Off-Topic General Discussion - Page 118

On September 26 2013 04:16 MoonBear wrote:
On the subject of marajuana, I found this documentary very insightful and well produced.

On September 26 2013 04:16 MoonBear wrote:
On the subject of marajuana, I found this documentary very insightful and well produced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrFctR0G0fY

On September 26 2013 03:45 Nos- wrote:
alcohol tastes like shit and it always will, I drink in social events but I hate it every time. I mostly just grab like one bottle of something and drink it for the entire night so no one gives me more

On September 26 2013 04:12 ComaDose wrote:
stupid law about smoking weed, i didn't know it being illegal would actually lead people to drink tho! what a good reason to legalize!
did you know during the trial to criminalize weed it was testified that it made white women sleep with black men and listen to jazz music? true story.

On September 26 2013 04:35 UniversalSnip wrote:

Well... Probably both true. Just these days, nobody really cares if you sleep with black dudes or listen to jazz.

On September 26 2013 04:15 Osmoses wrote:

Alright you clearly feel strongly about this game if you're gonna compare it's writing to Sun Tzu and the Quran so I'm gonna dial back the hate a bit. If it makes you feel better it was mostly for comedic effect.

It's true I used some hyperbole, it tends to get the job done better and faster than writing a 50 page thesis for everything I hate. But I wanna say this: reading alot doesn't necessarily mean you know good writing. It just means you read alot. You probably have a fairly strong grasp on what you like.

So, you went through the whole english curriculum in two months. Begs the question of how much of it you understood, or even remember (that didn't come from the cliffnotes).

And, OK, so you read obscure manga. I've probably never heard of it. Not sure why that should count against me. I never said all manga is bad, or all anime is bad, or all literature is bad. I said KS is bad. I guess you're saying you have a better grasp on what's good because you're a gourmand? Or maybe a gourmé (sp?)

Well, it's kinda funny, but this argument comes across alot on this site, League vs SC2 as a spectator sport (and I would suggest novels with little or no input qualifies as a spectating-activity, if not a sport). If you need to be an authority on the source material to appreciate it, does that mean it's better than something everyone likes?



You have a much better grasp than me on what constitutes the standard harem females. To be entirely truthful, I don't watch alot of anime anymore. I'll concede that, and offer a clarification: I meant (in my own words) the Overly Energetic, the Quiet One, the Serious Student, the Sage, the Oddball, and the Normal. You've seen all of these in most romance anime, and because they are so shallow you immediately know which characters I'm talking about from those single adjectives. Now, I got fed up with the game before I even managed to "get" any of the girls, but I'm guessing most if not every single one of them have a second layer of personality or character trait/backstory revealed to the protagonist as the story progresses into their arc. Because that's just how anime works, and as far as I'm aware this is after all a fanmade pretend-anime.

The reason these characters exist in every romance anime/dating game ever, is because anime is a business, and you get greater ratings if there's a girl for every taste. Some like them Genki and some like them Shy. They are carbon copies of previously successful characters, each with different colored hair so it will be easier to tell them apart, superimposed onto the best backdrop the least money could buy. Every once in a while the Laidback Teacher or the Wacky Otaku comes along to slow the pacing down with useless, predictable dialog.

And you set these characters above or equal to any other in anything published after 1995?

OK.

I insulted them after tearing the game apart, I didn't use them as an argument against the game. So, no, I don't think that's an ad-hominem. You call me an ass. That's probably an ad-hominem. Get it together, Nommo.

Either way, it was in jest. I obviously know nothing about these people, beyond the fact that they for some reason spent five years making a bland, pretend-japanese dating sim. Everyone knows the kind of picture that puts in your head, the knee-jerk assumptions of who these people are, what the wear and where they live. They may not be true, but that shouldn't suggest they're not funny.

Nothing wrong with Visual Novels, they're what studios with small budgets who can't afford to do real manga use to tell their stories. But I was lead to believe this was a game. I've played some dating sims before, and in terms of "gameplay" they were much more fun. You spend your time doing different half-time jobs so you can afford buying girls gifts (the hints for which you have to lure out of their friends), you work out to look better for the athletic girls, you read to impress the brainy types, etc etc.

In KS, you just click the mouse inside the application window. Click. Click. Click. Barely any choices, no interesting ones at least, no customization, and if they weren't making a game, if this is just a visual novel, why give me choices at all, even if they are few and far between? And if they're just looking to tell a story, why are the choices so cryptic? If I just want to see how the story develops with girl A, why does a seemingly unrelated choice send me down the road towards girl B?

Well, as you said yourself, the first act alone is 3-4 instances of Hisao going "oh they have disabilities, how should I deal with this" and some minor character going "it's not them, it's you, they're just people like you and me". Either way, I didn't make a big deal out of the "disability"-thing until you called me out on it. As far as I'm concerned the fact that the characters in KS are handicapped is completely irrelevant. That's not the problem with this game. The problem with this game is the characters and the dialogue sucks.

I'm not sure which act I quit on, but it doesn't matter. "It gets better" is not an acceptable argument, I see no reason to bore myself to death for an hour before getting to "the good part".

Haven't seen this rivalry myself. I like MLP because the concept of cutesy fantasy ponies with strong neurotic disorders is hilarious.


Well, like I said, why write a thesis nitpicking on particulars on something that's clearly not worth my time? If the foundation is rotten, why bother commenting on the interior?

Oh fuck, you made me write a thesis!

On September 26 2013 04:33 jcarlsoniv wrote:
But coffee is soooooo delicious.

Having free coffee at work hasn't been the best thing for me lol.

At least I drink it black...

On September 26 2013 04:37 HazMat wrote:

How can anyone ignore this, Req just got smasheddddddddd. I love me some internet debates.

On September 26 2013 04:37 HazMat wrote:

How can anyone ignore this, Req just got smasheddddddddd. I love me some internet debates.