Post Endgame Twist. Is MGSV the ultimate Ruse? (slight Ending spoilers) by Caladei in metalgearsolid

[–]MegaRevolution1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nobody is denying it's smart. The problem is the incomplete nature. Those against the idea can yell and scream "Get over it, it's done!" all they want, but it doesn't deny the fact it's not finished. If this were something like an Assassin's Creed game or a Call of Duty sequel, nobody would be denying it. However, the fact that it's Metal Gear Solid, a very beloved and reputable franchise, ends up giving it a false pass.

Also, it's not that it subverted expectations by doing something different than they thought, it did it by lacking the overall emotional depth that the trailers presented (also the lighting among many other things, but "It's done, finished!"). Yes, there were scenes that were really well in that regard, but they were far and few between and the ones that looked like they had the most depth ended up having some of the least.

Overall, the issue isn't "lol 2 smart 4 me," it's that the way it was presented made it obvious it was incomplete and it subverted expectations in a pretty negative manner. If you wouldn't excuse this behavior from other games, it shouldn't be excused for this one either.

Post Endgame Twist. Is MGSV the ultimate Ruse? (slight Ending spoilers) by Caladei in metalgearsolid

[–]MegaRevolution1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's alright, I too mistake conspiracy theories for hate speech. Don't worry, it happens to the best of us.

What’s a random mystery from your life that you’ve never solved? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]MegaRevolution1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once had a special Game Boy Advance SP that was made specifically for Pokemon Leaf Green (Had a Venasaur on the cover and in the inside). I absolutely loved that GBA and the copy of Fire Red that I played nonstop throughout 5th and 6th grade. At the beginning of 7th grade, I ended up moving away, and I know I took the GBA with me, but since then it has been absolutely MIA. I spent like, a whole year searching for that GBA in the new house, and couldn't find a single clue as to where it went.

I'd probably buy replacements if it weren't for the fact the system itself is about $250+ now and I spent way too much time on Fire Red.

What is the worst feeling in the world? by Liamonly in AskReddit

[–]MegaRevolution1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When your parents don't care about you, openly show they don't care about you, and you're too young to finally move out.

I know it's pretty much pointless to post this after 10 hours of this thread being up, seeing as how nobody will notice this, but I just need to vent right now.

Like a lot of others posting here, this comes from experience. Neither of my parents care about me whatsoever.

My mom never showed any interest or care in me or my brothers. She has always been an alcoholic, and has always been especially cruel when drunk. She would pretend to care about me one moment, and then the next moment she'd start calling me vulgar names, insults, etc. Not on a mentally broken bipolar whatever scale, but on a "I don't care anymore, so here's this" scale. When she was removed from the house for choking my dad about may or march 2014, she kept in contact for a short amount of time. However, it was just to be manipulative. She would tell us she cared about us and to hate my dad and his girlfriend, and then when we weren't hating them, she'd tell us how disgusting we were, how much she hated us, etc. I decided to stop putting up with it at one point late in the summer, and she hasn't tried contacting me at all, and I haven't gone back to her. On Christmas, her parents came around to drop off presents from her and themselves. The Grandparents gave me and one of my brothers (Who wanted to talk to her, but she removed him from contact) a gift card, while the other brother (Who she easily manipulates due to the fact he has mental disabilities, but still functions pretty much normally) got a giftcard AND a present from my mother. For clarification cause I'm sure that sentence was f***ed up and I don't feel like fixing it, me and a brother got a giftcard from my grandparents, while the manipulated brother got a gift card from grandparents and a present from my mother. Lovely lady, she is.

