((I'm not gonna do something generic like the Monarch. Probably the Banded Peacock. It fits her green motif pretty nicely, and it looks good.))
((I'm sorry I just don't like MGSV as much as you senpai. Please forgive me.))
((My hair is incredibly curly because my family on my mother's side traces back to Italy. So when I go a month or two without cutting it, the hair may look short, but if I pull down one of the curls it would go down to about my nose.))
((Friend shared with me a game called The Beginner's Guide. Forced me to stay up late to beat it because it was short. The game made about as much sense to me as an acid trip. Dunno what I was supposed to get out of it, but whoever thought that $10 is worth a single hour and a half of "gameplay," because there isn't any, deserves to be slapped. I would rather have spent the money on lunch, or the Undertale soundtrack. I'm surprised half of the "walking simulator" genre of games even get greenlit. What's appealing about doing nothing but walking? I can do that in real life all I want. Considering that gameplay is practically #1 on my list of must-haves, I think my friend only made me play the game because he wanted to justify paying $10 for an hour and a half of walking and doing nothing.))
((The steam reviews were all mostly correct as well, though I don't understand why most of them recommend it. It did make me feel depressed, because it was a waste of money, and I did question my life choices, because I was up at midnight just pressing the w button on my keyboard for an hour and a half. Narrative alone does squat for me in games. I have to be able to actually play something in order to get invested properly if I'm buying something under the guise of the word "video game", or else they should have just packaged it as a movie instead. I think it's trying too hard to be "art, for art's sake," and it doesn't seem to care what an actual "game" is. Needless to say, I went to sleep mad last night.))
((Lots and lots of character planning is happening today you guys. I'm really excited to keep on fleshing out these characters even before they're introduced. Heck, I've got arcs now not only for singular characters, or a duo of characters, but a trio together. Ellia's pretty much going to change everything once she's officially introduced and I incorporate her into the team instead of keeping her as the revenge-fueled duelist. Each of my characters will actually influence each other's behaviors and thoughts in some way (unlike artificially like I did in this RP) and, ooh, I can't wait to RP it out. Plus, I'd like to see what other characters they run into that could potentially influence them all as well. I really feel like I'm making fully realized three-dimensional characters this time around, and it's making me incredibly excited.))
"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((I'm not gonna do something generic like the Monarch. Probably the Banded Peacock. It fits her green motif pretty nicely, and it looks good.))
((I'm sorry I just don't like MGSV as much as you senpai. Please forgive me.))
((My hair is incredibly curly because my family on my mother's side traces back to Italy. So when I go a month or two without cutting it, the hair may look short, but if I pull down one of the curls it would go down to about my nose.))
((Friend shared with me a game called The Beginner's Guide. Forced me to stay up late to beat it because it was short. The game made about as much sense to me as an acid trip. Dunno what I was supposed to get out of it, but whoever thought that $10 is worth a single hour and a half of "gameplay," because there isn't any, deserves to be slapped. I would rather have spent the money on lunch, or the Undertale soundtrack. I'm surprised half of the "walking simulator" genre of games even get greenlit. What's appealing about doing nothing but walking? I can do that in real life all I want. Considering that gameplay is practically #1 on my list of must-haves, I think my friend only made me play the game because he wanted to justify paying $10 for an hour and a half of walking and doing nothing.))
((The steam reviews were all mostly correct as well, though I don't understand why most of them recommend it. It did make me feel depressed, because it was a waste of money, and I did question my life choices, because I was up at midnight just pressing the w button on my keyboard for an hour and a half. Narrative alone does squat for me in games. I have to be able to actually play something in order to get invested properly if I'm buying something under the guise of the word "video game", or else they should have just packaged it as a movie instead. I think it's trying too hard to be "art, for art's sake," and it doesn't seem to care what an actual "game" is. Needless to say, I went to sleep mad last night.))
((Lots and lots of character planning is happening today you guys. I'm really excited to keep on fleshing out these characters even before they're introduced. Heck, I've got arcs now not only for singular characters, or a duo of characters, but a trio together. Ellia's pretty much going to change everything once she's officially introduced and I incorporate her into the team instead of keeping her as the revenge-fueled duelist. Each of my characters will actually influence each other's behaviors and thoughts in some way (unlike artificially like I did in this RP) and, ooh, I can't wait to RP it out. Plus, I'd like to see what other characters they run into that could potentially influence them all as well. I really feel like I'm making fully realized three-dimensional characters this time around, and it's making me incredibly excited.))
((Gewd.))
((No. This is UNFORGIVEABLE. Ok, not really, but I just wanted to say that.))
((I'm imagining you as a Zeppeli now. Hopefully I'll find a way to keep you from dying halfway through the next RP, kohai.))
((I'm trying to find a good horror game to play for a while now (all of the older ones that look good and I haven't played are rare and expensive ones like Haunting Ground and Rule of Rose), and I'm currently at a complete loss, due to all of the recent ones being the aforementioned walking simulators with the occasional jump scare or even chase, if they're really ambitious.
But this is the post Stanley Parable/Bioshock Infinite world, Ragna, where terrible/nonexistent gameplay is fine as long as you have some pretentious, half-assed metanarrative point buried in there somewhere. Never mind that MGS2 came out almost a decade and a half ago and had infinitely more to say about the medium while still being a game that was actually fun and engaging to play. The thing that was good about the age before people were prattling on about how games are art is that they actually remembered that games were games.))
((I'm more focused on the character ideas themselves than the plots they're going through this time around. Maybe that'll change once we actually decide on the setting and backstory and all of that jazz. For now, though, I think we're far more used to working with each other than before, and if we keep things more loose we could have some fun with more spontaneous developments.))
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"I-I didn't know you could do that!"
"I could write a BOOK about what you don't know!" ~Skeletor
((I hate when slice-of-life anime start pushing the feels. It's like, are you a drama, or a slice-of-life? Pick one. It's always the Christmas episodes too. ))
((Oh, there's this fairly decent one my friend showed me called Albino Lullaby. It's zero jumpscares, but it is a walking simulator sadly. I love the art style though, and there's a really unique system that involves pressing buttons and rotations. Not to mention the enemies all have distinct voices and speeches, though they all sound half-demonic. It's extremely easy though. A three hour game at the most, four if you get stuck on a few things. At least there's somewhat of a semblance of gameplay in the form of small puzzles, and shooting the giant burrito-men with this weird remote control thing. It only makes me wish Silent Hills was still in production though.))
