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Topic	All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 511 - They Put Cody's Busted Pec On An Action Figure
XIII_Rocks 04/06/24 9:02:14 PM #495	Match was slow and had like no heat (stadium doesn't help), and Jey looked like too much of an idiot --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 511 - They Put Cody's Busted Pec On An Action Figure
XIII_Rocks 04/06/24 8:58:27 PM #493	Women's and the ladder match were fun --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 511 - They Put Cody's Busted Pec On An Action Figure
XIII_Rocks 04/06/24 8:48:00 PM #491	GANON1025 posted... Lil Wayne is the greatest rapper of all time? I was thinking before she said that - there's no way to make a statement like that uncontroversially lol Why bother --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 511 - They Put Cody's Busted Pec On An Action Figure
XIII_Rocks 04/02/24 5:26:58 PM #476	APWT 512: "I think some stuff came up Ariel" --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 511 - They Put Cody's Busted Pec On An Action Figure
XIII_Rocks 02/03/24 7:50:31 AM #262	I think more than anything this (re)confirms how bad a decision it was to have Cody lose last year. With Reigns free of the title, Rock/Reigns is an uncomplicated and good story, with Rock basically coming to end the whole head of the table gimmick and put Reigns in his place, etc. But with the title the outcome is a foregone conclusion. All because they chickened out last year. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 511 - They Put Cody's Busted Pec On An Action Figure
XIII_Rocks 01/29/24 2:36:51 PM #212	Aw for fuck's sake --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 511 - They Put Cody's Busted Pec On An Action Figure
XIII_Rocks 01/25/24 5:10:49 PM #150	mcflubbin posted... what terrible day to have eyes Yeah it gets uh...pretty horrifically eye-searingly graphic --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 511 - They Put Cody's Busted Pec On An Action Figure
XIII_Rocks 01/25/24 4:54:45 PM #146	Jesus that is some damning stuff --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Post Each Time You Beat a Game: 2023 Edition Part II
XIII_Rocks 12/23/23 5:53:25 AM #155	Spider-man 2 This was fine. I think the level of VA and writing is slightly overrated - it's good, but it certainly isn't on Naughty Dog's level and I've never really enjoyed Miles' VA in particular. I think it's just the inflection in his voice at certain moments that bothers me. The decision to fill every boss battle with loads and loads of dialogue, some of which became repetitive as hell, was also questionable and became annoying. With that said, there's about a 90 minute sequence where you fight ~~Li, fight Kraven, fight Peter as Miles (which ruled), create Venom, PLAY AS VENOM, FIGHT KRAVEN AS VENOM, AND BITE KRAVEN'S HEAD OFF~~ that absolutely fucking ruled. That's where the game really sang, and what elevated it to like an 8.5 or 9/10. I assume they ~~have a plan for Harry, otherwise the decision not to just kill him off seems gutless.~~ But yeah standard open world stuff otherwise. I loved the feel of the combat though and I never felt like I was overwhelmed with too many side-missions or anything. They all felt like they served a purpose and were more carefully selected as opposed to just sheer quantity. That said, feel as though I need a break from open world which I'll get with Separate Ways BUT THEN IT'S TIME TO FINISH THE POKEMON DLC THEN FINALLY PLAY THE HORIZON DLC THEN PLAY THE GOD OF WAR DLC THEN FF16 AND THEN FF7R IN FEBRUARY Although I'm likely to buy myself the MGS collection for Switch to fulfill the dream of PORTABLE MGS so there's that --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	MCU General 15 - Loki S2, The Marvels, Echo
XIII_Rocks 12/22/23 1:46:55 PM #402	Apparently MCU people spoke to Ryan Gosling Like, lmao if he replaces Kang --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	One Piece (spoilers)
