Locally I think the hugpillows are supposed to be irony. Most of our Arcana players are oldheads to the point where it's not waifus but daughteros.
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Fighting Games Weekly | Aug 4-10 | IT DOES NOT FOLLOW ANY REASON
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Locally I think the hugpillows are supposed to be irony. Most of our Arcana players are oldheads to the point where it's not waifus but daughteros.
the list of reasons is quite long but anime, idol culture, and a high degree of vegetarian men definitely populate the list
Idk I doubt nerds are a major reason for Japan's declining birthrate. Probably just symptoms of a bigger issue
call_kotaku
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I was under the impression that it had more to do with cultural expectations for women with careers, and it's why fewer women are choosing to have children.
It's immigration.
call_kotaku
Member
declining birth rates coinciding with increased levels of education are a good thing in most cases, it's just currently shitty for wealthy and long-lived populations like Japan because there's such a ridiculous number of old people to take care of, and a smaller proportion of working age people to provide for them. If this trend continues and once the old folk are gone then it'll probably be a net positive.
The trick is that you allow immigration to make up the gap. The problem is that Japan, like many countries with one major ethnicity, has incredibly restrictive immigration policies.
toddhunter
Member
Boy do we need a major. A Triforce plan. Something.
nah bro it's drama and politics time
we gonna cannibalize each other before shadowloo showdown
THE reason? no...i never said that
A reason...yes for sure
people already hit the (biggest) nail. japan makes having children expensive as hell.
The Mango Sentinel
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I like this way too much.
call_kotaku
Member
It's more likely to be a symptom rather than the cause, because most of the things you mentioned are just escapes and outlets for young men who are frustrated with societal expectations and Japan's working culture. Most "NEET" types stay indoors and indulge their hobbies because they hate socializing and participating, not because they love anime so much they don't have a chance to leave their apartments.
It's why things like waifus suddenly appearing out of a portal in your living room or a harem of really annoying one-dimensional characters is somehow an especially appealing fantasy, when it seems really confusing and sort of creepy for people in other cultures.
this is on point. this could be expanded to the various counter culture movements and subcommunities too...anime aside
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chriskun
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I don't think that would work for Japan, there is virtually no low level manufacturing or agricultural industries for immigrants to work in.
It's okay. I visit there often.
lol
sure, but there are areas that need workers and it's still very difficult to break in--it's an ordeal to even get work in a nursing home, and if you do, you have to put up with the xenophobia. I think it was the BBC documentary enzo mentioned that featured a nurse/health worker who had to go through a brutal process
QisTopTier
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It also mentioned that Japanese students who go to school outside of the country have a harder time getting jobs.
Riposte
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Not "for sure". It's an explanation that is convenient, but based on almost nothing but memes and pop culture exports (where "otaku" becomes something bigger than it is). Everyone can make up an explanation, but these explanations are not inherently valuable.
Indeed, it is not "THE" reason, insofar there can be a single dominant reason in a complex sociological question, but admitting that it is not doesn't make it any more convincing as a minor reason.
Shouta
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Went 0-2 in Topanga. To be expected considering I was playing on a stick instead of a pad, lol. I did better than I expected. I made Mago, Daigo, and and Momochi sweat on the machines before and after though, even got Ultras on them. lol Considering I was playing with a handicap against them, I'm satisfied. Gotta get more practice in even if it's not on a pad. =P
toddhunter
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Making Daigo and Momochi sweat is pretty impressive. Great stuff.
Shouta
Member
Gotta get those Ws next, lol
is there a tournament happening in topanga right now? why is there no news about it?
Shouta
Member
It's their ranking thing they do every few weeks.
Coffeeling
Member
I've been getting into Netrunner myself. MTG's my main game still, but sometimes you have to face the facts: WotC has changed their focus and I'm not their target customer anymore, so Standard/Modern probably won't be for me now and in the future, and while Legacy is fun, WotC doesn't care about it anymore - no B&R updates since ever and they keep printing absurd bullshit like True-Name Nemesis and Council's Judgment that just break the basic mechanic assumptions about the game and they leave them be. And then there's Reserve List as a kind of inevitable heat death via lost card stock and ever rising prices.
So off to greener pastures if I only can get my friends to play it I think. The FFG team makes cards with the kind of feel WotC did when I started the game seven years ago, is committed to keeping the card stock in print. The game is way cheaper to play competitively and just as good. I really hope I can get my friends to start it :/
To actually reply to you and as a general piece of advice to everyone, delving into many different kinds of games, even just by reading about them a lot and watching some games get played is a really good kind of experience. It really helps one see how all competitive games are the same at heart and draw parallels between different games that helps you become better and just gives interesting "A-ha!" experiences.
Stuff like relating time in fighters and fog of war in RTSes to each other and the like.
And who knows, maybe you'll find a new game you love a lot?
$15/tournament is much less expensive? Besides which most Limited formats I've seen make me want to kill myself.
To be honest, atm Ramlethal looks like she's better at being Zato than Zato is. She has that same oppressive asynchronous control thing going on, but Zato controls time in a 2d game - so a game about space control - while Ramlethal controls space.
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re: long combos discussion, it should be noted that the character of a KOF13 match changes dramatically as the match progresses. At first long combos are more or less absent (unless you're playing against Violent Kain or Bubblan or some other infinite-churning machine), and become more prevalent in the later rounds. If someone kills me with the Kyo infinite, I'll gladly extend the hand.
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I'm exactly the opposite. I tierwhore where I can so I know whatever bs gets thrown at me, my character has as bad and/or more of it and can probably handle the situation if I only learn how. I can fix my play, I can't fix a character. Also, when I lose I know I got outplayed and can honestly congratulate the opponent and try to do better next time.
I presume you mean Topanga Ranking Battle?
There are also some TRB snippets at TokidoFans Blog channel in case anyone is interested. Of course, there's more in the archives of the official Topanga twitch channel(archives are soon to be purged by twitch, I guess?)
Lostconfused
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If you want a great documentary about Japan, check out: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493420/
Although thats the absolute opposite of anti-social nerds talk.
"God's Beard!"
Member
Great movie.
Didn't like this one because the major takeaway everybody took from it was the married dude who played Love Plus. Literally no reason to have that in the doc.
SloaneRisette
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Could Triforce solve Japan's issues with making babies
can we retire the triforce jokes now? its 2014 man...
besides, they would find the dickpics first and deny him entrance to the country, most likely
irfaanator
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am I gonna see you on the tokidoblog channel lol
Don't think it's gonna happen here haha.
Holy Order Sol
Member
lol no
Yes it did, it had to do with the much larger point about the industry that feeds off of and perpetuates a certain type of gender relations locally, which is a contributing factor.
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Karsticles
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Has there been any word as to whether this game will get a US release before Christmas?
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Thomasorus
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You don't read. They could have made the effort if they wanted to. They didn't, because it didn't felt like Guilty Gear. End of story.
Yup. SF4 tried using collision detection instead of hurtboxes and it apparently felt bizarre. If you want something new, do a new IP.
QisTopTier
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Not that I have seen yet.
Actually I'd say the way they did it is harder
Coffeeling
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Uh, the difference between "proper animation" and those still frames is a button press, more or less. The inbetween frames are typically generated automatically. Not using them is a stylistic decision to make it look hand drawn.
Cosmo Clock 21
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Most stores reward top X placers with store credit which you can feed back into more booster drafts, plus you can sell back any chase pulls for more credit (if you don't care for Constructed like me).