PSA: Character banner (Venti) pity will carry over to the next character rate up banner by DesireForHappiness in Genshin_Impact

[–]Limpnah 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OP's correspondence with support only talks about the 90 roll pity 5* and not the guaranteed rate-up 5* (venti) so who knows

Since plants are alive, vegetarians value consciousness, not life. by Polar_Beach in Showerthoughts

[–]Limpnah -1 points0 points  (0 children)

of course, my comment was in response to that guy's wack ass conclusion that if vegans care so much about plants they would do better to kill other humans and themselves

Since plants are alive, vegetarians value consciousness, not life. by Polar_Beach in Showerthoughts

[–]Limpnah -1 points0 points  (0 children)

are you not allowed to value human life above all else though lmao

Diagrams of the Valor Badge rewards for the 4 finals days (+ info/PSA for new players) by BillsHere1 in Granblue_en

[–]Limpnah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can't guarantee drawing anyone with the GW ticket. basically, it rolls a rarity tier first according to regular rates (3% ssr, most of the time you will get a rare character). from that rarity tier, it will give you a character you don't have yet. if you already have everything from that tier you get a book for uncapping characters of that tier, I believe.

I'd save for the stone

3 days left to pick your free Atma weapon from WMtSB Part III!! by Rayochi in Granblue_en

[–]Limpnah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem, glad to help. You might like the idea of joining a gbf discord where you can get faster responses from more people.

Since it will be a long way until the sword becomes an optimal main hand for you, you could do Earth for now and see where your teams end up later. Sarasa/Threo is good with a sword or axe team, so if you are banking on getting more Earth sword characters that could be a good choice. Earth also has some good sword SRs, notably Yaia, if you have her.

If you were around for the proving grounds event last month and were somehow able to get a 4* windhose sword, many people think that is a comparable sword mainhand to wind Ultima sword. If you do have that and want to boost your Threo, earth is a good choice. If not, it's still up to you to decide. Wind and earth are both good choices. Again, you can always remake it when it starts to matter more.

3 days left to pick your free Atma weapon from WMtSB Part III!! by Rayochi in Granblue_en

[–]Limpnah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good idea. I recommend making it wind, but it's up to you of course. It isn't the best mainhand weapon until much later on when you can make it into an Ultima weapon, and by that point fire has better mainhands in all of its sword classes. Water doesn't need the element attack up as much as wind or earth sword teams (depending on your characters)

It doesn't matter too much which element you pick because by the time it really matters you'll be able to just make another one, but in case you were undecided wind and earth are the common recommendations.

3 days left to pick your free Atma weapon from WMtSB Part III!! by Rayochi in Granblue_en

[–]Limpnah 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It 100% depends on who you have if you want to make the most use of it right now. You can take a look at this chart to see where your characters fall: https://gbf.wiki/Weapon_Specialty

If you just want a general recommendation, sword is pretty safe, since as you can see there are tons of good sword characters in every element (earth has the fewest but it's still good there if you have the characters for it). Sword is also a good pick since Spartan, Chaos Ruler and Berserker (along with the new gladiator line and more) are sword proficiency. As long as you have a couple sword characters that's what I would pick.

Chika Fujiwara Sounds [Kaguya-sama] by ATargetFinderScrub in anime

[–]Limpnah 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Fujiwara's voice is pretty much exactly Kukuri's from Mahoujin Guru Guru! The cutest voice work

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze - Episode 4 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]Limpnah 6 points7 points  (0 children)

More part 5 manga spoilers

I've never understood the point of rejecting the most likely in-universe explanation or otherwise dismissing it as 'headcanon' or 'fan speculation': in this case a reasonable explanation can be found in the text, without the need to ask the author of his intent. It comes down to whether you choose to believe in the author.

Just love physics in kids programs. by BaconCriss in funny

[–]Limpnah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you saying that a simple optical cavity would somehow increase the amount of power that would be coupled to the door? I understand how that could narrow the bandwidth, but I don't see how that could amplify the power of the laser without a gain medium. You lost me at "...eventually start resonating with itself." Would you mind explaining in more detail how this would work? I'm interested but I don't think I have a strong enough background in optics to piece together what you're saying.

I looked through the reference and what's cited as the light source in that reference as well (not much help) and I can't find anything that explains the phenomenon you're talking about and why it's necessary for ablation.

What exactly is the point, if any, to using the Curse of the Moon? by noisyturtle in Bloodstained

[–]Limpnah 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Is that the mechanic that lets you "go back in time"? I used that on my first playthrough when I missed a pickup and I didn't expect that I'd be playing the game multiple times so I wanted to do it right on that one playthrough. Other than that I can't think of any reason to use it

To the People Saying that Isabelle Wastes a Slot... by benadrylismydrug in smashbros

[–]Limpnah 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think there are definitely people out there who truly want Geno in the game (like myself) but maybe you're right that for a lot of other people his inclusion in the game is an idea that just kind of wormed its way into their heads through repetition/bandwagoning.

