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Gaming / Re: Dark Souls Impressions - The FINAL Update
« on: July 29, 2018, 01:47:13 AM »
You understand my original statement two years ago was sarcastic right?
yeah, that's why we had an extended argument about it where you ardently defended the point, because you were being sarcastic

that's why you're defending it now, too, because you're being sarcastic—that's totally how sarcasm works

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Gaming / Re: Dark Souls Impressions - The FINAL Update
« on: July 29, 2018, 01:40:57 AM »
Leveling up doesn't make the game easier
faster =/= easier
But it does tho?
No
But it does tho
Making enemies spongier just wastes your time, there's literally no added difficulty

if leveling up lowered the intelligence of the AI or some shit, you'd be right
Reducing the time in a dangerous environment makes things easier
Playing the game at all to win makes it easier, by that logic, you fucking moron
Fucking what
"Don't reduce the time spent in a dangerous environment, because that's EZ MODE LOL"

literally what you just fucking said, you retard

okay, it's easy mode to do anything that is to your advantage as a player at all, okay, got it

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Gaming / Re: Dark Souls Impressions - The FINAL Update
« on: July 29, 2018, 01:36:18 AM »
Leveling up doesn't make the game easier
faster =/= easier
But it does tho?
No
But it does tho
Making enemies spongier just wastes your time, there's literally no added difficulty

if leveling up lowered the intelligence of the AI or some shit, you'd be right
Reducing the time in a dangerous environment makes things easier
Playing the game at all to win makes it easier, by that logic, you fucking moron

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Gaming / Re: Dark Souls Impressions - The FINAL Update
« on: July 29, 2018, 01:16:34 AM »
Leveling up doesn't make the game easier
faster =/= easier
But it does tho?
No
But it does tho
Making enemies spongier just wastes your time, there's literally no added difficulty

if leveling up lowered the intelligence of the AI or some shit, you'd be right

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Gaming / Re: Dark Souls Impressions - The FINAL Update
« on: July 29, 2018, 12:22:58 AM »
Leveling up doesn't make the game easier
faster =/= easier

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Gaming / Re: Dark Souls Impressions - The FINAL Update
« on: July 28, 2018, 11:29:50 PM »
Where does Sif fit on that list of bosses
on the lower end tbh

strictly from a design standpoint, the very concept of a wolf wielding a giant sword (rather than just, you know, using his fangs) is pretty fucking silly to me, and the fight itself is fairly average on the fun scale imo

i don't actively dislike him though—i like his storyline, it's pretty feelsy, almost to a point where i feel like he should've been an optional boss, and i like how they rub it in your face by having him limp around helplessly when he's severely wounded

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Gaming / Re: Dark Souls Impressions Thread
« on: July 28, 2018, 11:21:24 PM »
Hey, remember when i didn't even start the playthrough until 9 pages into the thread, because people were too assmad about my opinions on the game's MP to even let me start

that was fun

got some things i decided to give extremely belated responses to



Honestly just don't play the game.

Don't even bother.
hahaha suck my dick

tbh there are a few things in the game that are basically wiki or bust
Spoiler
ceaseless, he was very shit design
Literally beat him on my first (real) try without even thinking about it.

sometimes there just isn't a clear way to progress

firelink is different, there are several areas you can try to progress through but they have too tough of enemies.

being lost after anor londo is just a bunch of backtracking until you can find the damn new areas
Really? I never had any issues knowing where to go or how to progress. The only areas that stumped me were the optional ones that didn't really have anything anyway.

Verb will not make it through the Tomb of Giants, and Verb will go through his entire playthrough without even knowing of The Painted World's existence.

You will never figure out how to get there.
IT WAS YOU

OH NO NO NO NO 😂😂😂😂😂

Flee's posts are consistently good from what I see in terms of arguing a point.
eh

He's going to end up loving Dark Souls. Just watch.
maybe you should change your name to nostradamusX

Verb don't look at this one

Spoiler
do you think he'll rage when he gets cheesed by the dragon the first few dozen times?
would you believe it if i said i never "raged" a SINGLE time in the entire playthrough

When you've beaten the game can you pls make a list of your top ten areas and top ten bosses or something?
Okay

Areas:
1. Anor Londo
2. Darkroot Garden
3. Sen's Fortress
4. Darkroot Basin
5. Undead Parish
6. Quelaag's Domain
7. Firelink Shrine
8. Kiln of the First Flame
9. The Duke's Archives
10. The Abyss

Blighttown, Lost Izalith, the Depths, Tomb of the Giants, and the Great Hollow for worst areas.