XIII_Rocks 12/04/23 11:07:08 PM #336	I'll stick with the manga. I largely enjoyed the Ennies Lobby anime but there was one episode when Spandam triggered the Buster Call and literally nothing else happened, and that actively infuriated me. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	One Piece (spoilers)
XIII_Rocks 12/04/23 4:19:39 PM #327	Maniac64 posted... The humor in Thriller Bark is really good. I watched both dub and sub for that clip, and found them both hilarious in different ways which I appreciate --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	One Piece (spoilers)
XIII_Rocks 12/04/23 3:25:14 PM #324	I finished Thriller Bark. I liked it a lot actually. I felt it didn't outstay its welcome and it didn't have that long, spread out, tedious section that Ennies Lobby had (though I acknowledge that might have just been because I was watching the anime, not reading the manga). It just generally felt tight and focused and I appreciated that a lot (I guess I could have done without the Nami marriage thing). That said, it didn't have anything to match Ennies Lobby/Water 7's many highs (I guess the Zoro/Kuma bit near the end would be up there) so it's not as good an arc overall. But there was never a point where I was bored with it. It also had Robin being embarrassed as a human being, so thumbs up for that Should I continue with the manga or is the Sabaody/Impel Down/Marineford stuff worth watching the anime for? --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 511 - They Put Cody's Busted Pec On An Action Figure
XIII_Rocks 11/27/23 11:09:43 PM #49	Promo was pretty bland but idc, I was like fsjal the whole way through --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 511 - They Put Cody's Busted Pec On An Action Figure
XIII_Rocks 11/27/23 7:46:21 AM #33	Steiner posted... will also never understand how apparently people "refused" this. who's the boss?! Yeah that blew my mind a bit when I read it. Nobody has come out of that well and everyone looks insanely unprofessional. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 511 - They Put Cody's Busted Pec On An Action Figure
XIII_Rocks 11/26/23 1:06:17 AM #26	https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f9124ddf.jpg Weird af --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 511 - They Put Cody's Busted Pec On An Action Figure
XIII_Rocks 11/25/23 11:22:06 PM #22	Give it to me All of it --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	MCU General 15 - Loki S2, The Marvels, Echo
XIII_Rocks 11/17/23 4:11:34 PM #240	Idgaf give me maximum Mads content --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	MCU General 15 - Loki S2, The Marvels, Echo
XIII_Rocks 11/17/23 1:23:11 PM #231	Raimi suited MoM, not sure he'd suit the larger Avengers thing Coogler is the best choice. I don't think Favreau is particularly special as a director --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	VG Character of the 80s: Solid Snake vs. Bowser
XIII_Rocks 11/17/23 7:18:10 AM #29	Snake --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Fill in the Blank 108: Ex___ (or related interpretations)
XIII_Rocks 11/16/23 12:15:08 AM #3	Machina --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	MCU General 15 - Loki S2, The Marvels, Echo
XIII_Rocks 11/15/23 3:52:12 PM #199	I don't immediately see him as Reed but he fuckin rules and I trust him to pull it off, so I'm more than happy if they go down that route --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	VG Character of the 80s Quarterfinals TIEBREAKER: Solid Snake vs. Big Boss
XIII_Rocks 11/15/23 7:06:10 AM #24	Boss I'm so glad it was a tie. Peak B8. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	One Piece (spoilers)
XIII_Rocks 11/14/23 10:28:46 PM #306	Oh I just do it out of habit mostly --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Rooftop Run is still the best Sonic the Hedgehog track.
