On October 21 2015 02:37 Zdrastochye wrote: I feel like a minority. I don't really enjoy anime in any form. I haven't read/watched everything obviously but those I have tried have all failed to capture my attention.
You're not alone. These are the conversations I just skim over.
Had a hilarious D&D session last night. My players ignored following tracks that would have led them to a unicorn. They encountered an elvish civilization deep in the canopies of the trees - they were meant to arrive here. The crime syndicate they've been working with had to abandon their hideout in the city, but is holing up with these elves for now.
The Gnome tinkerer of the guild was passed out drunk with a perpetually filling tankard of ale. One of my players took it and continued to get smashed before the group had a meeting with the elvish matriarch. On the way to the meeting, that player wandered off, found an elf sleeping in a hammock, and traded the tankard for a place to sleep.
The matriarch informed the group of a super tiny, remote village in the woods. Normally the elves wouldn't care, but there is a secluded and mysterious lord that reigns there, locked away in his massive mansion. Recently some elvish scouts disappeared, and they believe that village to be the source.
So the party wanders off and arrives at the village, escorted by one of the elves. As they walk into the mansion, the elf vanishes, and a man appears on a banister high up on the wall. This is a maniacal man dressed in an assortment of odd colors. He is laughing with glee and invites the party to play some games with him (not that they had a choice).
The room goes black, and when light returns, they are in the center of a maze of mirrors. Any time they reach a dead end, they are ambushed by Shadows. The second encounter with Shadows ended in Garcia (the aforementioned drunkard) throws his spear, which passes through the Shadow and shatters the panes of mirror walls. The shockwave continues through, and the walls of the maze collapse. From the dust emerged several more pairs of Shadows. This fight almost took them out, each attack from the Shadows sapping the players' strength away more and more.
I'm seriously looking forward to continuing with Frimme's Funhouse, and now I have an extra week to think of puzzles/rooms.
Cool D&D story, but I always wondered, are the players playing their game with a DM to facilitate them, or are they simply there to add pieces to the DM's story allowed only to stray momentarily from the plot? Like if the DM designs this big area for the party to go into, what if they make a decision at the gates to simply not go through it?
I'm bad at games like this.
Little of both. I have created a vague story/world, but I have told my players repeatedly that they are completely free to act of their own volition. If that means that pieces of my story get dropped, then so be it. Often times, that part of the story continues on, even if they aren't involved in it.
For instance, the leader of their crime group is a powerful divination witch who keeps tabs on many many people at almost all times. Last night, they finally had a (knowing) respite from her gaze as she departed from them and walked back to her station, and they quickly discussed how they may want to leave this group. If they do, then I'll have to figure out how it all works.
It is incredibly common that I have to stray from my plans. A few sessions ago, they were meant to do a recon mission that ended up with a dead hooker from the ranger, the warlock stealing some several hundred gold from the proprietor of the brothel, and then the rogue befriending the now broken and depressed proprietor in order to carry out the recon mission in an unorthodox way. Shortly after, they slew a gladiator using another fighter as proxy by sneaking that fighter some poisons before the battle.
On October 21 2015 03:18 Sufficiency wrote: On the topic of anime, gamespot claims that Annie will be voiced by Kugimiya Rie in the Japanese version of the game.
Urusai?
Don't intend to play with Japanese VOs and prefer dubs in anime anyway, so I don't care.
On October 21 2015 03:18 Sufficiency wrote: On the topic of anime, gamespot claims that Annie will be voiced by Kugimiya Rie in the Japanese version of the game.
Urusai?
Don't intend to play with Japanese VOs and prefer dubs in anime anyway, so I don't care.
You have an extremely minor opinion - likely more minor than GMD's win rate debacle.
On October 21 2015 02:11 Ketara wrote: What's the year?
Gundam 00 is similar in a lot of ways to Gundam Wing, but in general people think 00 is better.
idk man, pre 90's stuff is hard to watch for me (though I could deal with Captain Tsubasa somewhat). Yeah i really liked 00 besides the stupid + Show Spoiler +
Lockon look-a-like twin brother thing
. I watched Seed and Seed Destiny (aside from some cool pew pew I wish I could unwatch Seed Destiny) and that's it I think.
If you want to try to get into UC Gundam, 08th Mobile Suit Team is usually where I tell people to start.
On October 21 2015 03:18 Sufficiency wrote: On the topic of anime, gamespot claims that Annie will be voiced by Kugimiya Rie in the Japanese version of the game.
Urusai?
Don't intend to play with Japanese VOs and prefer dubs in anime anyway, so I don't care.
Personally I don't really care much on dubs vs subs.
I used to prefer subs, but as I get older its nice to be able to listen to a show while I'm doing something else. And dub quality is a lot better than it was in the 90s.
On October 21 2015 03:32 Ketara wrote: Personally I don't really care much on dubs vs subs.
I used to prefer subs, but as I get older its nice to be able to listen to a show while I'm doing something else. And dub quality is a lot better than it was in the 90s.
Well sure a nice solid turd is better than a wet running foul turd but at the end of the day it's still a turd. Maybe in another 10-15 years it'll resemble something slightly better.
If I'm really sitting down and watching a show and have a choice I'll warltch the sub. But I'll watch a dub if its whats available or if I want to cook or something while I watch.