Bosses (coolness of design + how much fun i had fighting them):
1. Capra Demon
2. Crossbreed Priscilla (never fought her, but I really like her design)
3. Four Kings
4. Moonlight Butterfly
5. Bed of Chaos
6. Gaping Dragon
7. Seath the Scaleless
8. Gwyn, Lord of Cinder
9. Gravelord Nito
10. Dragonslayer Ornstein (but not Smough, he's uggo)

worst bosses are the asylum demon clones for being fucking lazy, and quelaag for being the game's one and only instance of completely unnecessary gratuitous female nudity—the game was doing SO well on that front until she showed up

There is a certain boss you'll meet later on that proves my point pretty well. The longer you fight it, the harder the battle gets, until it is damn near impossible.
I was right.

One boss with one gimmick wasn't enough to prove your point.

Make sure you tell us when you get to Blightown asap so we can make sure you don't miss something super super cool in the game that's kind of tucked away.
Spoiler
Ash Lake?
ash lake was most certainly NOT "super super cool"

Spoiler
Spoiler
Also I'm looking forward to when he gets to Anor Londo.

You think he'll ever fond gwyndolin or even get into the painted world?
Anor Londo was awesome. I found both of those things. Didn't fight Gwyndolin because betraying my own covenant is silly, and the Painted World kinda sucked. At least, relative to all the unwarranted hype and build-up the area had.

I really can't wait until Verb gets to this part.

(Don't click Verb)
Spoiler
Honestly, the archers weren't that bad at all.

Verb dont click

Or click, its spoilerish but I wont make it obvious

Spoiler
Hes going to do what the gods want, the fool!

I guess he doesnt know what hes actually doing but he'll be interested to know that eventually he did have options.
yeah i don't know

I wonder how verb will do the

Spoiler
abyss section
Apparently there's more to the Abyss than I thought to explore.

It's the place where you join the Darkwraiths, right?

Yeah, fuck that.



That was a trip.

i really did take way too long to beat this shit, huh

my review should be finished sometime in august

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Gaming / Re: Dark Souls Impressions - The FINAL Update
« on: July 28, 2018, 09:20:58 PM »
Reposting so it's on the top of the next page


<- Previous update: Painted by the Numbers


Recap:
- Found Ash Lake
- Found the Painted World
- Spared Priscilla

Current missions:
- Beat the game



Before we wrap this shit up, let's take a final look at my stats and inventory:



Honestly, things haven't changed too much from the beginning of the playthrough in the items department. The Wanderer class wound up having the coolest looking clothes in the game, and I never really found any armor I liked more, so I decided to stick with them for the whole game.

The Winged Spear has been my weapon of choice since I found it in the graveyard, and I'm extremely comfortable with it. I've tried many other different weapon types, and nothing comes to me quite as naturally as the spear does. Coupled with an Eagle Shield, the ability to attack while blocking has been invaluable to me across the entire journey and I'm not sure how I would've fared without it. No other weapons are as fun or as satisfying to use.

Rather than using my greatshield, however, I'm bringing back an old friend of mine—the Grass Crest Shield. It doesn't synergize with my spear quite as well as a greatshield would, but it's the first shield I ever decided to stick with for any length of time, plus it unlocks a particular ability that I've rarely had access to, which wound up being very important during the final fight. It also produces a cool green aura, signifying its stamina-boosting powers. It's my favorite.

I have the Ring of F&P because it's about time. I planned to bust it out for the final fight, and I'm following through. There's no real reason not to just go for it—I don't really plan on doing any NG+ stuff, except maybe to get the platinum trophy down the line. But at that point, I'll just be able to pick up a second one anyway, so it doesn't matter.