((I'd easily put Bioshock Infinite as my least favorite FPS of all time, personally. My Dad watched as I played through it, and we were both trying to make sense of the plot the entire time. It got to the point that the plot was so all over the place, that we couldn't enjoy the rooty-tooty-aim and shooty bits anymore. It was just "why's this happening? How come we can jump through time? Is this the worst ending to a game ever? Do you want to play Doom now?" I do in fact own the Stanley Parable, and while it was interesting, it's not much to really write home about. You walk around, a guy commands you to do things while nonsensical happenings take place if you choose not to. I thought it relied a bit too much on random comedy sometimes, and it felt really dry and bland once it was finished. I literally can't remember a single scene other than Stanley sitting at his computer. On the other hand, I can name every area in JSRF from heart, recall the first time I ever got one of the secret characters, and all of the countless hours I spent grinding and skating around Shibuya Bus Terminal and Chuo Street showing off the game to my friends, and playing some good old fashioned split screen multiplayer.))
((I feel like I need to step up my game this time with my characters. In almost every RP I've been in my character's have almost never been developed, they never matured, they never gained experience from their hardships. Sarah's sadly a product of that, and so's Nu. Keima's the only one who went from selfish brat to a caring oaf, but that's because I designed Nu to specifically make him that way. I treated her more as a object to further Keima, than I did a full-fledged character, which is what I want to remedy. I don't want my character arcs to have to rely on a specific character for growth, they need to both be able to grow by themselves, and with each other. Loosely, not set on a specific time frame or date, but spontaneously like you said. I'm just the conductor, I only choose how they start and where they're finishing, but anywhere in between can be a whole load of experiences that'll happen at random and without plan. That's how I'm going to treat it this time, instead of like a general who's carefully planning each step, and limiting character involvement just because it might ruin my plans.))
((Elapsed time since Tek has last posted: 3 Days!!!!!))
"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((Oh, there's this fairly decent one my friend showed me called Albino Lullaby. It's zero jumpscares, but it is a walking simulator sadly. I love the art style though, and there's a really unique system that involves pressing buttons and rotations. Not to mention the enemies all have distinct voices and speeches, though they all sound half-demonic. It's extremely easy though. A three hour game at the most, four if you get stuck on a few things. At least there's somewhat of a semblance of gameplay in the form of small puzzles, and shooting the giant burrito-men with this weird remote control thing. It only makes me wish Silent Hills was still in production though.))
((I'd easily put Bioshock Infinite as my least favorite FPS of all time, personally. My Dad watched as I played through it, and we were both trying to make sense of the plot the entire time. It got to the point that the plot was so all over the place, that we couldn't enjoy the rooty-tooty-aim and shooty bits anymore. It was just "why's this happening? How come we can jump through time? Is this the worst ending to a game ever? Do you want to play Doom now?" I do in fact own the Stanley Parable, and while it was interesting, it's not much to really write home about. You walk around, a guy commands you to do things while nonsensical happenings take place if you choose not to. I thought it relied a bit too much on random comedy sometimes, and it felt really dry and bland once it was finished. I literally can't remember a single scene other than Stanley sitting at his computer. On the other hand, I can name every area in JSRF from heart, recall the first time I ever got one of the secret characters, and all of the countless hours I spent grinding and skating around Shibuya Bus Terminal and Chuo Street showing off the game to my friends, and playing some good old fashioned split screen multiplayer.))
((I feel like I need to step up my game this time with my characters. In almost every RP I've been in my character's have almost never been developed, they never matured, they never gained experience from their hardships. Sarah's sadly a product of that, and so's Nu. Keima's the only one who went from selfish brat to a caring oaf, but that's because I designed Nu to specifically make him that way. I treated her more as a object to further Keima, than I did a full-fledged character, which is what I want to remedy. I don't want my character arcs to have to rely on a specific character for growth, they need to both be able to grow by themselves, and with each other. Loosely, not set on a specific time frame or date, but spontaneously like you said. I'm just the conductor, I only choose how they start and where they're finishing, but anywhere in between can be a whole load of experiences that'll happen at random and without plan. That's how I'm going to treat it this time, instead of like a general who's carefully planning each step, and limiting character involvement just because it might ruin my plans.))
((Elapsed time since Tek has last posted: 3 Days!!!!!))
((*shrugs*))
((The thing about Bioshock Infinite is that the plot makes just about as much sense if you do understand it as if you don't, due to the ever-present plot holes. I couldn't even enjoy the gameplay, due to the fact that 80% of the plasmids are exactly the same with a different particle effect, the fact that the game expects you to blow money on upgrades for multiple guns and their clones when you're restricted to a two-weapon limit, and the fact that everything beyond the most basic enemy is a gigantic bullet sponge that's an absolute chore to fight. Then it's revealed that the game's only boss fight is an even bigger bullet sponge that constantly spawns instantly respawning enemies that insta-kill you with rocket launchers while also making a horrendous screeching noise the whole way through. In other words, probably the worst excuse for a boss fight for any game I've ever played in my life. And then the fight is copy-pasted another two times. That game is a load of garbage.
Matthewmatosis made a pretty good video going into greater depth onto why the game is a load of garbage, but I'm pretty gun-shy about linking it here, considering that he discusses a certain word's usage (or rather, a lack thereof) when pointing out the game's lack of depth when it comes to racial commentary.))
((Good, good.))
((THREE DAYS SINCE THE LAST TIME TEK RUINED EVERYTHING, GUYS! THREE WHOLE DAYS!!!))
((I oughta work on finishing that post with Bobert now, though.))
((Maybe Tek's not intentionally ruining everything. He did say that throughout this month he'd be having a lot of work or something, so it's kind of easy to forget certain things when you're worried about flying and stuff. But, even when I have to work over time, I still make space for posting even at midnight. It helps that most of the streamers I watch do stuff really late at night, so I'm able to stay awake while doing homework or typing up a post.))
((I do feel like I need more reasons to justify my hate for Bioshock Infinite, I'll give that guy's video a watch then.))
((Crap, almost forgot that it's only four days until the Nathan Drake Collection comes out. Can't wait to play through the first game again, although likely beautifully remastered, and playing the second and third games for the first time.))
((And, it's only eight days until Inside Out comes out on Digital HD. My pockets are going to be stressed, but I can handle it.))
((Watched the video by the way. He sums up everything that my Dad and I felt wonderfully, and then some. I do have to say, I'd prefer any Call of Duty over Bioshock Infinite. At least Call of Duty isn't trying to enforce complex plot lines. It's just you, a gun, a whole load of enemies, and maybe some cutscenes and scripted events sprinkled in to vaguely remind you that there's a plot in there somewhere.))
((Call of Duty 4 was and still is my favorite of the franchise, though considering I stopped playing Call of Duty after Modern Warfare 2, I'm not sure if there are any games that are better. I am however picking up Black Ops 3 now because all of my friends are interested in it. It's like, the 12th Call of Duty game though, isn't it? That's a heck of a lot of games. Oh wait, it's actually the 13th. Unlucky number, oh no.))
