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Souplex

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Einspanner said:
I was pretty upset, until I saw that this site looks almost exactly like GameTrailers. Mostly it seems to trade console wars for political wars, which to me seems like an even trade. I can work with this.
*Looks at your avatar*
Is that custom sprite-work?
I'm pretty sure Valkyries in the GBA games could only use staves, and light/anima magic. I never played sword of seals, but I don't think the systems in place supported characters who used both physical and magical weapons until Path of Radiance.
Nice work man.
 

Josh123914

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JoJo said:
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Wrex Brogan said:
...Well, I'm from 4Chan, can I still claim refugee status? It'll look good on my paperwork, I swear.

...and to keep with the OP, I came here from 4chan 'cause I got sick of all the bullshit. And then I discovered that 'Games Industry Discussion' Forum here.

So.

Yeah.

Totally worth the move.

[sub]though not going to lie, I like the Channers more than whatever the fuck is going down in that sub-forum. At least a Channer will call you a prick to your face.[/sub]
I actually prefer 4chan in some ways. I mean half of /vp/ devolved into an autistic mess earlier in the week, but I can appreciate how they didn't skirt around their disdain for people with different opinions.
Not to jump on your back but I'm curious to know what you mean by autistic mess, being one of this forum's resident members on the spectrum. Totally agree about the weather though.
...You don't know do you?

Pokemon Sun and Moon got announced, with a grand total of 8 seconds of distant panning over concept art. Cue shitstorm and my statement above by the mods' own admission.

The board was at war with itself over literally what boiled down to concept art regarding the architecture of a building, a bird pokemon's foot, and some sort of pickup truck with a rainbow licence plate. Everyone was arguing over whether this meant the series was in Gen 6.5 or Gen 7, whether it'll be set in the South of France or Catalonia or Hawaii or Singapore (?!), whether or not leaks from 4 months ago were credible, if sales were to blame or if it would be New*3DS exclusive. Lots of arguing. Very little evidence.

In hindsight I should've just avoided it totally, since everybody's anonymous and so has no reason to admit they're wrong.
 

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I think I've lived under my rock for too long because I literally have no idea what's going on, or what the hell you're talking about.

But more people means more traffic and hopefully new blood.

And by that, I mean to give to the Blood God. :D

Also, welcome blah blah blah nice to have you around yadda yadda yadda and don't poke the Kross.
 

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I propose we build a wall to keep these refugees out and make Gametrailers pay for it. Let's make the Escapist great again.
 

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IceForce said:
Call me cynical, but GT was dying anyway and this forum was in dire need of some more traffic. So, to me, it seems like it was in Defy's best interest to consolidate their gaming forum userbase onto one site. Makes sense.
Yes but if you (as in Defy) don't figure out why its dying here too, this site's going down soon too.
 

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trunkage said:
IceForce said:
Call me cynical, but GT was dying anyway and this forum was in dire need of some more traffic. So, to me, it seems like it was in Defy's best interest to consolidate their gaming forum userbase onto one site. Makes sense.
Yes but if you (as in Defy) don't figure out why its dying here too, this site's going down soon too.
Trust me, if you think this forum / site is dying, you have no idea what dying is. :p

It's very active compared to most web forums on the net these days.
 

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Hero of Lime said:
As a big fan of GT, I welcome all you smart folks who loved the same GT crew as myself. I used to comment on a lot of GT videos under the same name if anyone would remember. Probably not though. :p
The GT community has always been divided between the forums, on site videos, and YouTube. The ones that have come recently are from the forum community, and may or may not recognize you.

The on site video community did make up the overwhelming majority of GT site traffic. And was GT's biggest money maker. But not all of us consistent watch GT's content in the forum community.


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FileTrekker said:
Trust me, if you think this forum / site is dying, you have no idea what dying is. :p

It's very active compared to most web forums on the net these days.
I have to say, this forum is much more active than the last 2 years of GT's life on the web. I returned to GT about 2 years ago after spending time away. And it didn't take long for me to learn people's avatars and personalities. Given the smaller community, and some familiar faces of old. Here on the Escapist is a different story. There's seemily a few hundred or so active members. So I've only begun to recognize some avatars and names.