XIII_Rocks 11/14/23 6:47:05 PM #5	Yeah it's good. I think it's a little elevated by how good the level is though. Rooftop Run might be the best 3D Sonic Level. From the same game I really like the music for Arid Sands, and that's nowhere near as good a level - so that's kind of a better achievement? And I really like Crisis City and that definitely isn't as good. Anyway, it's not better than Chemical Plant 3D from Generations, just off the top of my head. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	One Piece (spoilers)
XIII_Rocks 11/14/23 3:42:06 PM #301	ZeldaTPLink posted... Enies Lobby is where the pacing starts to fall off in the anime, yeah. Probably a good time to move to the manga. Though the next arc has a certain song that absolutely needs to be listened to, so maybe watch the anime for it too. Also the point of Lucci fight is that the guy is strong enough to kill anyone in the SH crew, and considering how tired they are, probably the whole crew combined. If Luffy doesn't beat him, they are dead. I get that in theory, it just felt a bit... disconnected from the narrative somehow. Like the actual objective of them being there was achieved by everyone else, and Luffy was functionally acting as a distraction for Lucci. I guess that's fine, it was just strange. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	One Piece (spoilers)
XIII_Rocks 11/14/23 2:28:02 PM #295	XIII_Rocks posted... Oh, and Garp is really funny in the anime. I liked the more serious version of him from the live action, but they showed way more of his similarity to Luffy in this and it got a few laughs out of me in quite a short space of time. Just to expand on this, I can't see Live Action Garp doing the whole "oh yeah your father is a super dangerous criminal. Oh, uh, forget I said anything" gag. Or the "we're not going to capture you, because you're my grandson, and the marines will definitely be ok with that reason" gag. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	One Piece (spoilers)
XIII_Rocks 11/14/23 1:39:52 PM #292	I switched to the anime for Water 7/Ennies Lobby. ~~Basically done with it, just got past the episodes with Garp/Coby/Helmeppo. I did a mix of dub and sub - dub early on, then I reached my limit of tolerance for the dub voices so I switched over to sub~~ I thought it largely ruled. It got off to a bad start because I was getting sick of the fucking Davy Back fight and then Luffy said he wanted a REMATCH and I was like "no, just absolutely fucking not" and then looked it up - and realised that the anime had added way more to it to pad it out. I then researched and found that didn't happen again for the rest of the saga so I just skipped past the rematch. Otherwise I'd have gone back to the manga. The earlier more relaxed stuff in Water 7 was good. Nice to have low-stakes character interactions and the characters enjoying life and getting a bunch of money, and a good sense of tension as it all got built up. The reveal about the Merry hurt. I knew about Lucci already, but I didn't know about the others all being CP9, including the secretary, so that was a twist I appreciated. It then felt like they were in that fuckin building with Iceberg for ages but whatever. Then they got on the train and that was cool (apart from the weird Ramen/Sanji fight). Obviously Sogeking was perfection and I'm glad I watched the anime just for his ridiculous theme song and the way he quietly sang it to himself at times for the rest of it. I am so glad everyone just knew it was Usopp (except Luffy and Chopper). Much funnier that way. I think they did a good job of making Spandam look like the biggest piece of shit in the world, and essentially a nepo baby, given Lucci was obviously stronger. Very satisfying when Robin eventually snapped his spine in two, I didn't think they'd go that hard but he felt like he deserved it more than any other character so far. The incredible momentum once they reached Ennies Lobby and Luffy just went on a tear for a few episodes was fantastic. I could have watched another episode or two of Luffy just decimating the Marines. Very fun to watch. Robin's flashback more than earned the multiple episodes it got; I knew about "I want to live" already but it still hit pretty hard, really well done. The fact that she ~~repeatedly~~ turned them down and told them to stop trying to rescue her - at Water7, in Iceberg's building, on the train, before the flashback - strengthened the whole thing so much. Took a lot to tear down those walls. A bunch of the stuff before Robin got out of the cuffs but after they got into the building was just...jesus. The pacing