"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((Maybe Tek's not intentionally ruining everything. He did say that throughout this month he'd be having a lot of work or something, so it's kind of easy to forget certain things when you're worried about flying and stuff. But, even when I have to work over time, I still make space for posting even at midnight. It helps that most of the streamers I watch do stuff really late at night, so I'm able to stay awake while doing homework or typing up a post.))
((Crap, almost forgot that it's only four days until the Nathan Drake Collection comes out. Can't wait to play through the first game again, although likely beautifully remastered, and playing the second and third games for the first time.))
((And, it's only eight days until Inside Out comes out on Digital HD. My pockets are going to be stressed, but I can handle it.))
((Watched the video by the way. He sums up everything that my Dad and I felt wonderfully, and then some. I do have to say, I'd prefer any Call of Duty over Bioshock Infinite. At least Call of Duty isn't trying to enforce complex plot lines. It's just you, a gun, a whole load of enemies, and maybe some cutscenes and scripted events sprinkled in to vaguely remind you that there's a plot in there somewhere.))
((Call of Duty 4 was and still is my favorite of the franchise, though considering I stopped playing Call of Duty after Modern Warfare 2, I'm not sure if there are any games that are better. I am however picking up Black Ops 3 now because all of my friends are interested in it. It's like, the 12th Call of Duty game though, isn't it? That's a heck of a lot of games. Oh wait, it's actually the 13th. Unlucky number, oh no.))
((Even so, I always judiciously proofread my posts and compare to who I'm responding to, just to make sure there aren't any errors in my post and everything goes smoothly, no matter how sleep-deprived I may be. I'd much rather that he take a little longer to make a functional post than rush out some nonsense filled with continuity errors. I'm not sure how much of a difference that would make, though: To be honest, I've found the way he's handled this whole finale to be pretty lackluster in comparison to what's been leading up to it.
Of course, this is all discounting how he always comes back with plans to ruin everything, and says that we don't understand them when we point out that they'll end up ruining everything.))
((I've found that, as usual, the second game in the trilogy was the best, before the third had to delve into jarring cuts across the world multiple times to justify their increasingly ridiculous set pieces, an underwhelming pair of antagonists, and a disappointing final level and boss battle.))
((I'm waiting for the Blu-ray release myself. November third couldn't seem farther away, though...))
((Though I despise Call of Duty, I have to say I'd prefer something that unapologetically serves the lowest common denominator than something like BS:I, where it serves the lowest common denominator while acting like it's the most intelligent thing ever written.))
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OH MY GOOOOOOD!!!
There's this one character in Part 5 who uses a revolver, and his Stands (Sex Pistols) allows him to guide and redirect his shots in a manner mostly like Hol Horse but also not really. They're numbered One through Seven, one for each chamber. There is no Number Four, because four is an unlucky number.))
((I've finished the collab post involving Bobert (the character). Now it's just up to my waifu to post it.))
((Transformers: Devastation comes out tomorrow, and I won't be able to get it then due to being stuck all day performing at a concert...))
((Hmm, well I'll have to see for myself then when I get the Nathan Drake collection.))
((It is mostly inexcusable what Tek's done, but I don't know if I'd prefer him taking even longer to make better posts, or rush things because we're close to the end and we're sort of antsy to continue on. For one point, it's better that we end this off as best we can with quality posts. For another, we've been on the finale for longer than most of us would have liked it to be.))
((I'm sad that there may never be a third season of RWBY because of Monty Oum's death. While all of the casual moments of the show in the first season were incredibly cringe worthy, to the point where I almost dropped it. If it weren't for the intensely satisfying action of course. the second season made a huge leap, the voice acting didn't sound so forced and awkward anymore, and the action was even more intense because of the money they earned from the first season. It was pretty much just starting to get good, and then sputtered out, and will never get a conclusion now.))
"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((Alrighty, the first of the epilogue posts are up. More soon to come (tm). ))
[Bob/Glint]
"I'll be sure to tell her," Bob reassured, his mind beginning to wander as thoughts of what would come next began to emerge. The forest had been forsaken, it's spirit beyond repair and he could feel a void inside himself just as there was beyond the treeline. Sarah had already decided it was time to part ways, and he took note of the direction she and Keima were taking so that, should it come to that, he could perhaps track them down later. Bob knew there were still loose ends to tie up though, and so many of them were either wrought by decay or singed into ash. Sighing softly, he thought of how that was the mess that comprised his life now, a bunch of burnt and ruined strings that left him directionless.
"Glint, do you mind if I keep Ergo's things? I'd understand if you'd like to keep them but it would be nice to at least hold onto the shield," Bob asked a short while after Glint sat down. Knowing he wanted to say more, Bobert’s attention turned to Ergo’s shield. Somewhat lazily, he stretched his leg out and used it to drag the shield closer so that he could properly pick it up off the ground. It was a finely crafted aegis for what Bob had known as a finely crafted knight- selfless to the end even with nothing left to give. "I just have a lot of things to figure out now that all this is over, and in all honesty I'm not sure I'll ever see any of you again once the dust finishes settling. I just want something to remember this all by," he then explained, tracing around the edge of the shield with his fingers and smiling at the sight of the sky being reflected from behind all the ash and boiled on blood that stained it.
“Take whatever you need, Bobert.” Glint said, sighing as she clutched the pendant around her neck. Akira had either decided to go back to sleep or to stop paying attention to us, leaving Glint to her thoughts. The young mage stared at the shield and the lines being drawn in it, then back to the greatsword she’d dropped on the ground a short time earlier, her eyes going up the black coil that formed half of the blade then back down it’s silver partner.
“You know,” she finally said. “I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to do now that this is all over, myself. Akira will obviously need someone to take care of her until she’s ready to care for herself again… That sword needs to be thrown into some deep part of the ocean and forgotten so that no one can be burned by its’ flames ever again… And I need to resign... My mentors gave a very simplified view of the world; someone was either shining like the sun, or as dark as the abyss. But now that I’m out in the world, it seems like there’s a little bit of sunshine and a couple of clouds in almost everyone. And I want to see the world; to know it for real instead of through the lens of some writer or painter. But I’m not sure where to start…” she cut herself off.
“I guess what I’m trying to say is,” Glint finished. “If you want someone to come along with you on your soul-searching, I’d be very grateful if you took me with you. Heavens know that I wouldn’t do very well on my own, and...” She opened her mouth to say something more, but Akira nudged her in the arm, the half-demon wearing a smug smirk on her face as the mage huffed angrily before calming down, though she couldn’t hide a small smile of her own.
Bobert continued to trace lines along the rim of the shield, eventually reaching the point where he’d started which prompted him to end the invisible line with a quick flick of his finger. “I think I’d like that,” he eventually replied, smiling lightly as he lowered the shield so it could rest on his lap. Bob turned briefly to Glint to share that smile, but quickly turned his attention to watch as the final members of their party managed to walk through the portal. Elizabeth was busy speaking with a few people about her plan to leave this island, and was already extending the invitation to anyone who wanted to meet her in the Redstone Village to enact such a scheme. Though her words seemed confident she looked weary, her hair a mess and her eyes holding some part of herself back with steely resolve.
