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2023.06.04 10:11 SparkOfLore One Piece is a terrible series
One Piece might possibly be the most overrated shounen series of all time.
First off, the plot. The plot in One Piece is incredibly formulaic. Most of the arcs have the exact same structure to them. Go to an island, meet allies, split up, find out that the island is either being terrorized by a bad guy, or it's about to be taken over by a bad guy. Then, the straw hats have to battle against the bad guys. After saving the day, they feast and proceed to the following island, where the same thing occurs. The entire stretch from the Sabaody Archipelago to Marineford is the only part of this series where the plot deviates from this same formula. Other than that, most arcs adhere to the same pattern. The plot is largely devoid of any originality.
A few arcs in the series have little to no relevance on the overall story, and do little to help the Straw Hats accomplish their goals. Skypiea was almost completely filler, aside from the last part where it's revealed that Gold Roger went up there. The entire conflict with Enels regime and the Shandians was completely filler. Same thing with Fishman Island. The New Fishman Pirates are fodder filler characters, and the entire conflict revolving around them had zero relevance to the story. Given that they aren't even significant characters in the One Piece world, the Straw Hats defeating them didn't progress the story whatsoever. Long Ring Long Land is another irrelevant arc, but that's not even worth talking about. There are probably more than 100 chapters/episodes in all three of these arcs combined. That many chapters with little to none story progression.
Now onto my second reason as to why One Piece sucks. It's terribly cliche and shallow. People frequently criticize Fairy Tail for having the power of friendship, however One Piece does the exact same thing. One Piece has an excessive quantity of plot armor and friendship power-ups. In some cases, the author writes himself into a corner and is forced to resort to deus ex machina to correct his error. For example, the end of the Enies Lobby arc. Even though it was previously established that the Going Merry cant set sail anymore, they somehow got saved by it during a buster call. Even though the Aqua Laguna was happening. Even though a random pirate ship shouldn't be able to sail directly towards one of the three world government powerhouses. This, as well as other comparable events frequently occur in One Piece.
The conflicts in One Piece are very superficial and cliche. Most of the villains are only evil for the sake of being evil. They pursue things like power and influence, which is extremely superficial and cliche. The conflict is extremely straightforward, as well as black and white. Once you can identify an antagonist as pure evil with no justifications for why he does what he does, that throws any hope of ethical complexity out the window. There is no sort of clashing of ideals in One Piece, and the characters are never placed into any sort of ethical dilemmas. Again, the conflicts are very straightforward, black & white. One side is objectively good, while the other is objectively bad. Because of this, the character dynamic between Luffy and pretty much every villain is relatively simplistic and cliche. The lack of ethical complexity also is the reason why the dialogue is always so superficial. Why do you think the only thing Luffy said during Alabasta is "I'm gonna kick Crocodile's ass". Again, if there's no sort of ethical complexity then there's also no room for a clashing of ideals. At least Naruto and Bleach had some sort of ethical complexity regrading Byakuya Kuchigi and Pain. There was an ideological clash between Ichigo & Byakuya, as well as Naruto & Pain. One Piece has none of that.
Next up, the characters. This is probably the worst aspect of this story. Lets take Luffy for starters. Zero character development whatsoever. He has no introspection. He has no psychological or ethical complexity/development. He has no internal dialogue. Writing a manga for 26 years and not giving a single thought to character development is shockingly sad. Overall, I find Luffy to be an incredibly boring character. Besides all of the problems I just mentioned, he has one aspect about him that I absolutely despise. Almost every conflict he gets embroiled in has complexities that he is completely unaware of. He only gets engaged in conflicts when his friends are hurt, which is extremely superficial and cliche. In certain situations, even minor characters are more relevant to the conflict than him (Waiper, Vivi). His importance in the conflict is minor until his final battles, and most of the villains he fights have no idea who he is, or don't know much about him. Because neither of them knows much about the other, this results in a rather uninteresting protagonist/antagonist character dynamic. However, even if Luffy understood the nuances of the conflicts he's involved in, not even that would make him more interesting. This is due to the earlier statement I made about how the conflicts are quite simplistic, clear-cut, and devoid of any ethical complexity. As long as one side is objectively good and the other is objectively bad, the dialogue and character interactions will always be superficial.
As for the other Straw Hats, all of them remain stagnant throughout the entire series. They are merely given tear bait backstories, and once that's over, they remain the same throughout the rest of the series. They're gimmicks have already gotten stale a long time ago. Brook has been making the same joke since he's been introduced. Same thing with Chopper, Franky, Usopp, Nami, etc. They've been acting the exact same way ever since they introduced. None of them receive any psychological or ethical development. The lack of character development makes the characters so boring.
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2023.06.04 10:05 ASilverRook The Sad Truth of Being a White Whistle
I became the Sovereign of Deception a while ago, and quite honestly, I’d rate this whole White Whistle business 0.5/10. First of all: every time I go into Orth, there has to be this whole fanfare, and quite honestly, I don’t want to sign autographs for a bunch of orphans, 90% of whom will never get promoted past Red Whistle (sucks to suck). I had a Blue Whistle (grown adult who was like twice my size btw) come up to me once and ask me what he could do to be like me, and all I could say was “Git Gud.” It’s like, his feelings shouldn’t have been hurt, but if you’re 35 and still living in your mom’s basement, there is absolutely no way you shouldn’t be AT LEAST a Moon Whistle. To be fair, Bondrewd is a pit of a prick, but at least he isn’t stuck as a Blue Whistle, the guy gets stuff done and is working to accomplish his dreams, and he does all of this while being a single parent. I was at a bar the other night (best thing about being a White Whistle is that if they try to ID you, you can just draw a weapon and tell them that now you’re not even going to pay) and some random guy asked me if I would trade my Grade 1 Relic Bow for some random junk like they were Trading Cards or something. I resisted the drunken urge to commit murder. The only thing I have are my three friends, all of whom are still red whistles. Tempted to ask them to just go on a Last Dive with me because the surface is just that meaningless these days. If you’ve got to be a Cave Raider, become a black whistle and then retire while you still can. That’s my advice.
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2023.06.04 10:03 PrincessoftheBuns I think my brothers being catfished
My brother told me he has an online girlfriend and when i asked for more info, i got very suspicious. He saw a facebook friend suggestion and noticed an old highschool friend of his is an mutual so he sent a friend request out of curiousity. She accepted and apparently messaged a "happy new year" randomly and my brother said not long after the conversation got sexual. Eventually my brother started asking just basic get to know you questions, she said she has a sister but they arent in contact after she got kicked out, her parents passed when she was young. From hamilton, ontario, unemployed but use to be a part time hunter. Whenever my brother asked for more, she wouldnt give details. They did videocall once but it was blurry but he could make out a womans face, just not the details of her facial features too well. But the photos he received are pretty normal. But when i saw them, they were slightly blurry as if it was saved. He did admit some things were suspicious like when he told his friends and they asked to see her facebook profile, it was deleted and when he asked her why, she said she felt like it, she has no other social media and they chat on google chat only. Another suspicious thing was one night he asked for a selfie with her hand holding up a 2, and she sent him what looked like a zoomed in cropped photo of someones hand doing a peace sign infront of a well lit white background and almost like a white long sleeve with a black long sleeve coat. She would only message him around 7 or 8pm til late night. Ive tried to reverse image search but nothing comes up, i cant find any info on this woman. So far there hasnt been any exchange of money or private security info. Thank god. My brother says it sometimes is suspicious but he wants to believe shes real, im just worried before he gets too deep into it.
