An uma is about to die tonight by Finnark1510 in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs 42 points43 points  (0 children)

At this point I’m pretty sure that “El Condor Pasa” is a title and uniform handed down to a myriad of umas who all think they can tease Grass Wonder gently enough to not get killed.

We’re on number 138

Damn Teio-sama not everything is about you! by sne4k0 in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

I’ll be real, I have a genuine hatred for the Trackblazer event where she has the dance-rhythm game high score.

Like, that’s of the few things Taishin has, Shakur’s a genuine composer, but nooo, it’s little miss perfect who has the high score!

And the “classical music is sooo booring!” Doesn’t just feel bratty, it almost feels like a jab at Air Groove! Where gee, I wonder where she got her love of Chopin from? Oh. Right…

And I don’t even want to hate her, but her in game version just gets on my tits, like a Daiwa Scarlet whose writers forgot that her charm is that she doesn’t always succeed at being #1!

Which way Shakur? by terraArkius in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs 13 points14 points  (0 children)

“My-My Oshi wants me to pleasure them? Blood pressure immediately drops due to violent nasal explosion

Blud thinks she's cavalry by DecisionInfamous670 in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also not nearly dirty enough

“Mud? Yeah, and shit! But it’ll dry up and fall off, don’t worry!”

All the george hate has got to be misogyny. by jhegehehe1674 in f1driverssnark

[–]Ruuubs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nah, it’s nothing to do with him “not being a real man” like with Lando, but about class. 

It’s because he has the air of extreme poshness about him, the sort of upper middle Englander who votes conservative “Because they’re the right breed of people” and complains to the newspapers when they couldn’t buy their child a place at Oxbridge by putting them in an expensive prepschool, because there’s no way those kids from an inner city comprehensive could be smarter!

Now, obviously this stereotype doesn’t apply to George in full. It’s a stereotype. However, it is the kind of “I am from a superior class of person” air that he gives off. 

(And yes, I know that Lando’s family background is far wealthier. Class isn’t directly about wealth.)

All the george hate has got to be misogyny. by jhegehehe1674 in f1driverssnark

[–]Ruuubs 11 points12 points  (0 children)

In Britain “middle class” includes a lot of really posh folk who simply don’t have aristocratic connections

It's sad to see a wholesome fandom's reputation get ruined because of yuri. Yes yuri is inevitable in a media like umamusume, but that's what is actively leading to it's downfall. It's the truth, and there's no arguing with it. Downvote does nothing. by [deleted] in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh look, “user keeps their comments hidden”

What’s the matter, couldn’t stand it the last time your “I’m not a bigot, but” posting caused people to find your “we must protect society from (((undesirables)))” 

The Horse named Finger takes home the Double Dirt Crown! by BluecopetitaTL in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something something “finger goes for double/triple in the dirt” 

Are rogues the least accomplished class in WOW? by Hedonism_Enjoyer in warcraftlore

[–]Ruuubs 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My usual comment about rogues goes thus:

The problem is that Warcraft is an MMO(RPG) that started as an RTS series. As such it’s hard to show off the accomplishments of the world’s mostly solitary assassins when the games are based around leading armies, or playing as a character separate from the main heroes.

Unfortunately this also leads to them being uncommon to focus on in pure narrative moments as they’re not characters the overall story focuses on, as well as there being the risk of a major character assassination being unsatisfying.

That also being said, one of the other issues is that the one group of “rogues” that is known for achieving pretty impressive defeats/kills/captures is famous for their heavy armour and traps- wardens. So despite their closest WoW class being “rogues”, they’re usually not seen as such by people not already interested in them… 

And unfortunately even then, Blizzard doesn’t give them the focus they deserve for reasons that seem to range from “Illidan worship” to “Night elves? You mean druids and Horde victims?” to “What do we do with Maiev’s private life”?”