“You’re right about someone needing to look after Akira,” Bob started again, “and though I’d like to help I have some fairly immediate things that need taking care of- specifically with Elizabeth if she’s still planning on leaving this place like she’s saying. Akira, I’ll make sure Elizabeth gets home safe and you can meet her there in a week's time. Glint, from there it can be you and me; sound like a plan?” Bobert proposed, turning back to face Glint and Akira in hopes they’d agree with the idea.
“Yes,” Glint said happily. “It sounds like a plan.” Akira nodded, breathing a sigh of what seemed like relief. As Glint opened her journal and began to finalize her chronicle of her adventures, the two warriors from beyond the stars conversed with Elizabeth. Though they couldn’t promise to follow her immediately, they knew they had to leave eventually. With the woman giving her friend one last hug, and advising her to lighten up a bit more, the two warriors began to leave, but not before being pulled into a discussion by the ever-present lady in black. Glint briefly considered writing “The End” after she’d finished her account, but she quickly decided against it, putting the book down and pulling her two friends in for a group hug.
“While we’re all still together.” She explained. After all, this was only one chapter of what she hoped would be a much longer, happier story.
((Also since everyone is talking about their hair, mine is thick and black, and for a few months the year sometimes blue))
((As for my characters, I've got all their base information planned out but have yet to actually write it down since two characters rely on the environment a bit to become fully formed. My third character I can probably start writing a bio for though considering how independent of the world they are.))
((Apparently people thought that The Beginner's Guide was deep, philosophical, and emotionally charging. Those people must have forgotten that all they were doing was listen to a man talk, and were pressing the w button for about an hour and a half. These same people must also not have played Undertale, because it succeeded in the same things except, *gasp* it actually had gameplay. Oh lord, we can't have a game that's emotional that has actual gameplay. It has to be artsy and lack any game whatsoever to be deep and philosophical. Seriously, I've played 4 games, with actual gameplay, that accomplished what The Beginner's Guide did but leagues above. I don't understand how you can get engaged in a game that's not even a real game. I wanted to do things, I wanted to maybe explore or solve puzzles, but no. It's just a voice that forces you to go where it wants you to, while you're along for the ride pressing the w key. It doesn't matter how good your writing is in the game, it needs gameplay for me to be satisfied at all.))
((The reason I got so emotional playing Undertale was that everything was caused because of my actions. Not a stupid voice telling me what to do, but my own volition. I felt like it was truly me going through this world of fantasy and meeting terrific characters. So when the ending came, and I kept pressing the spare button, tears flowed through my eyes because this was all my own doing. I got the ending because I wanted to; I strode to be a pacifist. It all paid off, and I got what I consider the most satisfying ending I think I've ever seen in a video game. With The Beginner's Guide, there's none of that. A voice tells you what's going on, a tragic story about a man who thought his life was worthless, and made his message by making miniature game demos that you are "playing" (and by that I mean just ****ing walking) through. The only credit I can give it is that there's some creativity, and the writing is great, but I felt completely emotionally detached the entire time because it just wasn't a game. I'd rather play something pretentious and pseudo-intellectual with gameplay, rather than an "emotional and philosophical game" that has literally no gameplay at all. If I wanted to hear a story about a depressed man, I'd read it in text format, not play through an interactive storybook.))
((When you get the exact same experience as everyone else, just by watching a video on YouTube of the game, that's not a good game. It's something you play once and throw away because there's no variables, no new things to discover, no reason to go through it again. If I had wasted 10 whole dollars on it, I would have demanded a refund immediately.))
((The reason I'm venting is because my Twitter feed is absolutely blowing up because of it, when there's a game that's only two dollars more but one hundred times better.))
((Heck, I get more emotion out of games with zero story, like practically every shoot 'em up and fighting game, than I did with The Beginner's Guide.))
((On a lighter note, I'm considering cosplaying as Jotaro for next years comic con. I found a coat that looks a lot like his, and I'd only need to modify it a bit. The only problems will be making the hat, finding or making the giant chain link thing he has on his coat, and making the belts, because clearly those kinds of belts aren't common. The best thing is that I convinced a cousin of mine that if I go as Jotaro, he would go as Star Platinum.))
"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((It is mostly inexcusable what Tek's done, but I don't know if I'd prefer him taking even longer to make better posts, or rush things because we're close to the end and we're sort of antsy to continue on. For one point, it's better that we end this off as best we can with quality posts. For another, we've been on the finale for longer than most of us would have liked it to be.))
((Yeah, but there have already been occasions where Tek has made posts that were so broken that we had to wait another week before he could come back and fix it. If he'd spent another ten minutes reading his own writing, maybe we wouldn't have spent so long sitting on our butts and doing absolutely nothing.))
-Rant that I've already had and am too burnt out on to continue ranting about-
((On a lighter note, I'm considering cosplaying as Jotaro for next years comic con. I found a coat that looks a lot like his, and I'd only need to modify it a bit. The only problems will be making the hat, finding or making the giant chain link thing he has on his coat, and making the belts, because clearly those kinds of belts aren't common. The best thing is that I convinced a cousin of mine that if I go as Jotaro, he would go as Star Platinum.))
((AHA! SEE! I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WOULD WARM UP TO HIM! SENPAI IS ALWAYS RIGHT!
Though, if you want me to be honest, I'm kind of tired of Jotaro cosplays. Jojo is a long and detailed series with many fabulous characters, and yet 95% of the cosplays I see of the series are Jotaro Goddamn Kujo. Even Dio is often put to the side for more Jotaro. Granted, he is one of the sexiest characters in the series, but it's not like he's the best or the only one worth cosplaying. Eventually the enjoyment just sort of peters out, you know?))
((I'm not leaving on that trip for about a month, lavulman XP. It'll be a short road trip too, only about 4 days.))
((I just wish Tek was a bit clearer about why he can't post. I'm sure things would be going a bit smoother if he could explain what's currently happening in his life))
((I'm not leaving on that trip for about a month, lavulman XP. It'll be a short road trip too, only about 4 days.))
((I just wish Tek was a bit clearer about why he can't post. I'm sure things would be going a bit smoother if he could explain what's currently happening in his life))
((Four days of stargazing and legal drinking... *mumble grumble*))
((That'd probably help, too. I'm not sure if his explanation would help, though, considering I'm usually notified by Steam that he's playing some game when he hasn't posted for over a week.))
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"I-I didn't know you could do that!"
