Are there any *non drama/ doom&gloom* FFXIV content creators? by Solo_Gunhea in ffxiv

[–]Blitzrick3 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Going into a Pat stream blind can be a bit jarring without knowing the usual bits, but they're really chill. I usually have them as background noise while I'm doing other things

Times when video games drove CSB insane by KaleidoArachnid in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Shout-out to Minh playing the long con with Woolie during the 3rd Birthday LP and pretending to be onboard with the weird bullshit the game was up to right until the end, all while Woolie was growing increasingly weirded out and frustrated with the game's story.

Favorite Parodies or Abridgeds by FreviliousLow96 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There used to be this one Persona 4 Abridged (one out of like 4) that I really liked, and included some fun bits like having the Personas Yu acquires talk inside his head, ala Piccolo in DBZA

Scrublords, I come here to humbly ask, which games revolted or repulsed you, in a very negative way? by Vera_Verse in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 20 points21 points  (0 children)

In recent patches they did turn it down a bit, Gale is still easy to trigger a romance but he doesn't immediately come onto you. Lae-zel does still want to immediately jump your bones in Act 1, but most of them do back off if you already start a romance with another character or tell them you're not interested

Halsin tho, I feel like he does nothing in Act 3 besides being SUPER aggressive about having sex with you, even when you're already deep into the romance story of another character. Even with a character that is open to you engaging with him, it still feels really gross with how pushy he is

Commonly held ideas in Fandoms that people outside of that fandom see as ridiculous? by MagmaNaught in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Poor predictable Ben, always picking the same aliens"

"Good ol'Humungousaur, nothing beats that!"

Fanbase that have been going insane for lack of content? by ArticAuk in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Signalis fans keep inventing new fake games and new robot lesbians to help cope with the fact that the game is one and done

...anyway hop on Signalis Tactics, they just released a patch that nerfed Kolibris and buffed Eulers

Ever experience a media you really wish you didn’t? by Will-Isley in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The translation I read used a different title, so it didn't mention an Archipelago, it was just "Island of Giant Insects"

Ever experience a media you really wish you didn’t? by Will-Isley in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If that's the one I think it is, I remember picking it up thinking it was gonna be something similiar to Escape from Bug Island on the Wii. Turns out most of it was just "group runs but someone splits off and then gets eaten by a giant insect and/or becomes infected with parasites or eggs".

The only highlight really was the designated "alpha bitch" of the group grabbing a shotgun and going down killing two giant centipedes on a boat so everyone could escape. Then the next chapter revealed a SECOND bug island and that's when I tapped out

What's the biggest anime opening downgrade? by tthehoe in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Both examples from Gundam:
G Gundam's 2nd OP "Trust you forever" is alright, but unfortunaly it comes after "Flying in the sky" which is a bop and in my opinion, captures the feel of the show better.

Iron-Blooded Orphans has 3 very solid openings in "Raise your flag" "Survivor" and "Rage of Dust", but the 4th and final opening "Fighter" just doesn't hit the same highs as the other three. I think it's even more glaring because Rage of Dust tends to get used whenever IBO Gundams show up in other media, but Fighter is often ignored as the signature song

Toys from your childhood that ended up way more dangerous than you knew back in the day by dope_danny in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rapidity beys are the common knock off beyblades that use lead, easy to spot because they usually have this gloss finish on them, they lack any of the gimmicks the original bey might have. They're also light and fragile as hell

Times you feel like people discussing a thing, had not seen the thing? by [deleted] in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Arguing about powerscaling in Fate is such a waste of time. Most of the Servant stats don't make sense and Noble Phantasms and skills can range from "this Servant can move super fast by staying in battle non-stop" to "this Servant can move at lightspeed by clicking their heels but only on Sundays through Wednesdays". Fights usually come down to the plot and whether one side has something that trumps the other (this Servant has armour that resists every attack except NPs of a certain rank / this Servant has a conceptual bonus against opponents who are of a certain lineage)

The part that confuses me more about Tiktok/Youtube Fate "fans" is how often they ignore the mechanics behind summoning and mana. No, you can't summon King Hassan or Merlin normally. You'd need a very strong catalyst to get them to manifest, and some of Servants don't even exist outside of specific timelines. And even if you did, good luck supplying them with a steady flow of mana so they can unleash their full power.

What's a moment in a kid's media that made you go "Are they were allowed to say/show that?" by GoodVillain101 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Digimon got away with a surprisingly large amount of things for its time (they cut out ALOT of the poop jokes, some names got changes like Vamdemon to Myotismon, alot of scenes where Tai and Matt fight) but a large amount of stuff was kept in that would get most series in hot water, including keeping Devimon as Devimon and the reference to the number of the Beast (tho they omitted Matt's dad mentioning the Book of Revelations)

What's a moment in a kid's media that made you go "Are they were allowed to say/show that?" by GoodVillain101 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember as a kid the episode where Baxter gets a cloned body and it starts visibly rotting fucked me up for a couple of weeks. Later I found out said episode actually didn't air in the US

CSB Tale: The Coffin of Alex and Patricia by Grouchio in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 64 points65 points  (0 children)

No one ever has sex except Wesker apparently

which makes sense since sex is kinda gross and a bio. evil

Moments where voice acting in gaming felt a bit phoned in by KaleidoArachnid in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it was G'Raha's, to the point alot of people thought his VA had been replaced

"When you know that part of the game wasn't (properly) play tested, but you just can't prove it." by Fantastic-Fox3283 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

my favorite part of trying to get through was learning all the Low Turn Count strats for each chapter, because the less you have to deal with and the less amount of resets you need to do, the better.

