Lurker > pxlated

DOS2 is so fucking good holy hell
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Yeah I might turn the difficulty down to insane and finish up, I got turned off by the hardest setting because it didnt seem actually harder, just that fights took a lot longer.

Bae just bought me divinity 2 though and we have been playing that a ton
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i dunno why i dont feel motivated to finish this game
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Nazis in space
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Bump

Wolfenstein is fun
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Wanted a change of pace, so now im playing wolfenstein

I will finish berseria soon I swear
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I can move the cursor around but can do anything else. Frustrating
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Sigh. Doing miscellaneous side quests and my game stopped responding to input despitemusic still running. hadnt saved in a wasnt bit because i wasnt doing any combat. Killed my desire to play for a bit.

Katz korner has cool music though
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Bump

Will finish this soon
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KamikazePotato posted...

I actually didn't have too much trouble with any of the code red hunts, not anywhere near as much as with enemies like Melchior.

titan was the only one that gave me any trouble. i couldn't do jack for damage to it, it seemed to automatically block all my uhh, break soul finishers for velvet? the ones that happen at the end of a combo when you're thereonized. and i couldn't interrupt anything it did either. it was a slog

melchior, by comparison, i was able to interrupt reliably and string combos together like normal which made it much more tolerable
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i've mostly been playing velvet. i used eleanor and rokurou a bit, but it seemed at the time like they just couldn't string long combos together in the same way as velvet could, nor keep their health up in the same way. i should probably go back and try again now that everything is unlocked but idk if i'll bother at this point tbh
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i actually didn't have too much difficulty with melchior, playing on chaos. just took a while, but i was pretty well capable of interrupting him. one caster by itself isn't as much of a problem i find as a group of them. i think the only time anyone went down against him was when he used his mystic arte on magilou. good thing he only did that once.

i think that titan code red boss was definitely the hardest boss yet. maybe i just didn't spec the right way for it, but god it was such a slog. i used legitimately like 15 life bottles. maybe more honestly.

whoever said velvet's biggest weakness is hitting winged enemies was dead wrong. she can't hit armored things for shit - only one arte for it, it sucks, and the element attached is resisted by the hardest armored enemies it seems
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Melchior/waking The empyreans was rad. The flower thing was questionable, could have been set up better than immediately before the dungeon you fight him in. But not such a big deal
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Agree with both statements

Also damn the moving mountain/titan code red boss in the volcano was tough as hell on chaos.

So many life bottles
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Shigure was pretty fun
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I have really come to enjoy the dynamic between phi/eizen/rokurou
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Unlocking chaos difficulty was weird

Good thing i horde gear and had a bunch of reflect stuff
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Velvet embracing her title of Lord of calamity in the snowy village was pretty great. Another goosebumps moment
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pxlated posted...

Corrik posted...

pxlated posted...

Corrik posted...

pxlated posted...

Like the thousands of people getting killed in Yemen by us-sanctioned troops,

Source?

Literally just Google Yemen war and pick any of the multiple links

The Saudis have been attacking Yemen for 3 years

Saudis and Yemen conflict is well known. I asked for where US sanctioned troops have killed thousands of people.

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23071&LangID=E

The Saudis are our "allies"

https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-support-saudi-military-operations-yemen

Officials are very careful to not voice support for them, but we are still providing intelligence and selling them millions of dollars worth of military equipmen
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banananor posted...

fyi make sure you have adblocker if you click that link

I'm sure there's better articles. There was a politico one but it didnt get to the point quickly enough
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Corrik posted...

pxlated posted...

Corrik posted...

pxlated posted...

Like the thousands of people getting killed in Yemen by us-sanctioned troops,

Source?

Literally just Google Yemen war and pick any of the multiple links

The Saudis have been attacking Yemen for 3 years

Saudis and Yemen conflict is well known. I asked for where US sanctioned troops have killed thousands of people.

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23071&LangID=E

The Saudis are our "allies"
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redrocket posted...

pxlated posted...

the pied piper strategy employed in the last election

The what?

Again, Google is your friend. But I'm feeling generous

https://www.firstpost.com/world/shoehorning-the-pied-piper-how-hillary-clinton-played-donald-trump-republicans-3048876.html
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And again, I'm not saying the Russia stuff and general anti-trunp news shouldn't be covered and discussed. I just think that putting the sole focus on it probably has negative repercussions in the long term.
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Again, I've never said that the Russia stuff wasn't important or a big deal or a threat, or that trump isn't worse than those before him. I've repeatedly said otherwise.