"I could write a BOOK about what you don't know!" ~Skeletor
((Well it's not my fault that you can't come XP. Gotta love Canada and all it's various things and stuff))
((We've been waiting for my mom so that we can go to the movies for almost an hour now. I can't get on my computer to write stuff but I'm just on my phone feeling like I have writing constipation or something.))
((Well it's not my fault that you can't come XP. Gotta love Canada and all it's various things and stuff))
((We've been waiting for my mom so that we can go to the movies for almost an hour now. I can't get on my computer to write stuff but I'm just on my phone feeling like I have writing constipation or something.))
((Believe me, I've been planning to move there for years now. So stop taunting me with your "various things and stuff", you Maple Waifu.))
((It's fine, I need to get into the mood to start writing anyways. Right now I'm in a silly sort of OOC mode, which I don't think will mesh to well with what we're doing at the moment. Hopefully I'll be ready soon, though.))
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"I-I didn't know you could do that!"
"I could write a BOOK about what you don't know!" ~Skeletor
((So we ended up seeing Hotel Transylvania 2. It was very 'family feature' like which meant the plot was kinda meaningless, it had a decently easy to recognize moral, and some of the 'serious' parts (if you could even call them that) made me want to groan somewhat loudly. It made me laugh though, so I would say I liked it. There was a lot of goofy stuff and some slapstick which was actually quite enjoyable making the movie alright to see. In conclusion I wouldn't recommended to anyone, but it's definitely an alright movie. I was expecting worse for a sequel staring and in part written by Adam Sandler))
((I have black hair, Jotaro has black hair. I don't like dying my hair. My only options are then the different Jojo's and Baron Zeppeli. Or the villains, because they all have black hair for some reason.))
((I saw ads for Hotel Transylvania 2 literally every time I went to see Inside Out, which by the way is out on Digital HD in less than a week, and it looked like it would be an okay movie, but not really. I hate ads, because any half-baked marketer can make a bad movie seem good. It's why I never trust them, because they're designed to get my attention and entice me. So while I was tempted to watch the movie, I ultimately said no because not only did I not watch the first movie, but I was told the first movie was entirely mediocre anyways. Oh yeah, and the ads kept going even after the movie was already in theaters for some reason; along with two ads for The Minions movie. This is why I made sure to never show up early, but on time so that I didn't have to sit through these ads.))
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"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((Yare yare Crazy. A waifu is broken english for the word Wife. As in, your wife. So, either someone you really like; like most SAO fanboys would say "Asuna is my waifu," or you say it ironically to **** off people like me and many others do. You can't marry someone from an anime, because they aren't real, so most people call them their waifu because they would marry them if they were real. It's something mostly weebs say, but Otaku do it ironically to **** off people who hate anime. Weebs usually mean what they say though, because they believe Asuna would be their wife for some reason. That's what happens when you've only watched one anime series though. Weebs need to branch out, I think that's why they're so close-minded. Stop watching their stupid shounen stuff and watch shoujo anime like a man. ))
((If I did have a waifu though. It would be Mikoto hands down.
"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
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((Thanks for clearing that for me Ranga. Now to ask one last question, where do you guys go to watch anime. Netflix has the ones I have been watching but I want to know other sites to go to as well.))
((I only go to Crunchyroll, all of the time. And when Crunchyroll doesn't have something I want, I go to Animeshow.tv, and when that doesn't have something I want, I go to Funimation, which is home to some of the worst dubs I've ever heard in my life.))
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"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((I'm not gonna do something generic like the Monarch. Probably the Banded Peacock. It fits her green motif pretty nicely, and it looks good.))
((I'm sorry I just don't like MGSV as much as you senpai. Please forgive me.))
((My hair is incredibly curly because my family on my mother's side traces back to Italy. So when I go a month or two without cutting it, the hair may look short, but if I pull down one of the curls it would go down to about my nose.))
((Friend shared with me a game called The Beginner's Guide. Forced me to stay up late to beat it because it was short. The game made about as much sense to me as an acid trip. Dunno what I was supposed to get out of it, but whoever thought that $10 is worth a single hour and a half of "gameplay," because there isn't any, deserves to be slapped. I would rather have spent the money on lunch, or the Undertale soundtrack. I'm surprised half of the "walking simulator" genre of games even get greenlit. What's appealing about doing nothing but walking? I can do that in real life all I want. Considering that gameplay is practically #1 on my list of must-haves, I think my friend only made me play the game because he wanted to justify paying $10 for an hour and a half of walking and doing nothing.))
((The steam reviews were all mostly correct as well, though I don't understand why most of them recommend it. It did make me feel depressed, because it was a waste of money, and I did question my life choices, because I was up at midnight just pressing the w button on my keyboard for an hour and a half. Narrative alone does squat for me in games. I have to be able to actually play something in order to get invested properly if I'm buying something under the guise of the word "video game", or else they should have just packaged it as a movie instead. I think it's trying too hard to be "art, for art's sake," and it doesn't seem to care what an actual "game" is. Needless to say, I went to sleep mad last night.))
((Lots and lots of character planning is happening today you guys. I'm really excited to keep on fleshing out these characters even before they're introduced. Heck, I've got arcs now not only for singular characters, or a duo of characters, but a trio together. Ellia's pretty much going to change everything once she's officially introduced and I incorporate her into the team instead of keeping her as the revenge-fueled duelist. Each of my characters will actually influence each other's behaviors and thoughts in some way (unlike artificially like I did in this RP) and, ooh, I can't wait to RP it out. Plus, I'd like to see what other characters they run into that could potentially influence them all as well. I really feel like I'm making fully realized three-dimensional characters this time around, and it's making me incredibly excited.))
"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((Gewd.))
((No. This is UNFORGIVEABLE. Ok, not really, but I just wanted to say that.))
((I'm imagining you as a Zeppeli now. Hopefully I'll find a way to keep you from dying halfway through the next RP, kohai.))
((I'm trying to find a good horror game to play for a while now (all of the older ones that look good and I haven't played are rare and expensive ones like Haunting Ground and Rule of Rose), and I'm currently at a complete loss, due to all of the recent ones being the aforementioned walking simulators with the occasional jump scare or even chase, if they're really ambitious.
But this is the post Stanley Parable/Bioshock Infinite world, Ragna, where terrible/nonexistent gameplay is fine as long as you have some pretentious, half-assed metanarrative point buried in there somewhere. Never mind that MGS2 came out almost a decade and a half ago and had infinitely more to say about the medium while still being a game that was actually fun and engaging to play. The thing that was good about the age before people were prattling on about how games are art is that they actually remembered that games were games.))
((I'm more focused on the character ideas themselves than the plots they're going through this time around. Maybe that'll change once we actually decide on the setting and backstory and all of that jazz. For now, though, I think we're far more used to working with each other than before, and if we keep things more loose we could have some fun with more spontaneous developments.))