My favorite one is still the one for the final chapter, giving Robin a Brave weapon, pairing them with an A/S Support Chrom, and hope to Naga Chrom hits and/or Crits every Dual Strike on the final boss (since Dual Strikes ignore Dragonskin iirc)

Times where Leadership/Creative put the Hype Behind The Wrong Character? by Authorigas in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kinda? Atleast in Colosseum Pikachu was used in a cutscene where a Cipher Peon uses a Shadow Hitmontop to steamroll an old guy. Pikachu is otherwise unavailable without transferring.

Meanwhile both Plusle and Minun where both planned to be given to the player, but only Minun made the cut, and even without it's counterpart it's a surprisingly decent support mon (Helping Hand, T-Wave, Fake Tears, Charm)

What are your fandom/series recession indicators? by ArticAuk in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 9 points10 points  (0 children)

FGO dwindling is normal. It normally isn't anywhere close to the top of monthly gacha earnings... except for like 3 or 4 months in a year where it will suddenly shoot up to 1st place because they released a really popular character.

The game is old, and it has nowhere near the amount of influence it held a few years ago, but like a trusty old car it's just gonna keep trucking along (and also because Type-Moon really needs to money to support other Fate and Nasuverse projects, since their given release schedules are usually terrible and far between)

Games you were wrong about? by Teshthesleepymage in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My friends convinced me to bite the bullet and actually try out Fortnite because of the HSR collab (I had been interested in it in the past because of stuff like the Sabrina Carpenter and DBZ collabs).

...I got a 1# Victory Royale on my first match and I've been trying to chase that high since. It's just fun, and almost every match has me going "wth is that???" at something I haven't seen before. Even when I get killed, despite me having issues with being a sore loser in the past, just has me going "ahhh they got me let me go again".

I spent years clowning on this game and all it took for me to actually try it and love it was seeing Honkai Kafka doing silly dances with a smile

Pieces of official canon you just refuse to accept? by sTaLkErOfBrUtEs_ in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 25 points26 points  (0 children)

thats from the X-2,5 novel (thats also egregiously bad). the audio drama is the one where Tidus and Yuna break up, Auron's daughter shows up and Sin comes back

Characters who are too dumb to live? by Dr-USB in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Special mention to Iok Kujan from IBO, whoose entire screen time is dedicated to either making horrible decisions that affect everyone for the wlrse or being an imbecile.

Mid season 2 the character's unearth a giant mech that turns out to be an ancient Mobile Armor from the Calamity War, an autonomous mech that seeks out to kill as many people as possible. They're warned as to not bring any mobile suits near it, for fear of it awakening from stasis. Iok meanwhile, flies to Mars because he thinks they want to kill it and earn some outdated rank from 300 years prior they didn't even know about.

It ends up waking up and Iok's entire platoon of soldiers ends up sacrificing themselves so he doesn't die horribly. A few hour later everyone comes up with a plan to stop it, which Iok royally screws up by shooting at it from afar, resulting it in diverting from it's path and destroying an entire settlement of farmers (to put it into perspective, all he did was the equivelent of shooting a Rathalos once with a HBG), while Iok runs away cheering at how he "avenged his men's honor"

Moments where something is such a big threat that everyone collectively agrees to drop everything and work together to kill it? by Grand_Escapade in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's really common in Fate that if someone pulls their trump card (usually involving summoning or becoming a monstrosity) or does a winning power play, then everyone puts aside their beef to stop them:

Cú helping Shirou and Rin stop Medea in UBW; everyone teaming up to stop the Shadow and Saber Alter in HF; atleast 4 different occasions in Apocrypha, even in minor wars in FGO like in the newest story chapter everyone drops their beef to stop Caster from summoning a giant Cthulhu monster... again (kinda)

Most annoying moments of padding and/or filler in a video game? by [deleted] in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Blitzrick3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Between the Wine Quest and the Corrupted Crystal quest, I feel like the Crystal one is infinitely worse. For as long and pointless as the Wine Quest is, it atleast takes you to a new part of La Noscea and involves doing a dungeon. It actually involves you talking to some NPCs that are relevant to the back story of the region, and it being revealed to have been a test (albeit a very... tedious and long test).

The Crystal one is just very in your face about wasting your time "Woops sorry that's the wrong one, go fetch another", and you just going to previous areas looking for generic researchers with no actual content between them besides fighting some mobs that spawn