The Damned
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Is it too late to take all credit now? Because I'd love to.
I'm glad the project ended up in the right hands. I honestly think that you guys did a better job than I would have been able to. Thanks for keeping it alive and thanks even more for completing it during this last year.
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We certainly don't have giant trees right now, no-sir-ee. Can't imagine what already old giant tress would be like without industrial lumbering would grow like. Maybe into even bigger giant trees? And, like, lots of them, since there's no one to cut them down any more? You know, because of all the people that would harvest them being dead for centuries. Those giant trees might have a long time to grow uninterrupted.
Also, when I speak of ants being machines, I'm speaking entirely metaphorically - in the same way we can say that a transit system is a circulatory system, and freight trucks are red blood cells.One does not speak of statements, only to claim metaphors afterwards.
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I haven't seen the anime, so I don't know how far it's adapted the manga
Scene for scene, word for word so far.
Can we apply a spoilers tag to the title? Because if we're going to discuss this show/manga (which is still going, and not everyone has seen all of yet) we're going to start exposing a lot of stuff.
Potential Spoilers:
The one theory that makes the most sense is that the world of Attack on Titan is actually our world, centuries from now, after a massive war. The Titans are actually bio-tech weapons that have since run a mock, and the city is the last refuge of humanity because whatever the war was, humanity lost big time.
We know that the 3D maneuvering system and the swords are remnants from the past, as stated in the story. The knowledge needed to make sturdy, razor sharp blades of quality, but also mass-produced, is a technological hurdle that would require a highly industrialized civilization. The cables for the gear are light, thin, and ridiculously strong for the use of constantly being shot around and pulling a human being at high speeds. The gas-powered system for shooting the cables... hell, the targeting system for the cables, on the swords, is well beyond the abilities of their current technology level.
They mention how there used to be Asians (as in, the people we have in our world) until most of them were lost to Titan attacks (and unfortunately, human trafficking). The majority of the city appears to be mostly European in appearance and naming. It's possible that the location is actually in Europe and any non-European heritage is simply the people that were stuck in that part of the world at the time of the war.
The technology used to create the giant walls of the city would have required massive efforts to engineer and build with just human power and basic engineering like wooden cranes. But with things like modern cranes, heavy-lift helicopters and material engineering, it would be a lot easier and faster. I do recall something about when the Titans first attacked, they "built the city as fast as they could". It took 40 years for the Great Pyramid to be made, and it's a fraction of the size and mass that the city walls would require. It makes sense that the world of Attack on Titan is actually a post-apocalyptic world recovering from massive losses of technology and civilization.
Finally, we have the lack of knowledge of the Titans themselves. It's entirely possible that whatever government or organization that built the city didn't have the time or means to properly archive their information on the Titans. If there was a war, and it was a brutal enough defeat that they had to hide behind walls, it's entirely possible that the people that knew the most about the Titans simply didn't survive long enough to share that info. Combine that with a few centuries of isolation, with a pinch or two of loss of general scientific knowledge, and you get a civilization that has high-tech weapons, but has to use horses for transport and cannons for defense. They simply don't have the means or knowledge anymore to do better.
The only question that is left is... who? Who started the war? Who created the Titans? Who used them?
But as I said, it's just a theory.
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Ants are insects. Insects are animals. Animals derive their energy from ingesting food. Animal eats something, they digest it, they get energy from it.
Solar energy is obtained either through photosynthesis, which on this planet, is the sole domain of plants (which animals aren't) or electrical technology, like solar cells, that generate electricity when exposed to light.
So unless you're going to tell us that ants are plants, technology, or both...
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So in 3rd gen remakes news, Secret Bases are back in ORAS!
http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/the-secret-is-out-on-super-secret-bases/
And they're looking niiiiice.
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Explanation given.
Acceptable.
Carry on.
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Very excited to be involved in this
Explanation.
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http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/pokemon-orchestral-concert-tour-announced/
So far, it's just in Washington, DC and Philadelphia, but at least it's a start! More venues are stated as coming, so there's a chance it will be in and/or near a city you live in!
I've been waiting for something like this for years, ever since I went to my first Video Games Live! concert. I know it's expensive and difficult, but I really do wish more games could do these kinds of performances more. The Zelda 25th concert was fucking amazing, and that's not even my favorite series.
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Ah, what wonderful timing, then. This just arrived today.
The second book should be out later this summer and the third book early next year.
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Also have to chime in with the "it's out?" comments. This one was around before my project was ( or at least, around the same time).
is all I can say.At least we finally get to hear it all. That alone is worth the wait, right?
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What's the deal with getting other karts in this game? Is it like Mario Kart DS where you unlock them by completing challenges/cups, or like Mario Kart 7 where you have to randomly buy parts and customize the karts?
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I missed that at the time but it brings me much joy.. what's the context?
