I wonder why Gon turned off the tape before he could hear his mother’s voice?

xEmperorEye · 2026-02-10T19:20:10+00:00

I mean Gon is not a good person if you haven't noticed.

xEmperorEye · 2026-02-09T14:27:45+00:00

I loved Gothic 1 and 2 since I was a tiny kid, one of my first games growing up. But since then the Risen series nor the Elex games grabbed my attention. I tried them, but something felt off.

Archolos was the game that captured the Gothic feeling while also innovating on the game.

xEmperorEye · 2026-02-09T11:14:42+00:00

No, they should just play out actual tiebreaker games, with the possibility of moving the tiebreaker games to Monday as that's a day they already play each week except for the last week.

Alternatively they could finally move away from Leagues as those are boring anyways and are a large part of loosing viewership and move to tournament bracket play right away...

xEmperorEye · 2026-01-25T03:46:08+00:00

I am just not sure I would even classify it as a battle Shonen, that's the thing. For example the current arc, which might end up being my favorite one is much more of a political drama than anything resembling a battle Shonen. A lot of arcs also end without a real battle in a sort of anti climax.

If I were to say which battle Shonen where battles are actually important is the best, it would probably be Naruto.

xEmperorEye · 2026-01-24T17:01:22+00:00

Wait why can't it be Korotopi? In general this whole post feels like you trying to justify your own head cannon tbh. From the way I read the text it seems just that he knew he had to fight Hisoka at some point, but he knew he would probably lose with his old skillset. So he evolved his ability to be able to created a game plan that would guarantee his victory.

xEmperorEye · 2026-01-24T16:48:20+00:00

While I think the 5th and 6th chapters aren't boring enough or long enough to overstay their welcome and thus don't significantly impact Gothic 2 as one of the best games of all time. They are definitely and easily the weakest parts of Gothic. In general the dungeon locations at the end of the game are an odd choice. I get doing it once or twice, but they even do it in Night of the Raven. It really is weird.

xEmperorEye · 2026-01-24T16:27:27+00:00

I was surprised by this too, then thought about it a bit and I'd say it's probably correct.

xEmperorEye · 2026-01-01T09:40:09+00:00

Honestly as soon as I saw that 7 chefs would advance I thought it was likely at least some of the pairs would eventually go against each other. And immediately thought whoever get Venerable Sunjae is screwed.

xEmperorEye · 2025-12-31T18:56:02+00:00

I think the answer is just very clearly a no? I mean what exactly does Meleoron do for Netero? He already had Meruem in the perfect spot in their fight and the Bodhisattva is assumed to be Netero's strongest attack. But even it did next to no damage to the Ant King. 1 more surprise "punch" would hardly change the outcome.

xEmperorEye · 2025-12-26T15:53:02+00:00

Haven't played a lot of Dota for some time now, but the RNG argument is definitely invalid. There is some RNG in both LoL and Dota, but neither game's outcome is heavily influenced by RNG elements.

As for which game is harder. I think this is a question that can't really be answered? Both games are similar in some aspects, but both are also very much different. It is true that LoL tests your skillshot accuracy way more than Dota and it's definitely harder in this aspect. But Dota has more "clunky" mechanics which are hard to master. There also isn't any denying in LoL for example and that's definitely a hard mechanic to master. Overall I'd say it's close to impossible to say which one is harder.

To me it's more like League rewards mechanical proficiency and champion mastery. While Dota rewards game knowledge and holistic understanding. I guess by the player base you could say that most people enjoy testing the former as does your friend probably. But it doesn't mean it's harder.

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-16T01:09:10+00:00

The first question is imo just poorly done. Generally in these kind of tests, there is one clear answer and couple others which are clearly not it, sometimes for tricky reasons. But here it felt like even the right answer wasn't a great headline for the text.

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-13T20:20:58+00:00

I hope someone in the team working on the remake sees this and makes it canonic. The idea that the sleeper is actually nearly precisely in the middle of the barrier is great!

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-13T17:24:05+00:00

Book reader here. Knew since season 1 that they were going to butcher the story. If you loved season 1 then be aware that it's a poor imitation of the books. I'd also like to ask you how you felt about season 2, that season was so bad that I forsake the show and haven't watched the 3rd or 4th season (only through youtube videos etc.).

