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harodihg
Profile Blog Joined November 2013
Japan1344 Posts
April 09 2018 20:53 GMT
#189201
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from the last week alone

33% support 67% core

:V

I come 4 your mmr hwangjew

User was temp banned for this post.
Agh's ult sniper: Sniper locks eyes with target unit, immobilizing them in horror as he turns the gun on himself. Channeled, lasts 5 seconds.
Gosi
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Sweden9072 Posts
April 09 2018 21:06 GMT
#189202
9 days into april and it's still snowing what is weather
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HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-09 21:39:54
April 09 2018 21:16 GMT
#189203
I'm on a 8 loss streak. Going for that true HAROLD [0] Just getting unwinnable games, carries doing lowest dmg in the game etc. I guess they are also the lowest mmr in game so probably report worthy.

e. shalom haro, may the gods have mercy for this vilest of offences
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Slomo
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany7198 Posts
April 09 2018 21:24 GMT
#189204
HJT in MMR distress. What a time to be alive.
RIP DOUBLE TI OG | #18 never forget
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
April 09 2018 21:47 GMT
#189205
It's not so much about the MMR but the awful quality of games. I'm also getting reports, like you do when you are pos6 and only second highest damage in the game. Clearly I'm the one who is playing the game wrong and not whoever gets caught in the middle of the map for the nth time without buyback. Valve's systems working like intended, just like Greenlight and Steam machine and Steam controller and that underage gambling thing.
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Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2835 Posts
April 09 2018 23:32 GMT
#189206
I mean if you're losing the game more than you're winning the game you're playing wrong.

Rip haro
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
April 10 2018 00:10 GMT
#189207
Or you are having a bad week. There isn't a single professional sports team that doesn't have slumps.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
April 10 2018 00:13 GMT
#189208
On April 09 2018 22:21 Atreides wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 09 2018 22:02 intotheheart wrote:
On April 09 2018 11:00 Atreides wrote:
On April 09 2018 06:44 Nevuk wrote:
After playing ffxv for like 5 hours, I have a bad hot take : FFXIII had better combat


I AGREE 100%. I am in the rare minority that actually liked ffxiii despite its many flaws. I couldn't finish xv. Its really bad. You don't care about the story at all, and the gameplay is nowhere near good enough to carry it. I have 100% completions on both xiii and xiii-2 tho so I am biased but ya... the difference between that and not being able to even finish the game is.... large. (DONT EVER TRY TO 100% XIII BTW)

And no girls in xv so im pretty sure its not for ith, or me either (<3 lightning in xiii)

2/10 forget it.

They surely exist as talkable NPCs and stuff, no? I thought the whole point of the plot was to get Noctus to some girl so they could have a dating sim/romance subquest.


Umm... in the Kingsglaive movie she's there and that movie had me interested in playing the game, but I played.... a good bit. 20-30 hrs maybe (not quite sure it was a while ago) and there was literally no girls besides the one at gas station who is like intentionally out of place or something heh. So I guess shoot me for being shallow but it seriously detracted from my interest in the game. xd

The fishing though, is the best done sport fishing mini game (by far) of any game I've seen it in. Pretty much only thing I liked actually.

Noctis goes on a "date" with someone's sister like 10 hours in, and from what I can tell there's a couple of women who could have been party members but they just noped out. I think I'll just rush through the main game and ignore the side quests, as they seem pretty stupid (of the "walk 10 minutes and kill 5 of these things while someone talks about headaches" variety)

FFXIII-2, worth playing if I got fed up with the first one like 60 hours in? My HD crashed like 10 hours in to it and I felt like Noel was kinda a mary sue, but I didn't really get that far in.
Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2835 Posts
April 10 2018 00:32 GMT
#189209
On April 10 2018 09:10 Plansix wrote:
Or you are having a bad week. There isn't a single professional sports team that doesn't have slumps.


Why would those concepts be mutually exclusive though? You could be playing the game suboptimally because you're having a bad week, but that doesn't change the fact that you're playing suboptimally. It just attempts to excuse it, which is another subject entirely.
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
April 10 2018 00:35 GMT
#189210
On April 10 2018 09:13 Nevuk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 09 2018 22:21 Atreides wrote:
On April 09 2018 22:02 intotheheart wrote:
On April 09 2018 11:00 Atreides wrote:
On April 09 2018 06:44 Nevuk wrote:
After playing ffxv for like 5 hours, I have a bad hot take : FFXIII had better combat


I AGREE 100%. I am in the rare minority that actually liked ffxiii despite its many flaws. I couldn't finish xv. Its really bad. You don't care about the story at all, and the gameplay is nowhere near good enough to carry it. I have 100% completions on both xiii and xiii-2 tho so I am biased but ya... the difference between that and not being able to even finish the game is.... large. (DONT EVER TRY TO 100% XIII BTW)

And no girls in xv so im pretty sure its not for ith, or me either (<3 lightning in xiii)

2/10 forget it.

They surely exist as talkable NPCs and stuff, no? I thought the whole point of the plot was to get Noctus to some girl so they could have a dating sim/romance subquest.