My build from the start was constructed naturally without looking anything up—Vitality, Endurance, and Dexterity with enough Intelligence to use certain spells, enough Attunement to use up to three spells, and enough Strength to wield certain weapons. Pyromancy was my choice of magic, because it doesn't really require any extraneous stat investments other than Attunement, and because pyromancy spells are fucking sick. Power Within is my bread-and-butter spell for bosses—I've slaughtered many a foe with its help. Fire Orb is situationally useful, and Fire Surge is a new spell I've only limited experience using, but it seems powerful.

That's about all, I think. Oh wait, one more thing—Darkmoon Blades for life; the guilty pay the price.

All right, now I'm done. This is the final boss video.



YouTube

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Gaming / Re: Dark Souls Impressions Thread
« on: July 28, 2018, 09:20:15 PM »
Anyway. I'm done arguing about something this pointless. I will once you actually have a better understanding of everything, rather than repeating the same argument 5 times over.
Beat the game, so i think that qualifies as having a better understanding of everything

my opinions on invasions and MP haven't changed one bit, and in fact, i've only doubled down since then

👌

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Gaming / Re: Dark Souls Impressions - The FINAL Update
« on: July 28, 2018, 09:08:58 PM »
And now begins the part where I go back and read all the spoiler tags in this thread that I couldn't read before.

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Gaming / Re: Dark Souls Impressions Thread - Update #29.0: Bed Witch
« on: July 28, 2018, 09:04:41 PM »
Update reposted on the next page

<- Previous update: Painted by the Numbers


Recap:
- Found Ash Lake
- Found the Painted World
- Spared Priscilla

Current missions:
- Beat the game



Before we wrap this shit up, let's take a final look at my stats and inventory:



Honestly, things haven't changed too much from the beginning of the playthrough in the items department. The Wanderer class wound up having the coolest looking clothes in the game, and I never really found any armor I liked more, so I decided to stick with them for the whole game.

The Winged Spear has been my weapon of choice since I found it in the graveyard, and I'm extremely comfortable with it. I've tried many other different weapon types, and nothing comes to me quite as naturally as the spear does. Coupled with an Eagle Shield, the ability to attack while blocking has been invaluable to me across the entire journey and I'm not sure how I would've fared without it. No other weapons are as fun or as satisfying to use.

Rather than using my greatshield, however, I'm bringing back an old friend of mine—the Grass Crest Shield. It doesn't synergize with my spear quite as well as a greatshield would, but it's the first shield I ever decided to stick with for any length of time, plus it unlocks a particular ability that I've rarely had access to, which wound up being very important during the final fight. It also produces a cool green aura, signifying its stamina-boosting powers. It's my favorite.

I have the Ring of F&P because it's about time. I planned to bust it out for the final fight, and I'm following through. There's no real reason not to just go for it—I don't really plan on doing any NG+ stuff, except maybe to get the platinum trophy down the line. But at that point, I'll just be able to pick up a second one anyway, so it doesn't matter.



My build from the start was constructed naturally without looking anything up—Vitality, Endurance, and Dexterity with enough Intelligence to use certain spells, enough Attunement to use up to three spells, and enough Strength to wield certain weapons. Pyromancy was my choice of magic, because it doesn't really require any extraneous stat investments other than Attunement, and because pyromancy spells are fucking sick. Power Within is my bread-and-butter spell for bosses—I've slaughtered many a foe with its help. Fire Orb is situationally useful, and Fire Surge is a new spell I've only limited experience using, but it seems powerful.

That's about all, I think. Oh wait, one more thing—Darkmoon Blades for life; the guilty pay the price.

All right, now I'm done. This is the final boss video.



YouTube

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neat

TLJ is gonna be a tough act to follow though

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we are but moments away

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Gaming / Re: skyrim is a bad game ang BGS is a bad game developer
« on: July 27, 2018, 11:40:12 PM »
I remember the first time I played Skyrim, I spent the whole day on it. Eventually I saw it for the boring trash heap that it was and never touched it again, how did this thing ever win so many awards when it came out?
big epic story with dragons in high fantasy open world setting is probably the easiest way to bait awards

if you're able to make a game that resembles that description, the game is automatically good and impressive

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The Flood / Re: Do you believe in the paranormal?
« on: July 27, 2018, 06:29:13 PM »
not at all, to a point where i feel bad and lame whenever people share ghost stories and i have nothing to say

sometimes i use it as an opportunity to make some shit up, though, just to test my off-the-dome storytelling skills while also not looking boring

other times, someone will be telling a story about some ghost they saw, and when they finish i'll be like "yeah that was me sorry"

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The Flood / Re: Fight me
« on: July 27, 2018, 04:34:50 PM »
overwatch is a bad game
it doesn't look amazing

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Neat

I found that the subdued fantastical elements and themes led me to enjoy it more than other Miyazaki films.