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2023.06.04 10:02 dreamingofislay Feis Ile 2023 Recap - Festival Superlatives
| Award season is upon us. No doubt Islay's distillery managers and business owners are waiting with bated breath for the announcement of the ultra-prestigious "random guy on Reddit says" prizes. Without further ado, this year's winners. The sun sets on Bowmore (distillery in the far left) and our trip to Feis Ile 2023 Best Music: Caol Ila I am the least qualified person in the world to give out this prize, having no musical talent and not even much taste for it. But overall, Caol Ila seemed to have the best setup: a great, centrally located stage that hosted various different acts, ranging from higher-energy acts to some individual folk or blues singer types. Best Distillery Bar: Ardnahoe This island is lousy with stellar distillery bars, especially during the Feis when some distilleries pour old and rare bottles for modest prices (thank you, Bowmoe and Ardbeg). But thanks to being a Hunter Laing joint, Ardnahoe's in-house bar stood head and shoulders above the rest. The menu was a bound book that contained offerings ranging from 3 to 100 pounds a pour, and very intriguing expressions (20-plus years old) were available for single-digit prices. The bar and seating area are big, lit up by floor-to-ceiling windows with incredible views over the Sound of Islay, and the chairs are super-comfy. Could have whiled away a week here and considered it time well spent. The selection at Ardnahoe's distillery bar Best Games and Activities: Ardbeg This was an easy pick. Ardbeg was chock-full of entertainment, starting with a scavenger hunt that everyone could do to earn an extra dram. Besides that, there was a separate games area by the sea, with entry fees going to charity and the usual dram prizes. Out in the courtyard, a team member taught guests how to draw Planet Ardbeg comic characters on gift-shop merchandise. And my favorite game of all was the filling station roulette. The way it worked was that a team member had a set of small mailboxes or lockers, filled with different Ardbegs ranging from Ardbeg 10 to Ardbeg 25. Then we drew a random number from a bag and got the dram inside that locker number. Ardbeg's filling station locker game Best Whisky Tastings - Value and Variety: Kilchoman This year, some distilleries felt like they were out to maximize profit from the week, a stark change from long ago when the open days were seen as fan service and featured generous experiences meant to foster brand loyalty. So Kilchoman deserves credit for sticking to the older ways. Very nice tastings were available for reasonable 45-50-pound prices and featured half a dozen excellent drams. Meanwhile, they still did their regular, affordable core range tasting lineups, and had lots of other offerings including a farm tour where team members took guests out to drink drams in the location that gave them their name (e.g., drinking Loch Gorm by the loch). We loved our Kilchoman tasting and have heard people all week praising whichever event they attended there. Excellent setup for Kilchoman's Past, Present, and Future tasting, with pre-poured driver's drams Best Feis Ile 2023 Bottle: Lagavulin 14-year-old Armagnac Cask Finish* Let me add the critical * caveats up front: this award doesn't factor in price, and the judging panel (of one) hasn't had all the festival bottlings. But I have tried this one, Laphroaig Cairdeas 2023, Ardbeg Heavy Vapours (regular and Committee) and the single cask, Bunnahabhain Canasta and 17 y.o. Moine, Bowmore's 18 y.o., Kilchoman's 3-cask vatting, and Caol Ila 13 y.o. To be honest, the bottles were a little overwhelming as a group, especially considering their premium price points. But leaving price aside, Lagavulin's Armagnac cask experiment produced a robust, complex, sweet-and-spicy dram. If only it weren't overpriced by about 50 pounds ... Best Feis Ile Exclusives Lineup and Sale System: Bunnahabhain After Lagavulin, my second favorite Feis bottling probably was Bunnahabhain's 17-year-old Moine triple cask. Bunnahabhain wins this award because it offers visitors a variety of options, ranging from a 95-pound sherry cask offering (the cheapest Feis bottle) to some ultra-exclusive expressions like a 1998 Manzanilla and a 1989 single cask. In addition to having the most options, the bottles are available all week, lessening the silly rushes that happen with single-day releases. And the cherry on top: Bunnahabhain offered pre-packed tasting kits with a flight of Bunnahabhain 12 and the first two Feis releases, along with a glass cap and a festival pin, for 30 pounds. It was nice to have that option before splurging on a whole bottle. Best Views: Bunnahabhain and Ardnahoe (tie) Both of these distilleries have brand-new visitor centers that look across the Sound of Islay to the Paps of Jura, and it is really hard to beat. Caol Ila has a similar view, but Ardnahoe and Bunnahabhain have nicer outdoor deck areas. The stunning view across the Sound from Bunnahabhain's visitor center Best Swag Bag: Bowmore So much free stuff. Bowmore set the bar for generosity on festival day, giving everyone a branded canvas bag, two free drams (of the 12- and 15-year-old bottles), a mini-glencairn glass, and lots of little souvenirs like a postcard, pencil, small lock, a keychain carabiner, and a bung stopper coaster. A real blast from the past, hearkening back to older festivals. Best Gift Shop: Ardnahoe, Kilchoman, and Ardbeg (three-way tie) The distilleries have invested a lot in these gift shops since our last visit in 2018, and it shows. Ardnahoe gets high marks for its selection of independent bottles, the Ilicit Still cafe and whisky bar, and its fun "guess the region" nosing game. Kilchoman has lots of distillery exclusives, a great cafe, and luxurious leather seats that make me want to hang out there all day. And Ardbeg's shop has the most tongue-in-cheek decorations and a stellar cafe of its own, the Old Kiln, plus they pour tasting flights or drams for reasonable prices. Caol Ila has a huge, new shop with some impressive features, including a distillery hand-fill exclusive and a big tasting bar. But it seemed more like an outpost of Edinburgh's huge Johnnie Walker Experience, and the lack of a cafe hurt it. Best Single Whisky Tasting - Douglas Laing Rare Peatz-eria So glad I found this event a few weeks before we came. Douglas Laing's ambassador Dougal led five of us through a bravura flight culminating in a 40-year-old Caol Ila, a 25-year-old Bowmore, and two Port Ellen drams, one at 37 and one at 40 years old. When I'm at a tasting where several drams are older than me, how can it not win this prize? But there was much more to this day than whisky. We had a great conversation as everyone shared stories of how they got into the whisky hobby, and Dougal answered our questions about the industry and Douglas Laing. Rare Peatz-eria tasting Best Non-Distillery Bar: Ballygrant Inn It has the best or second-best selection on the island and the best prices. What more can I say? A must-visit for anyone who makes it to Islay. Best Evening Community Event: "Up for a Laph" Quiz Night feat. Laphroaig whiskies The open days are from 10 am - 5 pm every day, but in the evenings, community groups throw events like dances (ceilidhs), and