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4021
« on: June 16, 2017, 12:44:30 AM »
fun fact: when my sister showed Hamilton to me for the first time I thought it was retarded and refused to give it a chance
it reminded me of that cliche where the inner city teacher reaches her kids through rap and hip hop, I thought it was going to be some cheesy black lives matter kind of thing
really glad I stopped being stupid
4022
« on: June 16, 2017, 12:37:17 AM »
Just look at options menu right nowโthere's an option to turn off blood. I always thought that was hilarious. The game barely even has any blood, yet there's still an option to turn it off if you're that squeamish.
is gore a gameplay element
yes or no please
No.
It's not even goreโjust a little blood.
Blood is gore. The amount doesn't matter. p much why Fallout/Dishonored can be too much sometimes
4023
« on: June 16, 2017, 12:36:29 AM »
the average dark souls fan is against enabling pause because that affects the gameplay
gore doesnt
4024
« on: June 16, 2017, 12:35:30 AM »
Just look at options menu right nowโthere's an option to turn off blood. I always thought that was hilarious. The game barely even has any blood, yet there's still an option to turn it off if you're that squeamish.
is gore a gameplay element yes or no please
4025
« on: June 16, 2017, 12:33:28 AM »
Honestly, I just don't care enough about the American Revolution to try and invest my attention in it.
But it's nice that Alexander Hamilton got some public attention.
UGH, LMM needs to do a psa about this sentiment or something
the play is NOT about the American Revolution, France, the formation of America, politics, or anything else like that
It's about Hamilton and Burr - their friendship, their rivalry, their differences and similarities, and of course their tragic end. Burr isn't even a supporting character or antagonist, he's a straight up deuteragonist. The play may as well have been called "Hamilton & Burr"
Yeah, but since I don't care about the revolution, I don't really care about Burr or Hamilton.
um are people defined by their time periods? lol?
"I don't care about Elvis because I don't care about Vietnam"
No, but he held significant influence on the foundation of early America, which was a significant part of the revolutionary time period. And while it's all well and good to find a person's story to be gripping due to who they were as a person rather than the times in which they influenced; and I certainly feel that this is an important aspect of history, that's just not what I generally find stimulating to dig into.
Fair enough. I just don't want people to see Hamilton as a "history play", because as Ian can tell you lol, it's not
4026
« on: June 16, 2017, 12:32:19 AM »
the American Revolution is the backdrop of the play, the setting
not the subject
He created the federal bank, irredeemable. Andrew Jackson did the right thing, even if it bounced back eventually.
Federal bank was necessary for that time period, it made the rest of the world see america as a legitimate nation that could fund/take loans.
4027
« on: June 16, 2017, 12:25:38 AM »
theres no reason to include a pause feature in offline i agree, quitting to menu is practically the same
no, it should, because there's plenty of situations where it would be so nice to be able to pause
like, if you have to answer to the door in the middle of a boss fight or somethingโquitting out doesn't help in this situation, because you could easily get killed before you're even able to
pausing removes that problem, and for anyone who still wants their precious "sense of danger," i posted a solution to that above
forgot to add outside of bosses to quitting to menu <.<
so you shouldn't be able to quit out of boss fights at all?
why, that's just dumb
either way, bosses aren't the only thingโmaybe i'm fighting a strong enemy, and the phone rings, and i don't have time to quit outโwhy shouldn't i be able to pause here
um obviously your fault for playing a video game and not being 100% into it, why should your life take precedence over my simulated violence
4028
« on: June 16, 2017, 12:23:34 AM »
most of the issues/conflicts in Hamilton are personal-based, they don't have a thing to do with the war or America
4029
« on: June 16, 2017, 12:23:08 AM »
Honestly, I just don't care enough about the American Revolution to try and invest my attention in it.
But it's nice that Alexander Hamilton got some public attention.
UGH, LMM needs to do a psa about this sentiment or something
the play is NOT about the American Revolution, France, the formation of America, politics, or anything else like that
It's about Hamilton and Burr - their friendship, their rivalry, their differences and similarities, and of course their tragic end. Burr isn't even a supporting character or antagonist, he's a straight up deuteragonist. The play may as well have been called "Hamilton & Burr"
Yeah, but since I don't care about the revolution, I don't really care about Burr or Hamilton.
um are people defined by their time periods? lol? "I don't care about Elvis because I don't care about Vietnam"
4030
« on: June 16, 2017, 12:17:38 AM »
the American Revolution is the backdrop of the play, the setting
not the subject
4031
« on: June 16, 2017, 12:16:43 AM »
Honestly, I just don't care enough about the American Revolution to try and invest my attention in it.
