>This statue is disgusting because it's a nude female

first of all you're a fucking moron

second of all, quote me where i said this

third, you're a fucking moron

there is absolutely nothing wrong with drawing a line between distasteful nudity and tasteful nudity

that's why adjectives exist, that's why the concept of differentiation exists

Quote from: Verbatim on October 26, 2018, 12:11:14 PM

Helpful hints are very unnecessary and for casual babies only.

When did you go and grow such a massive neckbeard?

i've always hated casuals, because i hate all dark souls players

i'm the only person in the entire world who knows why the game is good and how you're supposed to play it

Almost three bosses in, so here's some quick thoughts on my online experience so far:

I still hate messages. They're absolutely everywhere, and they only serve three functions: to help, to mislead, or to meme. Memes are, 99% of the time, an unfunny waste of my time that takes me completely out of what otherwise would've been an immersive experience. Helpful hints are very unnecessary and for casual babies only. All they do is spoil the game for you, which is really fucking lame. The ones that mislead you are cunty and people who write them should be shot, even if it's super obvious.

I understand what they're going for. Not knowing whether a message is going to be truthful creates an interesting little dynamic, but if you're a smart player, you'll know that the best option, every single time, is to simply ignore them and play the game your way, because there's always a chance you'll just be misled. The rating system doesn't help, either. It's true that higher-rated messages are more likely to be of use, but all this means is that the game's solutions more likely to be spoiled for you.

Take messages like "illusory wall ahead." If they're right, they just spoiled the location of an illusory wall for you. Wouldn't it have been so much cooler to find that one out on your own? That's a negative. If they're lying, it doesn't really hinder you at all. You just stab a wall and nothing happens. That's a neutral. A negative plus a neutral equals a negative. This is a bad mechanic.

There are two things I like about messages: the fact that they're created using a limited selection of words and canned terms, rather than letting you type in whatever you want. I understand that this is where a lot of the humor in the memes comes from. Being able to say something juvenile becomes all the funnier knowing you have to work it out through the limitations of the writing system, which forces you to be a cunning linguist. The problem is, people aren't creative about it. The same old jokes and memes get posted up all over the place, and it's just not that funny anymore. But with that being said, I'm willing now to concede that these jokes may have been funny at one point. I still dislike that they break your immersion, though, and for all the praise that the game's immersive atmosphere gets, I have never seen anyone bring up how hard messages tend to shatter it.

The other thing I like is that you can rate them. I have no use for the upvote, but I do get a smug satisfaction out of downvoting every stupid meme message that I see. It does my heart good to know that I can actually do my part in changing Lordran for the better. Just wait until I join my favorite covenant.

Thing #2: Bloodstains. I hate them. They're absolutely everywhere, and I just don't care about them. I don't care how some random person died. I guess it's supposed to make me cautious, or something, because if I see a lot of bloodstains everywhere, I suppose that's my cue to prepare myself. But when I played offline, it's not like the game wasn't teaching me to be cautious on its own. Why the fuck does it think I need all these, then? Again, all they do is ruin my immersion and make everything look messy.

Last thing: At first, I thought it was kind of neat how you get to hear the Bell of Awakening getting rung every single time some other person online rings it (or at least, I assume that's what's happening). It's the sound of a bunch of new players overcoming their first truly difficult obstacle in the game, which is strangely uplifting, and it's cool knowing that your own accomplishments will literally be heard across the world. However... it does get pretty annoying after a while, because it's a constant thing, and you hear it all over the place. It could just be because the game is still brand new on Switch, though, so hopefully over the course of the game's lifespan, I'll start hearing it less.

I haven't been invaded yet, and I will not be doing any invading myself, because I'm just not that kind of person. I also won't be doing any summoning, because I don't need it, but I'm not opposed to being summoned myself.

Other weird things have been happening lately that I can't explain: on two or three occasions, a strange ball of light appeared out of nowhere near my character, which gave me an extra swig of Estus.

