Celan Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 On 12/14/2022 at 6:06 PM, BigBossBalrog said: Rings of power in general had this weird disconnect of me being blown away by a scenic shot (some of Numenor looked breathtaking) and then being thrown into the bloody ground by some hideously cheap looking costume Production must have been a clusterfuck cause some the movie-level visuals being right next to sci fi channel-esque quality can't be explained by anything else. They handed Tolkien to a completely novice, incompetent showrunning pair. It was D & D all over again. 23 hours ago, TheCzarsHussar said: First day of work went swimmingly. Right before clocking in, some random lady outside the restaurant was unconscious and couldn't be woken up. An ambulance came and resuscitated her ass, word is she's high off her fucking kite. I joked about who's going to have to climb in the back of the ambulance and say "Thank you for eating at Carrabba's." Welcome to the United States of Fentanyl 1 "If you know me you know I don't keep up with the times. I just go with the flow." - Woody Copeland, life coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 12 minutes ago, Celan said: They handed Tolkien to a completely novice, incompetent showrunning pair. It was D & D all over again. Never thought I’d say this, but that might be unfair to Dumb and Dumber. Those two at least had the competence to produce a few good seasons back when they gave a crap. Mostly by leaning on GRRM’s writing and a very solid cast and crew, but that counts for something. The RoP duo had more time and the biggest budget in TV history, yet failed to create anything of any merit at all. Imagine how stoked we would all be right now if this show’s season 1 had been as good as GoT’s. 1 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 On 12/1/2022 at 8:19 PM, TheCzarsHussar said: Welp, finished Arcane. Definitely... isn't changing my opinion on fucking League of Legends, but goddamn that was a great show. Hide contents Once again Jinx fucks things up right when a resolution is reached, lady just cannot help it If this was any other show, I'd assume every one of the councilors would survive, but this one? I'm assuming they all got gibbed. Just finished my (delayed) rewatch. Did you have any favorite characters? I had forgotten that the golden plates on Mel’s dress shimmer right before Jinx’s rocket hits the council building, and it seems to alert her because she turns her head right as it happens. My prediction is that this will protect her, somehow. Like it creates a shield or something. Would make sense for her to have something like that considering that her family has tons of enemies. I think Viktor will survive as well, maybe thanks to his hex core augmentations. There’s still too much story potential with him. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 2 hours ago, The Good Doctor said: Just finished my (delayed) rewatch. Did you have any favorite characters? Reveal hidden contents I had forgotten that the golden plates on Mel’s dress shimmer right before Jinx’s rocket hits the council building, and it seems to alert her because she turns her head right as it happens. My prediction is that this will protect her, somehow. Like it creates a shield or something. Would make sense for her to have something like that considering that her family has tons of enemies. I think Viktor will survive as well, maybe thanks to his hex core augmentations. There’s still too much story potential with him. It's hard to have a favorite when every named character is so well written. Not Jinx I'm afraid to say. I did end up liking the character alot by the end, she pulled through my distain for the Harley Quinn archetype. As much as I also liked Vander and the grizzled police chief, they didn't last long enough. If either survived another episode or two than easily would take the favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 1 minute ago, TheCzarsHussar said: It's hard to have a favorite when every named character is so well written. Reveal hidden contents Not Jinx I'm afraid to say. I did end up liking the character alot by the end, she pulled through my distain for the Harley Quinn archetype. As much as I also liked Vander and the grizzled police chief, they didn't last long enough. If either survived another episode or two than easily would take the favorite. For me it’s Silco, easily. Vander is an easy second and could’ve been first if he had more time to shine. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I wish more devs had the balls like the Capcom crew to tell the execs to go fuck themselves, apparently Resident Evil 7 was "almost" a live-service microtransaction riddled game, and when the team tried repeatedly to convince them to trust in their vision of a "purely single-player experience" the same execs cried calling it " marketing’s worst nightmare: a regular old single-player horror game. " It took one of the more rationale higher ups to tell them to stuff it https://www.ign.com/articles/resident-evil-7-was-almost-a-live-service-game-with-microtransactions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: same execs cried calling it " marketing’s worst nightmare: a regular old single-player horror game. Imagine how out-of-touch an exec must be to believe that not adding microtransactions would be a nightmare for marketing. Nightmare for profits? Potentially. MTX makes bank. But nightmare for marketing? Name a single AAA dev in the last five years to release a functional game without MTX that didn't get showered in praise and goodwill from players for doing exactly that. Not having MTX is a thing to market. It's one of the easiest ways to immediately get players to root for your game to succeed. