chickdigger802
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Me mad pierrot and Saya
all sipping wine at the starting town.
all sipping wine at the starting town.
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Summer 2012 Anime |OT| Goddesses, canines, and killer MMOs!
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firehawk12
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I was talking about Kokoro Connect. lol
KO Traveling Hobo
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I decided to bring this to its natural conclusion and put my waifu(/husbando) in the SAO one. He dies a month after our wedding. ;_;
KO Traveling Hobo
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Gunslinger Girl 2
This episode isn't as good as the first one, if only because like a third of it is reused footage. The new part of the episode is still sharp, and it firmly establishes that this show is character-focused and not driven by some overarching political plot; being a cyborg assassin is suffering.
I though this shot was pretty neat, they actually animated her inverted reflection in the wine glass.
Dat hush money.
This episode isn't as good as the first one, if only because like a third of it is reused footage. The new part of the episode is still sharp, and it firmly establishes that this show is character-focused and not driven by some overarching political plot; being a cyborg assassin is suffering.
I though this shot was pretty neat, they actually animated her inverted reflection in the wine glass.
Dragoon En Regalia
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So: since I have nothing better to do this September (except work and go to school), I'm going to go see Koji Morimoto at AnimeFest in Dallas on Labor Day weekend. Yoshimitsu Yamashita, the chief animation director on Sakamichi no Apollon, will also be there. Better purchase a cel for the big man to sign.
And Kayaba laughs as all of his assumptions about diffusion of responsibility in human nature are reinforced, making him feel justified in his twisted social experiment
It means that somebody needs to get caught up.
Regulus Tera
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Accel World 11
This show is also a perfect example of the "Talking is a Free Action" law.
Great action. I will forever laugh at the forced gravitas going on from video games, but at least it looks and sounds awesome.
TAKU FUCKING SACRIFICED HIMSELF SO THAT YOU COULD ESCAPE SAFELY AND YOU PLAY A HERO NOW
YOU ARE THE WORST FUCKING MAIN CHARACTER EVER HARU YOU ARE A PECHO FRIO
YOU ARE THE WORST FUCKING MAIN CHARACTER EVER HARU YOU ARE A PECHO FRIO
This show is also a perfect example of the "Talking is a Free Action" law.
Mononoke Episode 01
Hmm.
Well the art style and animation is definitely unique. On one hand it does the classic Japanese atmosphere very well but on the other hand I'm not sure if I personally dug the slow pace of this episode and the disjointed feel of the dialogue. I'm sure it'll be one of those things I'll get used to. In any case, the story picked up in the last few minutes so I'm interested to see where this particular arc goes.
Hmm.
Well the art style and animation is definitely unique. On one hand it does the classic Japanese atmosphere very well but on the other hand I'm not sure if I personally dug the slow pace of this episode and the disjointed feel of the dialogue. I'm sure it'll be one of those things I'll get used to. In any case, the story picked up in the last few minutes so I'm interested to see where this particular arc goes.
It will grow on you past the first two episodes. Episode 3-5 are pretty epic and intense. Also you should have started with the last 3 episodes of Ayakashi Classic Japanese Horror before you started watching Mononoke!Mononoke Episode 01
Unknown Soldier
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I actually wonder if Evil Creator Guy thought of this and started insta-killing anyone below a certain level in SAO after a certain period of time. Chilling in town and waiting for someone to clear the tower sounds like an exploit that should be patched if you ask me.
Regulus Tera
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Reminds me of a session I DM'd once where everyone ditched the questing in order to settle for living with elven maidens instead.
Chet Rippo
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Girls Bravo 1
Guy is a big loser, get's picked on all the girls, gets rashes from touching them, then gets transported to a mythical land through his bathtub where all but 10% of the population is female, hilarity ensues. At the end of the day he returns to earth with his moon waifu, much to the frustration to his childhood friend and neighbor.
The moon is full of crazy women.
ツンツン
BONES is stuck in SAO. Level: 10. Dies 5 months in during a boss fight.
Well at least we know they'll be taking on a serious challenge this Fall!
