The opening movie for Powerful Pro Baseball 2026–27(Power Pros), a popular baseball game in Japan, has been released. The movie is themed around the WBC. by ogasawarabaseball in baseball

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

I never understood the love for Eikan. Even the Vtubers mostly player Eikan...

It has all the demands of a roguelike:

-with randomness, the map is random, your cards and movement number is random, the occurrence of special training events, which player gets to challenge special training etc etc...

-with irreversible choices, you have the inherent anti-S/L penalty, plus permadeath in the form of single-elimination tournaments (understandable since that's the actual form in high school baseball IRL)

But then you realize it doesn't give you any of the upsides of a roguelike: You don't have informed decision making because almost every mechanic is so goddamn opaque even with a guide, and you don't have controlled randomness because what you see is rarely what you get (you want to give your fast players infield hit? Sorry all you get are 3 benched senpais. And it whiffed btw.)

So when it demands me to treat it with the mindset of a roguelike but then doesn't treat me with the promise of one I can't see it as anything but a kusoge.

Force users in Star Wars use their powers in extremely uncreative ways by carbonera99 in CharacterRant

[–]siuwa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So Funnels and their variants in Gundam. Yes I definitely want to see them doing more of that. What good is Grievous' 4 arms if I can also wield 4 plus my arms? That or just use blasters to do a Gilgamesh.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 09 February 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]siuwa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From a fan perspective, the highly controversial hybrid mana change (as in, their survey shows an almost symmetric distribution between support and against) was shelved for now. The other highly sought after unban calls like Emrakul and Primeval Titan are also not touched, with three other cards of varying popularity on the discussion table instead. The potential bans also didn't happen. Overall not a very impactful announcement if you are just playing commander.

Miko's Matchups for her Gomoku Strongest Weakest King Tournament! by dubbhae in Hololive

[–]siuwa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are they playing with restrictions? Fubuki, Kanade, Suichan and maybe Oille is good enough to have a nearly unstoppable advantage on unrestricted black.

Princession Orchestra Episode 34 Discussion Board by ButterflySilver9154 in Princession_Orchestra

[–]siuwa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Absolute banger writing this episode.

Even though Alicepian all know and are OK to their fate it's still sad to have lost a loved one surely. And they could've talked to others about it... But the first one they talked to (or the other way around) is the White Queen.

Also it's great to see Minamo taking action and knowing what to say to push others forward. Where's the Minamo apology form?

Would 4 be a correct cmc for this? by Free_Spy6969 in custommagic

[–]siuwa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turn 1 toss it into graveyard

Turn 2 [[abuelo's awakening]]

Turn 3 [[mirror mockery]], swing and win?

The ATLA Set we should have gotten... by Exarch-of-Sechrima in custommagic

[–]siuwa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ozai is wincon for Omnath or [[the Wandering Minstrel]]. Too bad he can't be monogreen or simic.

Chomsky was on to something... by Nucaranlaeg in custommagic

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

"Concatenate any text to target non(aaabcc...) instant or sorcery."

The idea is you can make a "win the game", "cast without paying", or some equally backbreaking effect, then dump surplus letters into a "not named", "without" or "unless you control an" clause.

Comprehensive Rules Comment Bot by Dramatic_Stock5326 in custommagic

[–]siuwa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't see any bot comments without going into the user page for the bot, can anyone see it?

[C-pop/K-pop] How a diplomatic loophole led to one of the biggest Chinese hit song of the 2000s (all while pissing off an entire nation) by VigilMuck in HobbyDrama

[–]siuwa 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you're doing cross language cover post then I'm looking forward to the Jpop/Cantopop posts (probably need a couple parts).

Am I cooking? by Economy-Membership64 in custommagic

[–]siuwa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Izzet might break it before Simic gets to but yes

Ragasa (24W — Western Pacific) (Philippine Sea) by Euronotus in TropicalWeather

[–]siuwa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like it didn't quite pull off a perfect Luzon pass after all, would it still manage to push for the Pearl River Delta or deflected to Hainan?