Umm... in the Kingsglaive movie she's there and that movie had me interested in playing the game, but I played.... a good bit. 20-30 hrs maybe (not quite sure it was a while ago) and there was literally no girls besides the one at gas station who is like intentionally out of place or something heh. So I guess shoot me for being shallow but it seriously detracted from my interest in the game. xd

The fishing though, is the best done sport fishing mini game (by far) of any game I've seen it in. Pretty much only thing I liked actually.

Noctis goes on a "date" with someone's sister like 10 hours in, and from what I can tell there's a couple of women who could have been party members but they just noped out. I think I'll just rush through the main game and ignore the side quests, as they seem pretty stupid (of the "walk 10 minutes and kill 5 of these things while someone talks about headaches" variety)

FFXIII-2, worth playing if I got fed up with the first one like 60 hours in? My HD crashed like 10 hours in to it and I felt like Noel was kinda a mary sue, but I didn't really get that far in.

Did he go on a "date" with her to practice being with a woman or something?
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Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
April 10 2018 00:42 GMT
#189211
On April 10 2018 09:35 intotheheart wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2018 09:13 Nevuk wrote:
On April 09 2018 22:21 Atreides wrote:
On April 09 2018 22:02 intotheheart wrote:
On April 09 2018 11:00 Atreides wrote:
On April 09 2018 06:44 Nevuk wrote:
After playing ffxv for like 5 hours, I have a bad hot take : FFXIII had better combat


I AGREE 100%. I am in the rare minority that actually liked ffxiii despite its many flaws. I couldn't finish xv. Its really bad. You don't care about the story at all, and the gameplay is nowhere near good enough to carry it. I have 100% completions on both xiii and xiii-2 tho so I am biased but ya... the difference between that and not being able to even finish the game is.... large. (DONT EVER TRY TO 100% XIII BTW)

And no girls in xv so im pretty sure its not for ith, or me either (<3 lightning in xiii)

2/10 forget it.

They surely exist as talkable NPCs and stuff, no? I thought the whole point of the plot was to get Noctus to some girl so they could have a dating sim/romance subquest.


Umm... in the Kingsglaive movie she's there and that movie had me interested in playing the game, but I played.... a good bit. 20-30 hrs maybe (not quite sure it was a while ago) and there was literally no girls besides the one at gas station who is like intentionally out of place or something heh. So I guess shoot me for being shallow but it seriously detracted from my interest in the game. xd

The fishing though, is the best done sport fishing mini game (by far) of any game I've seen it in. Pretty much only thing I liked actually.

Noctis goes on a "date" with someone's sister like 10 hours in, and from what I can tell there's a couple of women who could have been party members but they just noped out. I think I'll just rush through the main game and ignore the side quests, as they seem pretty stupid (of the "walk 10 minutes and kill 5 of these things while someone talks about headaches" variety)

FFXIII-2, worth playing if I got fed up with the first one like 60 hours in? My HD crashed like 10 hours in to it and I felt like Noel was kinda a mary sue, but I didn't really get that far in.

Did he go on a "date" with her to practice being with a woman or something?

No, it's a legit date. But your options are basically "feign interest" or "act uninterested". And Noctis is engaged to some random chick who appears in cutscenes.
Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2835 Posts
April 10 2018 00:54 GMT
#189212
Oh my god i just played through that scene. Noct is actually straight disgusted with her. She's got something of a crush on him, but he does not even remotely give a fuck about her.

Most of his responses to her attempts to engage are disinterested grunts. I feel so bad for her.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-10 01:06:04
April 10 2018 01:01 GMT
#189213
On April 10 2018 09:32 Fleetfeet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2018 09:10 Plansix wrote:
Or you are having a bad week. There isn't a single professional sports team that doesn't have slumps.


Why would those concepts be mutually exclusive though? You could be playing the game suboptimally because you're having a bad week, but that doesn't change the fact that you're playing suboptimally. It just attempts to excuse it, which is another subject entirely.

I didn’t really say they were. There are unlimited reasons why someone loses 8 games in a row. And any number of them can overlap.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2835 Posts
April 10 2018 01:53 GMT
#189214
On April 10 2018 09:10 Plansix wrote:
Or you are having a bad week.


On April 10 2018 09:10 Plansix wrote:
Or you are having...


On April 10 2018 09:10 Plansix wrote:
Or.


Not "Also perhaps", not "In addition", OR. Hence my interpretation of implied exclusivity.
Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-10 02:11:31
April 10 2018 02:10 GMT
#189215
On April 10 2018 09:54 Fleetfeet wrote:
Oh my god i just played through that scene. Noct is actually straight disgusted with her. She's got something of a crush on him, but he does not even remotely give a fuck about her.

Most of his responses to her attempts to engage are disinterested grunts. I feel so bad for her.

I mean, he's so disappointed when he gets back and sees it's just her, and not the shirtless guy he is running around with 24/7. He shows a bit less disappointment there.
To be fair, she's one of his friend's little sisters, but still... like, lol.

I really wasn't surprised when I looked up that the lead scenario designer was female. Nothing wrong with that, I just don't think I'm the target demographic here. (She didn't write the script, but she interpreted it for design).