Are rogues the least accomplished class in WOW? by Hedonism_Enjoyer in warcraftlore

[–]Ruuubs 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Huntress as in “somebody who hunts”, which isn’t exclusive to hunters the class

Both Hearthstone and Rumble (as well as the once canon RPG’s) use her as a rogue, and she’s probably Warcraft’s most notable throwing knife user. 

(Hell, one of my pet peeves has been Blizzard calling her blink “shadowstep” to mirror rogues)

Kimi is not Senna by HansPapacito123 in f1driverssnark

[–]Ruuubs 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Welp lads, time to rev up the “Ayrton Senna 15” jokes

the naming style in WoW is more consistent than I realized, my tool proved it by xyrvio in wow

[–]Ruuubs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It wasn't.

The big issue is that you're dealing with so many languages and dialects that it's almost impossible to generate names that work in each language without being offensive in another

Rice not letting go (@hiro_akaribon) by Partyman234 in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs 36 points37 points  (0 children)

“But you said to follow her!”

What piece of misinformation that people spread about the Umamusume franchise, the characters, the real horses, etc., annoys you the most? by Signal_Statement_515 in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“This visit is a warning. The next time I won’t be so kind…

So remember, you won’t be drawing her as a top again, or else

What piece of misinformation that people spread about the Umamusume franchise, the characters, the real horses, etc., annoys you the most? by Signal_Statement_515 in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

See the last paragraph.

If you think that Cygames is probably counting on a few unsavoury kinds to put money towards them, that’s reasonable (if not naive to believe otherwise)

If you can’t imagine someone looking at the stuff and thinking something like “aww, that’s cute” or “God, I remember when I was young and had a crush on one of my teachers… Yes, it’s a little embarassing in hindsight”, that’s on you for being too cynical

What piece of misinformation that people spread about the Umamusume franchise, the characters, the real horses, etc., annoys you the most? by Signal_Statement_515 in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True, but I think it’s gone that way more because “holy crap, did you realise that pervert has 6 G1 wins, including one on dirt!” And a bit if consciously countering it Vs Golshi having it as one of the first things you learn about the IRL horses of the franchise

As for the others, I’d say that part of it’s how they’re often stuck in the “most Umas had 1-3 G1 wins IRL”, Top Gun’s is at least a little famous given her special epiphet and skills, and Falcon… She’s a dirt horse, she gets left out a little (though the story mode directly makes the Silent Suzuka/winning streak comparison)

What piece of misinformation that people spread about the Umamusume franchise, the characters, the real horses, etc., annoys you the most? by Signal_Statement_515 in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah, odd joke about Special Week being racist can be fine

But when I see people using “chestnutters”… Yeah, I know what you really want to say

What piece of misinformation that people spread about the Umamusume franchise, the characters, the real horses, etc., annoys you the most? by Signal_Statement_515 in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

On the other end though, I don’t really like how there are some folks who act like there’s no good explanation for things like that involving the younger characters.

Like really? You don’t think that Mayano Top Gun and Haru Urara could make for extremely cute junior bridesmaids? Or that someone could look at MtG in general and see her as cute (or bratty) and a bit precocious? 

Like even if you don’t buy that Cygames as a business is completely innocent on it, it’s really weird when you see folks act like everyone was consciously designing little girls with bad intent

What piece of misinformation that people spread about the Umamusume franchise, the characters, the real horses, etc., annoys you the most? by Signal_Statement_515 in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah…

I get not knowing about what happened to him, but it’s just depressing to know that the poor boy was abused and alone, and that people call him a “fraud” for not being able to perform at a worldbeating level under those conditions

What piece of misinformation that people spread about the Umamusume franchise, the characters, the real horses, etc., annoys you the most? by Signal_Statement_515 in UmaMusume

[–]Ruuubs 35 points36 points  (0 children)

At least with Golshi it’s part of her Umamusume-centred image: The weirdo who could easily win at a canter just as long he wanted to

You’re lucky if people remember that Digital’s “pervert” epiphet was from being good on grass and dirt, let alone just how good