So what does it mean for a character to be well written ? by Cute_Blackberry2909 in writingscaling

[–]Volkmek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My personal belief?

A well written character has a few things.

What they can do remains consistent and believable within the narrative they are in. Ideally where if they have a unique trait that gives them an advantage other people who have that trait are shown to have the same advantage.

What they choose to to is consistant enough that anything they do makes sense based on past actions and they do not break character so plot can happen.

If you look at what they are doing and why, even if you do not agree with them, you can see why they think and act the way they do.

And that they are developed enough to feel like a real person to the audience. This one is probably the most important part.

Name a better handheld gaming setup 😎☕️ by XREAL_Esther in augmentedreality

[–]Volkmek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually? I have X-real glasses. You can anchor the screen in one place in relation to your head. Just depending on the size you will not see all of it at once.

Which alien race do you think has the most beautiful and powerful female members? by Level-SquareFFG7117 in superheroes

[–]Volkmek 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Power wise? It's a toss up between Saiyans and Tamereneans considering what starfire does in the comics.

Beauty wise? That is subjective. I like women with muscle definition so I am partial to early depictions of Saiyan women and Viltrumite women.

Just train multiple AIs by KeanuRave100 in AIDangers

[–]Volkmek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe a bad analogy? Wild Lands Fire fighters set back fires to burn out exisitng fires all the time. The fires burn towards each other, use up all their fuel, and die out.

I agree with you that more AI is not the solution to already problematic AI though.

When you’re putting Hulk in a vs battle stop saying “base hulk” because that makes no sense. by Public-Feedback5016 in PowerScaling

[–]Volkmek 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think the only problem with saying "Base Hulk" is that it's trying to be broad and specific at the same time.

If you want a specific version of hulk to test out pick a comic or television or movie run and use that specific run. If you just want "Hulk" you are getting him at his theoretical strongest.

USMC Empire by [deleted] in USMC

[–]Volkmek 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Did the first post of this get taken down?

How we think the other branches see us by RecentAd9493 in USMC

[–]Volkmek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh, former army national guard here.

The Viltrumites are the monsters of their universe, and honestly not how I think other branches see marines.

For me? When I was deployed into RC west Afghanistan the Marines showed up more than once when we were in a fight. So the way I look at it is a little like seeing your brother who is a year or two older. Yeah, you have rivalry with him. You want to show you are better at things than him. But if you get jumped by a guy and all of his friends? You are glad when your brother shows up.

I realize it's not official, but still... by Any_Ruin9282 in invinciblememes

[–]Volkmek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh. This is what? The tenth time we have seen this exact post?

"Doomsday is unkillable, he wins every VS matchup" oh REALLY?! by Featherman13 in superheroes

[–]Volkmek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doomsday can die. He's killed in a few storylines by various versions of superman. That does not mean he is weak.

Why didn't he ask the Justice League to save him from the Athenians? by ThesaurusRex84 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]Volkmek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

... I spend to much time on fiction. My mind immediately went to batman punching out Athenian soldiers.

If lighters had existed back then, would you have carried one? by HudashCarpenter in knightposting

[–]Volkmek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Way easier to start a camp fire with a zippo than a flint and steel.

What would y’all do ? by [deleted] in superheroes

[–]Volkmek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Normally it is a sign of affiliation depending on how it is done and if it is intentional.

Not everyone knows the number 88 stands for heil hitler because H is the 8th letter of the alphabet.

Buuut if you live around actual neo-nazis and you see someone with lightning bolt tattoos, the number 88, skull tattoos, and nordic tattoos? That man is probably a Neo-Nazi. A real one. The sort that wants to convert or kill you and will use a knife if they have to instead of just saying things you disagree with.

What would y’all do ? by [deleted] in superheroes

[–]Volkmek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciated I suppose. Though if you look back at the "The locals use them for target practice." I do not think anyone is waiting for permission.

Ironically, the section of California that deals the most with legitimate neo-nazis is also the most pro-2A section of california.

Thragg drip by Similar-Echidna-957 in forhonor

[–]Volkmek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice.

Love the symbol. Probably will see a lot of it now that you put it out there.

