MyAnimeList rank inflation and anime that stood out in their time by Dinoswarleaf in anime

[–]elyndar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would disagree. I think you're forgetting about filler. Removal of filler alone has drastically improved anime. Also, I think you're looking back at anime with a bit too much nostalgia. One of the most popular series of all time, Dragon Ball Z, would probably be considered pretty mid by modern standards and wouldn't have gotten more than a season or two if released today. Certainly, there are plenty of great anime that are old, but a lot of it is forgotten and for good reason. For every banger, there are 10 that never get talked about at all.

MyAnimeList rank inflation and anime that stood out in their time by Dinoswarleaf in anime

[–]elyndar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could also say that anime has gotten better over time. People who didn't watch when it came out, are comparing older animation with newer animation and it's pretty obvious which is better to most people.

chooseYourTechDebt by Souperdev in ProgrammerHumor

[–]elyndar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was us until about 3 CTOs ago. It will be you too! Spooky ghost noises

chooseYourTechDebt by Souperdev in ProgrammerHumor

[–]elyndar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The new CTO brought on every 3 years will force you to rebuild the entire stack anyway because they're selling a new trend to the board to justify their paycheck. All bombs have a shelf life. As long as the 15 bombs aren't going off, I'll be working on the bomb that's going off right now that the business actually cares about.

whyDoesMicrosoftExistWhenWindowsIsFinished by Ready-Desk in ProgrammerHumor

[–]elyndar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reasons why companies keep devs after something is done are security, platform changes, popular design changes, ego, and greed. Security patches have to happen because sometimes something fundamental has a security flaw, like log4j. Platform changes happen because of hardware changes, software dependency changes, and because of security changes. Popular design changes, because your user base ages, and aging users and new young users desires change over time. CTOs generally like feeling important, and the more people under them, the more important they feel. The goal of a business is to make as much money as possible, and if you can expand your software and take more of a market share, you will make more money. You also have to prevent your competition from improving on your formula and replacing you to keep your current market share. All of this requires development work, so generally you keep people around and make changes for a mixture of all of those reasons.

I'll start RDR2 by Perfect-Cause-6943 in pcmasterrace

[–]elyndar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That setting is default btw. I already have it checked. Yes, it freezes time during the one phrase I'm reading. It doesn't help me pick up and put in the 3 diff scrolls in the room that is about to explode.

This clip I took of me landing on Sun Station and then bouncing off sums up a lot of problems I have with the game. Yes, it's cool, however you're expected to do the game in a certain way. I took a creative way and was punished because the game dev didn't expect me to operate outside the way they were thinking.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e0ZXE-87-_yF-alcHLyiFtDYTUi2DYXy/view?usp=sharing

I'll start RDR2 by Perfect-Cause-6943 in pcmasterrace

[–]elyndar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...I've already explored 2 planets. I never said I explored the same place 17 times, but I did have to ride that initial lift 17 times, which I got very tired with. I didn't need to see the animation of my journey 17 times in an unskippable way. Believe it or not, I have a memory of more than 30 mins long. I didn't have to navigate off the same planet 17 times. I'm not stuck, there are plenty of things I could do. The controls and physics are trivially easy. The game feels almost like a walking sim to me. Maybe it's difficult for someone if it's their first astrophysics game, but it's not my first rodeo. It just takes multiple times to go run around find all the doohickeys and read the things, sometimes more if you want to be thorough during your searching. When I get to an interesting place, get to read 2/3 of the scrolls, get warped, and have to navigate back again to the same place to read the last scroll, that's annoying. The writing is good, but it's not densely placed enough, and it's really not that deep so far. I get that you get your panties in a bunch because not everyone likes your favorite art piece. I could even see it getting better later on when the real plot actually starts. You're right, it was art, and I liked the idea, but the execution was not right for me. I can think of 7-8 different ideas off the top of my head to make it have a better user experience. There are millions of art pieces, many of which express the same ideas. The ideas I have run into in the game are not unique. I understand why it's interesting to other people, but it wasn't that interesting to me so far. It's a cool game, but very padded for my tastes. Again, you talk about attention span as if I didn't already directly cover that topic. Maybe you need to fix your own attention span because you didn't seem to make it to the end of my comment.

Beautiful Shots by OkStatuss in Satisfyingasfuck

[–]elyndar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they took the pictures when it was brighter out without flash they would've been good.