there are other whisky tastings or mini-festivals like an Indie Whisky gathering on Tuesday night. This time around, we attended an Islay whisky and culture-based trivia night at the Gaelic center. Barry MacAffer, Laphroaig's distillery manager, took it to the next level by pouring four 2014 single casks during the quizzing. Every one of them reminded me why Laphroaig is my favorite distillery. Best Restaurant: Bowmore Hotel Restaurant The Bowmore Hotel stood out for its great service and scrumptious food, and it didn't hurt that it was around the corner from our lodgings. I emailed asking for a last-minute booking, and Peter (Junior) was responding into the wee hours of the morning confirming our time for the next night. The Isles burger with black pudding and grilled onions was quite something, and my wife loved her chicken curry. The fact that the restaurant has one of the island's best whisky bars also didn't hurt. The well-organized Bowmore Hotel bar ... oh, did I mention, there's another half on the other side of the wall? We stuck to restaurants in Bowmore on this trip, so I can't speak to dining in Port Ellen or other parts of the island. In Bowmore, Peatzeria and Indian Tandoori are also great, although Peatzeria got so busy that, on one night, we couldn't even order takeout (we tried but they were preparing a large-group order and had to turn us down). If possible, book a few dinners ahead if you come to the Feis! Best Quick Recovery Hike: Dunyvaig Castle Dunyvaig castle is a ruin nestled into a squat seaside bluff dusted with lilac, white, and gold wildflowers. Turn left to the ocean and, on clear days, distant Ireland; turn right, and there's Lagavulin. This short walk lies between Lagavulin and Ardbeg. If you take the sidewalk on the right side of the road, there'll be a right turn that leads to a paved way with three or four houses, and then a grass path at the dead end that carries you across the field while the winds blow and the birds sing. The perfect way to regain equilibrium after a warehouse tasting at either distillery. Dunyvaig castle guarding its seaward crag Complete festival recap series below: Day One, Lagavulin Day Two, Bruichladdich - but we skipped and did Bunnahabhain Day Three, Caol Ila Day Four, Laphroaig Day Five, Bowmore and Ardnahoe Bonus notes from Days One through Five Day Six, Kilchoman Day Seven - Bunnahabhain Day, but we did Lagavulin and Ardbeg warehouse tastings Day Eight, Ardbeg submitted by dreamingofislay to Scotch [link] [comments] |
2023.06.04 09:59 big_boyyyy [PC] [~2012] Game where you play as a small deep-sea creature, 2D
Around 2012, a game I had on my (now dead) computer was about a small, cute sea creature; it took place in the dark depths of the ocean and you emitted light. It was dreamlike in nature. Not much else I can say but it was kind of maze-like. There was also one level that was black-and-white, the background glowing white while the foreground was black. The maze(?) was rounded and I don't think there were corners.
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2023.06.04 09:58 Ok_Resist_997 Cubs vs. White Sox and this Guy
| Cubs vs. White Sox and the Guy I Dated Hey guys! Hope you’re having a good day today! I had a question regarding fans who choose to cheer for the Cubs or The White Sox. I dated a guy for three months and he mentioned that he was born and grew up in South side Chicago then him and his family moved to the suburbs (not sure where) He is caucasian white with German origins. Growing up in South Side, poor, struggling your way up in life, and facing some sort of discrimination automatically makes you a White Sox fan as I understood it online. What I couldn’t fathom is his insane loyalty to the Cubs and his strange discomfort to black humor and/or any mention of Black Americans in general. I understood it as that he wanted a cultural social mobility by cheering for the cubs and not be associated with the lower classes he grew up with or faced some sort of struggle with. Can anyone provide their insight on this? submitted by Ok_Resist_997 to whitesox [link] [comments] |
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2023.06.04 09:57 Ok_Resist_997 Cubs vs. White Sox and the Guy I Dated
Cubs vs. White Sox and the Guy I Dated
Hey guys! Hope you’re having a good day today!
I had a question regarding fans who choose to cheer for the Cubs or The White Sox. I dated a guy for three months and he mentioned that he was born and grew up in South side Chicago then him and his family moved to the suburbs (not sure where) He is caucasian white with German origins.
Growing up in South Side, poor, struggling your way up in life, and facing some sort of discrimination automatically makes you a White Sox fan as I understood it online.
What I couldn’t fathom is his insane loyalty to the Cubs and his strange discomfort to black humor and/or any mention of Black Americans in general.
I understood it as that he wanted a cultural social mobility by cheering for the cubs and not be associated with the lower classes he grew up with or faced some sort of struggle with.
Can anyone provide their insight on this?
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2023.06.04 09:56 pumna 19 INTJ[M4F]Europe/Online looking for some one interesting to have a good time with(would prefer ENFP, never meet one and kind curious)
Hey I am 19 years old you can just call me pumn and I am single, I am looking for someone interesting to talk with or play some game .
About me: I am 188cm(6'1), 65kg(145lb), black eyes, black hair medium length, I'm on the introvert side, I would say I am funny, quite smart and can have a deep conversation.
My hobbies: I like to read a book with a cup of coffee, watch a movie/series/anime, play games currently I am playing valorant (I am silver1 😅), I train martial art (muay thai/kickboxing/boxing) and I like to listen to music I am open to any kind except hard rock if you have a great suggestion I might give it a try.
About you: 18+,in Europe(preferred because of the time zone), other than these two I don't care.
If you are interested dm me or send a massage to me discord (Numb#6803) and if we vibe we might vc in discord play some games or even watch some move.
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2023.06.04 09:55 zenith-czr The D Clan(s)?
After reading current chapters I have a feeling the we shouldn't look at the one piece story in black and white. With their being 1 party who looks good and 1 party the evil doers.
What if the ancestors of the D clan were actually evil? Maybe the descendants could have a latent personality or something in their genes that actually wants to carry out some type of evil plan. Or maybe as the name suggests there are different clans withing the Ds some really bad maybe even the real villains of the anime.
It could very well have been a big clan which got split into factions of good and bad and fought against each other but this fight really tore apart the world and so they were all looked at as evil or the devils -D.
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2023.06.04 09:54 snsksnfjdnn876 I can’t get rid of things as I don’t know who I am
Support welcome too, I just couldn’t choose two flairs.
In summary, I’ve been through so many life changes and so many mental health problems I don’t know who I am.