But it's nice that Alexander Hamilton got some public attention.
UGH, LMM needs to do a psa about this sentiment or something the play is NOT about the American Revolution, France, the formation of America, politics, or anything else like that It's about Hamilton and Burr - their friendship, their rivalry, their differences and similarities, and of course their tragic end. Burr isn't even a supporting character or antagonist, he's a straight up deuteragonist. The play may as well have been called "Hamilton & Burr"
4032
« on: June 15, 2017, 11:47:40 PM »
I don't like pure action games
From what I've played, it has a good atmosphere, but that doesn't really forgive the hack-and-slash stuff for me (yes, there's more strategy, but the basis is combat)
hack-and-slash isn't really what dark souls is about
it's a game that promotes being slow, cautious, defensive, and methodical, whereas hack-and-slash games are more mindless, flashy, and they reward you for button mashingโthe sort of thing that'll get you killed in dark souls
I knew you'd take issue with that phrasing, I know it's not like Diablo or anything I'm just saying it's a pure action game, there's nothing else to do. Just not for me even in JC, I try to take over bases and such totally spies style where I use wit and cleverness and try not to kill anyone
4033
« on: June 15, 2017, 11:31:20 PM »
well obviously
4034
« on: June 15, 2017, 11:30:43 PM »
I don't like pure action games
From what I've played, it has a good atmosphere, but that doesn't really forgive the hack-and-slash stuff for me (yes, there's more strategy, but the basis is combat)
and before someone brings up my JC3 love, that game is only partially action. Blow up stuff in a creative way when you feel like it, drive/fly/barrel down the highway when you feel like it, or just wingsuit around and take in the amazing world while listening to music when you feel like it
4035
« on: June 15, 2017, 11:23:51 PM »
Oh I thought this would be about invasions
oh shit it should have been I know nothing about this game except for complaints about it lol
4036
« on: June 15, 2017, 11:23:02 PM »
wtf han stop being reasonable
4037
« on: June 15, 2017, 11:06:57 PM »
Fourth wall breaking is a lazy form of humor, but still the most consistently funny one. That's why Family Guy still makes me laugh even though I can acknowledge it's bad, and why Community, which never breaks the fourth wall, is awesome
But Deadpool breaks the fourth wall. That means its a good movie, right?
It probably would be entertaining to me, sure doesn't make it good by a critical standard
4038
« on: June 15, 2017, 10:58:07 PM »
I don't understand how you stand to the side Spoiler I also don't understand how I'm still the only hamilton fan here, I don't even watch musicals. It actually reminds me more of an old radio play but with music (in terms of plotting and such). Also, the characterization is so spot on actual spoiler - "Hamilton's pace is relentless, he wastes no time ... He has something to prove, he has nothing to lose." Hamilton is an immigrant idealist who, unlike everyone else in the American political world, had no ties to a respected family or house. He doesn't even care about that though, and pushes forward as if he has that backing, even though all he has is his strong idealism. He likewise doesn't care about power or status, just his legacy and making America great. This is in comparison to Burr, who's late father literally owned Princeton, who's grandfather wrote "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", and who's mother was one of the few women in the time praised for her wit and intelligence. He doesn't care about idealism, he cares about making the spirits of his family proud ("If there's a reason I'm still alive, when so many who loved me have died, I'm willing to wait for it...") and similarly to Hamilton, his legacy. Interestingly, though, while Hamilton cares about his legacy in terms of his acts, Burr cares about them in terms of who he is, his status.
- And even though in the vast period of British/American history before this, the above conditions would have let Burr dominate Hamilton, this is the one time when being a young idealist with no political ties is more helpful than being from a respected family. Hamilton wears everything on his sleeve, which allows him to make connections and friends, but Burr "keeps [his] plans close to [his] chest", which may be politically savvy, but causes no one to trust him. Hamilton even says this himself when he endorses Jefferson over Burr: "I have never agreed with Jefferson once - we have fought on like seventy-five different fronts...but when all is said and all is done, Jefferson has beliefs - Burr has none."