KO Traveling Hobo
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But what about when you run out of pigs and you're too low level to kill anything else?
Yeeeaaah somehow totally missed the fact that Mononoke was part of a bigger story before starting it. Ah well, I'll have to watch Ayakashi afterwards at least.
I like the concept of this more and more. Hell, I hope there's some sort of symbiotic relationship with levelling players feeding materials and whatnot into the economy of low level town dwellers who in turn craft shit up and enable the levellers to get further via produced goods. Well maybe that's asking too much.
Unsung badass.
Chet Rippo
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Well if there's something in it for me...
Yeah, the mass murder is fine because he justified it, but I'm bad because I just want to run around in the virtual nude. This game sounds worse and worse every second.And Kayaba laughs as all of his assumptions about diffusion of responsibility in human nature are reinforced, making him feel justified in his twisted social experiment
He'll patch it after he adds a log out button.
Screw it, let's just do all of 'em.
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You mean doing a simple favor for Ultimadrago isn't enough motivation?
Unknown Soldier
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No, that would be the LiSA-performed OP "crossing field".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA0eWV_KUNI
Unknown Soldier
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I don't think they are going for realistic MMO mechanics anyways. It doesn't sound like this game has crafting judging from what little we've seen and Kirito's comment that he keeps his same sword the entire game. As MMOs go, it really sounds a lot more like a Phantasy Star Online type of game in terms of the mechanics. You climb a tower with 100 floors, that hasn't been done to death in every offline RPG either. And yeah, no magic. Whatever, ranged classes always are the most unbalanced in MMOs anyways, so I'm okay with this.
Don't forget El Cantare's two most recent incarnations.
Rob other players, of course.
It won't go into it much but it's implied there's definitely an economy at work--some players just choose to level up their crafting skills, for example, and buy in-game buildings to set up stores in. There should be an episode devoted to this, assuming they adapt all of volume 2.
The problem with those who never venture out of the first floor city is that they're basically restricted to materials that you'd find in a tutorial zone of any other MMO (thus, a total dead end). The dead economy in this zone means that it's difficult for them to even make enough money to feed themselves or find a place to sleep. And finally, there are other players to contend with.
Each floor is a unique biome on its own. They don't go to a tower, they're already in one; the place in episode one is the first floor. The entire game world of Aincrad is the tower.Unknown Soldier said:
KO Traveling Hobo
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So you have living gods at the top of the tower and the starving, homeless masses at the bottom? Awesome.
I hope that there are other towns higher up.
Unknown Soldier
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Maybe you should get off your lazy ass and start clearing the tower with the other tryhards then!
Chet Rippo
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You mean doing a simple favor for Ultimadrago isn't enough motivation?
I don't do charity work.
...except when I do.
There's a city on each floor.
The impetus is to keep moving. But the 'safe' way to do it is to wait for the 'clearers' to get everything mapped out (and to wipe out all the bosses), then to go cautiously as a group to grind on weak mobs until you outlevel everything.
Just like real raids!
Unknown Soldier
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So will you draw me a cute Azunyan avatar?
Regulus Tera
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I don't hate myself for watching this is what I'm saying.
I think I actually like this. Like, like like, not ironic like like when I was watching Guilty Crown.
I don't hate myself for watching this is what I'm saying.
KO Traveling Hobo
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But...but I suck at MMOs. ;-; I was always the guy standing in the fire/acid/cleave radius.
This is really kind of neat.
It is. I read the first two volumes yesterday. On one hand it's still a shallow wish fulfillment fantasy, but it's enjoyable in this really earnest, nerdy way. The worldbuilding is surprisingly good and the side stories are all fun.
Does this mean we're getting different locales? Also can you go back down the tower to safer zones for respite or is it one way?
arent there millions of fan arts already?
You can freely travel to any floor that's been cleared. You can choose to stay in some particularly idyllic setting and just fish or something to live if you want.
Excellent. Thanks!
chickdigger802
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Where is the line drawn though?
KO Traveling Hobo
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Until a roving gang of PKers come and murder you.
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