How can you get rid of things when you truly do not know? I used to use the things I own, now I use almost nothing. I am overwhelmed and depressed. I want to use things again but I never seem to. Like 80-90% of my things I barely ever use. I just use the bare necessities and my phone.
People say declutter or things you don’t use but it isn’t so black and white when you’re simply alive instead of living.
I don’t know what to do. I think I am probably not alone in this experience, it just never seems to be talked about. I seem to see things about depression fueling hoarding to cope but not my experience really.
I feel like if I was better I would use a lot of the things, it’s just been so long I doubt everything now. I used to have a lot of interests due to ADHD. I also do not have the money to replace things on top of everything so it’s just that much harder. Seeing it unused day after day especially when I usually want to use the things, is making me feel much worse about the hoard as well. I need to fix all of this as it has become noticeable I own too much to others now as well.
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2023.06.04 09:52 pumna 19 [M4F]Europe/Online looking for some one interesting to have a good time with
Hey I am 19 years old you cam just call me pumn, I am looking for someone interesting to talk with or play some game .
About me: I am 188cm(6'1), 65kg(145lb), black eyes, black hair medium length, I'm on the introvert side, I would say I am funny, quite smart and can have a deep conversation.
My hobbies: I like to read a book with a cup of coffee, watch a movie/series/anime, play games currently I am playing valorant (I am silver1 😅), I train martial art (muay thai/kickboxing/boxing) and I like to listen to music I am open to any kind except hard rock if you have a great suggestion I might give it a try.
About you: 18+,in Europe(preferred because of the time zone), other than these two I don't care.
If you are interested dm me or send a massage to me discord (Numb#6803) and if we vibe we might vc in discord play some games or even watch some move.
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2023.06.04 09:52 International-Swan89 WIBTA if I cut my dad off?
I (19F) have lived with my mom my entire life. Until the age of 8, I would see my dad (49M) every other weekend (6 days out of the month total (sometimes only 3 days)). After that I randomly never saw him again (because drama). Not even my sister and brother (I had a new baby brother on the way too). I was completely torn.
Until 5 years later, he came back around because my sister (my mom side) brought it up to my mom for me.
Since then...absolutely nothing has changed. We barely talk and he always expected me to contact him first. He would randomly ask me snarky questions (no greeting whatsoever) and it would always rub me the wrong way. We barely even hung out since he returned. Hasn't helped me with college either.
Now, a week after Father's Day 2022, he texts my brother, sister (dad side) and I saying:
• He feels disrespected we didn't do anything for him and we only texted him • "Haven't I been a good father" "I've given you guys lots of things"
Then says (same day still): • "I wait and see how long you guys call and you don't." • "This is not how I was raised"
It's like he thrives off of having a dad title instead of being a dad. Like come on.
I was out with my mom and reading that boiled my blood. I didn't reply until close to midnight and I went OFF.
For further context, I'm hearing everything that's happening in his life, from my mom. Him getting a divorce, getting a girlfriend then proposing to her months later. He only mentions this stuff on the phone when I call him after my mom has told me. In May 2022, he tells me the wedding is a few days after my birthday which was in 2 months (The initial date was supposed to be Dec 2022). I never met the woman and it felt forced to try and build a bond with a lady that never even met her fiancé children.
Also called him out on not putting effort into doing anything as a parent and I felt like the victim and the black sheep of his petty decision making. Voicing all of this, on top of him abandoning me, I get no direct response except, "It seems like everyone has stuff to get off there chest." That made me upset even more.
Continuing on, as weeks pass, I'm hearing nothing about the wedding, only from my sister (dad side). Then, I got covid and didn't go to the wedding (yay no tension).
Didn't meet the lady until Christmas last year with her family. Like are you serious? I just spend my time with my brothers.
FAST FORWARD to 3 days ago, my dad post a picture on Instagram and Facebook saying, "Dinner with the family." Everyone is there except me. Like EXCUSE ME?! Hello?? No phone call or text message? Do I not exist? Again, not putting in one ounce of effort. I was so heated right then and there I wanted to call him and let him have it.
I am so frustrated with it all. There's so many unanswered questions and I'm at the point where I don't even want to deal with him anymore. I have a strong distaste for drama and I don't want to start anything because I know there will be stuff said.
So, WIBTA if I cut him off?
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2023.06.04 09:52 PinoyMgtow Will this work though? DIY order for GT cut star P
| Gt star P batch was put into one ofmrisky seller and cannot buy from it. So according to some redditor we do DIY order will that this work though? submitted by PinoyMgtow to KobeReps [link] [comments] |
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1. GAMES Console | Game | Condition | Price |
3DS | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | CIB - Complete In Box | $14.00 |
3DS | Disney Magical World | CIB - Complete In Box | $13.00 |
Atari 2600 | Dragonfire | CIB - Complete In Box | $24.00 |
Atari 2600 | Missile Command | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $4.00 |
Atari 2600 | Space Jockey | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $3.00 |
Atari 2600 | Space War | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $4.00 |
Atari 2600 | Video Chess | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $4.00 |
Atari 2600 | Warplock | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $4.00 |
Game Boy | Asteroids | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $9.00 |
Genesis | Columns | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $4.00 |
NDS | Lego Batman: The Videogame | CIB - Complete In Box | $4.00 |
NDS | Lunar: Dragon Song | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $8.00 |
NDS | Spectrobes | Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras) | $9.00 |
NES | Deadly Towers | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $5.00 |
NES | Donkey Kong Classics | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $15.00 |
NES | Double Dragon | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $9.00 |
NES | Gauntlet II | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $6.00 |
NES | Gyromite [5 Screw] | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $5.00 |
NES | Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $4.00 |
NES | Karate Champ [5 Screw] | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $4.00 |
NES | Ninja Gaiden | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $9.00 |
NES | Section-Z [5 Screw] | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $6.00 |
