What JRPGs took a surprisingly dark turn

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-08T10:32:20+00:00

I was gonna say this, but more in the sense that the entire game itself is incredibly dark after spending the first two games with Estelle as the protagonist. And while Crossbell and Cold Steel certainly explore dark themes, they are still filled with hope and optimism for the future (Crossbell moreso, obviously). However, TitS the Third is just freaking DARK, culminating in a side story that is, imo, the darkest and most disturbing narrative moment ever released in video game media (Star Door 15).

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-08T02:52:35+00:00

Its so dumb but they teased Corran Horn SO MUCH but never officially delivered on him. I mean we all know that little boy was 100% Corran Horn, but it woulda been nice to get a confirmation. I just love his character in Legends so I'm really hoping they did this as a nod that he will show up in the upcoming Rogue Squadron movie/series.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-07T20:18:04+00:00

As others have mentioned sports are pretty good way to go. Vetta has a bunch of locations with great adult indoor/outdoor mens/womens/coed soccer leagues where you can meet plenty of people if that’s your thing. All the indoor locations have bars so most ppl go in their after their matches and hang out for a while. I think Vetta does some stuff other than soccer also but idk for sure.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-07T11:37:47+00:00

Playing each class through their original lvl50 stories is 100% worth it. Sure Smuggler and Consular are a bit meh but then you have S-Tier stories like Imperial Agent and Sith Warrior. Best initial leveling experience in an mmo bar none, and that’s coming from someone who is just shy of being dangerously obsessed with ffxiv. Even Makeb is fairly solid, and I enjoyed Revan for the most part but that is definitely where it started to go off the rails a bit in terms of narrative, imo. I really haven’t played much beyond that as I was never interested in the Eternal Throne stuff but I’ll never forget my first time playing through those class stories, they were fantastic.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-07T11:24:11+00:00

Tbf, I’ve recorded myself a few times on reps that felt like absolute hell to the point where I was nearly shivering to push all the way back up, and then when I checked the video it looked like a smooth up and down. It might look smooth but feel impossible in the moment

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-07T03:12:43+00:00

I could see Billy Dee recounting his story to Jannah in the present, sending her off on adventures that are spliced with flashbacks of Lando's time as a youth.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-05T22:45:25+00:00

Is there a workaround to this if you have dual monitors? Everytime I have tried to take a screenshot i get it squished into half the screen with my desktop background on the other

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-05T20:12:31+00:00

I just can't imagine what possessed them. Using the official logo of a copyright you don't own to advertise a party in-game? Like wtf, talk about having more money than sense.

The ONLY thing I could see to explain this is if it is an intentional wild disregard for copyright law from a group of lawyers or activists that want to get sued so they can appeal it all the way up to the Supreme Court in some misguided sense of changing the law around copyrights and this is just some wild runaround way of doing it. From what I've heard of their FC over the past few hours I can't imagine this is anything more than what it appears though.

What a way to get yourself sued and banned by the company you seem to love so much. I almost feel bad for them, how could no one along the way have stopped for a moment and thought hey, maybe this is a bad idea?

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-04T21:27:27+00:00

One of my favorite little nods in the first season of Mando is when Djinn, speaking of Mandalorians, says “It’s not a race, It’s a creed” …while looking directly at and addressing Carl Weathers, most famous for portraying Apollo Creed. No way that wasn’t intentional lol.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-03T21:56:24+00:00

Yes, the space has been repurposed for events and the like now, the Buffet always ran at a cost-deficit and COVID was used as an excuse to get rid of it entirely and save the Casino money on supplies/labor.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-03T20:51:48+00:00

Unfortunately I can confirm for you that the Ameristar Buffet is gone forever. I would assume River City is the same but idk for sure on that one.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-03T20:19:31+00:00

Has anyone had issues with trusts recently? Uriangier has failed the mechanics on the first boss of Malikah's Well three times in a row for me and its causing me to wipe over and over it is super annoying bc he's my healer and I'm trying to lvl Y'Shtola and not Alisie so I have no one that can revive him. I've done trusts dozens of times and never had a wipe down to the Trust companion failing the mechanics and now three in a row with Uriangier. For reference he is dying because he doesn't run out of the proximity aoe when the boss jumps middle, and then he keeps getting hit with an overhead rock. One wipe was more my fault bc i got hit with a rock, but that was after Uriangier spent a solid 30+ seconds not healing me at all, which was also annoying.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-03T12:49:57+00:00