You've covered every anime I've seen, so I look forward to trying some that you recommend. I watched Ergo Proxy after you rated it, and I'm planning to give Evangelion a try.
what stopped me from giving it a 7/10 is that there were more than a few points that lulled (the beautiful realization of miyazaki's plane fetish notwithstanding, i found myself getting bored with most of the flight sequences), some attempts to make jiro likable were a little heavyhanded, and i also don't necessarily agree with how it ended—but it was still enjoyable overall, so much so that i can definitely see myself liking it more on rewatch

and yeah, make evangelion your first priority—not that i think you'll love it in particular, but it's one of those things i think everyone should watch regardless of their taste

here's my 1998 list, which i finished somewhat recently—i'm sure you've seen #2 already, but definitely not the #1 spot

also maybe try angel's egg and devilman if you still need to watch those (sex and gore warning for the latter)

that all being said, i'm in the midst of wrapping up my dark souls playthrough and beginning a new project, so i'm taking a break from the animemes for a little bit

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The Wind Rises?
6/10

tied with princess mononoke (which i also rewatched and decided i was too harsh with) for my favorite miyazaki

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The Flood / Re: Fight me
« on: July 26, 2018, 03:26:01 PM »
not really, given that IQ is only one specific way to measure intelligence
This is a common misconception.
oh, okay
Doing well on an official IQ test means only that you did well on the official IQ test. It doesn't mean I'm inherently more intelligent than you if I were to have a higher IQ than yours. A lot of this comes down to problem solving. Where the contents of the exam(s) might be tailored to a certain demographic, another might score less. This doesn't actually mean that because the average IQ in certain countries maybe scored at 85 that it's a country of subhuman retards. If you were to take these individuals and give them a good education at a young age they would certainly score higher, for whatever that's worth. But it'd be due to being raised in a different environment.

Different races do think differently due to evolution. Climate, predators, resources, culture, all these factors have a say in how intelligence is perceived and regarded. IQ is a decent way to measure a certain type of intelligence, but not everything and not how intelligent a human being is.
this is basically what i was trying to say though

when i said it's only one specific way, i meant it—there's many other factors that go into it, that's what i was saying

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The Flood / Re: Fight me
« on: July 26, 2018, 03:02:47 PM »
not really, given that IQ is only one specific way to measure intelligence
This is a common misconception.
oh, okay

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The Flood / Re: Fight me
« on: July 26, 2018, 02:37:24 PM »
there's no advice you could give to a 20-something that he hasn't already thought to himself at least once

people like to say teenagers think they know everything, but if you think about it, in a lot of ways, they really do

you get stupider with age starting at age 20
You don't lose intelligence unless somebody's hitting you over the head with a brick or some kind of brain deteriorating disease. And supposedly you gain slightly more intelligence over the years, especially as your brain is still growing during teenage and adult years. The only difference is living longer, and depending on your life experiences, you can become a wiser and more mature person.

IQ actually drops with age though past 25 unless you remain active and eat alkiline forming foods
There’s a pretty big disparity between this post and Verb’s though.
not really, given that IQ is only one specific way to measure intelligence
I don’t see how IQ dropping implies that teenagers are more knowledgeable than adults.
i didn't say they were more knowledgeable

what i'm saying is, people generally stop learning after they get out of school—to most people, life after school becomes about getting a job, making money, having relationships, masturbating, and other stupid unsophisticated bullshit

the rate at which you learn things, too, decreases dramatically as you age—there's a reason why foreigners tend to know two or three languages, because they learned them all at a young age (when it's the easiest), and why it's so hard to learn more as you get older

among other things

adults also tend to exploit their increased sense of responsibility to find excuses to continue doing stupid shit, like drugs and alcohol—"i'm a working adult, i pay my taxes, i'm allowed to come home and have a drink," etc.

