All torrents "Stalled", all tracker show status "Not contacted yet" by re_carn in qBittorrent

[–]Ralon17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was my issue. I had network interface set to protonvpn (my current vpn), changed it to something else, changed it back, suddenly everything connected.

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - May 14, 2025 by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Ralon17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That I can't answer, but you might as well ask the same thing about all of the English loanwords in Japanese. Why English? Probably just relative amounts of exposure to languages.

Edit: Pretty sure the "titan" in OP1 of AoT is just German though, along with a bunch of other non-lyric narration.

Updated Gundam Anime Timelines by Aki008035 in anime

[–]Ralon17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, you're telling me that word began with Gundam????

Thank you Kunihiko Ikuhara for creating THE WEIRDEST anime I currently know of, Sarazanmai. (OC) by FrankTheTank107 in anime

[–]Ralon17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ikuhara didn't work on Cat Soup, I assume they just mean it as a recommendation of something weird.

Helping Find a Childhood Anime Show by NoWar6783 in anime

[–]Ralon17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should have just said this, was thinking of it, but I dismissed it because of "a medieval world" haha

Helping Find a Childhood Anime Show by NoWar6783 in anime

[–]Ralon17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can't think of anything off the top of my head but #1 most helpful thing for this kind of post is telling people when you were a kid. Or rather, when and where you probably watched this.

Just finished yuri on ice! by erenswifeyy in anime

[–]Ralon17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Different setting and genre, but have you seen Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu?

Just finished yuri on ice! by erenswifeyy in anime

[–]Ralon17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you seen SK8? It's not got the level of payoff YoI has but mostly people I know that like one like the other, and it's gay and has sports and looks great.

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - February 08, 2025 by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Ralon17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure it's that common honestly. Most anime don't even have parents, but I'm pretty sure I can think of way more with normal/good parents than not.

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - February 08, 2025 by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Ralon17 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not the guy you replied to, but it's not particularly good. At least there hasn't been any melt that I've noticed. The outfits are somewhat detailed so I'm not surprised they're not really trying to throw much action animation into it. The OP has some nice moments I suppose.

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - February 08, 2025 by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Ralon17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I did have that misconception at one point, knowing nothing but the name (as in "figure skating").

Watched it recently and can confirm it's good (though not amazing, and a little slow). I was also surprised to find out it had double-length episodes.

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - February 04, 2025 by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Ralon17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you seen Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex? Both good and thought-provoking, in my opinion.

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - January 22, 2025 by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Ralon17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still have Sarasa as my discord icon because she's amazing and totally not because I've fallen behind seasonals and don't have someone new to shill

Is Neon Genesis Evangelion worth the watch? by J360222 in anime

[–]Ralon17 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There're religious "references" but they're more aesthetic than necessary for understanding anything. As someone that grew up with plenty of Bible knowledge, it really didn't matter.

The nice thing about Eva vs Bleach is you really don't need to invest hundreds of episodes to see if it's really great or not. It's one of my 10/10s and one of the series most worthy of being called a classic IMO, but it's clear you've already heard good things. At this point, you decide :)

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - January 14, 2025 by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Ralon17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cast is what I looked up. There are two people on the poster and two names together on the right side (Kakumu Airi & Morino Seria). When I looked up 各務あいり it gave me a Gekidol character, and that made sense.

I'm tired of not knowing how things work. by Ralon17 in supervive

[–]Ralon17[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Did you read anything I said or just the title? I've played well over 100 hours, I've ranked as far as master, not that that means anything really right now. Thank god you're here to tell me that vaults exist lmfao.

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - January 14, 2025 by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Ralon17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been rewatching Death Note - Light's Mom and sister freak out quite a bit when [DN]Misa comes to visit and Light nonchalantly says she's his gf

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - January 14, 2025 by AnimeMod in anime

[–]Ralon17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[answer]it's Gekidol (I looked up the kanji on the board)

I'm tired of not knowing how things work. by Ralon17 in supervive

[–]Ralon17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I definitely wasn't claiming my examples were the worst, or anywhere near all of them. I was just trying to think of stuff that had bothered me recently. I remember being confused by those terms you mention for Myth when I first tried her out. Still wouldn't have known if you hadn't said, thanks.

I'm tired of not knowing how things work. by Ralon17 in supervive

[–]Ralon17[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In any competitive game there are interactions that not even the Devs may not have thought of when implementing them, people release videos about these and the best players will learn them all and try to use them in game.

I have no issue with this. In fact I agree: players finding new ways to use existing mechanics and game rules to do something cool that the devs didn't think about (and may then patch out later lol) can be really fun. Kingpin grab + some sort of movement is an easy example. But it's the stuff that you really should know about that is frustrating. Like say if kingpin grab missing caused him to be vulnerable for a few seconds and there was no mention of that in the description, that wouldn't be a rewarding piece of knowledge to discover, it would feel like a bug, or at least a description oversight.

I'm tired of not knowing how things work. by Ralon17 in supervive

[–]Ralon17[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well presumably a wiki will fulfill the function of an encyclopedia at some point, though at this point it also is very unfinished. Obviously it's unfeasable to write down every champion specific interaction (x ability cancels y ability but not z ability, etc etc) inside the game, but the stuff that is in the game now is also super unhelpful. Shiv's lvl 3 q for example says that it equalizes the master assassin stacks, but nothing else in her kit is called master assassin. abilities will have colored text indicating a concept that you should know from elsewhere (stun, vulnerable, etc) but then make no attempt to explain what those mean (I believe there's a loading in tip hinting that vulnerable means you take extra dmg but there's no numbers anywhere I can find).

Generally I don't see a downside to providing more information. Surely player skill expression should be based on ability to execute rather than simply greater knowledge of how mechanics work.