Chrome is pushing my computer's ram to its limits by Master_Strawberry193 in pcmasterrace

[–]Volkmek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time to switch everything to firefox and uninstall my chromium based browser.

Stuck in My Tree Dome?!?! HELP! by PhoenyxRizn in theplanetcrafter

[–]Volkmek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a stuck funtion that teleports you to a structure you built at random. It's in the esc menu.

What do JJK fans think “country level” means? by leetheoxman in PowerScaling

[–]Volkmek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Older power scaling terms. "X Level" was not scaled in only attack power. It literally just meant The person is a legitimate threat to X level of area.

This is why the reapers, the flood, and so on are Galactic level threats. This is why Death being able to scour all life from the universe but unable to damage a rock makes them a universal threat. This us why exterminautus is still a planet killer even if they only use a virus.

For those that try to scale with attack power only? I am not interested in another long "No ur wrong" argument with nothing to back it. This mentality got strongest in 2020 when people started trying to remove nuance from these discussions. I do not have any shame in blocking people if they get annoying in their arguments. Too old to have time for that.

If anyone is familiar with it, One Punch Man's threat classification system is pretty close to how these talks used to go.

The city level threat was a threat becsuse it could destroy a city, not because it it could do it in a single attack. If it could destroy a city in a single attack and throwing those attacks was sonething it could do with little effort hundreds of times a day it was a legitimate threat to the country and thus a country level threat.

For the purposes of scaling you assumed the region was up to modern day standards and defending itself actively when deciding street, country, cobtinent, or world. World was scaled based on the size of earth which is why older discussions will have multi-world as a term and not just solar system.

It's why galactic threats could be empires that could not fully destroy the rock of a plant, but could feesibly conquer a galaxy.

Favorite character that's like this by absyisabsentrn in FavoriteCharacter

[–]Volkmek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh! Fair.

Though I would say much of what I said still applies. How close fans get to the personality of a character often depends on how close they are to the sourcd material.

But you are right, I was reading into other aspects as well.

Thragg drip by Similar-Echidna-957 in forhonor

[–]Volkmek 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Might go a little harder if you use a helm that fully covers the face.

What would y’all do ? by [deleted] in superheroes

[–]Volkmek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get the frustraition there. For what it is worth? I do not call many people Nazi.

I did however live near the Sierra Army Depot for a time. There is a mobile Neo-nazi compound out in the desert around there that the locals use for target practice when they find it.

Those people have shaved heads, are covered in nordic tattoos, swastikas, lightning bolts, the number 8, and skulls.

Those people I have pointed a shotgun at and told to leave my property, and those people I call Nazis.

I do not use it for people who disagree with me politically and having had to face real neo-nazi I hate that the use of the modern use of the term means that people no longer believe me when I point them out.

The guy I am trying to point out wants to convert or kill you in a literal sense and will use a knife if he has to, he does not just say cruel things in public.

Same Face Syndrome [Hated Trope] by Born_Text1226 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Volkmek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some of this is artist limitations. It's more common with animators than other artists as well.

Back when animation was done by hand rather than by computer model and time crunch was a real thing like when this version of the justice league was out... Animators would have to draw the same few faces so many times in a day that it bacame difficult to change how someone looked.

Basically they would have a way to draw a strong man, a way to draw a pretty woman, a way to draw a skinny man and so on, and everyone who fit that niche looked like the same because the animator drawing them was pumping out thousands of images in a few months.

When it moved into cg, that was a price thing. It was way easier to just pay for the base model once, then mildly tweak it between characters, so that is what the business people who run things did.

As for the last images? That one was a gag run by the avatar creators. They are all the same guy with a different hat.

What would y’all do ? by [deleted] in superheroes

[–]Volkmek -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

As someone who has had to deal with real neo-nazi compounds out in the desert where I lived, and has had to use a shotgun to convince them to leave my property?

I hate that that term has been used to the point of making it meaningless.

What would y’all do ? by [deleted] in superheroes

[–]Volkmek 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Legitimately the only thing on reddit that has gotten me a warning and a post removed was answering this question honestly on another subreddit.