So while forum activity as a whole on the web, has declined with the rise of Reddit and social media. This site is actually pretty active compared to a number of other sites as you say. It may not be as busy as years past. But there's still a very significant community here. And having a small community is better for the site as you get to know each other more personally. And have great discussions.
 

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Josh123914 said:
Musou Tensei said:
...Didn't need to know...
And last but not least, fuck summer, fuck temperatures over 20?C.

I wait 11 and a half months a year for t-shirt weather, count yourself lucky to live in a nation with decent weather while being quite wealthy.
Yeah, so darn wealthy that Merkel refused a new proposal for more social security for german citizen, guess she needs the money to build houses for the invaders, I mean uninvited guests, I mean refugees, and the other half of it goes to other countries, because fuck her own people, and everyone who disagrees with her is a racist (even though islam is not a race).
Also I love the cold, if I had any say in it it would never be above 15?C and the sun would never shine, at least in my town.
 

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A bit of sunshine every now and then is not bad. Brings some more colour into the overly grey world. While doom and gloom can be fun, a little contrast is good sometimes, otherwise life would be very dreary indeed.

But yes, sodd the heat. You've not as bad some other places but being stuck in a bus while being slowly cooked by 30+ is nowhere near pleasant.
 

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Musou Tensei,

I found your laundry list post to be kinda interesting, thus the response:

Musou Tensei said:
I'm also an ex Nintendo fanboy since december 2015
Ex? Aw....... What'd they do that finally broke you?

Musou Tensei said:
I'm a misanthrope, I don't really like humans, I prefer cats before humans.
I'm aromantic, I have never felt romantic affection towards others, I have no plans to reproduce, be thankful for that.
You'd be surprised how many people on these forums have one or both of these things in common with you. Or maybe you wouldn't. Who knows?

Musou Tensei said:
I'm a victim of bullying, yet I believe that, as long you don't tell others to physically hurt, kill and/or destroy, everyone should be able to say whatever they want, without having to fear to lose their job or worse.
Hear, Hear.

Musou Tensei said:
I lean towards the MRM
Me too, although the MRM as a whole seems to spend far too much time bitching about Feminism.

Musou Tensei said:
and the alt right.
I support tradition, progress, strong government and personal freedom. Doesn't that put me smack-dab in the center?

Musou Tensei said:
I cried when Iwata died.
Me too mate. Sad days :(

Musou Tensei said:
My favorite anime is Fist of the North Star
Mine are One Piece & Berserk. I don't think they could possibly be any different from each other.

Musou Tensei said:
I don't think diversity and inclusivity in games is important, the last thing I want is to identify with a game character. Racism and sexism in games are overblown non issues, I think that fiction should be allowed to do and show everything the creators want, every game should have the right to exist without censorship, no matter how "offensive" they are, from Gone Home to Rapelay. We have age ratings for a reason.
I dunno man, the double standard that women in games can't be strong without also being hot IS a bit stupid. However, pushing too hard for change only ever creates backlash. The real change will come naturally & slowly, as it should.

I do agree with you on the right for any game to exist though. The consumer will determine its worth.

Musou Tensei said:
I think all universities in the US should be shut down.
Universities are supposed to provide a melting pot of ideas and perspectives for people to rigorously test their own biases against.
That they're slowly turning into ignorance and safe spaces is a cause for serious concern, but to shut the system down entirely? That would only deny those willing to learn a place to do so.

Musou Tensei said:
I stopped watching TV a few years ago.
A lot of us have, I think.

Musou Tensei said:
And last but not least, fuck summer, fuck temperatures over 20?C.
Oh man, you would not like South Australia: we only see regular sub-20c days in winter. Our summer temps regularly go over 35c!

I've never seen snow before in my life, lol.
 

Josh123914

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Musou Tensei said:
Josh123914 said:
Musou Tensei said:
...Didn't need to know...
And last but not least, fuck summer, fuck temperatures over 20?C.