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: Imagine how out-of-touch an exec must be to believe that not adding microtransactions would be a nightmare for marketing. Nightmare for profits? Potentially. MTX makes bank. But nightmare for marketing? Name a single AAA dev in the last five years to release a functional game without MTX that didn't get showered in praise and goodwill from players for doing exactly that. Not having MTX is a thing to market. It's one of the easiest ways to immediately get players to root for your game to succeed. There were probably ancient Japanese fossils who are completely out of touch with anything Maybe Capcom is doing so well caused them all too die off Or maybe they misinterpreted how the west was shifting towards MTX games and thought they'd get good will by doing that, by being completely out of touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Is there any reason Morrowind's Nord voice actor never returned for Skyrim? Maybe he got burnt out after having to voice the Nords, Argonians, Khajiit, (and Orcs in Oblivion) for two games and recoiled at the idea of doing it all again a third time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celan Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 15 hours ago, TheCzarsHussar said: Is there any reason Morrowind's Nord voice actor never returned for Skyrim? Maybe he got burnt out after having to voice the Nords, Argonians, Khajiit, (and Orcs in Oblivion) for two games and recoiled at the idea of doing it all again a third time His last game credit on imdb was in 2007, so it looks like he retired. 1 "If you know me you know I don't keep up with the times. I just go with the flow." - Woody Copeland, life coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Celan said: His last game credit on imdb was in 2007, so it looks like he retired. "Seen any elves? Hahahaha!" I miss that guy. 1 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I miss the 12 actors of Oblivion. It was soulful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 24 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: I miss the 12 actors of Oblivion. It was soulful I love how you justify all the ways Oblivion sucked as it "having soul". * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 47 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: I love how you justify all the ways Oblivion sucked as it "having soul". All I have to say 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 15 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: All I have to say But muh jungle! * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 51 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: But muh jungle! Goblin in a barrel has more soul, alas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurion Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 3 Fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted December 23, 2022 Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 Just now, Centurion said: Freya’s cheesing is adorable. How’s the weather over there in mystery land? * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) Welp, training is over. I passed the menu test, it was a right fucking ordeal Not only was the practice test a total red herring as unlike what I was told (which was almost one to one), the real test had like ten questions out of seventy from it. It took me...several tries before I made a good grade of 93. I was a little baffled by my supervisor being so happy about it, until later on in the shift I learned that most people just cheat by taking the test at home. It all made sense why my supervisor waved the charge when I bought a dessert to celebrate Edited December 23, 2022 by TheCzarsHussar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted December 23, 2022 Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, TheCzarsHussar said: Welp, training is over. I passed the menu test, I had no idea these were a thing. Well congrats, man! Welcome to the life of wage slavery work force! 1 1 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 16 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: I had no idea these were a thing. Well congrats, man! Welcome to the life of wage slavery work force! It's actually lovely there. Against all odds, the management AND employees are both very enjoyable to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Centurion said: The little one's inherited her namesakes witch-eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 No god, please no, NOOOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted December 23, 2022 Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, TheCzarsHussar said: No god, please no, NOOOO I’d only be interested if they scrubbed Kora from the canon and restored the world how it was. Going even further in the future seems like the worst thing they can do. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: I’d only be interested if they scrubbed Kora from the canon and restored the world how it was. Going even further in the future seems like the worst thing they can do. I doubt it, though it's apparently pretty far into the future but only in a human lifetime. Because it's the Avatar right after Whorra. Who only has Whorra because they literally killed off the spirits of every past Avatar. Poor fucking earth kingdom hick has WHORRA and only Whorra to guide him and give advice Edited December 23, 2022 by TheCzarsHussar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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