WiseSplinteR
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Blair was great! He really had some good points and interesting opinions the few times be appeared on camera.
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Easy Allies |EZOT2| Love & Respect
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Already Torn
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He always seemed like he wanted to be somewhere else I think, I wasn't too surprised when he didn't show up for EZA
Three things I miss about GT Time are Elyse, Ian in the booth, and the icebreaker questions.
seriously. I might be one of the few to really miss him, I think not much much people actually gave thought to what he said, but he did bring very interesting points of view
Bloodworth
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That's a bit unfair, but I don't expect anyone from outside GT to realize everything he went through. He was asked to go above and beyond and have far more patience with technical issues than anyone can imagine for years on end. It honestly must have taken a lot of strength for him to have stuck with GT to the end. He wouldn't have had to deal with much of that at Easy Allies, but he had a lot of potential life changes to consider.
TheDarkKnight774
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I liked when he defended the hitman episodic decision saying if they played into the advantages of that it could be great. Kyle and the panel were all against him. Haha
Did he say anything controversial? I only remember him from the Dragon Quest XI stream and little else.
Yeah, I remember some things being mentioned offhand on streams about archiving and uploading videos and issues with that and the like. Dude seemed to be a workhorse to get things done.
Not really, just things a bit more against the grain. The Hitman example above is a good one because everyone did seem against him on it both on the panel and the forum.
Already Torn
Banned
Oh, I don't blame him at all! Didn't he say that he one day wanted to leave the games industry too?
It's like the JRPG streams chat has come to this thread and it's awesome.
Also Blair was awesome, the shenmue streams are some of my faves of all time. Him and Huber made a great pair.
Labrynian Rebel
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Seconded.
I barely watch anime, but FMA: Brotherhood is my favorite anime of all time.
BlackBuzzard
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Damiani putting in so much stream time is awesome and such a diversity of games.
Brad Grenz
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I don't think I saw anyone else answer this, but you should check out Funimation's streaming service. It's like Crunchy Roll but with a focus on dubs. They actually signed a deal with CR recently to effectively combine much of their streaming libraries, too. Still the same $7 a month and there are apps for the consoles in addition to streaming from the website.
TheDarkKnight774
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I just went back to revisit Opinion Yell videos. I love these. I asked Ian if he'd do another one and he seemed to think it wasn't a bad idea
Brad is hilarious in Smite fight
https://youtu.be/01Fbxtk3Wr4
Huber vs Huber
https://youtu.be/hm3gUpDZQHk
And Ben is the MVP in all of these
Brad is hilarious in Smite fight
https://youtu.be/01Fbxtk3Wr4
Huber vs Huber
https://youtu.be/hm3gUpDZQHk
And Ben is the MVP in all of these
Blair was a good counterweight to people like Huber (he was a little bit more on the critical side more often than not). He provided a nice balance and seemed like a good dude.
Holundrian
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I think one of the most insane things is that Oda has managed the level of quality he did through weekly publication which is known to have rather gruesome schedules, although OP is not without problems, it's just impressive that it has remained this coherent(You especially notice when you read the kind of mistakes that are submitted to the SBS which mostly things like scar placements).
Like nowadays when he takes a break every 3 weeks no matter how bad the cliffhanger I just think to myself you deserve it dude. Rest well.
Lies, he emerged a beautiful butterfly full of child inspiring wonder.
Franky timeskip spoiler
Like nipple lights.
The full #WhyIGame collection:
Huber's is a pretty good one.
Sophie as a pup is glorious.
DangerMouse
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Nice!
Right?
It's great. I remember saying this some time last year too as the JRPG announcements started ramping up and then this year we got even more big ones announced/shown off too. Pretty much what Brad Grenz said, Funimation has the biggest selection of dubs (just like CR with subs) so they are a good choice if you want to stream a lot of full shows dubbed, and thanks to that CR deal they will also now be able to choose from the shows CR picks up too for possible dubbing candidates. Plus if you're interested in new stuff, in addition to all the shows they've already released, ever since Space Dandy for Toonami, they now simuldub a lot of shows each season so you even get dubs for a good amount of the new shows that are currently airing only a few weeks behind.
Personally I enjoy anime both subbed and dubbed and dubs have generally gotten damn good unlike in the old days.
Hope that helps.
LiquidSolid
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Yeah, I liked that he often offered a different perspective, even if I sometimes disagreed with him. Loved how he went to bat for Hitman at the time, I couldn't understand the dislike for that game from most of the GT crew, I was really looking forward to a return to proper Hitman open sandbox gameplay regardless of what form it appeared in.
I'm guessing he was stuck with the job of maintaining the GT website? Yeah, I could understand why that would be a hard job.
SprachBrooks
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Blair was definitely a necessary counterweight when he was on. He always had an interesting and different perspective. It's a shame he couldn't do EA but totally understandable. I find Huber's enthusiasm and absence of critique a little annoying at times especially when there isn't anyone to offer a different perspective.