And, among other things that take more effort to go into than I have right now despite probably being more important issues(general corruption via corporate interests, the Democratic party moving right to court republicans[around thebill Clinton era], pushing the republicans farther right, etc etc), the most obvious and easy to point at thing is the pied piper strategy employed in the last election
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HashtagSEP posted...

pxlated posted...

That doesn't mean it shouldn't be covered.

Ignoring it definitely won't make it go away. And the same people that would believe that the democrats are the reason trump isn't doing anything are the same people that will never be convinced trump is involved with russia, or that trump needs to go. It's no different in that regard.

Raising awareness is only ever a good thing. As corrik just proved, plenty of people are completely in the dark about what's going on.

To be perfectly fair, Corrik is lumped in with the people you speak of in the paragraph above it. Corrik doesn't know about it because he doesn't want to know about it and will likely deny it's a problem.

I'm not saying raising awareness is a bad thing. I'm just saying the Russia/Trump stuff isn't bad, either. and I think saying Trump is just a symptom of bigger problems is kind of far off base. Yeah, there are bigger problems, but Trump isn't a symptom of them. Trump is a symptom of a different kind of horrible.

Trump isn't the result of just one thing though. He isn't just a Republican problem. The democrats are part of how we got here too, and not just because of dealing with a Republican problem poorly. They are directly complicit in getting us here too.
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I guess the ultimate point I was trying to make is that, the Russia stuff is going to be resolved how it's going to be resolved regardless of how much media coverage it gets. It should be covered, yes, but when that's the only thing anyone talks about, not only do other things get ignored and swept under the rug, but it can breed hysteria and paranoia, and give people the wrong idea about what problems we are truly facing.

My worry is that people get so swept up in anti Russia sentiment that when its dealt with, the masses think "Oh okay, well that's over and done with, we're good now" and grow complacent.
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HashtagSEP posted...

That said, I do agree that getting rid of Trump won't solve much, either. It's a very necessary step in the right direction, and one that very likely needs to happen first for any progress to be made whatsoever, but the bigger issue is the partisanship. Both sides are full of morons.

Yemen gets coverage
Trump: "Obama started this, and the democrats won't let us stop it!"
Conservatives: "Fuck you, liberals!"
Republicans suddenly propose something to "fix it" that fucks up a bunch of other shit.
Liberals: "Fuck you, conservatives!"
Democrats refuse to play ball.

Repeat.

I mean, that's definitely true. But its not like the exact same thing doesn't happen with the Russia stuff. At least if Yemen was getting more media attention, it would reach more reasonable people that are unaware of it.
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That doesn't mean it shouldn't be covered.

Ignoring it definitely won't make it go away. And the same people that would believe that the democrats are the reason trump isn't doing anything are the same people that will never be convinced trump is involved with russia, or that trump needs to go. It's no different in that regard.

Raising awareness is only ever a good thing. As corrik just proved, plenty of people are completely in the dark about what's going on.
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If anything, it can be argued that constant coverage of Russia is harmful overall. Not that i entirely agree with it but comparisons to McCarthyism arent unfounded
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HashtagSEP posted...

The media is caught up on Russia and Trump because that is a problem that needs addressed and can (should) be addressed right now. The media should be focusing on it. Yeah, there's other stuff happening, and bigger problems with the government in general, but the media suddenly switching to "btw look at Yemen" is not only not going to help what's happening in Yemen, but is also a pretty damn good "See? It's not me, it's government!" distraction for Trump.

I absolutely disagree with this entirely. If the Yemen stuff got serious news coverage it might actually put pressure for it to be addressed. And I dont think it gives trump an out in the slightest. It's not like people arent going to be mad at trump for not dealing with it in a better way. Nor is it going to stop the coverage of the Russia stuff. News outlets can cover multiple stories effectively. They used to do it just fine. The investigation will continue regardless of the media covering it. And it's not like having the majority of the media's attention on it will help Mueller and his team at all. In fact, i would say its less likely that coverage of Russia does anything to help than coverage of Yemen would.
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And while people here might not be saying Russia caused trump, there's definitely a feeling among a lot of people (in general, not specific to this topic necessarily) that proving Russia's ties to trump or otherwise ousting him is the biggest priority in solving our problems. And honestly I just dont think thats true. It definitely needs to be done, but its not going to solve the deep seated issues the country has.

To use a cliche, I think too many people cant see the forest through the trees.
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HashtagSEP posted...