Also, I may have to cut short my ffxv playthrough because I'm now crashing on most of the battles (I have a 750 TI, which IS below the minimum GTX 760, but meh. I don't actually feel like it'd be a big loss).
Atreides
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2393 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-10 06:09:07
April 10 2018 02:36 GMT
#189216
On April 10 2018 09:13 Nevuk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 09 2018 22:21 Atreides wrote:
On April 09 2018 22:02 intotheheart wrote:
On April 09 2018 11:00 Atreides wrote:
On April 09 2018 06:44 Nevuk wrote:
After playing ffxv for like 5 hours, I have a bad hot take : FFXIII had better combat


I AGREE 100%. I am in the rare minority that actually liked ffxiii despite its many flaws. I couldn't finish xv. Its really bad. You don't care about the story at all, and the gameplay is nowhere near good enough to carry it. I have 100% completions on both xiii and xiii-2 tho so I am biased but ya... the difference between that and not being able to even finish the game is.... large. (DONT EVER TRY TO 100% XIII BTW)

And no girls in xv so im pretty sure its not for ith, or me either (<3 lightning in xiii)

2/10 forget it.

They surely exist as talkable NPCs and stuff, no? I thought the whole point of the plot was to get Noctus to some girl so they could have a dating sim/romance subquest.


Umm... in the Kingsglaive movie she's there and that movie had me interested in playing the game, but I played.... a good bit. 20-30 hrs maybe (not quite sure it was a while ago) and there was literally no girls besides the one at gas station who is like intentionally out of place or something heh. So I guess shoot me for being shallow but it seriously detracted from my interest in the game. xd

The fishing though, is the best done sport fishing mini game (by far) of any game I've seen it in. Pretty much only thing I liked actually.

Noctis goes on a "date" with someone's sister like 10 hours in, and from what I can tell there's a couple of women who could have been party members but they just noped out. I think I'll just rush through the main game and ignore the side quests, as they seem pretty stupid (of the "walk 10 minutes and kill 5 of these things while someone talks about headaches" variety)

FFXIII-2, worth playing if I got fed up with the first one like 60 hours in? My HD crashed like 10 hours in to it and I felt like Noel was kinda a mary sue, but I didn't really get that far in.


Yeah.... uhhh... that incident merely reinforced the "yup theres no girls in this game" to me. But like I said I have no idea if you actual find Luna or whatever her name is in the end. She was ok character in the movie thing they made. Still 4 bros riding around in car for forever and camping out got old. Also I thought combat, while it LOOKS great, was super reptitive. Maybe it doesn't have to be but you can definitely repeat same combo endlessly and win every fight.

Uhh FFXIII-2 I played extensively on initial release completed 100% of achievements all endings, etc and never touched game again, so its been a good while. Noel is like last human survivor from the future or some shit like that so him being a bit mary-sue didnt bother me really at all. He doesnt really act like the bad-ass he is so it feels a bit off but Serah's abilities are wayyyyy less justified since the entirety of xiii shes just Lightning's little sister who is completely helpless and they are trying to save her. The actual story is super wtf imo, like the whole tone of the game is this super positive happy shit but the actual story is ultra mega depressing ending. There are a couple alternate endings though. Not gonna lie all the best parts of that game to me were the Lightning parts sooooo.... yeh dunno.

As far as combat its very similar to xiii but you don't have actual party, instead you collect and level up creatures and they fill your party which is not terrible. But collecting pokemons is somewhat different than collecting party members. Although it gives you a lot less potential complexity. The game is paced much much better than xiii so its not as likely to get bored and quit part way through imo. If you like super cutesy moogles shit there is loads of that stuff. heh

These are all what I remember but its been 5 or 6 years or whatever?

Edit: on reflection don’t trust me on xiii-2 gameplay descriptions it was definitely unremarkable because I remember xiii gameplay a lot more even if it’s mostly the combos for killing adamantortoise over and over. But I sank a lot of time into xiii-2 and mostly only remember characters/story stuff.
Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2835 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-10 02:49:29
April 10 2018 02:46 GMT
#189217
I also like the awkward casual "This is the power plant. Its run entirely by GIRLS" in the noctis date scene. Without sensible context for gender dynamics in the game it just comes across super strange. Is it a good thing because culturally women were being repressed and they fought for equal opportunity and this is a beacon to that success? Is it a weird slavery thing? Are they all dressed for fanservice? Is it all of the above?

That whole scene is cute but super fucking odd.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
April 10 2018 02:47 GMT
#189218
There are no ladies of substance in that game. It is pure bro time all the time.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2835 Posts
April 10 2018 02:50 GMT
#189219
Whabbout dragoon chick though? I ran into her in the game, and I mean I'd want her to plow m... oh. I see what you're saying.
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
April 10 2018 08:33 GMT
#189220
On April 10 2018 11:47 Plansix wrote:
There are no ladies of substance in that game. It is pure bro time all the time.


The Japanese are known for their stark realism.


And I know I play the game suboptimally but having to convince people to do smart things ruins the experience for me and is an issue with the matchmaking.
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