NES | The Bard's Tale | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $19.00 |
NES | The Immortal | Loose+ - Cartridge/Discs with Manual | $16.00 |
PC | Final Fantasy VIII | Loose+ - Cartridge/Discs with Proper Disc Sleeve | $10.00 |
PS1 | Final Fantasy VIII | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $9.00 |
PS1 | Gex: Enter the Gecko | Loose+ - Cartridge/Discs with Manual | $25.00 |
PS1 | Spawn: The Eternal | CIB - Complete In Box | $20.00 |
PS1 | Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $8.00 |
PS1 | Tekken [Long Box] | Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras) - Box Damaged, Price Reduced | $10.00 |
PS1 | Test Drive: Off-Road | CIB - Complete In Box | $5.00 |
PS1 | Test Drive: Off-Road 2 | CIB - Complete In Box | $3.00 |
PS1 | Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation | CIB - Complete In Box | $7.00 |
PS2 | ATV Offroad Fury 2 [Not for Resale] | CIB - Complete In Box | $4.00 |
PS2 | Devil May Cry 2 | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $4.00 |
PS2 | EverQuest Online Adventures | Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras) | $5.00 |
PS2 | Final Fantasy X | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $5.00 |
PS2 | Final Fantasy XII | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $4.00 |
PS2 | Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories | CIB - Complete In Box | $8.00 |
PS2 | Ultimate Board Game Collection | CIB - Complete In Box | $3.00 |
PS3 | Diablo III | CIB - Complete In Box | $4.00 |
PS3 | Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition | Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras) | $14.00 |
PS3 | Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX | CIB - Complete In Box | $6.00 |
PS3 | Mass Effect 2 | CIB - Complete In Box | $2.00 |
PS3 | Mass Effect 3 | Sealed | $7.00 |
PS3 | Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe [Greatest Hits] | CIB+ - Complete In Box Including Extras | $7.00 |
PS3 | Red Dead Redemption | Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras) | $13.00 |
PS3 | Tomb Raider | CIB - Complete In Box | $5.00 |
PS3 | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Game of the Year) [Greatest Hits] | CIB - Complete In Box | $5.00 |
PS3 | Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Game of the Year) [Greatest Hits] | CIB - Complete In Box | $3.00 |
PS3 | White Knight Chronicles: International Edition | CIB - Complete In Box | $7.00 |
PS4 | Destiny | CIB - Complete In Box | $3.00 |
PS4 | Disney Infinity 2.0 Edition | CIB - Complete In Box | $10.00 |
PS4 | Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 | Sealed | $15.00 |
PS4 | Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 | Sealed | $15.00 |
PS4 | Super Monkey Ball - Banana Mania (Anniversary Edition) | Sealed | $15.00 |
SNES | WWF Super WrestleMania | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $6.00 |
Switch | Harvest Moon: Light of Hope SE - Complete | CIB - Complete In Box | $13.00 |
Wii | Disney Epic Mickey | CIB - Complete In Box | $4.00 |
Wii | Donkey Kong Country Returns | CIB - Complete In Box | $10.00 |
Wii | Donkey Kong Country Returns | CIB - Complete In Box | $10.00 |
Wii | Elebits | CIB - Complete In Box | $5.00 |
Wii | Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition | CIB - Complete In Box | $9.00 |
Wii | Super Mario Galaxy | Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras) | $12.00 |
Xbox 360 | Alone in the Dark | CIB - Complete In Box | $6.00 |
Xbox 360 | Batman: Arkham City | CIB - Complete In Box | $3.00 |
Xbox 360 | BioShock | Loose+ - Cartridge/Discs with Behind the Scenes Disc | $3.00 |
Xbox 360 | BioShock 2 | CIB - Complete In Box | $4.00 |
Xbox 360 | Borderlands | CIB - Complete In Box | $2.00 |
Xbox 360 | Borderlands 2 | CIB - Complete In Box | $5.00 |
Xbox 360 | Burnout Paradise | CIB - Complete In Box | $5.00 |
Xbox 360 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $4.00 |
Xbox 360 | Devil May Cry 4 | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $5.00 |
Xbox 360 | Enemy Territory: Quake Wars | CIB - Complete In Box | $6.00 |
Xbox 360 | Fallout: New Vegas | CIB - Complete In Box | $4.00 |
Xbox 360 | Halo 3 | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $5.00 |
Xbox 360 | Kinect Adventures! | CIB - Complete In Box | $3.00 |
Xbox 360 | LEGO Batman: The Videogame | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $3.00 |
Xbox 360 | LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 | CIB - Complete In Box | $4.00 |
Xbox 360 | LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga | CIB - Complete In Box | $7.00 |
Xbox 360 | Lost Planet: Extreme Condition | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $3.00 |
Xbox 360 | Mass Effect | CIB - Complete In Box | $5.00 |
Xbox 360 | Mass Effect 2 | CIB - Complete In Box | $4.00 |
Xbox 360 | Mass Effect 3 | CIB - Complete In Box | $4.00 |
Xbox 360 | Plants vs. Zombies | CIB - Complete In Box | $6.00 |
Xbox 360 | Pure | CIB - Complete In Box | $5.00 |
Xbox 360 | Rocksmith | CIB - Complete In Box | $7.00 |
Xbox 360 | SoulCalibur IV | CIB - Complete In Box | $5.00 |
Xbox 360 | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | CIB - Complete In Box | $5.00 |
Xbox 360 | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion -- Game of the Year Edition | CIB - Complete In Box | $7.00 |
Xbox 360 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | CIB - Complete In Box | $2.00 |
Xbox 360 | The Orange Box | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $14.00 |
Xbox 360 | Turok | Boxed - Cartridge/Discs with Box (No Manual/Extras) | $9.00 |
Xbox 360 | Unreal Tournament III | Loose - Cartridge/Discs Only | $4.00 |
Xbox 360 | Viva Pinata | Loose+ - Cartridge/Discs with Manual | $3.00 |
Xbox 360 | Your Shape: Fitness Evolved | CIB - Complete In Box | $3.00 |
Xbox One | Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition | CIB - Complete In Box | $6.00 |
2. MANUALS ONLY Console | Manual | Price |
GBA | Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Prophecy | $7.00 |
GBA | Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World | $7.00 |
GBA | Wario Land 4 | $10.00 |
PS1 | Brave Fencer Musashi | $27.00 |
PS1 | Breath of Fire III | $21.00 |
PS1 | Final Fantasy Origins | $6.00 |
PS1 | Intelligent Qube | $12.00 |
PS1 | Vagrant Story | $21.00 |
PS1 | Wild Arms | $14.00 |
3. AMIIBOS Note: All Amiibos are "loose". Images included in the link at the top of the post. Amiibos also require $15.00 shipping regardless of how many are purchased. Their bases are just too big for the $10 shipping box's size. Amiibo | Price |
Diddy Kong | $17.00 |
Donkey Kong | $25.00 |
Dr. Mario | $13.00 |
Fox | $9.00 |
Link | $31.00 |
Link - Majora's Mask | $40.00 |
Link - Toon | $24.00 |
Lucario | $13.00 |
Luigi | $17.00 |
Mario | $13.00 |
Mario - 30th, Classic | $10.00 |
Marth | $11.00 |
Mega Man | $15.00 |
Pac-Man | $12.00 |
Peach | $11.00 |
Pikachu | $9.00 |
Princess Zelda | $28.00 |
Simon | $19.00 |
Sonic | $26.00 |
Yoshi | $21.00 |
4. CONSOLES Console | Notes | Price |
Nintendo 3DS XL Black & Red | Comes with charging cable & grip. Boots directly into custom firmware. Will remove NNID prior to shipping. Will come with a 128gb SanDisk SD Card. | $135.00 |
Xbox 360 Console Gears of Wars 3 Edition | Comes with power cable, HDMI cable, and 2 Gears of War controllers (no rechargable battery packs, but the backplates are there and the controllers can hold normal batteries). | $90.00 |