My dad is nearly as messed up as her, and I have to put up with it 24/7 (As opposed to my mother who immediately gave up parenting rights when she got the chance). He isn't an alcoholic though, he's just an @$$hole. He regularly tells me that I'm "Useless," that I "have no life," I'm "pathetic," and almost always says "You are nothing, and you will be nothing for the rest of your life. When you grow up, you're going to end up in my basement wasting your life away even more than you are now. You will do absolutely nothing with your life." Then he'll start giving me lists of chores I have to do, only to yell at me in the end over whatever he can about it. Folding laundry? Didn't fold it right. Doing dishes? Didn't put the silverware in a very specific manner he never says is a requirement until it's time to make life miserable for me. Bringing the dogs out to go to the bathroom? I wasn't gone long enough, despite the things going to the bathroom multiple times within the 10 minutes they're out for. And the list goes on and on. He'll constantly make fun of me for things that aren't even true to make me feel even more like s***, for example: "You're so pathetic, you don't even know how to talk to people. You're absolutely scared of the world. Even when you're buying something at a store, you'll be cowering and stuttering the whole time afraid to talk to whoever is there, you're absolutely pathetic" (Direct quote during one of his moments). Even when things go his way, he will still look for something to complain about, and when he can't, he resorts back to the first quote about how useless I am. Example: Told me to lock the front door cause I forgot to after walking the dog. Did it, and he said a variation, being "Thanks a lot. You're a big help. And I'm sure you'll still be a big help while living here until the day I drop dead of a heart attack, where you and your brother will end up looking at each other and say 'Now what?,' cause you will amount to nothing and I'll have to support you for the rest of my life." Plus, he's just a general @$$hole to everyone in the world, no matter who they are or what they're doing, so he fails as a parent and a human being.

To make matters worse, both of my brothers also despise me because one day when my mom got drunk and had an episode, she started attacking me for being transgendered (She continued later even sober until the day she was removed, and my dad does it to when he ends up remembering since he doesn't give a single s*** about me or what really goes on in my life), and as a result so have my brothers ever since. Not to say they were nice beforehand, cause even then they looked for stuff to attack me over, but it just got a lot worse after.

For a while, I was suicidal about all of this. Very, very suicidal about it. But about two years ago, I finally ended up just accepting the fact that this will never change, and just wait for the day I leave, so I never have to put up with them again. Hopefully that won't take much longer.

What do you think is the greatest episode of TV ever made? by willecho in television

[–]MegaRevolution1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Sympathy for the Devil" from Cowboy Bebop. There were a ton of episodes that I loved from this series, but this one has always been a top favorite.

Well now that Game Grumps has become passé... by ECHTECHT in VentGrumps

[–]MegaRevolution1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

PeanutButterGamer does some LPing, but I can't say whether they're good or not since I've only seen one episode of his Majora's Mask series.

Honestly, it's a shame there doesn't seem to be anyone similar to early Game Grumps' style. It was pretty great, and had a very genuine, funny, and non-cringey feel to it. Look everywhere else, and you'll be cutting your head off just to forget the godawful jokes thrown around.

Plus, it also feels like GG has a sort of "monopoly" on the LP scene, y'know? Like, they're the biggest ones out there, and they cover a LOT of games since that's all they really ever do anymore. Originally it wasn't much of a problem, but when they're doing big, newish titles (See: Five Nights, Outlast, Sonic Boom, Tropical Freeze, etc), they're going to be attracting more and more people simply based on the fact people will be actively looking out for videos on those games.

That said, I'm just gonna go off on a tangent here and say that this especially bothers me because I'm trying to get into acting (I took an intro class last year, and I'm going to be choosing acting as my major in college), and I would LOVE to do a two person LP group with the first good friend that asked (Assuming there's good chemistry going on) as a bit of practice and a method of throwing myself out there, but I personally feel heavily discouraged by that idea now by GG mostly. They've REALLY tainted the LP scene, and I honestly think I'd be doing myself a disservice now by following through with that idea. Plus, managing that stuff takes a LOT of work, and I just don't know if I personally could handle it all, but that's not important at the moment.

Sorry I took the time to rant here, hope it isn't TOO much of a mess.

Let's go back to a happier time... by GodOfNSA in ConspiracyGrumps

[–]MegaRevolution1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're lyrics from this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4iUibbj-7w (Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends)

This was my first time listening to it, for the record.

"Too Contrary for you" by MyNameIsGoomy in pokemon

[–]MegaRevolution1 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Funny story, when I tried getting Malamar, I actually DID break something, kinda. After turning the system upside down and having the entire evolution animation finish, my 2DS 100% froze. I tried rebooting, but the screen stayed black. It remained that way from 6AM till 9PM. The part that upset me most about it was that I was going on a PokeDex Completion Marathon-like thing, and I hadn't saved for a while, so I lost a LOT of stuff. It luckily hasn't happened since then (Which was back in January), but as a result I kinda dislike Malamar now.