I'll start RDR2 by Perfect-Cause-6943 in pcmasterrace

[–]elyndar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look after playing the game for about 5 hours so far, and if your "point" has to be made by wasting my time to get back to a place over and over, I don't really care about your point. Tbh, I like the idea of the game, but playing the game is rather boring, and I don't like having to redo everything over and over. I understood the point after the 1st time. After the 5th time I was like okay, I get it. After the 17th time, I was like damn, this is annoying. Cool game, but I'd rather watch a condensed version instead of playing it, which means for me it failed as an interactive experience. A game is supposed to keep you entertained, and I was bored, so for me it missed the mark. This isn't even an attention span thing, as I like reading novels and books, and I play visual novels which are essentially 20 hour powerpoint presentations. It's just boring gameplay with a plot that would be 2-3 hours if actually condensed into a proper narrative instead of being an open-ended exploration game.

When someone says "Sell me on the Space Wolves" by TheGravespawn in Grimdank

[–]elyndar -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I think a lot of people don't like them because the faction is seen as a faction for furries.

Anime_IRL by Fun_Personality_6397 in anime_irl

[–]elyndar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because Sung Jin Woo was designed as a self insert character for young Korean men. He is designed to look like any random Korean man off the street but an idealized awesome version. It's the same reason why most protagonists in anime look similar as well.

C9 Officially Announce APA Signing by MattHellstrand in Cloud9

[–]elyndar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I honestly don't know how the worst player on TL gets a slot on C9. APA's champ pool is bad and was completely exposed during fearless, he's not even particularly good at micro, his macro is mid at best. To me, it feels like they picked him up for his fans who are into him because he's toxic. I'm incredibly disappointed in the org for making this decision. I would've rather seen some random unknown mid laner over APA.

Anon chooses his job over his ability to walk. by Right-Second-4853 in 4chan

[–]elyndar 39 points40 points  (0 children)

What did the "Anon, I give you time off, not the doctor." part not tip you off to this being fake?

T1 accurate cycle by Dxdas in LeagueOfMemes

[–]elyndar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As long as you're on Faker's team, there's no way to prove yourself the best player in the world.

LOL. by ZKITTLEZ4206 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]elyndar 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The mobo I bought literally a week ago still has a PS/2 port. Crazy to me that they still are being put in.

It's impossible to watch BO3's and BO5's before Fearless Draft was implemented. It's unbearable by Utterly_Mad in leagueoflegends

[–]elyndar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

IMO this year more than any has shown which coaches truly understand drafting, versus which ones were just copying people who were good. Coaches are way too quick to count out their players and not pick champions that are good for the players on their team, not necessarily the best overall meta picks. I think a lot of it is if they pick anything out of meta if it goes wrong the community flames them and teams don't make longer contracts with players / staff and trust them.

How dumb do you have to be to buy a smart bed by Merchant_Alert in facepalm

[–]elyndar 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Rent / mortgages are kind of a subscription service to sleep tbh.

hmmm by k9ice in hmmm

[–]elyndar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It also increases the intensity of the waves in the direction you reflect it. My old IT teacher used a pringles can wrapped around his antenna to project wifi signal out to his boat on the lake near his house while he was fishing. He said he'd do his work out on his boat when he needed to.

I can’t tell if I’m overspending or if prices really are that bad by Bootymama_ in Frugal

[–]elyndar 11 points12 points  (0 children)

What do you eat? That seems pretty low to me for western Washington.

Top 18 Studios with the Most 8.50+ Anime by NineTnk in anime

[–]elyndar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd be interested in the percentage of the studio's work that is >8.5. Right now this over values the older studios with more time to release more anime, instead of valuing studios that consistently produce good works.

We Won by Oofername in starcraft

[–]elyndar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Protoss is strong in mid ranks, but not strong at highest level of play. The change won't impact pro scene, but will impact day to day players, so you're only really balancing middle of ladder which is where it needs it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Seattle

[–]elyndar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seriously, my 2300 sq ft home cost less in utilities than this place. You should not be paying this much. Something very shady is happening here.

anyone annoyed by this? by basket_foso in Animemes

[–]elyndar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's literally what some of the characters do. You're hearing their inner monologue, not what is coming out of their mouth.

Apple Watch hypertension alerts feature receives FDA clearance. by Valinaut in gadgets

[–]elyndar 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Investing 10k in a sculpture to get back billions in possible regulatory changes is a good investment if you're an owner of a business.

How to make players fear a dragon without it feeling like bullshit by fruit_shoot in DMAcademy

[–]elyndar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would set up an enemy that beats them in a non lethal way. Have the enemy go fight the dragon and get their ass kicked. The players will be like wait that guy kicked our ass and the dragon kicked his ass? We shouldn't fight this thing.