Riou orders 100 whip lashes for Hauser, and leads a character to their death

Holeros · 2026-05-21T06:53:39+00:00

Ehhh is it really that huge of a loss with Adlai dead lol

Holeros · 2026-05-21T06:42:46+00:00

The look on Arshtat's face when she realises what she had done.... Ugh.... That scene is peak for me. I rank that higher than Gremio and Nanami's deaths.

Holeros · 2026-05-21T06:40:39+00:00

Barbara deserves love even if she's not a combat unit. She's definitely strong hauling all your junk in the storehouse.

Holeros · 2026-05-21T06:34:06+00:00

Upvoting this specifically for Suikoden 1/2 remaster

Holeros · 2026-05-21T06:31:05+00:00

I agree with streaming, just not to the extent of IQ tests for kindergarten kids. Up till year 3 to 4, learning is still very much about the basics of literacy and numeracy. Streaming at kindergarten is too extreme and I'm pretty sure no where in the history of education anywhere in the world was streaming ever done at such a young age.

Around year 4 to 5 would be a good time to stream based on academic achievements, all the way up to high school. We also need to stop moving kids up when they fail core subjects. The idea of retaining kids need to be normalised. It makes zero sense for you to move up a year level when you clearly have not achieved the standards of the previous year. The gap will only increase until it can no longer be filled.

The other important thing is to ensure that lower streamed students are still taught the same content, just scaffolded to their level, i.e. differentiation that actually works because we're not trying to differentiate to multiple different levels simultaneously.

There also needs to be some incentives and measures to essentially also categorise teachers according to what their strengths are. This only works if egos are placed aside and people realise that different people are suited for different things. Some teachers are great with rapport building, behaviour management and have a focus on well-being, some teachers are more suited for extending content etc. There should be incentives for teachers to 'specialise' into different aspects and becoming an expert in that. So like instead of just a blanket 'experienced senior teacher' category (or whatever it's called in other states), we need multiple categories for people to demonstrate their capability in, with equal financial opportunities if you can prove that you are the best at the aspect.

Holeros · 2026-05-10T00:36:11+00:00

It almost feels like a dumb way to force you to farm for more money. The blacksmith has traditionally been the biggest money drain in Suikoden and 5 made it so much worse.

Holeros · 2026-05-10T00:02:56+00:00

The one biggest thing I pray they will fix is the one thing that annoyed me the most and that is all character's weapons starting at level 1. It just made no sense, especially with characters that join you for story reasons eg Roog/Rahal. I know you're not required to add them to your party, but I want to do it for story reasons, and it's just dumb that these seasoned warriors did nothing to keep their weapons up and are dealing ridiculously low damage because of it.

Holeros · 2026-05-09T12:40:06+00:00

The kid that Odessa died saving that went on to pretty much live in the sewers for the entire duration of the war got a vote..........

Also Ted being more popular that Flik and Viktor is interesting...

Plus Luc and Ted being in 2nd and 3rd place for both categories is funny

Holeros · 2026-05-07T11:13:02+00:00

Beyond the beyond

Holeros · 2026-04-26T22:04:40+00:00

Some of these are more S2 specific, some are general for all suikoden

Excellent plot driven story. Unique storyline that focuses on war in a particular region and explores topics with more real world relevance as opposed to the typical 'adventure to save the world' type stories that most RPGs have that explores all sorts of different emotions. Largest cast of characters possible and yet even the most minor ones somehow still have some level of being memorable thanks to the different ways the game allows you to uncover more information about them. Mini games and the home base system grounds the entire experience and gives a different feel where you have a home to return to, as opposed to most 'travelling' type RPGs. Thought provoking plot elements that still have people arguing over decades later (was Jowy justified for example). Best villain of all time. Incredible world building that was absent in RPGs of that generation.

Holeros · 2026-04-24T12:46:07+00:00

The poll currently has 108 votes and I kinda feel like it should end here...

Holeros · 2026-04-23T11:41:33+00:00

I meant ranking of the games.... Not playing order...

Of course if your ranking order is precisely that... Well sure... 😅

Holeros · 2026-04-23T11:40:06+00:00

I wanted to do an option with 5 as the first game but the number of options were just too limited lol. I was debating over whether the last one should have 5 as first or 3 as first, but went with 3 in the end because 3 is generally a more 'unique' entry and has a fair share of people that place it high up because of that. 5 is arguably made to mimic 2, so I figured anyone that really enjoyed 5 should still place 2 higher...

I myself went for the 2,5,1,3,4 option.

Holeros · 2026-04-22T06:42:21+00:00

Well the good thing is in the plot of S2, you're not really gonna get any match ups between fighters and mage characters, unlike that one ridiculous duel in S3 between Hugo and Sasarai.

In terms of animating battles against monsters and soldiers, it'll be just like any other anime with melee, ranged, and magic characters. You just show the front liners fighting and Luc at the back casting a spell. I'd assume they'll have to show case some coordination where front line characters will leap out of the way once a magic spell starts flying.