Later, as I was going up the elevator from Firelink to the Parish, this message appeared: "Disasters are gone after the defeat of the Gravelord Servant." Nothing happened after this. Minutes later, the message appeared again. Still nothing happened. So, uh, I'm not sure what's going on with that.

It doesn't make sense only because you yourself don't like it.

Art. Is. Subjective.

even if you believe this, which is a 0 IQ take, that doesn't make it impossible to explain your dumbass opinion

Quote from: Verbatim on October 25, 2018, 07:33:01 PM

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Quote from: Verbatim on October 25, 2018, 07:24:51 PM

Quote from: Rescue on October 25, 2018, 07:23:51 PM

Your point was the sculpture is distasteful because it showed a female body and that’s bad because men like female bodies

not even close

It’s either that or that she’s not sculpting a proper female body which I’m sure you’re an expert of

and only experts are allowed to have opinions or to be at all critical of anything

which is why you're critiquing my critique, because you're an expert on criticism

I never said you weren’t allowed to critique

I just said your critique was stupid as fuck (as usual)

K bye

it's stupid as fuck because it offends you that i hate sexual depictions of women, and it triggers you that there are people who don't find humanity beautiful, because no one should be allowed to feel any differently than you

you're a sad and pathetic cunt

Your point was the sculpture is distasteful because it showed a female body and that’s bad because men like female bodies

not even close

to illustrate the point further, her navel is also very prominent, which is very stupid and not at all how clothes work, i don't care how windy it is outside

but yeah no, i only hate it because she has boobs and i hate boobs because i'm gay, clearly

just like that's the only reason you guys LIKE it, because you're shallow and retarded like that

Wait wait wait, you say that wind is used to exploit the female form by having her be clothed, but haven't you been thinking that it's the other way around? Clothes are used to portray the wind? I don't see any other way to effectively portray the wind other than adding clothes and/or using longer hair. Using longer hair by itself would not be impressive enough, so artist used clothes.

And what with nipples? For what I see nipples are fine, they aren't too big, average middle size nipples.

Flute being a phallic symbol? I honestly have no words for this one, except that even I can't imagine it like phallic symbol.

First thing I imagined seeing this statue is woman waiting for someone near sea on the edge of some hill, a symbol which I see often used. Flute just adds to that in sense that it provides additional detail in memory of person she assumably waits for.

Maybe you should stop thinking outside your little box and stop to act on provocations people throw at you.

this is what i like to call "being obtuse on purpose"

You are a dumb fuck when your logic is literally “Boobies! How preposterous!”

you're a dumb fuck when your logic is "i'm going to pretend you've only made one point that you never even made"

This is a beautiful sculpture. There’s also nothing wrong with the female body or admiring it. Grow up already verbatim you’re acting like a little kid afraid of cooties.

Nope

Quote from: Verbatim on October 25, 2018, 12:02:33 PM

the female body is actually kind of disgusting

i've never been less wrong

Quote from: Verbatim on October 25, 2018, 12:02:33 PM

the female body is actually kind of disgusting

it is not more or less disgusting than the male body, but it is certainly not beautiful and this is not a beautiful depiction of it

it's not a sculpture of a woman, it's a robotic and soulless idealization of one

A good female body is so sleek though. Like a tasteful luxury or sports car. The shapes and curves are juuuust right.

Fem bod aesthetics 👌

when human sexuality is removed from the context, bodies are merely crude sacks of fat and blood and tissue

revolting in every way

it might as well be a nude sculpture, and that would've shown more integrity, but the fact that she chose to give her an outfit suggests that there's an attempt to conceal her sex appeal in plain sight—which is very sneaky, but highly transparent to anybody who understands the basics of any visual art form

it's actually pretty fucking slimy and disgusting, and the worst part is that she probably didn't even realize it—she probably learned her craft from men who went on to teach her some pretty unsavory techniques, utilized here

good job chinese lady for sculpting something that only caters to the base appeals of men

Quote from: Verbatim on October 24, 2018, 11:16:47 PM

so already, this particular port is objectively superior to ANY version of the game

Wrong

christian boarders beware?

what is being shown here, and why does it mean it's a better version (and what version is it)