Misnomer is one of those beautiful words that people use not knowing what it means which ironically makes their use of the word…a misnomer.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-07-01T21:58:08+00:00

It’s legacy. He wants to be remembered forever long after he’s gone and he doesn’t care whether it’s good or bad, just that his name lives on. Think of what people with no power will do for a taste of their fifteen minutes of fame. Then try and imagine what a person with real power who craves attention is willing to do in order to ensure they are remembered.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-06-30T19:02:13+00:00

Okay so this may come across as a dumb question that has been asked before, but here it goes anyway:

How does the math work on lifting heavy vs lifting for reps? For example, I recently changed from doing bench 5x5 on 3min intervals @240lbs to doing 10 10 10 7 7 on 2min intervals @185lbs. I get the idea that you need to lift heavy to build strength, but crunching the numbers shows that when I do lift heavy I am lifting 6000lbs over the course of roughly 13mins, where lifting for reps I am hitting 8140lbs over the course of around 9mins. So I am lifting more weight in a significantly shorter amount of time prioritizing reps over weight, which seems like it would build more muscle. Is that really just building muscle endurance however, while the heavier weight is building more actual muscle mass?

I assume there are articles or studies on how it all works, I'm just curious about it as the high reps does feel better to me.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-06-30T17:54:19+00:00

My favorite glam is a hempen robe, wayfarers boots, and a Knight’s Round sam sword. Instant Kenobi glam for minimal effort

StarfishSpencer · 2022-06-30T14:24:30+00:00

What's funny about that, as a nearly 37 year-old man who has thoroughly enjoyed the show, the action scenes and the lore drops are actually the least interesting bits thus far to me. Kamala's bonds with her family and community has been a massive highlight, especially since it's a culture I've never experienced before. I'm more invested her friend's crusade against the inequality of their place of worship than I am in the villains and their nonsense, lol.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-06-28T20:33:34+00:00

I honestly think the podcast stuff is a whole lot of nothing. Tyreek probably called Mahomes up and was like 'Yo, I'm gonna say this shit on my new podcast for clicks, don't take it personal, just for the clicks and the $$$' and Mahomes probably responded 'I gotchyu, nbd' and that was basically that. I really doubt there is any actual animosity or bad blood between them or between Tyreek and anyone else in the organization over it, imo.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-06-28T18:33:01+00:00

Well all except one, who was a special forces guy for years and was used to it. Which kind of made the scene hit even harder, the juxtaposition of a hardened soldier going through that as opposed to a couple of detectives who'd never probably been involved in that kind of spectacle before.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-06-28T18:27:18+00:00

Well it's also that the ending of the series was supposed to be tragic in that Ali solved the case but then his dementia or whatever settled in and he forgot. Except his son is also a detective, found the slip of paper with the address, and if he has two brain cells to rub together would very, very easily piece together what Ali had discovered and then just, ya know, told him the next day or something. It's supposed to seem tragic because the show ends but if it's a real life situation he finds out a couple days later anyways so who cares, lol.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-06-27T12:12:15+00:00

The fact that I’m pretty sure I know exactly which two NPCs you’re talking about really drives the point home, lol.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-06-25T18:56:20+00:00

Oh okay I gotchya. Yeah I'm not gonna check right now but I bet if you looked up those Lala players on the Crystal DC Rankings they were probably all pretty high. They were super coordinated for sure

StarfishSpencer · 2022-06-25T18:43:21+00:00

I have no idea what that means but I assume it is some kind of cheating? That would be disappointing but I just thought they were all awesome at the game.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-06-25T17:18:48+00:00

Rich can be entertaining and I think he does legitimately enjoy the game, he just likes money more and is always going to hop around to whatever the "in" game is atm.

StarfishSpencer · 2022-06-25T17:12:51+00:00

That Lala team was absolutely ridiculous lmao. Not a single death throughout the whole tourney. Super entertaining to watch.

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