- Despite all of this, the similarities between Hamilton and Burr are what make the show. The song above is the best example of this, but there are so many other examples, it would be impossible to list them all. One good example, though: "You're an orphan? Of course! I'm an orphan! God, I wish there was a war where we could prove we're worth more than anyone bargained for" <<< Hamilton in the very first song, actually way overestimating how similar he and Burr are. They're both orphans, sure, but Hamilton makes the mistake in thinking that means they're both disdained/seen as worthless - when really Burr's orphan status doesn't make him an undesirable due to his family. In the sense of their attitudes in the world - idealism vs practicality, activity vs passivity, openness vs savviness, they're opposites. But the best moments are when you see how similar they really are as people.
- Burr's whole watchword being "wait" (Wait For It, "wait here and see which way the wind will blow", "the Revolution's imminent, what do you stall for?") is tragically resolved with his last active (non-narration) line literally being "WAIT!" as he tries to take away his shot as soon as he shoots it. The one time their roles are switched (Hamilton being passive and throwing away his shot, Burr being active and taking his) is the one time when Burr should have actually waited for it.
I wrote way more than this and had to delete it, I might actually do a better-constructed longer analysis of this show for News
4039
« on: June 15, 2017, 10:30:20 PM »
damn fucking straight
4040
« on: June 15, 2017, 10:29:35 PM »
Fourth wall breaking is a lazy form of humor, but still the most consistently funny one. That's why Family Guy still makes me laugh even though I can acknowledge it's bad, and why Community, which never breaks the fourth wall, is awesome
4041
« on: June 15, 2017, 10:26:36 PM »
When I play a video game, it's a safe zone from the horrors of life and the suffering I have to see every day. Even if a video game is too hard and I die a lot, I take comfort knowing that I am in control.
That was until I played this fucked up game. The ONE fucking place where I can actually have some security and agency, gone. You all know what I'm talking about, the fact that I can't STOP the game and say 'no, you're just a game'. Whoever designed the fucked up no pause feature had to know that people would react this way, and yet he coded it in anyway. This is pure violation - I can't trust another game again.
4042
« on: June 15, 2017, 10:21:39 PM »
and aw man it's probably just nostalgia but I loved the celebi one
4043
« on: June 15, 2017, 10:21:04 PM »
Pokรฉmon: The First Movie > Pokรฉmon Heroes > Lucario and the Mystery of Mew > Destiny Deoxys > Pokรฉmon: The Movie 2000 = Pokรฉmon 3: The Movie
POWER GAP
Jirachi Wish Maker > Pokรฉmon 4Ever > Pokรฉmon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
POWER GAP
everything else (because i haven't seen them)
what's the one with absol that one was dope af
4044
« on: June 15, 2017, 10:20:30 PM »
 your head doesn't look like a jet why live
4045
« on: June 15, 2017, 10:11:51 PM »
His competitors, employees, family, friends, and superiors are literally forced to deal with him maybe THEY should get over it
They should get over, what, him being a dick to everyone? Pretty sure they have. No one is using his treatment of them as a freudian excuse to be terrible. The fact is, people are shitty and you have no entitlement to use that shittiness as a way to be shitty yourself and keep the cycle rolling
4046
« on: June 15, 2017, 10:09:00 PM »
pokemon heroes obviously
bianca is hair goals
4047
« on: June 15, 2017, 10:05:39 PM »
you're really bitter about that thread aren't you
bitter about this supposed big intellectual literally spite hating things lmao
4048
« on: June 15, 2017, 10:04:59 PM »
god I love pikachu so much
4049
« on: June 15, 2017, 10:03:45 PM »
having been told "get over it" all my life has only gotten me to double down on not getting over it tbh
You don't have to "get over" your personal problems unless you're using them as an excuse (or your subconscious is) for unethical/immoral behavior
being a dick on twitter is neither unethical nor immoral
It's definitely unethical
Ethics has to do with society, morality has to do with consent. There's nothing morally wrong with being an asshole, or not tipping at a restaurant, or causing negativity to thousands of people through an online social platform, but there's everything unethical about these things.
making people feel uncomfortable on the internet for a few seconds is not and will never be unethical
too bad it is
4050
« on: June 15, 2017, 10:03:11 PM »
His competitors, employees, family, friends, and superiors are literally forced to deal with him
"just stop being his friend/employee dude"
another example of him making his problem (the media) your problem (deal with his shit or change your life dramatically)
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