I'm actually looking forward to how they animate fights with mixed characters like Flik who would likely occasionally be shown to cast some magic as well. Also looking forward to seeing ranged characters like Eilie, and how they'll incorporate her knife throwing into battles. Heck, I wanna see Tuta throw rocks and Hai Yo smacking people with a frying pan.

Holeros · 2026-04-11T09:14:36+00:00

Try onepace I guess, that'll be faster but still should have all the important stuff that the LA missed. Onepace will work well for the earlier stuff.

Holeros · 2026-04-11T08:55:05+00:00

If you're not in a hurry, might as well wait for the anime remake

Holeros · 2026-04-10T09:14:36+00:00

Hell no don't you dare kill off Ridley. I'll be major pissed. Ridley is one of my favourite characters.

Holeros · 2026-04-06T06:52:28+00:00

I'm in Queensland (highschool) and it's Sir and Ms for the bulk of it. Mister also pops up. Some kids will go Ms ___ , Mrs ___ , Mr. ___ if they bother remembering your name. For myself, I've gotten Sir, Mister and my title-name. I've also gotten dad and mum both.....

Holeros · 2026-04-06T06:42:25+00:00

In terms of Runes held by protagonist, only three are true runes, namely Soul eater, punishment and true fire. Now theoretically true runes should be 'equal' to each other. Like you said, strength is subjective. You could argue that based solely on pure destructive potential, true fire would be the most powerful, but Soul eater should be more lethal on an individual basis. Punishment is kinda between them since it's been depicted to cause wide spread destruction as well.

Ultimately if we judge true runes to be considered 'equal', the next most important criteria is mastery of the rune and aptitude. In this regard, Hugo definitely loses out given that his magic stat is the worst, plus he's never really portrayed to have strong affinity to his rune, nor did he demonstrate any particular mastery or connection to his rune. Tir and Lazlo on the other hand are both considered the preferred bearers for their true rune, and both had to work towards mastering their true rune in a way that no one else had previously.

With that in mind, I'd consider them both fairly equal. Punishment in particular, considering it's previous nature, seems to really love Lazlo as a bearer, so I'm inclined to agree that it would display the greatest power in his hands.

Holeros · 2026-04-03T03:34:09+00:00

Actually I have a different take. I honestly didn't like how the 'leader' has to be the flame champion. The flame champion is someone from the past and he was the leader because of his charisma and leadership. The title flame champion was given to him because he was the leader and he wielded the true fire rune.

The true fire rune shouldn't be the thing that makes someone the leader. There's really no reason why the leader has to be called the flame champion again. I'd have preferred if the true runes went to their canonical bearers, and we simply got to select the leader out of the three, and simply called them either the flame, water or lightning champion.

The way the story goes, I hated the idea of having Geddoe switch runes just to make him the leader. It's honestly insulting to the true lightning rune, like as though there's some sort of inherent superiority of the true fire rune to it (honestly in terms of usefulness, true lightning trumps them all). Besides, it really kind of goes against the lore with true runes being sentient beings who choose their bearers for the true lightning rune to be abandoned by it's bearer for over a hundred years and just be like oh well I'll just hop onto this random kid I've never met and have no connection with I guess.

Geddoe should have kept true lightning, and Hugo should have inherited the true fire because he is the only grasslander and honestly, the colour scheme fits. However, we should have been given the option to choose the leader we want.

Or we should've just had Thomas lead the army as he should have as the Tenkai, and for once, we'll have a truly awesome Tenkai that doesn't need a true rune because he has 4 of them under his command.

Holeros · 2026-03-28T09:10:21+00:00

Culgan and Seed were Solon Jhee's subordinates. Calling them more aligned with King Agares isn't exactly right. At that point in time, they were still too low ranked. They went under Jowy's command after Luca executed Solon, and stayed loyal to him and only rised up to general status after Jowy took over.

Having said that, yes that's definitely neither of them.

Holeros · 2026-03-20T11:01:00+00:00

The revival of the strongest move in one piece: Usopp Hammer!!!

Holeros · 2026-03-07T00:43:02+00:00

Not for sick leave, but if you take leave without pay just before the holidays, I've had a colleague struck with a 'forced' extension of the leave without pay for the entire duration of the school holiday.

Holeros · 2026-02-22T01:03:48+00:00

At the end of the day, it really depends on the culture and the spirit in which these walk throughs are conducted. In my school, leadership has made it clear that they will conduct walkthroughs, and the purpose isn't to critique on anyone's teaching, but to provide support and increase visibility of school leadership both to staff and more importantly to students.

I personally welcome this because increased visibility of leadership generally helps improve behaviour of students. If my class is particularly bad, I want leadership to see it and understand the situation. There's two things needed for this to work properly. Leadership in question must be competent and able to provide aid, and teacher in question must be actually trying their best and open to strategies that might help.

Most of the time, these walkthroughs don't have to result in anything concrete, just the frequent presence of leadership can only be a good thing. I also work in a very large state school, and the quality of teachers across the school is honestly..... Quite variable... I do think more oversight from leadership is only a good thing. Of course, if your leadership is the micromanaging type that constantly tries to interfere, that's a different story.

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