Nobody said Russia was the "cause"

But just hand-waving them as "It's not that big a deal because this other stuff" isn't any better

Like, it's nice to say "Trump is a symptom, not the problem" but for a lot of things, Trump IS a problem, and so just dismissing him as a symptom of something bigger is not good

Except i didn't actually do any of those things.

I repeatedly made it clear that I'm not dismissing those issues.

Also trump being a symptom of a bigger problem doesn't mean he isnt also a problem.
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Corrik posted...

pxlated posted...

Like the thousands of people getting killed in Yemen by us-sanctioned troops,

Source?

Literally just Google Yemen war and pick any of the multiple links

The Saudis have been attacking Yemen for 3 years
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I'm not saying trump isn't worse than what came before him but he absolutely is a symptom of what has been going on in the country for a long time. He is awful and doing awful things but presidents have been doing awful things for...as long as there have been presidents. Trump may be doing more awful things than usual, but most of it is just a lot more transparent than what people before him would have done.

It's all nice and easy to just act like he is some unique force, that Russia is to blame, that America wasn't this bad before trump but that just isn't true. He is awful and does awful things, yes. But he isnt that far removed from whats happened before him. It's just shocking and eye opening to see it done so brazenly.

I'm not trying to discredit Russia's involvement, these are serious things that absolutely warrant investigation and consequences and absolutely are a threat to the country. But Russia wasn't the cause of this. At best they helped push it along but more realistically they just hopped on for the ride to get a good deal out of it.

And while the media and basically everyone is caught up in the Russia news cycle and trumps Twitter feed, things that are just as important/arguably more important are getting swept under the rug. Like the thousands of people getting killed in Yemen by us-sanctioned troops, something that started while Obama was still in office
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I think the Russia investigation is important and all that, and while Jimmy dore has in some ways gone off the deep end, I do think he is right in saying that the Russia stuff distracts from a lot more serious issues with our country.

Russia didn't suddenly make our country divided politically, it didnt suddenly turn our government corrupt. It might be stoking the fire, but they didn't start it. It's easy to point at them and turn them into the villian but at the end of the day the real fault lies at home. And, similarily, Donald Trump wasn't the start of corruption either. The government didn't suddenly become a terrible institution when he took office. He is a symptom of problems that have been festering for a long time, long before any of this Russia business
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Not really a surprise or new information but these videos always make me feel extra depressed

Liberals and Islam SUCK'S
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who is america ep 3 is slaying me right now

the roy moore bit was maybe a little underwhelming but the quincenera section, oh my god. so much ugly laughing, followed by the onset of dread

part of me hopes some of these segments with non-political figures are staged/scripted because i would feel so much better about humanity
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yeah, but there was a long stretch without access to a shop and i got the drop right before i hit one

i have everything set to maximize drop rates so i get a ton of junk
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The hidden inventory limit is frustrating

Trying to get a drop from one enemy across the last 3 areas, finally get one and my inventory was full. No option to even drop stuff to make room.

This game does so many things right, but a lot of the nitty gritty mechanical stuff is rather poorly implemented
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That battle was alright. Not too hard but not bad either

The music in the realm of testing is real nice too
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BK_Sheikah00 posted...

Is Phi the best kid character ever or is he best kid character ever?

Its not even a damn question

Also this battle music is great
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I had to pause before fighting melchior to take a breather. Good lord was that whole section up til this fight intense in all the best ways. Hopefully this fight is good
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fucking Jesus

The confrontation with inominat at the end of the earthpulse was perfect. I had goosebumps.

Its been a long time since a video game plot affected me this much
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oh fuck

Number 2 is Celica's unborn child???
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Artorias and Celica have the same haircut
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Can i just say though, as great as the plot and story are, it's off-putting how in the middle of these serious emotional scenes the game will cut to a close up of velvets chest or crotch, or whatever other female character. Their face not even in the frame

plz
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xp1337 posted...

Oh man. This sequence. Yeah, it's great.

IIRC, I missed that too, and my excuse is I was still set on Malak!Laphicet/Number Two being the actual Laphicet so that gave me a blind spot there.

Yeah, same

That setup is so good

it makes perfect sense in hindsight, but the misdirect is so well done that most people probably don't see it. I guess my only complaint is how number 2 is just so coincidentally similar to laphi in basically every way. Maybe it's explained later, but thats a ton of coincidences otherwise. Still, a relatively minor complaint with an otherwise excellent twist/reveal
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that being inominat being the actual laphicet
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Holy shit

Okay I did not see that coming

I probably should have in retrospect

God damn
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