fell completely off a cliff and I really had to look for the good stuff. I skipped forward 10 seconds more often than ever as I tried to get through it. The episode where Spandam triggers the buster call and the rest of the episode is basically just people reacting to it was borderline criminal (though Robin's trauma about Buster Calls was well handled throughout the arc). Zoro and Usopp getting cuffed together was a funny gag and led to some funny stuff like Zoro using Usopp as a sword and Zoro again suggesting amputation, but then they were cuffed together for something like 285 episodes so it massively overstayed its welcome. In the meantime (I think) Franky, the character I care about least (I actively dislike his design) was fighting the most annoying member of CP9 or something and Nami was having (what felt like) a very long and silly fight, and I just wanted it to be over. Once it sorted itself out and Zoro fought Kaku and Sanji fought wolf guy, it felt better and more substantial. Luffy's fight with Lucci seemed...almost inconsequential? Like everyone else beat the rest of CP9 and got Robin out of the cuffs, and was fighting off the Marines, so it felt like it was more about Luffy himself. Which I suppose is fine, but there was a sense of urgency in the other fights that didn't quite exist in that one until the very end. Also it went on for fuckin ages. Tiny Luffy after Gear 3 was funny though. ~~So yeah a lot of stuff in the tower felt like a 5/10 or worse (just spread way too thin and horribly paced) but the stuff before and after was mostly terrific good, somewhere between a 7 and a 10.~~ I'll probably switch back to the manga for the next arc, but I'll come back to the anime at some point I imagine. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Fill in the Blank 106: We Are ___
XIII_Rocks 11/14/23 6:32:58 AM #45	I just sang it in the One Piece music I guess "We are," a second time --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	VG Character of the 80s: Solid Snake vs. Big Boss
XIII_Rocks 11/13/23 4:55:00 PM #29	Big Boss --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Review Zone
XIII_Rocks 11/13/23 4:22:58 AM #69	I think this got elevated above the first during the absolutely gnarly hour-long or so sequence where you fight Li, fight Kraven as Symbiote Pete, PETER VS MILES (I was looking forward to it since the first game and it delivered), then PLAY AS VENOM (insanely fun) and then BITE KRAVEN'S HEAD OFF OF HIS BODY Felt like an amazing escalation --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Fill in the Blank 105: I Want ___
XIII_Rocks 11/13/23 1:15:22 AM #27	You --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	MCU General 15 - Loki S2, The Marvels, Echo
XIII_Rocks 11/11/23 1:04:47 PM #114	To highlight how "unwoke" it is, it didn't even get banned here Dr Strange 2 was woker! --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Fill in the Blank 103: Yes ___
XIII_Rocks 11/11/23 3:14:23 AM #48	Please --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	MCU General 15 - Loki S2, The Marvels, Echo
XIII_Rocks 11/10/23 9:16:13 AM #52	Also I deleted that post by accident when trying to spoiler tag it and then learned you can undo typing by swiping two fingers across the keyboard (on Samsung phones anyway). Felt like some kind of god. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	MCU General 15 - Loki S2, The Marvels, Echo
XIII_Rocks 11/10/23 9:14:58 AM #51	Yeah that absolutely ruled It reminded me of like, the anti-Dr Strange What If Episode. A former villain heroically travelling through time for centuries to learn a tremendous amount and ultimately being sacrificing his own happiness to save everything ~~While Strange was a former hero selfishly travelling through time for centuries to learn a tremendous amount and destroying everything for his own happiness~~ ~~I loved it! Up there with Wandavision as the best MCU series, and two good MCU things in less than 48 hours.~~ --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Fill in the Blank 102: No ___
XIII_Rocks 11/10/23 3:36:32 AM #43	Way --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Bloomburg - GTA6 to be formally announced later this week
XIII_Rocks 11/08/23 6:06:06 PM #21	I liked GTA V, but with a few caveats. I remember wondering how it would remain on top given how many open world games there are now, and I remember feeling like it had some pretty astonishing attention to detail. Loads of little things about that sandbox that I thought were very impressive. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	What was the worst Star Wars film?
