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  2. Posted

    been meaning to get into rick and morty. i hear the latest episodes are getting disappointing and more "normal" or less surprising or something tho.

     

    just the one that came out yesterday; up until that season 2 has been transcendent. 

     

    But plenty of cartoons coast for many episodes at a time on a "meh" level of quality. It'll be back next week hopefully

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    post under construction...

     

    There are plenty of notable players to follow, these are a few choice ones.

     
    NOTE: Some of what I am about to say sounds absolutely ridiculous, but I swear it's all true.
     
    THE TOP 6: From 2010 to 2013 there are 5 players, literally referred to as the Gods of Melee, who were levels above everyone else and could only be beaten by another god. Along comes 2014, and a player from Sweden named Leffen (also literally referred to as the God Slayer) becomes the first player to beat all 5 of the gods in tournament, solidifying his position as a top player and turning the "top 5" into a "top 6".
     
    [A]lliance Armada: Currently considered the best player in the world after winning EVO 2015, Armada is a Fox player from Sweden. Before this year he was known as the best Peach player of all time, but has since switched to Fox without losing a beat in tournaments.
     
    TSM Leffen: Considered the villain of the Smash community, Leffen is known for his incredible Fox as well as his ambitious trash-talk. He's the only player to have beaten all the gods in tournament, and currently is considered the 2nd best player behind Armada. Incidentally, both are from Sweden and play each other frequently.
     
    C9 Mang0: Mango is the overwhelming fan favorite of the top 6, which is good or bad depending on whether you like him or not. Although he is of course as skilled as the rest of the top 6, Mango is known for his brash, unpredictable and sporadic Fox/Falco playstyle and personality. He oscillates between playing extremely well and laughably bad, and is currently considered near the bottom of the top 6, but still has the most loyal and largest fanbase of any one player.
     
    Liquid Hungrybox: Mango's polar opposite, Hungrybox is the best Jigglypuff player in the world. While he is certainly as good as the rest of the top 6, he is unpopular for his overly-safe and campy playstyle.
     
    EG PPMD: A Falco and Marth player, PPMD recently has had personal issues prevent him from traveling to major tournaments. For 2015 he only showed up to the supermajors, but still places very high despite not playing in tournaments for months at a time.
     
    COG MVG Mew2King: Currently at the bottom of the top 6, Mew2King is known for his highly precise Marth and Sheik, and is considered the king of Final Destination due to his unparalleled dominance with Marth on FD. Hand injuries, sponsorship troubles and mentality issues have prevented Mew2King from playing at his potential, but everyone is fully aware of what Mew2King can do when he's on.
     
     
    TSM ZeRo: Right now, ZeRo is shockingly dominant in Smash 4. While he has been a top Melee player, he is more famous for being one of the best Brawl players. Since his rise to the top he has not lost a single tournament, and his undoubtedly the best player in Smash 4 right now.

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    First off, if you've never encountered high-level Smash before, here's a

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    , just to pique your interest.

     

    For those who happened to see some Smash during the most recent EVO or anywhere else and wondered what was going on, this will hopefully be everything you need to know.

     

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    Smash Bros. is different from most competitive games in that, when a new installment comes out, the competitive scene does not migrate over to the new game. This is because the Smash games are not made with the competitive scene as the first priority, and while each game is still fundamentally Smash, the mechanics vary enough to the point where they are drastically different competitive experiences. Right now the 2 games with huge competitive followings are Smash Bros. Melee and Smash 4.

     

    What does stay the same is the following: Competitive Smash is usually played in two forms, doubles and singles, with singles being the primary event. Games are played usually in a best of 3 or best of 5. In Melee's case, games are 4 stocks each. For Sm4sh, it is 2 stocks each. Both games have considerably dynamic tier lists. At least the top 12 characters of Melee can be seen in some level of tournament play. There is even more variety in Smash 4. Some players choose to master only one character, but recently many players are dual-maining, switching where one character can cover the weaker matchups of the other character.

     

    Tournaments are year round, and it may be a little hard to follow whats coming up. The subreddit is a good place for this, and also has a helpful list of streams on the sidebar.

     

    Before 2013, Melee had a small but faithful scene. It had no major supporter like MLG or EVO, and all tournaments were run by members of the community. In 2015, many players are sponsored in some way, and the scene has support from major tournaments as well as limited support from Nintendo. Right now the biggest news is HTC as well as Dreamhack hosting tournaments, so there is no better time to start following the scene.

     

    would be a great place to start watching. The next upcoming big tournament is Paragon LA in two weeks. Catch it on twitch!

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    Since there's no general esports thread: Would a smash bros thread with a introductory primer on the scene be of interest to anyone? Smash is super entertaining, sort of goofy and hilariously overdramatic. The documentary is fantastic, but only covers the early years of the scene in depth.

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    The latest Rick and Morty is sublimely good.

     

    The ending gave me the biggest laugh since they switched realities in season one and it ended on Morty's dumbfounded face. I nearly predicted it at the start but the episode was so full on that I got lost on the ride and forgot. This show is seriously cornering the market on moments of hilarious existential horror.

     

    I loved it as well.

     

    It felt almost like a spiritual successor to the fake-clip-show episode of Community way back when. Favorite moment is the bad memory flashback between morty and summer. So good.

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    I've noticed that on a couple of occasions they have talked about how cool it would be for someone to encounter this one in a million thing in a game, or a customized podcast, or now a mall robot. Because of this, if Firewatch doesn't end up with some super rare event like that I will be very disappointed!