They hired some comedian to host the press conference (I think it was the Ubisoft one?) and he kept doing that whenever they went to a video clip.
It went from weird, to funny, to annoying, to funny again, back to annoying, and then ended somewhere around "jesus fucking christ, why is this not over yet?", all within an hour.
One of the more memorable moments from E3. But not as good as "won mirriion twoooops" guy. Still the best.
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Since this is pretty much the de facto pokémon thread, this would be a good time to post this list of Pokémon games that will be affected by the Nintendo Wi-Fi shutdown that is coming up.
http://i.imgur.com/vd7wt2d.png
This does not mean, however, that local wireless communications are going to be shut down. Local wireless only requires you to the DS/3DSs own wireless on.
AGAIN: playing someone face to face will work as long as your DS does, it's only internet wireless that is being shut down. Local = fine, internet= no.
If you have any interest in using these games online, do so now.
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It's a key ingredient for ruined nostalgia. Really brings out that hint out pathos and entitlement.
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Except it doesn't do that at all.
Those could very well be early versions of the animation they show for the opening credits. They could even be one-off animations made specifically for the show they aired on. There was no indication that it was in-game battle animation, nor a part of the game itself.
This was kind of Nintendo's chance to wow us with what Game Freak has been working on all these months since XY came out in October. Six months later, and all they had to show for it was something that a decent prankster could have whipped up for their fake announcement on April 1st.
I'm really hoping they release more to show how far along the game is, because for some of us (maybe even a tiny bit of myself), this would have been the perfect chance to show that the remakes aren't just something they tossed out to make a quick buck.
They better have more than that to show over the next few weeks, because as first impressions go, this one didn't impress at all.
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Pretty much how I'm feeling after that wait (yeah, it was only like, two days, but still):
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Stream from Japan, even has a handy-dandy countdown.
Hopefully will also have 100% no-fucking-guy-talking-over-the-stream, because no ONE EVER FUCKING WANTS THAT.
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Wait, slight error in my last post about first footage from Japan. It's not Sunday, it's Saturday. As in, tomorrow morning for most of us.
It will air in Japan at 3:30 p.m. PDT/ 6:30 p.m. EDT in the US.
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First footage to be shown this Saturday.
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Well, not even 24 hours since the announcement and people have already started the new meme.
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Cryogonal is from Black and White, 5th gen. But it's still cool.
Red and Blue were buggy and underwhelming in graphics and sound. There were older titles that did more and did it better. Gold and Silver were more polished, but still not up to what the system was capable of.
Ruby and Sapphire were just insane compared to the last games. They were better looking, sounding, playing and feeling. The technical aspects (stats, battling, breeding, etc.) were overhauled and refined, and are still the basis for all the away up to X and Y.
Sadly, even though Diamond and Pearl refined the series even more, it wasn't as big a jump, so it felt more like gen 3.5, a hold-over until the next proper games came out... which were the remakes of Gold and Silver. And we all know how 5th gen and 6th gen turned out, as they're fairly recent.
So really, it's not surprising that some of us are very interested in these remakes, while still being somewhat cautious. Will it ruin what we remember of the old games, or will it be just a big leap in quality as the originals? At this point, we don't even know anything other than the titles.
Don't fuck this up, Game Freak. I'm going to Japan next year, and I know where your office is located. I'm a big guy with nothing to lose!
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You started your post with "Seriously?" like you think the topic was a joke, then you say "desperate" and "pushing it [...] til we choke on it." Follow up with a snide comment about "tossing money at" instead of "buying", like it's a waste of money.
You can see why your comment caome off a little negative.
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I kind of want this, mostly because 3rd gen was my favorite, but at the same time, they really have to offer something besides "hey, remember 2004? Wasn't that great?" with a fresh coat of new engine.
The video says "explore a dramatic new world", which means...? Are we talking new as in they added a little bit more to Hoenn, or they completely redrew the overworld map so there are new areas and cities, or it's not even taking place in Hoenn any more? I'm actually curious to find out.
Hopefully it will be a proper remake, even better than what they did with Fire Red/Leaf Green and Heart Gold/Soul Silver. Those ones kept all the great parts while managing to add in some refinements, even a few expansions and out-right up-grades. If Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire can exceed that, then it's going to be great.
If this is just a remake with little to no new content, enough to justify the purchase... then fuck it.
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Yeah, I vaguely remembered that it was in section4, but I could be bothered to look it up.
Perks of being a 9000+ post member. Also in section 4.
The Great Jungle Book/Zelda conspiracy
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Hundreds of songs have used the same technique (which I'm sure a more music knowledgeable member here can properly name), before and after that movie came out, so it's hardly the exclusive domain of either The Jungle Book or the Legend of Zelda.
You're reading (or more appropriately, hearing) too much into something that isn't really there.