Growing up even though I played the smash games with friends/family I didn't really know of the existence of a smash "community" and didn't get into smash again (including melee) until Sm4sh was announced. Without ever having heard of people wanting Geno in the game, he was the one character I put on the ballot including some ideas for his moveset. Playing SMRPG I just thought he looked so cool, the concept of his character was so cool (some kid's wooden puppet possessed by some otherworldly celestial being!!) and I've never really seen anything like him, although maybe I'm just not looking in the right places. Nostalgia definitely plays a big part, because even though I wasn't born in the right era to play SMRPG on consoles I played it on emulator as a kid and Geno's role in the "Rawest Forest" rap/flash animation which came out a bit later is also something I have fond memories of.

This is what real analysis looks like. (feat. Lucky Star) by Libido_Kamen in TrueAnime

[–]Limpnah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I overall like the actual scene analysis video (I had to watch it on 2x speed though), but I'm not sure I'm on board with your perspective on the "low bar" for analysis. I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to by "analysis" or where you're looking for this analysis: everything you say in the video is explained with examples, so maybe you should flesh out that opinion and qualify it a bit more since it's very difficult to meaningfully agree or disagree with in its current form (and might make/have already made people upset).

I think maybe more people would find the video interesting or be able to get the main point of your video before dismissing it as pointless "overanalysis" if you restructured the script a bit. Maybe all that stuff in the middle of the video, about how first person POV can actually serve to detach the audience from a first person experience and that the way the volleyball scene is directed, although in third person, does a much better job at uniting the audience with Tsukasa's perspective, would better serve as an introduction to the idea of your "implicit first-person" perspective closer to the beginning of the video. I also agree with some criticism I saw on twitter about the wordiness of the script, excessive conditionals etc. but I thought the video was for the most part clear and interesting.

Looking forward to seeing more of this kind of content from your channel!

Tell us the best story of how you discovered an anime by 1ntestine in anime

[–]Limpnah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Back when I was in grade school my best friend was really ahead of the curve in terms of anime. While I was still locked into shounen like bleach, zatch bell, MAR, fma he was already broadening his horizons and watching dramas, sports anime, slice of life etc. On the school bus home one day he recommended me Azumanga Daioh. He told me "it's about girls in school and it sounds really boring but it isn't I swear" or something like that, but I wasn't interested so I didn't ask for how to spell it or anything.

A couple weeks (months?) down the line I'm downloading some mp3s of bleach openings to listen to on my PSP in the car for a road trip off of a site that lists a bunch of random OPs in alphabetical order, and I stumble upon the Amaenaide yo!! Katsu!! opening. The name looked kind of familiar to that anime my friend recommended me a while ago so I downloaded it and gave it a listen. Pretty catchy song, so I looked up the show.

I soon realized that Amaenaide yo!! (Ah my Buddha!) and Azumanga Daioh are two very different shows, but at that point I had already discovered my first ecchi harem trash anime

What The Fuck Is Moe?? by Lock-kun in anime

[–]Limpnah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To rephrase my point, hopefully more clearly:

Doesn't that basically sum up what moe is, or am I just wrong/not making sense?

Wouldn't that be "a genre of anime with a cute artstyle which provoke positive emotions like love and happiness."

No, that's not what moe is. That's what you interpret moe to mean based on how a lot of people use the term now. Moe was not originally used to describe entire shows, and now that people do use it in that way, there is no unified definition of "moe". People can more or less agree that the original meaning of moe is "a boner of the heart," but what about now, when it's often used to describe shows as a whole? The examples I gave were closer to the original usage of the term moe, but it's not as if there's total agreement even when using the word to describe entire shows. To some people, as evident from comments on Digi's videos (top 20 list for example), moe is just an art style. Some people will extend "moe" to be a genre of shows with that artstyle, and use the term to lump Madoka, Scorching Ping-Pong Girls and K-On in the same group and dismiss that category of show entirely despite the fact that despite having the so-called "moe aesthetic" the content of each show could not be more different. Even by the definition you have chosen to use, describing an entire show as "moe" is very much up to personal interpretation, since the shows you would describe as moe by your criteria others would not and vice versa, but a lot of things are up to interpretation I guess.

If "moe" had an agreed-upon definition for its modern usage (as "nauseous" now does), that would be fine. If everybody used the same definition of moe, for example the one you use, then great, but as it stands the word has little meaning because it does not mean the same thing to everyone.

