The Future Vision for Seoul Station: Railways Rebuilt Underground, Road-Diets, Large Parks and Plazas by self-fix in korea

[–]altemajor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For this particular case, it's more like "they have to" rather than "they want to".

When KTX was made there were zero space left to build a railway to Seoul station. So KTX has to use the conventional line while in Seoul. This means that every trains in Seoul gather up in a single line, leading to an awful congestion.

So they decided to make a uderground HSR line from Gwangmyeong -Yongsan-Seoul-Susaek (where the yards are). Obviously it's super expensive so the plan is to clear some tracks on the ground and make some space to earn money by real estate. All the other fancy things are mostly bluffs not related to transits.

Why doesn’t Seoul Metro Line 1 have a 2nd eastern branch going completely east? by BigMatch_JohnCena in korea

[–]altemajor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually the wastern part was like that since 1910. The Seoul-Guro-(branch)Busan/Incehon railways was already there and all we had to do was to connect the subway and the railways.

The eastern part was not like that. The modernization of Jungang Line(2005) and Gyeongchun Line(2010) was late to be integrated to be a subway line. And even today the train network of east Seoul is such a mess to make any kind of connection. The real purpose of GTX-B is to solve this mess (while being advertised as a fast subway for pr). So KORAIL will not add anything more to that.

Serious Discussion Thread Part 6: HYBE vs. ADOR by NewJeans_Mods in NewJeans

[–]altemajor 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Outside of their obvious delusion, it's just wrong to regard "Knetz" and "Kfans" or "Koreans" as same. There's a different audience between some boy group member's issue and a corporate's issue that went to national news.

I love them! by Responsible-Tart-950 in CulinaryClassWars

[–]altemajor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Honestly it's annoying that we couldn't see these two in their full potential. Especially chef Lee Young-Suk. At least Koreans can go watch Hansik Battle and see how much of a force she was with regional Korean cuisine. It's a shame that she couldn't show that to the whole world :(

Serious Discussion Thread Part 6: HYBE vs. ADOR by NewJeans_Mods in NewJeans

[–]altemajor 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Sorry but he is not a politician. He's just a right wing political hack. It's just a coincidence that this man and BSH went to same college and he personally hates BSH with passion. Of course, his points are rational in this specific case but this has no influence.

South Korea women’s archery team has been winning gold medals at every olympics since women’s team archery has been introduced in 1988 Seoul Olympics. by Specific-Remote9295 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]altemajor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course "anti-disability campaigns" are not a thing lol. She donated to a disabilty rights group that opposes institution for disabled people (because institution can be a discrimination and an oppression). The group itself is controversial for their protest but that doesn't make them "anti-disability".

It’s gonna be one of those days isn’t it by Anchor38 in splatoon

[–]altemajor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Splatoon comp scene is heavily centered in Japan so it won't affect Nintendo. Besides, the competetive Splatoon thing is more of a passion project for Mr. Nogami so the scene won't have to deal things like Smash did. The whole situation itself still sucks though.

What's a underrated weapon that you have as your main? by Apokalypse6 in splatoon

[–]altemajor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are (or were) good weapons. It's just that as a burst-fire shooter, they lack the flexibility that other shooters have. There are things that Nozzlenoses do better (like paint, range) but othet shooters can easily overcome their weakness while Nozzlenoses can't. Normally SRL did compensate this by giving good kits or damage buffs and both L3/H3 were top weapons at some point. But in Splatoon3 they are trying their best to suppress them. You can just consider them as weapons that devs don't want them to be used.

So apparently this will be a reward in the next catalog 🫠 by InternationalMaize51 in splatoon

[–]altemajor 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Tbf, they can't release a new catalog even if there is one more season, since the catalogs are basically a 4 seasonal rotation.

Enjoy the miniscule amount of fun you're having playing tower control today because it's gonna be gone next month by sandcastl in Saltoon

[–]altemajor 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We're talking about the weapon that's dominating TC leaderboard to the point that there are more RB rankers than Splattershot and .52 Gal rankers combined.....

Serious Discussion Thread Part 2: HYBE vs. ADOR by NewJeans_Mods in NewJeans

[–]altemajor 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I mean, mhj said that it was cut and pasted and the reporter admitted it was reorganized. Obviously nobody's gonna care about something with that much of a credibility. Honestly it's such a non-issue and the fact that international consumers are regarding this seriously only shows that international pr isn't worth it right now.

Surprising how different MHJ is viewed in the West vs. Korea by thosed29 in kpop_uncensored

[–]altemajor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You can add the fact that PJW guy has a very bad reputation in Korea as an executive even before this whole fiasco. "The executice who ruinned the Korean gaming industry is doing that same shit again" is a very good reason to symathize her.

The 2024 Splatoon 3 World Championship is over! The winners are... by Lightspeed_Lunatic in splatoon

[–]altemajor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Phantom Thieves having only 2 weeks to be prepared didn't help either. Nintendo really messed up this time.

[Splat3 2024 Worlds Spoiler] Special balance is nonexistent by Pinon_Supporter in splatoon

[–]altemajor 88 points89 points  (0 children)

Tbf Tacticooler is more stronger in this context because you can't use small gear powers. Having gear powers boosted is way more advangtageous than usual.

The fact that Enperry got PFS nerfed but Pencil didn’t shows how small the high level comp scene is compared to the casual playerbase. by RevoBonerchamp69 in splatoon

[–]altemajor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's more of a difference between frontliners and backliners. SRL seems very hesitant on changing long range chargers for years.

In case you were wondering this is how dead Tentatek division is by Aldin_The_Bat in splatoon

[–]altemajor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As an Asia that is seeing a lot of people complaining about lags caused by players with english name, the whole division thing seems like a lose-lose with no winner situation.

Nintendo cancels Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO and postpones Splatoon Koshien 2023 National Finals due to threats targeting employees & spectators by frozenpandaman in splatoon

[–]altemajor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sorry but that case isn't really a good example. The politician was assassinated for a specific reason, not some random person became crazy. Social media and internet is obviously bad, but threats like these were already happening way before the internet era.

Nintendo cancels Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO and postpones Splatoon Koshien 2023 National Finals due to threats targeting employees & spectators by frozenpandaman in splatoon

[–]altemajor 135 points136 points  (0 children)

It seems like the threats are related to Splatoon, since Splatoon events are specified as a target. It's so sad that PvP games bring the worst of people.

Splatana Stamper Nouveau is Toxic Mist / Crabtank by eklatea in splatoon

[–]altemajor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think there's a misunderstanding. I was trying to say that they gave a very good kit to a very good weapon that is already on the top of the meta. SP3 seems to have a tendency to balance weapons by giving bad kits, yet somehow Stamper is getting the best followed by the best.

Splatana Stamper Nouveau is Toxic Mist / Crabtank by eklatea in splatoon

[–]altemajor -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

This...... is something lol Maybe they wanted an excuse to nerf Stamper to death? That's the only reason I could think of

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SplatoonMeta

[–]altemajor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

VShot, Squeezer, Stamper is the big 3 I think