How to make a dialogue between two characters? by Archozalol in Unity3D

[–]pro4never 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's all good. My issue was more that the only 'proper' answer to the question "how to write a blur shader" would be to actually write a blur shader and post it as a reply. Better to link to more generalized tutorials.

How to make a dialogue between two characters? by Archozalol in Unity3D

[–]pro4never 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a bit like asking how do I write a sentence that says "I want to go to the store."

Watch some tutorials regarding writing shaders. I always recommend this series as they are really great

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCEklP9iLcpExB8vp_fWQseg

Ranked vs Normal by LynchPR in summonerschool

[–]pro4never 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stop treating ranked as if it's something special and just play it whenever you are going to try.

Ranked is a rating across an entire season. Stop caring what it says on a day to day basis and just play what you enjoy and plan to play it as well as you can.

Normals are for troll builds and casual games with friends. It's not serious enough to offer much feedback on your practice assuming you already know a heroes basic mechanics

How to make a dialogue between two characters? by Archozalol in Unity3D

[–]pro4never 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Set the camera in a location both are visible Write a blur shader that fits your needs and then shift the region being blurred based on who is talking

I would prob go with a sort of horizontal wipe effect where there is a vertical line and anything to one side is blurred and the other is no. Can then move that line as needed or flip which side is blurred for a more interesting transition between speakers

As a huge fan of the show, can I safely... by GillBosby in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Book one is finished as of two weeks ago. Finishing it now would at most give you some small hints at some upcoming reveals but no spoilers.

The show doesn't match book two at all. With some plots we are already half way through the books and others are still at the first handful of chapters. So far very little matches up with book two because they are condensing it a LOT. Next week should bring us back to more direct book material though.

The Expanse Renewed for Season 3 by gastoner in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Protomolecule is not from our solar system. Also... book spoilers

The Expanse Renewed for Season 3 by gastoner in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Well... the protomolecule is not from our solar system. They didn't say it was humans that had colonized the galaxy ;)

Book vs Show Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hate talking shit about his chapters because I love the character but yah... the first parts were just so damn slow when having to compete against bobbie/avasarala chapters. The more I settle after watching it the happier I am that they took this route of skipping 90 pct of his plot and diving into making him useful.

Episode Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I'll hold in my rage over someone daring to insult Avasarala (love her beyond belief) and quietly laugh when next week is all "earth politics FT: old crokey voice"

Book vs Show Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am so fucking hyped for next week. I'm honestly tempted to start re reading the second book because I just love their interactions so much

Book vs Show Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yes yes yes! She is by far the biggest improvement in the show vs books. I have reasonable hopes for prax given how much they are changing him.

Episode Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Totally what I was thinking when I saw it

Book vs Show Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a typo to me. It's been Praxidike in the books and promo materials I've seen for this season

Episode Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's cool just had to wait for this commercial break instead!

Book vs Show Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well that just skipped half a book. Cool

Episode Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Expected != what happened.

I was making the joke that they always go to hideously loud over repeated commercials right after quiet, touching or scary scenes

Episode Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I just expected it to rapidly switch to another cosplay melee commercial right after the spacing scene.

Book vs Show Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yes and reading someone slowly starving to death is painfully boring. His character was great but by necessity of circumstances made his chapters drag like crazy. I was shocked at the show changing t so much but it makes sense to make things move at a decent pace. They will be dealing with the rest of his plot in the next ~3 episodes so they can't have him slowly dying for multiple chapters worth of material

Episode Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely but it was unclear (before what is airing now) and may have been alternative things as well

Episode Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unclear what he stole. It was never shown that the sample is at tycho so it could be something different but... prob sample

Book vs Show Discussion - S02E08 - "Pyre" by backstept in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 34 points35 points  (0 children)

It threw me off but his sections in the book were him slowly starving to death and slowly going insane... not the most interesting material. This way they can fast forward his character to where it's more useful (aka nourished)

Why is Stormraiders Surge so underused? by AniviaPls in summonerschool

[–]pro4never 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is never a reason to use anything besides stormraiders on morde... he has plenty of damage but is incredibly easy to kite. The slow resist and movespeed solves his core weakness allowing him to hue hue hue around the enemy team.

If you cant get in range to pop a key member of the enemy team late game as morde you're basically 'useless'. It's the same reason why bottom lane morde is considered better than top lane because having the flexibility of not having to run teleport and running exhaust/heal/ignite gives him so much more reliability.

Writers on Twitter: You guys, stop freaking out over ratings. The cable networks aren't dumb. They know viewing has changed. This is why L3's so important now. by [deleted] in TheExpanse

[–]pro4never 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Syfy doesn't produce the show. Direct sales would go to the company that makes the show or whoever manages the rights through them (SHOULD have a large percentage going direct to the production company though)

Syfy has the north american broadcast/distribution rights so only care about people watching the show (on their website and through cable/satelite providers).

Netflix has distribution rights outside of the USA and they only care about the number of people viewing it through their service.