I wait 11 and a half months a year for t-shirt weather, count yourself lucky to live in a nation with decent weather while being quite wealthy.
Yeah, so darn wealthy that Merkel refused a new proposal for more social security for german citizen, guess she needs the money to build houses for the invaders, I mean uninvited guests, I mean refugees, and the other half of it goes to other countries, because fuck her own people, and everyone who disagrees with her is a racist (even though islam is not a race).
Also I love the cold, if I had any say in it it would never be above 15?C and the sun would never shine, at least in my town.
Pegida detected.

In seriousness though, I remember a conversation with a couple of Germans last year and I asked why their country had oh so many trillions in debt, and they said with a lot of confidence that if the government put their mind to it the country could easily run a surplus within several years.

Boy those were the days.
 

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I'm just surprised that Taco[footnote]Taco is our resident insane villager John Oliver.[/footnote] isn't here.
In fact, I'm very surprised Taco isn't doing a "Taco News" of this.
Most of all, I'm surprised he isn't wanting to become the Escapist President to build a wall and wear a wig!

But as they say.
There will be Hell toupee...

*Ahem*

But I vote we throw them in The Basement.
Show them the ropes and sell them to another forum.
 

Chimpzy_v1legacy

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Hello lads, welcome to the Escapist. Sorry to hear your home went down.

As for advice, keep it civil, stay out of the basement and you'll be fine.

Also, quoting was apparently not a thing on GT, but around here, we like using it to let people know we responsed to them. You don't have to, but you know, it's handy and considered good manner and such.
Souplex said:
Major_Tom said:
Also, did you just call us 'Pists? That sounds like a weird skin condition. "Mom, I'm having the pists again! -Eww. Stay away from me!"
The users of the Escapist are properly referred to as 'Pists. We get good and pissed about stuff. When the ME3 ending happened, we were 'Pist.
We are? First time I've heard that nickname and I've been here for ages. Then again, I don't post all that regularly.

Speaking of which, I think we need to give the refugees a nickname too. I propose Trailies[footnote]because if we are 'pists, then theirs needs to sound vaguely insulting too.[/footnote].
 

Souplex

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Chimpzy said:
I think we need to give the refugees a nickname too. I propose Trailies[footnote]because if we are 'pists, then theirs needs to sound vaguely insulting too.[/footnote].
With how Euro-centric this forum is, do you think they would appreciate a Trail of Tears joke?
The Trailers were forced to walk the Game Trail of tears.
Something like that?
 

Musou Tensei

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Old Father Eternity said:
A bit of sunshine every now and then is not bad. Brings some more colour into the overly grey world. While doom and gloom can be fun, a little contrast is good sometimes, otherwise life would be very dreary indeed.

But yes, sodd the heat. You've not as bad some other places but being stuck in a bus while being slowly cooked by 30+ is nowhere near pleasant.
Well I guess I can allow the sun to shine as long I'm not outside and it doesn't directly shines into a room I'm in.

EbonBehelit said:
Musou Tensei,

I found your laundry list post to be kinda interesting, thus the response:

Musou Tensei said:
I'm also an ex Nintendo fanboy since december 2015
Ex? Aw....... What'd they do that finally broke you?
Increasing censorship, realizing how disgusting the Treehouse is, too much focus on amiibi, which I despise, forcing american puritanic sentiments on european gamers etc.

EbonBehelit said:
Musou Tensei said:
and the alt right.
I support tradition, progress, strong government and personal freedom. Doesn't that put me smack-dab in the center?
Not in the eyes of the regressive left.

EbonBehelit said:
Musou Tensei said:
I don't think diversity and inclusivity in games is important, the last thing I want is to identify with a game character. Racism and sexism in games are overblown non issues, I think that fiction should be allowed to do and show everything the creators want, every game should have the right to exist without censorship, no matter how "offensive" they are, from Gone Home to Rapelay. We have age ratings for a reason.
I dunno man, the double standard that women in games can't be strong without also being hot IS a bit stupid. However, pushing too hard for change only ever creates backlash. The real change will come naturally & slowly, as it should.