Playstation 3 Slim System | Comes with power cable, HDMI cable, and at least 1 official controller (rubber in thumbsticks may feel sticky) and may include bonus official or third party controllers for free. System is loaded with CFW and boots directly into it. System has new thermal paste and rubber block installed that helps apply pressure to the CPU/Heatsink to additionally reduce temperatures and prolong system lifespan. | $90.00 |
Playstation 2 System (Phat) | Comes with power cable, PS2-to-HDMI adapter, HDMI cable, 1 official PS1 memory card, 1 official PS2 memory card, and 1 official controller (rubber in thumbsticks may feel sticky). System is modded and comes with 1TB HDD. Shell has an area on the side that is broken from a drop, but all internals are unharmed, and system has been tested and was found working as expected. May include additional memory cards for free. | $90.00 |
5. PRE-MADE BUNDLES Pre-Made Bundles | Included | Non-Bundle Shipped Price | Bundle Shipped Price |
Atari Gamer | All 6 Atari games. | $63.00 | $40.00 |
3DS XL Collector | 3DS XL console, both 3DS games, and all 3 NDS games. | $203.00 | $175.00 |
NES Gamer | All 11 NES games. | $118.00 | $100.00 |
PS1 Gamer | All 8 PS1 games. | $107.00 | $100.00 |
PS2 Gamer | All 7 PS2 games. | $53.00 | $45.00 |
PS2 Collector | PS2 (Phat, modded) console and all 7 PS2 games. | $143.00 | $120.00 |
PS3 Gamer | All 11 PS3 games. | $93.00 | $80.00 |
PS3 Collector | PS3 Slim console and all 11 PS3 games. | $183.00 | $170.00 |
PS4 Gamer | All 5 PS4 games. | $78.00 | $70.00 |
Wii Gamer | All 6 Wii games. | $70.00 | $60.00 |
Xbox 360 Gamer | All 32 Xbox 360 games. | $175.00 | $150.00 |
Xbox 360 Collector | Gears of War Xbox 360 and all 32 Xbox 360 games. | $265.00 | $200.00 |
Manuals | All 9 Manuals. | $145.00 | $100.00 |
Extras | GB-Asteroids, Genesis-Columns, PC-Final Fantasy VIII, SNES-WWF Super Wrestlemania, Switch-Harvest Moon: Light of Hope SE (Complete), Xbox One-Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition | $68.00 | $60.00 |
Amiibo Collector | All 20 Amiibo. | $384.00 | $350.00 |
Console Collector | All 4 consoles. | $425.00 | $400.00 |
Game Collector | All 97 games. | $713.00 | $650.00 |
Absolutely Everything | Every individual item in this post. | $1607.00 | $1400.00 |
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2023.06.04 09:46 dokushin FFX2 HDR -- A brief, mild review
Brief background: I'm an over-the-hill class gamer who grew up with FF's 1, "2", and "3" (those are 4 and 6 now, and yes, I know you already knew). FFX and X2 represented a glaring hole in my experience that I sought to correct over the past couple of weeks. And while I don't have much to say on FFX -- it's a great game, maybe not for me -- I have quite a bit to say about FFX2. I need the catharsis, so I'm just going to jump right in, by topic.
The Stuff Everyone Hates Just to get this out of the way, the completion business is completely bonkers. Some of the stuff guarding 100% (Via Infinito is a great example) feels like post-game screw around stuff to extend playtime, not critical do-this-or-get-a-bad-ending stuff. My theory is that that's how it was intended to work, but at some point they put more and more emphasis on that elusive completion, and it's... ugh. I mean, they make you perform a major faction choice early in the game, and one of them will then and there torpedo your "perfect run". Another bit of completion and an either-or choice of unique accessory relies on who you talk to first with no indication of it mattering. It's confusing and obtuse.
Oh, and the outfits are ridiculous. I'm not gonna spend a lot of time there. Just talking about it makes me feel a bit skeevy.
Mechanics I love job-change systems, strategic building, and the new ATB system here is a lot of fun, with shit happening everywhere. So it's easy to come in excited. Unfortunately, it all is kind of ... well, let's break it down.
- The ATB system, more and more towards the end of the game, exhibits a huge amount of queueing problems, as more and more you have full charge bars just sitting around waiting for some other shit to get done. More than once I'd finish casting something while a fat tonberry was waving his knife around, only to sit there staring at him for several seconds, and then have him attack again. Against multitarget fights (like Major Numerous) it feels particularly punishing as it seems easy for your actions to clump up after quite a few of the enemy's. Some clarity on the turn ordering would have helped a lot (perhaps an FFX-style display). As it is, it's very hard to make multipart strategies work. Which you need to do, because...
- The job system is, like, not really a job system. It's a weird beast, because most of the jobs feel like they're pretty locked in to a role, but then there isn't any credible way to benefit from more than one job at a time. (Yes, hang on, I'm getting to that.) So clearly the sphere change system is meant to pick up that slack, and the idea of strategically laying out jobs on a board to move between was really cool, up until the first time I needed to traverse the whole board (Paine's special sphere, maybe?) and it became obvious that there wasn't any cost to doing so; if you spam the sphere changes you can get everyone through all of their boards before the enemy does anything in 90% of cases. There's no other cost to changing spheres, so I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be doing here, but it feels like any board with some powerful effect behind "hit all the gates" is just saying "to continue character progression you're going to have to do thirty seconds of mindless button mashing before every fight." Okay, so I leave that behind, but then, if you don't swap jobs, it's back to overrestricted roles again.
- As you progress, items try to address this, as you get accessories (and boards!) that let you access skill sets from another job. By and large these are pretty terrible, for the next few reasons (which also hurt the game as a whole).
- The jobs are clogged up with way too much useless gimmick garbage. Almost every job has one or many HP-percent attacks (think Demi), and they have the same problem they've always had, which is that against enemies it would work against you're almost always better off just, like, hitting them. The fat guys you might actually want to try this on are all immune to it, guaranteed. Every single one of these skills is a waste of design and a waste of space, and I resent having to scroll past them looking for something that might work. Except, I can't, because...
- Almost all of the stuff that isn't HP-percent is instead normal-attack-plus-status-effect. Anyone who's spent any time playing RPGs knows this issue, and it's the same one as above; against stuff that it would actually work on, you should just get to killing it; it doesn't matter if you put some weak-ass poison on it (and, despite the FFX poison being ridiculously good, the FFX2 poison is so trivial that I stopped bothering to get it off my team halfway through the game). Jobs are absolutely riddled with this shit. For half the classes, literally everything they learn that you can click on is "normal attack plus something that every strong enemy is immune to". And that's what makes the other-job accessories so bad, because getting access to a bunch of ways to pay MP to do a normal attack with a fancy "GUARD" shield over it isn't useful.