((I hate when slice-of-life anime start pushing the feels. It's like, are you a drama, or a slice-of-life? Pick one. It's always the Christmas episodes too. ))
((Oh, there's this fairly decent one my friend showed me called Albino Lullaby. It's zero jumpscares, but it is a walking simulator sadly. I love the art style though, and there's a really unique system that involves pressing buttons and rotations. Not to mention the enemies all have distinct voices and speeches, though they all sound half-demonic. It's extremely easy though. A three hour game at the most, four if you get stuck on a few things. At least there's somewhat of a semblance of gameplay in the form of small puzzles, and shooting the giant burrito-men with this weird remote control thing. It only makes me wish Silent Hills was still in production though.))
((I'd easily put Bioshock Infinite as my least favorite FPS of all time, personally. My Dad watched as I played through it, and we were both trying to make sense of the plot the entire time. It got to the point that the plot was so all over the place, that we couldn't enjoy the rooty-tooty-aim and shooty bits anymore. It was just "why's this happening? How come we can jump through time? Is this the worst ending to a game ever? Do you want to play Doom now?" I do in fact own the Stanley Parable, and while it was interesting, it's not much to really write home about. You walk around, a guy commands you to do things while nonsensical happenings take place if you choose not to. I thought it relied a bit too much on random comedy sometimes, and it felt really dry and bland once it was finished. I literally can't remember a single scene other than Stanley sitting at his computer. On the other hand, I can name every area in JSRF from heart, recall the first time I ever got one of the secret characters, and all of the countless hours I spent grinding and skating around Shibuya Bus Terminal and Chuo Street showing off the game to my friends, and playing some good old fashioned split screen multiplayer.))
((I feel like I need to step up my game this time with my characters. In almost every RP I've been in my character's have almost never been developed, they never matured, they never gained experience from their hardships. Sarah's sadly a product of that, and so's Nu. Keima's the only one who went from selfish brat to a caring oaf, but that's because I designed Nu to specifically make him that way. I treated her more as a object to further Keima, than I did a full-fledged character, which is what I want to remedy. I don't want my character arcs to have to rely on a specific character for growth, they need to both be able to grow by themselves, and with each other. Loosely, not set on a specific time frame or date, but spontaneously like you said. I'm just the conductor, I only choose how they start and where they're finishing, but anywhere in between can be a whole load of experiences that'll happen at random and without plan. That's how I'm going to treat it this time, instead of like a general who's carefully planning each step, and limiting character involvement just because it might ruin my plans.))
((Elapsed time since Tek has last posted: 3 Days!!!!!))
"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((*shrugs*))
((The thing about Bioshock Infinite is that the plot makes just about as much sense if you do understand it as if you don't, due to the ever-present plot holes. I couldn't even enjoy the gameplay, due to the fact that 80% of the plasmids are exactly the same with a different particle effect, the fact that the game expects you to blow money on upgrades for multiple guns and their clones when you're restricted to a two-weapon limit, and the fact that everything beyond the most basic enemy is a gigantic bullet sponge that's an absolute chore to fight. Then it's revealed that the game's only boss fight is an even bigger bullet sponge that constantly spawns instantly respawning enemies that insta-kill you with rocket launchers while also making a horrendous screeching noise the whole way through. In other words, probably the worst excuse for a boss fight for any game I've ever played in my life. And then the fight is copy-pasted another two times. That game is a load of garbage.
Matthewmatosis made a pretty good video going into greater depth onto why the game is a load of garbage, but I'm pretty gun-shy about linking it here, considering that he discusses a certain word's usage (or rather, a lack thereof) when pointing out the game's lack of depth when it comes to racial commentary.))
((Good, good.))
((THREE DAYS SINCE THE LAST TIME TEK RUINED EVERYTHING, GUYS! THREE WHOLE DAYS!!!))
((I oughta work on finishing that post with Bobert now, though.))
((Maybe Tek's not intentionally ruining everything. He did say that throughout this month he'd be having a lot of work or something, so it's kind of easy to forget certain things when you're worried about flying and stuff. But, even when I have to work over time, I still make space for posting even at midnight. It helps that most of the streamers I watch do stuff really late at night, so I'm able to stay awake while doing homework or typing up a post.))
((I do feel like I need more reasons to justify my hate for Bioshock Infinite, I'll give that guy's video a watch then.))
((Crap, almost forgot that it's only four days until the Nathan Drake Collection comes out. Can't wait to play through the first game again, although likely beautifully remastered, and playing the second and third games for the first time.))
((And, it's only eight days until Inside Out comes out on Digital HD. My pockets are going to be stressed, but I can handle it.))
((Watched the video by the way. He sums up everything that my Dad and I felt wonderfully, and then some. I do have to say, I'd prefer any Call of Duty over Bioshock Infinite. At least Call of Duty isn't trying to enforce complex plot lines. It's just you, a gun, a whole load of enemies, and maybe some cutscenes and scripted events sprinkled in to vaguely remind you that there's a plot in there somewhere.))
((Call of Duty 4 was and still is my favorite of the franchise, though considering I stopped playing Call of Duty after Modern Warfare 2, I'm not sure if there are any games that are better. I am however picking up Black Ops 3 now because all of my friends are interested in it. It's like, the 12th Call of Duty game though, isn't it? That's a heck of a lot of games. Oh wait, it's actually the 13th. Unlucky number, oh no.))
"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((Even so, I always judiciously proofread my posts and compare to who I'm responding to, just to make sure there aren't any errors in my post and everything goes smoothly, no matter how sleep-deprived I may be. I'd much rather that he take a little longer to make a functional post than rush out some nonsense filled with continuity errors. I'm not sure how much of a difference that would make, though: To be honest, I've found the way he's handled this whole finale to be pretty lackluster in comparison to what's been leading up to it.
Of course, this is all discounting how he always comes back with plans to ruin everything, and says that we don't understand them when we point out that they'll end up ruining everything.))
((I've found that, as usual, the second game in the trilogy was the best, before the third had to delve into jarring cuts across the world multiple times to justify their increasingly ridiculous set pieces, an underwhelming pair of antagonists, and a disappointing final level and boss battle.))
((I'm waiting for the Blu-ray release myself. November third couldn't seem farther away, though...))
((Though I despise Call of Duty, I have to say I'd prefer something that unapologetically serves the lowest common denominator than something like BS:I, where it serves the lowest common denominator while acting like it's the most intelligent thing ever written.))
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OH MY GOOOOOOD!!!
There's this one character in Part 5 who uses a revolver, and his Stands (Sex Pistols) allows him to guide and redirect his shots in a manner mostly like Hol Horse but also not really. They're numbered One through Seven, one for each chamber. There is no Number Four, because four is an unlucky number.))
((I've finished the collab post involving Bobert (the character). Now it's just up to my waifu to post it.))