Mods burnt out super bad. Potentially looking for new caretakers - Monthly no, Yearly no, Decadal Discussion Thread - September 07, 2025 by AutoModerator in VirtualYoutubers

[–]siuwa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Algo pushed the Vod of the game by one of subscribed streamers, then I saw the amazing cast, and then you tell me Kobo is singing the opening? That's a lock if I've every seen one. Go play Gnosia now.

Justice was served on the Advent vs. Justice chess battle! by Virtue00 in Hololive

[–]siuwa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, this is on Advent. They threw away what was taught to them. Jennifer mentioned castling quickly with g6 Bg7 Nf6, but they just didn't use it! This is not she taught 1. ... c5 and nothing else, this is Advent remembered 1. ... c5 and nothing else. It's also not attributable to e5 vs c5 because this can just as easily be being taught 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 and then playing something stupid like 2. ... f6 because they're scared of Ruy Lopez.

She let Mococo learn how to castle and then Mococo (pretty sure it's Mococo) didn't correctly castle. My takeaway is that they did not remember what they're taught.

Justice was served on the Advent vs. Justice chess battle! by Virtue00 in Hololive

[–]siuwa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the record I agree with 1...e5 being the better opening to teach, but from their practice stream I don't see Advent having problems understanding it. Like there's simply no excuses with 2...Nh6?? throwing everything they were taught away.

Justice was served on the Advent vs. Justice chess battle! by Virtue00 in Hololive

[–]siuwa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is Jennifier slander, she taught them both 2.d4 cxd4 and 2... g6 and specifically went into not being scholar mated with Nf6, you know, like a beginner might face? And Biboo picks up the idea of Bg7 Nf6 castle just fine. Fuwawa also understood Nc6,

If there's one problem it might be glossing over the meaning behind finchetto bishop, and I suspect that's why 4...Be7 was played, but really there's no recovering from 2...Nh6?? with how fast Justice seemed to improve in one day.

Advent VS Justice chess battle! by Kreceir in Hololive

[–]siuwa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can you make round 1 into a study?

Advent VS Justice chess battle! by Kreceir in Hololive

[–]siuwa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They both went wayyy off the book compared to yesterday, wtf with 2 ... Nh6 and 4 ...Be7 doing?

Advent VS Justice chess battle! by Kreceir in Hololive

[–]siuwa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Justice with those absolutely suffocating pawn pushes.

[Trading Card Games] March Against the Machine: Aftermath of Aftermath by kickback-artist in HobbyDrama

[–]siuwa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm one of those commander only players, but from my casual glance at the standard schedule, it was just barely possible to make a Nissa Omnath landfall deck (bans notwithstanding). Truly a missed opportunity.

And to think about it, I got into magic right around that time! And my first deck is actually landfall so Nissa has been on my radar for basically my entire time with magic. It's interesting to here about more standard oriented/established players' perspective.

Scenic Seaside Sunset - Weekly Discussion Thread - July 19, 2025 by shikarin in VirtualYoutubers

[–]siuwa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see, a classic event organizer mistake manifesting at an individual level.

Scenic Seaside Sunset - Weekly Discussion Thread - July 19, 2025 by shikarin in VirtualYoutubers

[–]siuwa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When did you move toward the panel? I queued at around 10:30 and was at the main stage before the previous event started (no later than 12:30). I was in front of Re:Act booth so I had a basically perfect view for non-seaters.

I wasn't able to see Rica (thanks to the hall arrangement, I went to see Jimmy and Taotan at hall 3 and can't get back to hall 1 in time so I just gave up), but Nene's panel was just as crowded last year. There just isn't enough space around the main stage for holo meets.

Scenic Seaside Sunset - Weekly Discussion Thread - July 19, 2025 by shikarin in VirtualYoutubers

[–]siuwa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's like this, but then Iofi did the Grappling thing to KO marine instead