM
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Kind of a whatever ending for Godzilla vs Kong, although everything near the end was a mess because there's a lot of rushed shit all at once. It's also kinda garbage because there wasn't much foreshadowing for Mecha-Godzilla just going berserk, and a pretty limited explanation... and then the whole confrontation is rushed.

Oh, and it looks like while HBO Max has Skull Island and King of Monsters, it's missing the the Godzilla remake so... idk what I feel like doing. I already own Skull Island so it's not time sensitive and I can't see any point in watching KoM before the first remake. (And didn't like watching GvK before those other films.)

The Wave Master posted...
Kong vs Godzilla wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either. I got roasted on Twitter and Book Face because I said the humans were the worst part of the film, and they are.

idk, perhaps the best moment of the film involved the humans, when Bernie complained that he didn't get to the hear of the end of the CEO's speech

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Naruto_fan_42
05/01/21 3:33:16 AM
#449:


Metalsonic66 posted...
That's probably good advice. If I stop relying on the ability to heal so often, I won't be quite as overwhelmed when I get to the later rounds where it's trickier (or outright impossible) to heal
howd it go

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Metalsonic66
05/01/21 4:35:29 AM
#450:


Naruto_fan_42 posted...
howd it go
Now I have Nailmaster, Unbreakable Strength, Mark of Pride, Spell Twister and Heavy Blow. Gonna give it a few more tries before I mix it up again

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