I do agree with you on the right for any game to exist though. The consumer will determine its worth.
If creators want to create such a female character they should, but those who don't want to do that and rather create something like Senran Kagura should not be attacked for it. Also bullshit is changing the character in localization to artificially create strong females, like the Treehouse did with Elfie, or how she's called now Effie, like in effing garbage. Her original characters is a gentle giant but the Treehouse bigots probably think that to be a strong woman you have to also be an unlikable *****.


EbonBehelit said:
Musou Tensei said:
I think all universities in the US should be shut down.
Universities are supposed to provide a melting pot of ideas and perspectives for people to rigorously test their own biases against.
That they're slowly turning into ignorance and safe spaces is a cause for serious concern, but to shut the system down entirely? That would only deny those willing to learn a place to do so.
Do these still exist? I guess the best would be to kick out people who do more protesting than actual learning, cause when I read stuff like that protesters complain that actual learning and homework interfers with their slacktivism and they think it's unfair that their grades are dropping, I lose all hope for the current college generation, better luck with the next one I guess.


EbonBehelit said:
Musou Tensei said:
And last but not least, fuck summer, fuck temperatures over 20?C.
Oh man, you would not like South Australia: we only see regular sub-20c days in winter. Our summer temps regularly go over 35c!

I've never seen snow before in my life, lol.
Knowing what sizes your spiders have, I think the heat would be the a secondary problem, lol.
Snow is wonderful, I prefer it before rain as I can just remove the snow from my clothes before it melts.

Josh123914 said:
Musou Tensei said:
Josh123914 said:
Musou Tensei said:
...Didn't need to know...
And last but not least, fuck summer, fuck temperatures over 20?C.
I wait 11 and a half months a year for t-shirt weather, count yourself lucky to live in a nation with decent weather while being quite wealthy.
Yeah, so darn wealthy that Merkel refused a new proposal for more social security for german citizen, guess she needs the money to build houses for the invaders, I mean uninvited guests, I mean refugees, and the other half of it goes to other countries, because fuck her own people, and everyone who disagrees with her is a racist (even though islam is not a race).
Also I love the cold, if I had any say in it it would never be above 15?C and the sun would never shine, at least in my town.
Pegida detected.
I know you're j/k-ing, but I'm actually not THAT bad, if refugees actually put effort into adapting to our culture, learn our language, attend all the immigration stuff they are supposed to, follow our laws and get a job, and don't start beheading people after they done all this, they are welcome for all I care. My problem are the criminals and islamists/ISIS supporters who imo should be send back from where they came from, also I kinda demand from MY government I pay taxes into, to put the issues of the german people before the new immigrants and other countries, and not be called racist when we are not very happy when they try to hide the crimes some immigrants commit.
On the other hand I don't think that burning down refugee buildings and attacking them randomly (I wouldn't care if they would attack a group of the cologne harassers for example) helps anyone. It's a rather ugly shitshow here right now.

EDIT:
Oh, I should have listened to people saying to stay out of Game Industry Discussion, I mean I could have a lot of fun there but the rules are too strict for doing so, I already got 2 warnings from posting there, lol. A shame really, it's like the home of the easily triggered.
 

Souplex

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Major_Tom said:
So do we put them on a train headed for the Slovenian border? That's what my country does.
Far more merciful than what we do; we send them to Jersey.
 

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Chimpzy said:
Souplex said:
Major_Tom said:
So do we put them on a train headed for the Slovenian border? That's what my country does.
Far more merciful than what we do; we send them to Jersey.
Pshah, you call that cruelty? To Detroit with them!
They are humans for God sakes. No one deserves that punishment. They wouldn't last a day.

Seriously though, Welcome. Come. Eat out food, have our wine and fatten yourself up cause we need a nice meal. I need new blood and fresh young meat to fest on when the next "gate" comes. Mmmmmmm, controversy and Internet outrage. Tasty when cooked slowly.
 

Souplex

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Silentpony said:
Supernova1138 said:
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Fappy said:
You people are mixing metaphors.
The Gtrailers are a metaphor for Syrian refugees, not illegal Mexican immigrants. A (fire)wall would work on a land border, but wouldn't really help with refugees coming by sea and by air.
I'm not sure what would be a good metaphor for illegal immigration.