I just want to add that sometimes there's an absence of flow with the podcasts because of the rotating guests. But that's par for the course considering the structure EA.
I just want to add that sometimes there's an absence of flow with the podcasts because of the rotating guests. But that's par for the course considering the structure EA.
SprachBrooks
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He's streaming every day! Even Christmas I think. It's really cool and I appreciate him for doing it. How old is Damiani by the way? I always thought he was in his 20s but the stretch goal on Patreon mentioned 30 years of gaming experience and I was taken aback.
Ben praising natural localization that isn't literal is weird. An earlier episode featuring Huber had localization talk that made me unnecessarily agitated as a bilingual, it made me drop the show as a podcast and started watching it exclusively using timestamps. Interestingly enough, this is the first time since then that I haven't used the timestamps and watched the whole thing up to the spoilers part.
I've heard a lot of praise for Brotherhood but I wasn't able to watch it. I was watching it during its original Japanese run and defending it over the original series. Until I reached an emotional scene featuring my favorite character that wasn't done remotely as well and I was done. Everytime I hear it mentioned I want to go back and watch it but it's a bit of a slog to try and watch it from the start knowing that I have to watch ~20 episodes of stuff I've already watched before in both adaptations but don't quite remember well enough to just skip it altogether.
I've heard a lot of praise for Brotherhood but I wasn't able to watch it. I was watching it during its original Japanese run and defending it over the original series. Until I reached an emotional scene featuring my favorite character that wasn't done remotely as well and I was done. Everytime I hear it mentioned I want to go back and watch it but it's a bit of a slog to try and watch it from the start knowing that I have to watch ~20 episodes of stuff I've already watched before in both adaptations but don't quite remember well enough to just skip it altogether.
I thought only Ben was in his 20s. But given that all of the allies were born in the 80s, they're all 27-36.
It's not weird to me. They make the best localisations when done right. Hell, I think Phoenix Wright is better for all it's weird localisation.
Holundrian
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How so? Literal translation in most cases is usually pretty terrible(for delivering something that read well, it's great if you're learning yourself).
Great translations end up being very smart rewrites wherever necessary in a lot of cases.
It's weird to hear him say that, because the other episode I speak of left an impression that he and Huber wanted everything to be as literal as possible with minimal changes. I'm not arguing which is better.
Grayfox341
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It's surprising that you got that impression. Good localization, in my opinion, usually includes thoughtful changes to make conversations more natural.
plasmawave
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Has Damiani shared his opinion about The Last Guardian besides the GOTY stream?
Would be cool if they got him back for a special guest appearance on the podcast or group stream one night.
Hell yeah it would, actually I would like to see even more of the old GT crew. Like they had Ryan Stevens as GT Live guest. Justin Speer, what are you up to?
oh I would totally love that
Rewatched that episode, I understand why I got that impression but it wasn't nearly as bad as it was in my head.
Ex-video producer/technical handy-man. He was a big ice hockey and Shenmue fan. I'm pretty sure he dealt with some really tricky stuff in the last year or so of GT.
Man-is-Obsolete
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Those last 2-3 turns I was yelling at the radio like "Pomper Noooo!!!!"
First you don't punch the mind flare's hands holding onto the portal then the mind flare is prone and you have advantage, and you attack Carl.....twice!?
It is all worth it in the end though. It is hilarious being able to hear the disbelief in Ben. The fact this whole town thing could have been avoided entirely is funny to me.
Already Torn
Banned
Yo, that TTE shadowdrop
Perfect timing!
Perfect timing!
Yeah, I actually started really liking him around Punk Hazard. I think the shaved head was throwing me off.
Thanks for the help! I'll take a look at this later today at work
Already Torn
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Yeah, or watch the recap episode. It's a little rough at first.
Roberto Larcos
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If you don't mind being behind, I'd absolutely start with episode 1. Take them at your own pace - sure they come out weekly, but it doesn't mean you have to consume them that way. It's also available as a podcast, if you don't mind laughing out loud like a madman in public.
Already Torn
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TTE spoilers:
Zombie Law and a Zombie Moof teamup when?
The coin rolling out was a bit of genius.
The coin rolling out was a bit of genius.
Don Draper's Hat
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My Meowth just evolved. Fuck me! Ben was not kidding. That face! Looks like a 5 year old has been asked to draw a new Garfield character.
Brian_FETO
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Sucks too because Meowth looks so good in it
Labrynian Rebel
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So now we have Therese, Pomper, Necator, Yogalla, a "maybe still alive" abandoned baby, a Mind Flair,
, two romantically involved teenagers, that villager woman who ran past Therese into the forest, Carl, those two "mummy wrapped golem thrall things" and "something with a bow and arrow" all lost in a spooky forest. Who's gonna run into who and when? Not to mentioned an entire village of dead bodies if the Mind Flair wants to re-heal with a brain smörgåsbord.
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