     

    firewatch is frog fractions 2

  10. Posted

    There have been interesting parallels drawn between Dragonball Z and being black in America. Of course there's Piccolo, who becomes a mentor to Gohan later in the show (incidentally, Gohan also cribs his style from Piccolo while he's growing up).

     

    Some people have also mentioned how the saiyan characters and their history appeal to black fans. Something like, the idea that there is this race of people who possess immense power in their blood, and are under constant pressures from the world (or from alien villains I guess) to unleash that power and only refrain from doing so by their own will and honor. Even though most saiyans are depicted as clearly asian, the fact that the main characters of the show have been separated from their home, which was blown up and its inhabitants all murdered, and now protect their new home with the genetic power that unifies them as a race... well, its a good explanation for the whole black goku phenomenon.

     

    Though I also think a lot of it just has to do with the show being exciting and badass and great, as well as the fact that kids of every race got to watch it on Toonami as a kid.

     

    (edit: If i recall correctly a lot of this I first heard about from books by RZA, who of course is all about this particular reading of eastern philosophy and culture)

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    I'll admit I liked it far more for its premise and effects (and a little bit for its performances, <3 me some evil brooding Fishburne) than its actual story and execution. Same deal for District 9, actually, even though that manages to be a bit more inventive. I just like that small scope, scrappy sci-fi that doesn't try to be too big for its britches.

     

    Just watched all 3 Rush Hour films again with the girlfriend. Good lord Carter is a horrible chauvinist douchebag but they're so goddamn entertaining.

     

    Rush Hour 2 is one of my favorite movies for some reason. I think the series is always trying to balance the partnership between Lee and Carter by giving both their moments and foibles, but the best thing that works about them is that they're both basically huge idiot assholes.

     

    End of the Tour was great, Jason Segel made me forget he was Jason Segel, and Jesse Eisenberg is so good at being terrible. The audience I watched it with was super receptive to the humor. 

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    Yes! I hope you liked it. ;3

     

    did you see it coming? Sadly it was ruined for me before I watched the episode! I've yet to watch the second episode yet, but it'll be interesting to know where it'll go. I have it on good authority that it really goes to crazy places.

     

    I'm definitely gonna see where it goes, feels Madoka-esque in a way.

     

    Honestly that first episode felt like a one-shot, like it could have just been like a one episode OVA.

     

    Also I love how they fully committed 100% to the slice-of-life OP.

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    Rewatching haruhi like I said i would, and I realize I've never seen the show chronologically. Some of these episodes make a lot more sense now!

     

    Kinda wish more long-form series would do the mini-arc thing in the way that Haruhi does for its 6-episode adaption of the first light-novel. Feels like a movie in how well-paced the story feels. 

  14. Posted

    I thought as soon as Paul was being walked down there he wasn't going to make it out alive. However for that dude to just happen to wait at that particular exit was too much for me.

     

    It was really lazy way to end a character that up to this point felt effectively invincible. That final scene definitely didn't indicate why he thought he would be safe out the door.

     

    Episode was exciting though.

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    I've had the same group of 5 pairs of shoes for years now, and really took time to look at a new purchase. I eventually got tired and basically did the safest thing by getting the white/green stan smiths.

     

    Luckily, they're great and comfortable and I haven't seen anyone else with a pair. 

     

    In a perfect world, I would have gotten these, which I basically stare at for minutes at a time on a regular basis.

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    The crowd sourced weird/horror wiki Chris was trying to remember is the SCP Foundation (I'm assuming).  If by some odd chance someone hasn't delved into it before, I highly suggest just starting with the top rated page and have fun. 

     

    It is still one of my favorite things the Internet has ever produced. 

     

    SCP has always been so perfectly and uniquely contained on that one small corner of the internet, It'll be a sad day if it ever gets lazily adapted into some other medium. Marble Hornets was like that, but kept its unsettling allure by disabling comments on the youtube videos, even after the Slender craze. 

  21. Posted

    What did everyone think about that Disappearance movie? Is it still the last thing adapted from the actual light novel series? I'm also super bummed that I don't get to live in that beautiful KyoAni-realized world anymore.

     

    edit: shit, I have the urge to rewatch haruhi.

  22. Posted

    Are you ready for the Breckoning? Episode 43, Jeff "Gone" Goldblum is peak Breckon.

     

     

    You should actually listen to the whole episode, because it has Bobby Kotick, miniature ninjas, firefighters, and a stunning twist on Batman. But this is the height of the age of Breckon.

     

    if only for the pivotal last few minutes. 

     

    Other personal favorites are the episode where

    , and of course,
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    Also, I think its absolutely incredible that we've been following Chris' ridiculous shelter week-by-week exclusively, and then the RTS Fog-of-war thing happens where we realize that Nick Breckon has been 3 steps ahead the whole time.

  23. Posted

    Reaction videos for games as well as movies and tv (especially from huge audiences) can be intoxicating. I am less into those youtube institutions that have thousands of scary game lets plays, since I feel they always have a lot of exaggerated reactions for a more entertaining show. Love the ones where they are actually not at all expecting whats going to happen, or are genuinely unaware of what they're watching/playing cause a friend showed them.

     

    Looking forward to the Nick Breckon clip show next week.

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    And I think I know why... the "Endless Eight", who on Earth makes a time loop eight episodes long and one third of the whole series? I'm sorry, but this is painful to watch. I'm at the fifth of eight episodes and it seems literally the episodes except for some minor details at the beginning and end.... and I still have three episodes to go? 

     

    I try not telling my friends about the EE and seeing how far they bother to get on their own. I know one person who somehow sat through all 8.