It gets made into a bigger deal than it needs to be.
On October 21 2015 02:35 Ketara wrote: I think Wing is actually pretty good, and gets shit on by gundam hipsters because its the first thing many people see, and for many people its the only thing they see, and there's a desire to show how cool you are by liking better series.
That said, gundam wing was designed to bring girls into the genre, so I mean. There's cute boys in it.
My favorite gundam series is probably Zeta. But its hard to just watch Zeta and like it, you need to know the whole UC storyline to fully appreciate Zeta.
I also like G Gundam a lot
Oh and Gundam build fighters. Gundam build fighters is amaaaaziiiiiiiing.
I liked Wing and I'm "pretty sure" I'm not a girl.......wat you tryin to say Ketara? D:
For those of you who enjoy horror fiction, what kind of stories do you like?
Generally I find that horror stories (or any horror media, really) fall into 3 main groups. Monster, gore, or psycho humans. Of course, there are some overlap and outliers, but I think that in general those are the obvious pillars.
Gore doesn't really do it for me. Yeah, it tries to freak you out by showing you disturbing stuff or describing horrific situations, but I just feel a bit queasy and that's about it. No real terror or adrenaline involved.
Psycho people are kind of hit or miss on me - I find the whole "humans are the real monsters" cliche a bit worn. Especially when you have a story that was trying to be supernatural the whole time and then just suddenly goes "fooled you! It was really just this crazy dude fucking people up!", it just feels like a lame follow up. I get that it's supposed to be scary because it has the possibility of being a real person doing it, and there are some really good ones out there, but most of the time it falls a bit flat.
I think that the best stories are supernatural/monster ones. Especially when it's not action-y, definitely takes away when you can just kill the bad guy. I think I've gushed on here in the past about the Skinwalker sub-genre, and of course I love Slenderman stuff (even though his popularity kind of killed the fear factor). Horror stories where the monster is unknown, a force of nature that the protagonists have no way to stand against except to run and hide, those sorts are the best imo. I could read Cryptid horror stories like every single day, forreal.
On October 21 2015 03:18 Sufficiency wrote: On the topic of anime, gamespot claims that Annie will be voiced by Kugimiya Rie in the Japanese version of the game.
Urusai?
Don't intend to play with Japanese VOs and prefer dubs in anime anyway, so I don't care.
You have an extremely minor opinion - likely more minor than GMD's win rate debacle.
Don't care. I'd rather spend less time reading when I'm watching something.
On October 21 2015 03:18 Sufficiency wrote: On the topic of anime, gamespot claims that Annie will be voiced by Kugimiya Rie in the Japanese version of the game.
Urusai?
Don't intend to play with Japanese VOs and prefer dubs in anime anyway, so I don't care.
You have an extremely minor opinion - likely more minor than GMD's win rate debacle.
Don't care. I'd rather spend less time reading when I'm watching something.
Uh oh. You are going to get smitten by the tyranny of majority.
Jokes aside, English dubs have a lot of problems. The voice acting itself has consistently been bad due to few voice actors and fewer talent. This does not even remotely factor in issues with localizations.
On October 21 2015 03:18 Sufficiency wrote: On the topic of anime, gamespot claims that Annie will be voiced by Kugimiya Rie in the Japanese version of the game.
Urusai?
Don't intend to play with Japanese VOs and prefer dubs in anime anyway, so I don't care.
You have an extremely minor opinion - likely more minor than GMD's win rate debacle.
Don't care. I'd rather spend less time reading when I'm watching something.
That's a fine stance to take, one I share. I appreciate that the Subbed voices are better and that the VA scene in Japan is a much higher quality than it is here, but I honestly don't take anime that seriously. Aside from a few special series, it's mostly just stuff I put in when I want a good time, and I don't want to spend as much time reading and jumping back and forth between the action and words.
On October 21 2015 03:18 Sufficiency wrote: On the topic of anime, gamespot claims that Annie will be voiced by Kugimiya Rie in the Japanese version of the game.
Urusai?
Don't intend to play with Japanese VOs and prefer dubs in anime anyway, so I don't care.
You have an extremely minor opinion - likely more minor than GMD's win rate debacle.
Don't care. I'd rather spend less time reading when I'm watching something.
Uh oh. You are going to get smitten by the tyranny of majority.
Jokes aside, English dubs have a lot of problems. The voice acting itself has consistently been bad due to few voice actors and fewer talent. This does not even remotely factor in issues with localizations.
I'd joke about the prodigiousness of Steve Blum except if you watch enough anime you notice the same re/overuse of voice actors there as well (although they're arguably more talented).
On October 21 2015 02:35 Ketara wrote: I think Wing is actually pretty good, and gets shit on by gundam hipsters because its the first thing many people see, and for many people its the only thing they see, and there's a desire to show how cool you are by liking better series.
That said, gundam wing was designed to bring girls into the genre, so I mean. There's cute boys in it.
My favorite gundam series is probably Zeta. But its hard to just watch Zeta and like it, you need to know the whole UC storyline to fully appreciate Zeta.
I also like G Gundam a lot
Oh and Gundam build fighters. Gundam build fighters is amaaaaziiiiiiiing.
I didn't like Wing because of Heero Yuy, I dropped it like 10 episodes in. Is it good?
EDIT: Req, I pretty much agree with everything you said about horror.
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