((Transformers: Devastation comes out tomorrow, and I won't be able to get it then due to being stuck all day performing at a concert...))
((Hmm, well I'll have to see for myself then when I get the Nathan Drake collection.))
((It is mostly inexcusable what Tek's done, but I don't know if I'd prefer him taking even longer to make better posts, or rush things because we're close to the end and we're sort of antsy to continue on. For one point, it's better that we end this off as best we can with quality posts. For another, we've been on the finale for longer than most of us would have liked it to be.))
((I'm sad that there may never be a third season of RWBY because of Monty Oum's death. While all of the casual moments of the show in the first season were incredibly cringe worthy, to the point where I almost dropped it. If it weren't for the intensely satisfying action of course. the second season made a huge leap, the voice acting didn't sound so forced and awkward anymore, and the action was even more intense because of the money they earned from the first season. It was pretty much just starting to get good, and then sputtered out, and will never get a conclusion now.))
"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((Alrighty, the first of the epilogue posts are up. More soon to come (tm). ))
[Bob/Glint]
"I'll be sure to tell her," Bob reassured, his mind beginning to wander as thoughts of what would come next began to emerge. The forest had been forsaken, it's spirit beyond repair and he could feel a void inside himself just as there was beyond the treeline. Sarah had already decided it was time to part ways, and he took note of the direction she and Keima were taking so that, should it come to that, he could perhaps track them down later. Bob knew there were still loose ends to tie up though, and so many of them were either wrought by decay or singed into ash. Sighing softly, he thought of how that was the mess that comprised his life now, a bunch of burnt and ruined strings that left him directionless.
"Glint, do you mind if I keep Ergo's things? I'd understand if you'd like to keep them but it would be nice to at least hold onto the shield," Bob asked a short while after Glint sat down. Knowing he wanted to say more, Bobert’s attention turned to Ergo’s shield. Somewhat lazily, he stretched his leg out and used it to drag the shield closer so that he could properly pick it up off the ground. It was a finely crafted aegis for what Bob had known as a finely crafted knight- selfless to the end even with nothing left to give. "I just have a lot of things to figure out now that all this is over, and in all honesty I'm not sure I'll ever see any of you again once the dust finishes settling. I just want something to remember this all by," he then explained, tracing around the edge of the shield with his fingers and smiling at the sight of the sky being reflected from behind all the ash and boiled on blood that stained it.
“Take whatever you need, Bobert.” Glint said, sighing as she clutched the pendant around her neck. Akira had either decided to go back to sleep or to stop paying attention to us, leaving Glint to her thoughts. The young mage stared at the shield and the lines being drawn in it, then back to the greatsword she’d dropped on the ground a short time earlier, her eyes going up the black coil that formed half of the blade then back down it’s silver partner.
“You know,” she finally said. “I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to do now that this is all over, myself. Akira will obviously need someone to take care of her until she’s ready to care for herself again… That sword needs to be thrown into some deep part of the ocean and forgotten so that no one can be burned by its’ flames ever again… And I need to resign... My mentors gave a very simplified view of the world; someone was either shining like the sun, or as dark as the abyss. But now that I’m out in the world, it seems like there’s a little bit of sunshine and a couple of clouds in almost everyone. And I want to see the world; to know it for real instead of through the lens of some writer or painter. But I’m not sure where to start…” she cut herself off.
“I guess what I’m trying to say is,” Glint finished. “If you want someone to come along with you on your soul-searching, I’d be very grateful if you took me with you. Heavens know that I wouldn’t do very well on my own, and...” She opened her mouth to say something more, but Akira nudged her in the arm, the half-demon wearing a smug smirk on her face as the mage huffed angrily before calming down, though she couldn’t hide a small smile of her own.
Bobert continued to trace lines along the rim of the shield, eventually reaching the point where he’d started which prompted him to end the invisible line with a quick flick of his finger. “I think I’d like that,” he eventually replied, smiling lightly as he lowered the shield so it could rest on his lap. Bob turned briefly to Glint to share that smile, but quickly turned his attention to watch as the final members of their party managed to walk through the portal. Elizabeth was busy speaking with a few people about her plan to leave this island, and was already extending the invitation to anyone who wanted to meet her in the Redstone Village to enact such a scheme. Though her words seemed confident she looked weary, her hair a mess and her eyes holding some part of herself back with steely resolve.
“You’re right about someone needing to look after Akira,” Bob started again, “and though I’d like to help I have some fairly immediate things that need taking care of- specifically with Elizabeth if she’s still planning on leaving this place like she’s saying. Akira, I’ll make sure Elizabeth gets home safe and you can meet her there in a week's time. Glint, from there it can be you and me; sound like a plan?” Bobert proposed, turning back to face Glint and Akira in hopes they’d agree with the idea.
“Yes,” Glint said happily. “It sounds like a plan.” Akira nodded, breathing a sigh of what seemed like relief. As Glint opened her journal and began to finalize her chronicle of her adventures, the two warriors from beyond the stars conversed with Elizabeth. Though they couldn’t promise to follow her immediately, they knew they had to leave eventually. With the woman giving her friend one last hug, and advising her to lighten up a bit more, the two warriors began to leave, but not before being pulled into a discussion by the ever-present lady in black. Glint briefly considered writing “The End” after she’d finished her account, but she quickly decided against it, putting the book down and pulling her two friends in for a group hug.
“While we’re all still together.” She explained. After all, this was only one chapter of what she hoped would be a much longer, happier story.
((Also since everyone is talking about their hair, mine is thick and black, and for a few months the year sometimes blue))
((As for my characters, I've got all their base information planned out but have yet to actually write it down since two characters rely on the environment a bit to become fully formed. My third character I can probably start writing a bio for though considering how independent of the world they are.))
Oh no, it's a link to an awesome flash game!
((Apparently people thought that The Beginner's Guide was deep, philosophical, and emotionally charging. Those people must have forgotten that all they were doing was listen to a man talk, and were pressing the w button for about an hour and a half. These same people must also not have played Undertale, because it succeeded in the same things except, *gasp* it actually had gameplay. Oh lord, we can't have a game that's emotional that has actual gameplay. It has to be artsy and lack any game whatsoever to be deep and philosophical. Seriously, I've played 4 games, with actual gameplay, that accomplished what The Beginner's Guide did but leagues above. I don't understand how you can get engaged in a game that's not even a real game. I wanted to do things, I wanted to maybe explore or solve puzzles, but no. It's just a voice that forces you to go where it wants you to, while you're along for the ride pressing the w key. It doesn't matter how good your writing is in the game, it needs gameplay for me to be satisfied at all.))