XIII_Rocks 11/08/23 5:57:01 PM #37	I retroactively like TLJ slightly less because the backlash to it is partly what led to a whole ton of TROS' flaws, and that's a shame. It's hard to separate those two things in my mind. That level of toxicity can really make a living in your brain sometimes. Kind of a shame. But it's not a big drop, and it's still the best Star Wars movie outside the OT. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	MCU General 15 - Loki S2, The Marvels, Echo
XIII_Rocks 11/08/23 5:33:06 PM #15	Just caught a late showing of The Marvels So it was... good. Like upper mid-tier Marvel? Possibly better than Captain Marvel, I'd say. It's probably the least hyped I've ever been for a Marvel movie. I think I got brought down by all the toxicity that was surrounding it, but it was a lot of fun. It's like Joe MCU: good comedy, some good action sequences, feeds into some cool future stuff, good surprise cameos, light, entertaining movie. I knew going in this was never going to be like, Infinity War or NWH or even, Winter Soldier. Spoilery stuff: Obviously there are some flaws. Villain was one-dimensional but then I never felt like she was bringing down the movie. A bit like in Guardians 1, the villain didn't need to be anything more than that because it was more about the chemistry between the main cast. There's a quite short scene in a field where they hash out their problems with each other and it doesn't really feel earned because of the briskness of the movie not allowing any previous emotional stuff to breathe. ~~The musical sequence might not be to everyone's taste but I have to say I found it pretty funny. Felt like a bit of Guardians-esque humour.~~ ~~Action probably peaked with the first sequence where they're switching. Really good, impressive choreography in the sense that it's really chaotic but I still understood what was happening.~~ Iman Vellani absolutely steals every scene she's in. She's got amazing comic timing and line delivery. It'd be very easy for her to get annoying, but she's winning and very likeable instead. There's a couple of lines that don't hit, but really very few. Post-credits scene rules apart from ~~bad CGI on Beast.~~ There were a couple of plot points that weren't very well developed or explained because it was moving so fast. Like all the stuff on the SABER base while the Marvels were on the musical planet etc. I got what was happening, it was more like it didn't quite explain ~~why~~ ~~it was happening~~ ~~Also, KATE BEESHOP (and that scene with Kamala imitating Fury is great)~~ ~~I really want to quote Grimlyn's post with "lol" but I won't~~ So yeah I'm happy, and it doesn't deserve to be what looks like an inevitable flop and the lack of support it seems to be receiving marketing-wise. In terms of Phase 4 and 5, I'd put NWH, GotG3 and Wakanda Forever over it - those go without saying - and idk, maybe MoM too. But I really, really liked MoM. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	What was the worst Star Wars film?
XIII_Rocks 11/08/23 6:20:12 AM #12	I can get on board with any of 9 or 2 (or maybe) but I'm far more likely to rewatch 9 than 2 --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Fill in the Blank 101: Two ___
XIII_Rocks 11/08/23 5:01:53 AM #36	Tribes --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Fill in the Blank 100: ___ the ___
XIII_Rocks 11/07/23 2:32:24 AM #18	Run the jewels --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	The Escapist looks to be collapsing.
XIII_Rocks 11/06/23 11:11:52 PM #6	The algorithm has been recommending me like shorts of Zero Punctuation lately that have reminded me of it. Haven't watched regularly in ages though. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Fill in the Blank 99: Red ___
XIII_Rocks 11/06/23 12:43:52 AM #21	...Rave? Weird --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	MCU General 14 - Nick Fury is back
XIII_Rocks 11/05/23 5:15:25 AM #484	PrivateBiscuit1 posted... I grant you the winner of this round of semantics. I think it goes slightly beyond that. I found what you said to be nonsense that the director of an MCU project shouldn't be saying, and his actual quote to be a fairly reasonable perspective. --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Fill in the Blank 98: Star ___
XIII_Rocks 11/05/23 12:11:38 AM #15	Yoi --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	Fill in the Blank 97: Professor ___
XIII_Rocks 11/04/23 5:55:38 AM #47	Oak --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	MCU General 14 - Nick Fury is back
XIII_Rocks 11/04/23 5:18:57 AM #477	redrocket posted... I mean he exaggerated a bit but he still definitively conveyed the spirit of the quote. The use of the word "sometimes" definitely doesn't sound like someone who "hates all action scenes". --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
Topic	MCU General 14 - Nick Fury is back
XIII_Rocks 11/03/23 7:15:11 PM #469	PrivateBiscuit1 posted... Can they get people who actually care about and like comics to work on this stuff? It's such a simple bar for this. This is almost as bad as the director for Moon Knight who said that he hates action scenes and always skips them in movies, and that he was proud of skipping the whole final battle scene in the last episode. tbh I can see a fair discrepancy between the way you describe it and his actual quote --- Not to be confused with XIII_Minerals.
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