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The Flood / Re: Fight me
« on: July 26, 2018, 02:01:50 PM »
there's no advice you could give to a 20-something that he hasn't already thought to himself at least once

people like to say teenagers think they know everything, but if you think about it, in a lot of ways, they really do

you get stupider with age starting at age 20
You don't lose intelligence unless somebody's hitting you over the head with a brick or some kind of brain deteriorating disease. And supposedly you gain slightly more intelligence over the years, especially as your brain is still growing during teenage and adult years. The only difference is living longer, and depending on your life experiences, you can become a wiser and more mature person.

IQ actually drops with age though past 25 unless you remain active and eat alkiline forming foods
There’s a pretty big disparity between this post and Verb’s though.
not really, given that IQ is only one specific way to measure intelligence

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The Flood / Re: Fight me
« on: July 26, 2018, 09:21:03 AM »
there's no advice you could give to a 20-something that he hasn't already thought to himself at least once

people like to say teenagers think they know everything, but if you think about it, in a lot of ways, they really do

you get stupider with age starting at age 20
You don't lose intelligence unless somebody's hitting you over the head with a brick or some kind of brain deteriorating disease. And supposedly you gain slightly more intelligence over the years, especially as your brain is still growing during teenage and adult years. The only difference is living longer, and depending on your life experiences, you can become a wiser and more mature person.
i've always liked the fight club quote "on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero"

there's a lot of ways you can read into that, and one of the ways is this—the longer you live, the more likely you'll live to see yourself continue to make stupid mistakes and dumb decisions, which smarter people than you would never make

wisdom is the stupid person's intelligence, because it's intelligence gained through life experience—the more stupid shit you do, the more you learn from those experiences

but an inherently more intelligent person than you would just intuitively know not to do those stupid things, without needing the life experience at all

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MAL has 121 entries between the years 1917 and 1959—and considering most of these animations have probably been lost over time, we can probably chop that down to about 60 to 90

so when i'm done with the '90s, i think i'm actually going to clear up that era next, because it should be easy and quick, and i'll call it the pre-astro boy era

also if you couldn't tell i'm taking a break from this shit, i haven't watched an anime in weeks

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The Flood / Re: Fight me
« on: July 25, 2018, 11:01:40 PM »
my problem has never been with people who aren't perfect—it's with people who've never made an effort to be, and use their inevitable imperfection as a human being as an excuse to remain imperfect instead of using it as a chance to improve

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The Flood / Re: tfw death grips will never be this good again
« on: July 25, 2018, 10:52:00 PM »
i think there are enough similar artists out there at this point to fill the void, like JPEGMAFIA

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The Flood / Re: Fight me
« on: July 25, 2018, 10:50:35 PM »
there's no advice you could give to a 20-something that he hasn't already thought to himself at least once

people like to say teenagers think they know everything, but if you think about it, in a lot of ways, they really do

you get stupider with age starting at age 20

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The Flood / Re: Fight me
« on: July 25, 2018, 07:39:19 PM »
Mars colonisation is a meme and there is literally no reason to go there
100% agreed

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The Flood / Re: Fight me
« on: July 25, 2018, 03:30:25 PM »
DLC is the best thing that's ever happened
it doesn't work if you don't actually believe it
Support for a game that extends its content well beyond the initial release? Sounds great. Octo expansion fixed most of my problems with splatoon 2.
only $20, huh

i have a fucking bridge to sell you
where is it? I know a few places that need one so that could be really helpful
it's not complete yet but i assure you it's worth $60 as is
Holy shit $60 for a bridge? Fucking sold
yeah, you'll have to pay us extra in case you want the complete bridge bridge expansions, but don't you worry about that right now

i can either send you my paypal info, or you can email your payments to lmaogetfuckedkid@gmail.cunt

and don't worry about that address—i made it when i was 12, you know how that goes haha
oh I get it haha. I couldn't remember my PayPal info, so I just sent my SSN and credit card details. Will that work?
that's PERFECT, thank you very much

if you don't hear from me again, that means everything went through

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