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A value equal to all the souls you've ever gotten in your playthrough. This is equivalent to your ranking for matchmaking purposes.
Any song can fit a wedding if you want it too...
zedreamcast
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And why is it so bad?
Phantasmal Repose
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I'm pretty sure that Matt is going to get married with RULES OF NATURE playing.
Foxhound286
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Good point. That means Meth Lab Zoso Sticker is definitely in.
Yeah yeah I tend to go into pratice mode and try things out, I'm never any good at in game challanges and stuff tho, but hey I try, I think I picked up Xrd quicker than most games which really does make it feel like I've improved, and I used to be horrible with a pad but I seem to be mostly okay with it for KI so hey there's progress there too?
Also words are hard man
MillionStabs
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I think people just consider it an obtuse method of matchmaking.
RecursiveFault
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Any song cam fit anything if you want it to.
RecursiveFault
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Guile's theme goes with everything
that will definitely be a part of it...plus the cryme tyme theme
now you're getting it
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Foxhound286
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Alright, Rules of Nature or Ride the Fire. Which one should I use at my eventual wedding, if not both?
DoktorEvil
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RecursiveFault
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Oh wait! If I get a divorce I'm blasting I'M MY OWN MASTER NOW
The Armstrong fight is my fav.
doctorblurg
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If there isn't a Matt's bomb-ass wedding video tears will be shed.
Not really tho I just think it'd be hilarious.
RecursiveFault
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Okingjrr showed me this guy. The shovel knight thing he just did was sick.
I know I'm going to use Tell me why for some special event.
Just imagine, groose's theme for a wedding, or john cena's theme for a wedding.
DoktorEvil
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If I could cosplay for my wedding or someone else's wedding, fuckers I'd be in there like Jetstream Sam.
Listening to that one now, so gooood, kazoos are the best
TechnicaUS
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The more wildly inappropriate the better.
OH god that would be so good. Wife walking down the aisle while it's playing
DoktorEvil
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Foxhound286
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Thanks for those song ideas, they're going on my list.
But you can't see him tho
I agree.
The wedding suddenly becomes a Wrustling show. With intros for the bride and groom.
RecursiveFault
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Bridesmaids diva match for the bouquet
"you may now suplex the bride"
DoktorEvil
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I'm terrible as well in KI. I got to the "manuals" tutorial thing and couldn't do it. Playting with a pad is tough but it's part of the challenge.
Kazoo, best instrument.
I remember showing that guy to Mrgoodwil. He probably told you about him. Good to see you have good taste as well, new guy.
I don't know how long we're gonna keep up with that joke.
That Shovel Knight one is awesome!
DoktorEvil
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Foxhound286
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I just remembered that a cousin that i'm close to is a wedding photographer and has said that if/when I get married, he would do it for free.That should save some money.
Pastor is the referee and ladder match for the ring.
But first kiss the bride and then belly to belly suplex.
Foxhound286
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Then when she's on the ground do the stinkface.
Then you go for the pin.
I doubt that anyone would ever do a wedding like that... At least one can dream.
I'll do it, ya'lls are invited
Foxhound286
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That sounds like a challenge. Challenge accepted.
DoktorEvil
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There's a reason they call him Gunjumper Liam.
.... Am I still allowed to call you goodwil?
You spend a few days studying like a nerd and shit fucking happens in this thread.
DAREALGUMMY
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Might be late but Australia wants you to die.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5fZu-1bt6Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5fZu-1bt6Y
Foxhound286
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I saw this a few days ago. That shit is rad. That crab got dragged into the abyss.
His wife should walk down the aisle with Bloody Tears playing.
This I can get behind.
This? Not so much.
Damn you Australia! Why you gotta be so cray?
Phantasmal Repose
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There was goodwil here. Now it's gone.
ShakuganSan
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Crabs are basically useless
RecursiveFault
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If you're unfamiliar with DS' soul mechanics, they function as both EXP and currency, but it is possible to lose them before you are able to cash them in. Soul Memory's intent is to prevent new players from getting attacked by highly skilled players who just did not cash their Souls in to level up, intentionally. This can create a skill disparity that, while being played on a "fair" playing field of equal stats, would be likely very unfun for new players, disincentivizing them from accessing PvP elements.
I'm not sure exactly where you read that it was bad, so I couldn't say in what regards other people have referred to it, but a weakness of the system is that it does not accurately reflect a stat disparity between players, which can be significant. For example, some builds in DS rely on the ability to hit a blocking enemy multiple times, eventually guard breaking them. A much higher level player would be able to withstand many more hits than a lower one, which could create an unfair playing field. With SM as the matchmaking determiner, a player who has died without retrieving his Souls can be pitted against a player who hasn't, and this kind of stat disparity would manifest as a result. With Level as the matchmaking determiner, this didn't really happen to a significant degree.
Another problem with it is somewhat more closely related to Dark Souls 2's systematic changes as a whole, but at high levels, the PVP meta becomes somewhat homogenized. All players tend to have maxed out stats, and if you don't, you're at a disadvantage, so opting out is not a possibility. With identical stats, specific builds become clearly optimal. If you have any familiarity with fighting games, you can probably understand why this would be problematic, but if not, basically Dark Souls had a wide variety of viable builds in PvP. DS2 has dramatically fewer. This makes combat less interesting, and, overall, unhealthier. It is not likely to last as long as it otherwise could have with a more diverse set of viable builds.
The last major gripe I see is that SM also determines which people you can partner with in co-op. While before you partnered with people close to you in level, you now partner with people close to you in SM. This means if you've died a lot during the campaign, you can have a hugely difficult time finding people of similar power to do content with you. Likewise if you haven't died less than the norm. Level was a better system for determining this because it operates on the lower end more often than the higher end.
SM did succeed in stopping twinking more or less, but it brought with it other problems. I wouldn't say it's a horrible system outright but it totally has issues.
Disclaimer: I barely played any DS2 at all, although I played a ton of DS1. So I couldn't really say whether the above are real problems, but they are commonly stated ones that I deem to be likely based on how the systems work.
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