((The reason I got so emotional playing Undertale was that everything was caused because of my actions. Not a stupid voice telling me what to do, but my own volition. I felt like it was truly me going through this world of fantasy and meeting terrific characters. So when the ending came, and I kept pressing the spare button, tears flowed through my eyes because this was all my own doing. I got the ending because I wanted to; I strode to be a pacifist. It all paid off, and I got what I consider the most satisfying ending I think I've ever seen in a video game. With The Beginner's Guide, there's none of that. A voice tells you what's going on, a tragic story about a man who thought his life was worthless, and made his message by making miniature game demos that you are "playing" (and by that I mean just ****ing walking) through. The only credit I can give it is that there's some creativity, and the writing is great, but I felt completely emotionally detached the entire time because it just wasn't a game. I'd rather play something pretentious and pseudo-intellectual with gameplay, rather than an "emotional and philosophical game" that has literally no gameplay at all. If I wanted to hear a story about a depressed man, I'd read it in text format, not play through an interactive storybook.))
((When you get the exact same experience as everyone else, just by watching a video on YouTube of the game, that's not a good game. It's something you play once and throw away because there's no variables, no new things to discover, no reason to go through it again. If I had wasted 10 whole dollars on it, I would have demanded a refund immediately.))
((The reason I'm venting is because my Twitter feed is absolutely blowing up because of it, when there's a game that's only two dollars more but one hundred times better.))
((Heck, I get more emotion out of games with zero story, like practically every shoot 'em up and fighting game, than I did with The Beginner's Guide.))
((On a lighter note, I'm considering cosplaying as Jotaro for next years comic con. I found a coat that looks a lot like his, and I'd only need to modify it a bit. The only problems will be making the hat, finding or making the giant chain link thing he has on his coat, and making the belts, because clearly those kinds of belts aren't common. The best thing is that I convinced a cousin of mine that if I go as Jotaro, he would go as Star Platinum.))
"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD THE LAST PAGECLAIM, RAGNA, BUT IT WAS ME! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG, RAGNA! AND I'M SACRIFICING IT TO MAKE TEK GREAT AGAIN!))
((Yeah, but there have already been occasions where Tek has made posts that were so broken that we had to wait another week before he could come back and fix it. If he'd spent another ten minutes reading his own writing, maybe we wouldn't have spent so long sitting on our butts and doing absolutely nothing.))
((AHA! SEE! I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WOULD WARM UP TO HIM! SENPAI IS ALWAYS RIGHT!
Though, if you want me to be honest, I'm kind of tired of Jotaro cosplays. Jojo is a long and detailed series with many fabulous characters, and yet 95% of the cosplays I see of the series are Jotaro Goddamn Kujo. Even Dio is often put to the side for more Jotaro. Granted, he is one of the sexiest characters in the series, but it's not like he's the best or the only one worth cosplaying. Eventually the enjoyment just sort of peters out, you know?))
((Tek was just online an hour ago and my waifu is leaving me. Hold me tight while I cry, kohai.))
((I'm not leaving on that trip for about a month, lavulman XP. It'll be a short road trip too, only about 4 days.))
((I just wish Tek was a bit clearer about why he can't post. I'm sure things would be going a bit smoother if he could explain what's currently happening in his life))
Oh no, it's a link to an awesome flash game!
((Four days of stargazing and legal drinking... *mumble grumble*))
((That'd probably help, too. I'm not sure if his explanation would help, though, considering I'm usually notified by Steam that he's playing some game when he hasn't posted for over a week.))
((Well it's not my fault that you can't come XP. Gotta love Canada and all it's various things and stuff))
((We've been waiting for my mom so that we can go to the movies for almost an hour now. I can't get on my computer to write stuff but I'm just on my phone feeling like I have writing constipation or something.))
Oh no, it's a link to an awesome flash game!
((Believe me, I've been planning to move there for years now. So stop taunting me with your "various things and stuff", you Maple Waifu.))
((It's fine, I need to get into the mood to start writing anyways. Right now I'm in a silly sort of OOC mode, which I don't think will mesh to well with what we're doing at the moment. Hopefully I'll be ready soon, though.))
((So we ended up seeing Hotel Transylvania 2. It was very 'family feature' like which meant the plot was kinda meaningless, it had a decently easy to recognize moral, and some of the 'serious' parts (if you could even call them that) made me want to groan somewhat loudly. It made me laugh though, so I would say I liked it. There was a lot of goofy stuff and some slapstick which was actually quite enjoyable making the movie alright to see. In conclusion I wouldn't recommended to anyone, but it's definitely an alright movie. I was expecting worse for a sequel staring and in part written by Adam Sandler))
Oh no, it's a link to an awesome flash game!
((I'll reply to everything later on.))
((I have black hair, Jotaro has black hair. I don't like dying my hair. My only options are then the different Jojo's and Baron Zeppeli. Or the villains, because they all have black hair for some reason.))
((I saw ads for Hotel Transylvania 2 literally every time I went to see Inside Out, which by the way is out on Digital HD in less than a week, and it looked like it would be an okay movie, but not really. I hate ads, because any half-baked marketer can make a bad movie seem good. It's why I never trust them, because they're designed to get my attention and entice me. So while I was tempted to watch the movie, I ultimately said no because not only did I not watch the first movie, but I was told the first movie was entirely mediocre anyways. Oh yeah, and the ads kept going even after the movie was already in theaters for some reason; along with two ads for The Minions movie. This is why I made sure to never show up early, but on time so that I didn't have to sit through these ads.))
"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((I just decided to come out of nowhere and ask what "Waifu" means.))
Come to the dark side, we have cookies!
((Yare yare Crazy. A waifu is broken english for the word Wife. As in, your wife. So, either someone you really like; like most SAO fanboys would say "Asuna is my waifu," or you say it ironically to **** off people like me and many others do. You can't marry someone from an anime, because they aren't real, so most people call them their waifu because they would marry them if they were real. It's something mostly weebs say, but Otaku do it ironically to **** off people who hate anime. Weebs usually mean what they say though, because they believe Asuna would be their wife for some reason. That's what happens when you've only watched one anime series though. Weebs need to branch out, I think that's why they're so close-minded. Stop watching their stupid shounen stuff and watch shoujo anime like a man. ))
((If I did have a waifu though. It would be Mikoto hands down.
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"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."
((Thanks for clearing that for me Ranga. Now to ask one last question, where do you guys go to watch anime. Netflix has the ones I have been watching but I want to know other sites to go to as well.))
Come to the dark side, we have cookies!
((I only go to Crunchyroll, all of the time. And when Crunchyroll doesn't have something I want, I go to Animeshow.tv, and when that doesn't have something I want, I go to Funimation, which is home to some of the worst dubs I've ever heard in my life.))
"Zazhigalka. I think this is Russian for 'smash your enemy's face in and then set him on fire.' I could be wrong though."
"Never be ashamed of sadness. Embrace it, love it, but don't become an emotional masochist. Without sadness, I guarantee you we would have one hundred times more killers in the world, and ten times as many wars."