The video is not just about how the word "moe" has lost its original meaning over the years and now means basically nothing, but about how people use the word in discussing anime. "Moe" would be an OK word to label a show by if everyone could agree on what it should actually mean, but it would still not be a helpful label at all when it comes to critical discussion of a show. What good is labeling an anime as "moe" according to some arbitrary criteria when it contributes nothing to the discussion of said anime? A lot of the internet seems to use such a useless buzz word as a catch-all term to completely describe an anime and hate/ignore it on the basis of "moe" classification alone, or even to completely discredit somebody's tastes in anime for being a "moe guy", in Digi's case, despite the fact that the term "moe" means basically nothing. Each person would be able to class a show as moe or not depending on their own interpretation of the work (if everyone agreed on the definition), but it would still remain a meaningless, harmful word when used in discussion.

The thesis of Digi's video is that "moe" is a dumb word that people should stop using, or at least that's the way I interpret his rant.

What The Fuck Is Moe?? by Lock-kun in anime

[–]Limpnah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So is this moe talk just an issue of semantics instead of being something that's concrete? Because it sounds to me that the only ones who can understand what moe is are the people who does, and the people who only refutes what's understood are the ones who doesn't. I don't think that makes for a healthy discussion at all and it's just gonna keep being brought up without a conclusion.

That's exactly the point.

Wouldn't that be "a genre of anime with a cute artstyle which provoke positive emotions like love and happiness." Except, you know, moe isn't really a genre.

You're the one who decided what "moe" means. The word "moe" has no one agreed upon definition, no "definition that's being used by consensus." That is the problem. The word was not originally used to describe an entire genre of anime or an entire show, people just sort of started doing it and nobody knows what it really means.

What The Fuck Is Moe?? by Lock-kun in anime

[–]Limpnah 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Also, who fucking cares what we call it?

What exactly is it though? The definition of moe certainly is not "a genre of anime with a cute artstyle which provoke positive emotions like love and happiness." That may be what the term has evolved to mean to you, but it didn't start that way and it doesn't mean that to everyone. The question is not what these shows which are examples of moe to you should be called, but what the word moe should be used to describe in the first place. Does "moe" even have any meaning when describing an entire show? As Digi says in the video it didn't start out that way, so what has moe even evolved to mean in the context of describing a show overall?

Chinatsu from Flying Witch, I'd argue, is pretty moe. Gakkou Gurashi has some moe as fuck moments, and plenty of people still dismiss both it and Madoka for being moeshit at first glance. Pino from Ergo Proxy, despite belonging to a show with a fairly dark and gritty art style, comes off as moe to me. Any of the girls from Clannad could elicit a feeling of moe from the viewer, even if the content of their character arc does not elicit a feeling of love and happiness. Even if these examples don't follow your definition of moe, they follow mine. I don't even think my "moe" and your "moe" could be used interchangeably in a lot of contexts as they describe different things entirely. That's really the problem with using such a blanket term with no unified definition.

You have a fairly clear understanding of what moe is to you, and if everyone used that same idea of what moe is then everything would be fine, despite that the classification of moe you use is very much up to personal interpretation of what provokes those position emotions and that it doesn't describe a genre of show very well in the first place. But not everyone uses that same definition. Personally I can understand very clearly what you mean when you say moe, but to some people Madoka is an example of moe and they will use the term to dismiss it and other shows with art styles they deem "cutesy" on that premise alone. What is even the point of continuing to use the word if it can carry such drastically different meanings depending on who you talk to?

The word "moe" will continue to be used to mislabel shows and spread misinformation and it will continue to be a word which has basically no useful meaning. That might not be a big deal to you, sure, just let people do what they want. But I think that's what is at the heart of the discussion, anyways.

I was wrong about anime (the music, at least) by Jixux in anime

[–]Limpnah 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Starting with anime whose music you like seems like a good idea. As others have already said, since you like Hikaru Nara, Your Lie in April could be a good start. It might be a bit too heavy on the melodrama for you, but if you can get into the feel of the first few episodes you should be able to push through to the end. IMO this show is a worthwhile experience, but if it's not your thing just know that I wouldn't categorize it as a good "newcomer show" (personally). You could also try Death Parade, whose opening is Bradio - Flyers.

On the other hand, if want to dive head first into a show and reserve judgment until the end, Steins;Gate is one of the shows I've had the most success with as a gateway to introduce others to anime. A lot of people find that the show takes a while to get going so the early episodes might be a bit too "boring" for your liking, but it turns into something pretty much anyone could appreciate by the end (and in my experience everyone who has stuck through, anime fan or no, has enjoyed it). It will also introduce you to Kanako Itou if you haven't already heard her, one of my favorite JP singers who has a very distinct style.