- Just to cap off these lists of useless moves, the "best" skills in jobs will frequently be some kind of instant death (there are dozens of these). Same problem as above except moreso, because even more stuff will be immune. Like, seriously, some jobs have multiple instant death attacks, and none of them ever work.
- But what about magic? I've been a black magic fan for decades. Well, the designers hate me specifically, because magic in this game sucks shit. I mean, it's absolutely awful. The black mage class learns three levels of the elemental spells and nothing else (power spells like Flare and Ultima are unlocked on sphere change boards and aren't specific to any job), and they do horrible damage. Without context maybe this isn't useful, but a max level black mage (99) with max magic (255) and the pay-more-for-stronger-spells ability (Magic Booster) can come up to Shiva, weak to fire, and hit her with the strongest fire spell right in the face, and it will do less than 2000 damage. At those stat levels normal attacks are expected to hit the 9999 cap regularly, to say nothing of -- well, I'm getting to that.
- Okay, but what about other jobs? BLM sucks, what else is there? Okay, there's White Mage -- no Holy, just heals. And... well, that's it. All the other classes are variants on fighters with only a couple gimmick exceptions (the Songstress doesn't use stats, and the Alchemist only uses items). Someone is about to bring up the Gun Mage -- the Blue Mage of FFX2, but check it out -- quite a few of the blue magics are physical, all of them are kind of bleh, and the other menu the Gun Mage gets is the ability to do a physical, strength-based attack that will do quadruple damage if you can pick the enemy's type from a list. Seriously, for physical dealers we have Fighter, Gunner, Samurai, Dark Knight, Berserker, Trainer, and Thief, explicitly strength jobs (oh, did Dark Knight fool you because it's sphere grid gives bonuses to Magic for some reason? The darkness command doesn't use strength, the spells they cast all inflict status and don't care about Magic, and also don't work, and the capstone Black Sky does magic damage but is based on your strength). Even the oddballs have no use for magic, even as a simple "attack" command (strength, natch) never goes out of style.
- Okay, but magic lets you hit elemental weaknesses? No. This is another big filler for classes -- not as much as status and fraction, but just about as useless, many physical jobs will have attack commands for each element. Why spend MP to cast a spell to hit a weakness for 2000 when you can hit a weakness with a physical attack for four times that? But by the latter parts of the game, elemental weaknesses are becoming very rare, and a bit hard to guess at, meaning playing the elements is really asking for it.
- Doesn't this mean the magic stat is useless and magic-users suck shit? Yeah, that's what I said above.
- But even most of the physical stuff gets gimmicked out of the room; there are a handful of physical abilities that ignore defense. FFX2 uses a smooth percentage based defense-based system, and higher-level mobs have more defense, so ignoring defense is a HUGE deal, especially against bosses and superbosses (for instance, an attack might do 1200 on a hard target, but ignoring defense would do more like 15,000 with the same power.) So you can try to overpower enemies with strong defense-affected attacks, and lose the game, or you can use... well, let's give it its own bullet point.
- Allow me to introduce the bread and butter of the game. The strongest, defense-ignoring, hit-everything attack. It's a specialty of the Samurai, so you know it's going to be good. What happens is, you swing your sword, and use it to... launch a little firecracker at enemies, which lands at their feet and merrily pops, dealing basically the most damage you can deal, easily growable into tens of thousands. Yeah, it's called Fireworks, and it being the strongest move in the game is ridiculous. And there's not even any contest; you can set someone up with max magic (inadvisable, see above) and magic boost and Ultima and get everything right and blow all your MP and -- you'll hit almost not quite as hard as a samurai just randomly using Fireworks. Sometimes enemies have much lower magic defense, but remember, Fireworks ignores defense. It's exactly as good against everything, it hits everything on the field. (One might note there are not any player-accesible spells that ignore magic defense.)
- Seriously. Fireworks. And yes, I know that gunpowder, and rockets, and all that jazz, and if the thing had a little more oomph to it I might like it, or if it made any sense at all, but to completely outclass actually using the sword you're holding in every possible way? FFS.
- There is one decent alternative for damage-ignoring, and it's on the Mascot sphere -- a "super" job you unlock by doing everything perfectly. They're different for each person, but they come with a pile of status and fraction attacks (...) and Yuna and Paine's can use a powerful single-target defense-ignoring attack. Arguably Fireworks is still better, but you can mix it up with these. Not that they look any cooler; the Mascot job puts each girl in a huge fluffy costume (a Moogle, a Cait Sith, and a Tonberry) with big goofy details, and the moves for all of them are all cartoony jokes. I hate when games do this -- make the strongest stuff these kinds of joke items -- but whatever.
- Ok, so, whatever, that all sucks. What about the special dressspheres? These turn one of the three into a super-powered version that chases off the other party members and replaces them with parts of their new huge form. In principle this is badass, and the idea of three pieces designed to work together is cool, and it's a powerful moment to go completely... well, whatever they're going. If the things were ever useful it'd be great. Unfortunately, they have stats that are fixed to your level, and don't gain the effect of any equipment you have, and don't get the benefit of the sphere grid you used (apart from a small HP bonus for larger ones), and their stats are not great. They accelerate at high levels, but by then you'll have accessories that increase your power dramatically, and losing those for the special spheres means they're going to struggle to do any damage at all. Oh, and they're clogged to the gills with status attacks, and instant death, and all that, of course. They woulnd't really be usable even if you didn't have to play fox-and-hound on your controller for thirty seconds to unlock changing into them.
- I'm getting too worked up, let me segue. Equipment consists entirely of two accessories per person, and any bonus effects on your sphere grid. There aren't any weapons and armor; the aesthetics (and, nominally, the stats) are built into the jobs themselves, so you're always using the same weapon. I found this really boring, especially since most of the accessories for most of the game are simple stat bonuses or immunity to one specific status effect. Later you start getting more interesting options, but then those get blown away again by the late-game stuff; massive stat bonus items and needing to use an accessory to break the damage cap. (And another to break the HP cap, if that's your thing.) You can't really get this stuff intrinsically, creating a "tax" on a resource you only have two of. Notably, the special spheres I mentioned above can learn to break the damage cap automatically, which is hilarious because typically it doesn't matter, they can't do 9999 anyway. And if that wasn't enough, you have to unlock that ability with FFX-flavored finding key items in random places everywhere.
- Areas? The outdoor environments are beautiful and varied, and while the new "jumping" (read: "hold B to keep going") is a bit cheesy and obstructionist at times the areas are interesting to navigate and explore. Of course, then you go in a dungeon and everything is murky square corridors forever. It's kind of a jarring change.
- Oh, that reminds me. You know how sometimes in RPGs they'll make dungeons that have just ridiculously long, featureless corridors, obviously there just to make you get in more fights? Via Infinito is 100 floors of that, and it's an absolute grind, and it's needed for completion. I mean, this thing is worse than the Chrysler Building, or the Karma Palace. It's just... ugh.
