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mordek
United States12705 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
On February 01 2014 03:49 kainzero wrote: Just read this short story: http://vgperson.tumblr.com/post/36363838019/starting-over Man, internet writers can be decent. I think it's amusing that this is a translated story. I don't know the original Japanese, but there were parts of the prose that felt stilted and awkward and really gave away the fact that it was a translation (I don't think this is confirmation bias). Ironically, the fact that it is a translation lent it an alien quality which really served the story well. Again, I don't know the original Japanese, but I might even venture to say that this story works better in English than it did in the original Japanese. Unless, of course, the author was skillful enough to purposefully include the sense of, as Freud says, the uncanny into the story, and the translator was skillful enough to both pick up on it and transmit it faithfully into English. The actual story was decent, but the plot could've been tightened up a bit more and the pacing altered. some things should've been left unsaid/unexplored. Cheesy ending, but there was really no question of that. It was enjoyable enough. | ||
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Alaric
France45622 Posts
On February 01 2014 04:13 mordek wrote: Got a quick arena draft and game in over lunch. Faced a priest who cast Argent Commander and then didn't attack. No taunts on the board... Sometimes the first few games of arena can be so /facepalm. When I play constructed (unranked) and face people with obvious basic decks and a bunch of bad cards (Booty Bay over Taz'Dingo for example) I systematically had them after the game to offer some advice or stuff since they're beginners, but none has accepted the invite yet. Auchenai soulpriest works with voodoo doctor and earthen ring farseer according to my googlefu, weeeeeeee. But voodoo doctor is still a shitty card. Damn. I want to make a deck revolving around her effect. | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
On February 01 2014 04:31 Alaric wrote: When I play constructed (unranked) and face people with obvious basic decks and a bunch of bad cards (Booty Bay over Taz'Dingo for example) I systematically had them after the game to offer some advice or stuff since they're beginners, but none has accepted the invite yet. Auchenai soulpriest works with voodoo doctor and earthen ring farseer according to my googlefu, weeeeeeee. But voodoo doctor is still a shitty card. Damn. I want to make a deck revolving around her effect. Which reminds me he also tried to cabal shadow priest my 4/3 bloodsail raider... How do I know he tried that? Mouse over glow, play the card, mouse over glow. Oh well lol. "Sorry about that" | ||
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kainzero
United States5211 Posts
On February 01 2014 04:10 GhandiEAGLE wrote: Somewhere Cheep's Armchair Writing Critic senses are tingling. Look out, I think he smells blood. I like his responses to writing. I've actually been reading a lot more because I started subscribing to /r/books. I don't consider myself well-read or anything like that either, though for some reason I seem to read 1 decent book a year. | ||
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ComaDose
Canada10357 Posts
On February 01 2014 03:49 kainzero wrote: Just read this short story: http://vgperson.tumblr.com/post/36363838019/starting-over Man, internet writers can be decent. I enjoyed it. | ||
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Scip
Czech Republic11293 Posts
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
On February 01 2014 05:00 Scip wrote: So: TF2, Path of Exile, DotA2, LoL. Anything else? potentially halo? edit: I'm fine with a smaller pool of games for first official TLLOLOTGDTDGN | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
 (WC3 would be excellent as well) | ||
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
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Scip
Czech Republic11293 Posts
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
But really I personally had no idea it was free nor that anyone wanted to play it /shrug. Left 4 Dead 2 | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
Left for Dead 2 wasn't on the list because it isn't 100% of the time free. That's why req. | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
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ReketSomething
United States6012 Posts
I CAN TRUST THE INTERNET RIGHT? | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
On February 01 2014 05:24 mordek wrote: TLLOLOTGDTDGN is a tight group. no, that's tonight's event you gotta get your acronyms straight mordek | ||
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