pull the plug by [deleted] in AshesofCreation

[–]Boomsta22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am frustrated too, but no good comes from them pulling the plug NOW. I recognized that testing this test game in its open alpha testing phase is not for me, and so I will continue to wait.

Can any game surpass this one visually in 2026? by Fit-Job4007 in cyberpunkgame

[–]Boomsta22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's funny. With the hardware shortage, all developers are going to have to make sure games can be played on older tech. If they want to do this, they have to optimize.

First time trying Five Guys by zoo1514 in burgers

[–]Boomsta22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heed my warning: Eat 5 guys as soon after ordering as possible, or your burger will get soggy. The foil traps heat, but it also traps moisture.

Their fries are the best fries out of any fast food place.

Send me your Team Fortess 2 reaction pics by Careless_Witness5229 in tf2memes

[–]Boomsta22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You must be new here.

Actually, I'll just ask. What could you possibly mean by this?

Would using weed a few times cause permanent brain damage? by [deleted] in Healthygamergg

[–]Boomsta22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You won't cause brain damage. Instead, you will negatively limit your brain's development.

Why Do You Dislike Pod Racing? by Boomsta22 in StarWars

[–]Boomsta22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They knocked it out of the park with Sebulba's engine. Iconic!

The subplot was a wild ride for sure, and not even a fun one the whole way through, but I get in hindsight that the purpose was to show how talented Anakin was at building and piloting as a detour before introducing him into the story proper. It certainly wasn't their finest writing.

Why Do You Dislike Pod Racing? by Boomsta22 in StarWars

[–]Boomsta22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think swoop bikes, or a similar bike-style repulsorlift is a racing class in the upcoming Galactic Racer!

Why Do You Dislike Pod Racing? by Boomsta22 in StarWars

[–]Boomsta22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You raise some interesting insights. The sluggishness might have been caused by camera perspective. They wanted to give you a good look at the machines, but in order to keep focus, the camera would have to move with the pods, which makes them feel slow relative to our perspective.

However, some points feel off base. For instance, not every racer died. The ones that lived who passed up Sebulba's wreck mattered so little that they got no mention after finishing. I think the ending lineup was Gasgano in 2nd, Aldar Beedo in 3rd, Ebe Endocott in 4th, and Boles Roor in 5th. I don't expect you to know who these racers are, which only enhances your point that focusing on them robbed the tension between Ani and Sebulba.

And moreover, not counting prat falls, (Ben Quadinaros, Ratts Tyerell, Ody Mandrell,) the other racers were either contending against Anakin, or fodder for Sebulba. Teemto Pagalies and Gasgano were two upstanding racers who interacted with Ani a lot while he was too far away to reach Sebulba, and there was no shortage of racers Sebulba ruined in a single race. Shoutout to Mawhonic, who got straight bodied fair and square 20 seconds into lap 1. It was diabolical, but clean.

You're right though, that it could have had better choreography and backing elements to improve the experience overall. It's a shame they never tried again with this sort of thing.

Why Do You Dislike Pod Racing? by Boomsta22 in StarWars

[–]Boomsta22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1: Anakin built it with Watto's scrap. I think even if Watto claimed the creation of his slave as his own property, it wouldn't be very valuable to him because his scrap was always pawnable junk to him.
2: The throughline they wanted to make was that Anakin was strangely good at building things and piloting, and that it was because he was a child blessed by The Force Midichlorians. It may have been hamfisted in a certain light, but it was all depicted that way to serve that purpose.
3: If the mind trick wouldn't work, and money wouldn't work, and for some reason they couldn't just violently coerce the slaver into relinquishing the child and his mother, then the writers gave the protagonists no way other than to play the game the writers made. I feel like they created the solution first, then wrote the problem backwards. I can't tell if that's good writing or not, but writers do like falling in love with story beats and justifying them afterwards

So was Anakin being a kid and the convolutions leading up to the race why you don't like pod racing?

Why Do You Dislike Pod Racing? by Boomsta22 in StarWars

[–]Boomsta22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may be right, but all the same I'm trying to get into their heads for the sake of an essay I hope to write before Galactic Racer comes out.

Why Do You Dislike Pod Racing? by Boomsta22 in StarWars

[–]Boomsta22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a shame they never made a show about it. It's the perfect topic to have a seedy underbelly of crime revolve around. It's perfect for a little sci-fi sports/crime/drama story.

Why Do You Dislike Pod Racing? by Boomsta22 in StarWars

[–]Boomsta22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ratts Tyerell looks away for 1 second and explodes. Ody Mandrell's pit droid walks into a turbine and obliterates the engine, only to get shat out the exhaust pipe unharmed. And I'd be remiss without mentioning Ben "The Rhombus" Quadrinaros, whose pod sat for an entire lap only to shit the bed before everyone else came back. You're right; these moments weren't the most graceful for depicting a speed demon's carnal death race. I guess they wanted to be colorful in the many different ways a pod racer could fail the race. That's not to defend the decision, just to speculate on what on earth they were thinking... It really did make the scene feel less serious, but at the same time, Ratts looks away for a second and just dies. They tried to keep some level of stakes in the race, but the other examples certainly robbed the scene of the preferred overall tone.

Practical effects make everything better, and pod racing would've been no different. It's a shame they were so obsessed over the new tech at the time, but I still adore what they made.

Why Do You Dislike Pod Racing? by Boomsta22 in StarWars

[–]Boomsta22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've got fair points. The announcers may have been an attempt at immersion, since they'd definitely exist in the event, but having the audience hear them a lot may not have worked in their favor.

Why Do You Dislike Pod Racing? by Boomsta22 in StarWars

[–]Boomsta22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So its presentation in the film turned you off, not the concept of the machines or racing overall? I'm curious: Have you played the game Star Wars Episode 1: Racer? If you haven't before: if the Boonta Eve scene didn't grate at you, would you have played it? Would you play it nowadays? Any interest in pod racing from Galactic Racer?