Okay, I'm tired of talking about mechanics. Basically, they suck, the game hates the Magic stat and anyone who wants to cast a spell, there's one ability out of all the abilities on every job that matters and it throws a little party for the enemy before breaking the game over your knee. Hope you like fireworks.
Story The story is told from a unique perspective and with kind of a unique flavor. Some of that flavor I absolutely hate -- the music for most of the game just kind of grates on me, some of the characters are just too much, and things stay always a little silly -- but that's not bad, it's more a matter of preference. I think that writing this story was a fun experiment. By the time it had concluded I feel like it lost track of what it was doing and left some stuff just kind of hanging, but all in all I enjoyed it. It's frustrating because so many elements and details are locked behind impossible-to-predict random actions, triggers, and areas, so to see it all you need a walkthrough and a spreadsheet, which really kills the flow of the story itself.
** Creature Creator **
This -- where you capture fiends and make them fight in arena battles -- is completely disconnected from the rest of the game, but is a lot of fun. I enjoyed trying different strategies with different creatures, and since you can customize their abilities by feeding them items it helped to recapture some of that tactical complexity that I feel is missing with the specialized jobs and no equipment. Really, I wish it wasn't there, because I would have been done with this game 100 hours earlier, but it was fun to mess around with.
The stories you unlock from releasing monsters are all basically comedy skits, but some are entertaining and it's fun to get a glimpse into the lives of random people.
** Other **
I really enjoyed most of the battle quips and the quotes that go with the various jobs, although sometimes they were a bit forced. This, though:
- "Duck soup!"
- "Duck what?"
is the funniest thing I've heard all year and I'm not kidding.
** Overall **
You know already just from the word count above. I found the story inoffensive and some of the side activities fun, but the mechanical aspects of this RPG feel very... I don't know, amateurish, like they were put together by someone who has never actually played an RPG and confronted the harsh reality of strong enemies being immune to things. Between that, and the domination of Fireworks, and the deep hostility to magic, there was never really anything I was excited about learning or developing. I'd get a new job and I'd know already what I'd find -- more pointless attacks and a couple of good auto-abilities. There was precious little to look forward to getting, meaning the strategic element I crave in my number-based games was almost entirely missing. It promises Tactics and delivers Mystic Quest. (No shade, FFMQ had amazing music and I really kind of like it, even if it's a wafer-thin game.)
I'd love to discuss any of this in the comments with anyone with different experiences. Having put the game to rest, in retrospect it felt... draining, more than anything. A billion things to keep track of over tiny little fractions of percent of progress, dozens and dozens and dozens of "attack-plus-this" that don't matter, and probably the worst black magic nerf of any FF game. Pretty disappointing overall.
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2023.06.04 09:44 Accurate_Builder_348 I just finished Omori, what happened??
I was bored and found Omori and was immediately hooked on the gameplay and art. The way the story is told is extremely unique and I haven't played something that has made me feel all these emotions before. I finished a couple of the endings like when Omori jumps off the roof, stabs himself, and when he reveals the truth of Mari's death too the rest of the cast. It's obvious that black space, the lightbulb, sunny fighting himself, and all the red hands were all symbolic but it's really going through my head. Can anyone explain all of these messages in the game I'm extremely interested but can't find any videos interpreting what all of theses events in headspace was.
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2023.06.04 09:41 Safe_Bike Central Ave Sketchy Person in Car
Hi, we had a party tonight and our one friend (19F) left to go home, and she noticed a Black Explorer patrolling slowly up and down Central Ave. She was walking to her car and the Explorer pulled up and slowly, parked and left the car running. She got in her car and a Male got out, dressed in a white hat, white windbreaker, and black pant. He got something out of his backseat and started to approach.
She speed off and he got back in his car and looked like he was going to follow her. Luckily she’s home safe now (I got her permission to post this).
But just a heads up to everyone in the neighbourhood to keep an eye out! We never had a problem like this before, but definitely will be more vigilant and cautious.
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2023.06.04 09:41 Own_Taste_7503 yes
2023.06.04 09:37 DamnGentleman Awakening through meditation?
Hi, folks. Over the last few months I've started to take meditation seriously, and I've been sitting for an hour or two a day. As my practice has deepened, so have my experiences, some of which I'm struggling to understand. I've always been very much a materialist and rationalist, so this is quite an adjustment for me. I'd like to share one of these meditative experiences in the hopes that someone here can give me some insight into it.
I’ve felt my perception has been changing for weeks now, which I interpreted as related to my third eye. So, to support that, I decided to do a guided meditation focused on my heart chakra. I settled in, and before long, I was seeing the familiar lights and colors. I started experiencing what I believe were kriyas, which felt like an outside force was adjusting my posture and spine.
Those things I had experienced before while meditating, but the rest was uncharted territory for me. My heart, which normally beats very slowly during meditation, was pounding. A buzzing began in my ears and the whole world started vibrating. Everything sounded like it was being run through a tremolo pedal. Very suddenly, I felt myself being violently sucked up into my head. I let myself go and I was deposited into the cosmos. The near-black background of closed eyes transformed into a true black, punctuated with stars of different colors. They seemed to exist in a defined three-dimensional space, and I moved relative to them as I soared through it. All the sensations in my body felt foreign and strange, in a way that was very reminiscent of psychedelics. At some point, I started “seeing” scenes, but I can’t adequately describe what that was like.
I woke up the next day feeling great and have generally been feeling good since. However, I feel like I’m taking in more information from the world around me, and that can be overwhelming at times. Certain places seem to give me anxiety now, for reasons I can’t put my finger on. On a few occasions, I’ve suddenly known things with a certainty, things that I had no way of knowing. There have also been some weird synchronicities, including an unusual number of snake sightings.
I've read much of the wiki (by the way: the page on kundalini signs is empty) and have incorporated White Light Protection into my daily routine, which seems to help a bit. I’ve stopped consuming intoxicants; they did not agree with whatever I’m going through now. I plan to stick with that for the foreseeable future. I go to therapy regularly, and my therapist is aware of what’s going on.
Does this sound like a kundalini awakening, or something else? I want to know more, but I feel like I don’t know the right questions to ask. I’d be grateful for any guidance generally; this is all so new and unfamiliar to me. There’s a place near me that teaches kundalini yoga, so I plan to reach out them for instruction if that’s what this is. Thanks for reading!
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2023.06.04 09:34 trippingwithtime Spider Web Tattoo
Is it bad to get a spider web tattoo on your elbow? I already got a black widow on my arm and have some negative space that I wanted to fill up, and the spider web on the elbow looks dope, but Im seeing a lot of people saying that it has to do with white supremacy, or being locked up in jail. But im also seeing that it means you have overcome something in life which personally fits within my life. Is it a good idea to get this tattoo or no lol.
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