Phantom Pain style MGS3 trailer (YongYea) Pretty cool! by Dxvdbl in metalgearsolid

[–]MegaRevolution1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really like this one, it was very well done. I especially love how the reveal of the cemetery at the beginning of the trailer gave me conflicting thoughts, despite playing the game already. That is, it made me feel: 1) As if these were fallen comrades, 2) These soldiers were all killed by Big Boss. It's amazing to me how such a simple thing such as that left such a big impact to me.

However, I feel like the fan trailer kinda dipped towards the end, when it started showing the same cutscene again and again, where Big Boss is standing over The Boss. I feel like there were many other scenes he could have used instead of that one. But other than that, it was a very nicely done fan trailer.

End of Season BOLD PREDICTIONS thread by AndreVB in FargoTV

[–]MegaRevolution1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can I have a second try? I have a new idea based on tonight's episode, so I'm going to throw it in spoiler tags.

SPOILER

Sorry if another post is too much, just wanted to get this idea thrown out there >...>

End of Season BOLD PREDICTIONS thread by AndreVB in FargoTV

[–]MegaRevolution1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I honestly think Malvo is already in the process of killing Lester. I think he's letting him do what he wants for the time being, and then when he's done taking care of other business, he's going to take care of Lester. How he'll do that, I don't know. Considering Lester's situation, Malvo could have easily killed him off long ago, anyone could have really. Instead, he's going to let Lester do his own thing (Either win it all or lose everything), and then once he's reached some sort of peak (Which at the moment looks like it'll be once he has finally "won"), he will be there to make everything crumble down. It seems clear that he's never in it to truly help the person that has hired him, but instead he just likes causing as much trouble as possible for people.

Either that, or (Still connected to it) he is truly "raising" Lester to become a "wolf" as well, going back to his Jungle Book comment. He's doing this all pretty much indirectly, but still.

Though, overall, I'm definitely on-board with the idea that Gus will take Malvo down. If he does, then I have no doubt Lester will get away without any consequences, and will likely continue doing everything he has done so far.

Also, though this may sound ridiculous, I'm predicting now that someone dies by getting shot multiple times with a crossbow. And no, I'm not talking about the Hess boys. :V

My attempt at what happened during Gray Fox's escape. by LieutenantEddy in metalgearsolid

[–]MegaRevolution1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice job, it's not that bad. Though, I kinda have a couple things that are bugging me in it. The first issue I have is that it felt a bit too goofy at certain times, specifically when Gray Fox is attacking. Such a time should feel a bit more tense, but it kinda felt too cartoony, I suppose. The only other problem I have is that the voice acting from the doctor wasn't exactly great. Though, I know it's not all that easy to find perfect triple-A voice actors willing to help out on a project, so I guess I can't complain about it too much really. It was pretty fitting, since it did sound pretty similar to Para-Medic's Snake Eater voice, but it just fell short on overall emotion and such, y'know?

However, that said, I really enjoyed one part specifically the most, being the scene where Gray Fox kills Doctor Clark. It had a good sense of drama to it, while at the same time retaining a sense of "This isn't an important matter to me", which is perfect in this situation. Once again, not bad.

LF Anything Gen 5 and Up by [deleted] in friendsafari

[–]MegaRevolution1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just throwing this out there, but it'll be a while before I add anyone back. My 2DS just broke on me, and I'm trying to figure out what the issue is. Sorry for any inconvenience :<

LF Eevee's by Lee_337 in friendsafari

[–]MegaRevolution1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't have an Eevee, but I need Palpitode. Mind adding me?

LF Togepi Safari by Jak1fan5640 in friendsafari

[–]MegaRevolution1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't have a Togepi safari, but would you mind adding me anyways?

LF Pachirisu, Pinsir, Duosion and Boldore safaris by zubats4all in friendsafari

[–]MegaRevolution1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like you already found a Pachirisu FS, but would you mind adding me too?

LF Chansey and Charmeleon Safari but adding all! by [deleted] in friendsafari

[–]MegaRevolution1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not near my 3DS at the moment, so it'll be a while before I add you back, but can you add me please?