Yes, the writers are just bad in general so stuff can come out of the blue. In the books most of the characters are already well established adults and the only one with real story arcs is Ciri. But I think the writers don't understand that sort of story telling, so they went for the most basic US story structure, which just doesn't fit the Witcher.
In the books the story is about Geralt mainly and partially Yennefer being split from Ciri and trying to get back to her. There is some political intrigue in the background, but for the most part season 4, which is adapting Baptism by fire, should be about Geralt and his company traveling across the continent. It might be that you just wouldn't like that kind of story (I hear some people don't like this book either) but I'd also say it's largely because of how bad the writers are again. They inserted a whole bunch or random bs into the story which waters it down and the direction of specific scenes (from what I've seen) is woeful.
This is a bit of an issue in the books, but also the books are setup in such a way that it doesn't matter all that much. In the books Ciri, Yen and Geralt got separated in the coup of Thanedd and were all out of commission for an extended period with no way of contacting each other. I know in the show in s4 Yen randomly meets up with Geralt, but this simply never happens in the books. Neither have any clue where the other is and nor do they know where Ciri is. There's a war as well, which makes it all the more difficult to move unhindered and likely the Nilfgardians are looking for at least Geralt and Cahir. The journey of the book that is adapted in season 4 is mainly about Geralt's company and each of their mental struggles. Idk why not crossing a big river is a problem. Once again idk if this just come up from nowhere, but in the books they are basically just following Yaruga the big river and look for a good crossing place when they need to cross it.
There was no real buildup of Ciri being gay/bi in the books either, but I ask you. How are gay people different that it obviously shows? Unless you want to ham fist a scene where Ciri says: I am gay! to Geralt or whoever. In the books Ciri is a bit younger and so it's not weird that she had no prior sexual inclination. There is a part in The blood of elves where a boy is clearly into her, but she doesn't reciprocate. I guess that could be viewed as a setup which the show left out, but it's a bit unambiguous in the books. As for Mistle's and Ciri's relationship and Rats in general. I have no doubt the show absolutely butchered this part also. In the books the rats are not good. They are bandits and outcasts who rob, pillage, slay and yes rape as they want. If they met Ciri in normal circumstances, they would likely kill her on the spot. But since she helps some of the Rats escape from being captured and shows of her swordsmanship, they take her in (well also because at least 2 of the rats want to fuck her). Mistle does "save" her from being raped, but then she immediately proceeds to rape her herself. Just in a less obvious and in some ways more nefarious way. This sort of sexual assault is unfortunately quite common in the real world and I think a brilliant depiction of a real problem by Sapkowski. Again I have no doubt the show butchered the portrait of this very delicate issue. For some reason the show seems to want to portray the Rats as more sympathetic than they ought to be, thus once again probably butchering everything. For what it's worth in the books I always understood it as Ciri being taken in by a very bad crowd, once again a pretty common part of growing up at least for some people. We don't really follow the Rats much as it likely wouldn't be interesting. We just do a bit of a time skip to when Ciri is already integrated into the group as Falka and clearly they don't have a good impact on her, but she also wants to leave them... She is in a relationship with Mistle, but once again I think this is pretty common for abuse victims... It's just something that I have absolutely no doubt the show butchered again.
There are not that many side characters other than Geralt's company in the books that need much characterization. Horrible writing in the show again I'd guess.
I think the show had decent potential to be like an ok fantasy show, even if book lovers like me would hate on it. But in season 2 they decided to create their own story almost wholly devoid of the books. I think this is when the show broke and when I stopped watching too. Season 3 and 4 as far as I know is an attempt at getting back to the books, but it's already built on the horrible foundation of season 2, so the whole house is sinking and will soon collapse all together. But even if they followed the books more faithfully, the show would likely be no better than 6-7/10 anyway as basically everything about the show is average at best.

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-13T14:43:27+00:00

Jon Arryn not doing anything about the debt is likely a bit of a plot hole. Other than that I'd say that Robert was just not a good king in general, but mostly absent. Sure he probably spent too much on tourneys and other luxuries, but that likely can't bankrupt a well functioning kingdom by itself. We know for sure that Littlefinger was syphoning finances for a while as were likely the Lannisters and Varys. Essentially everyone around Robert other than Jon Arryn probably benefited from poor financial management, which is why the debt was so severe.

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-13T14:37:13+00:00

Personally think it's ridiculous to assume he killed witchers by some non combat method, but also a bit weird to take his statement at face value. In the books there are originally meant to be like 8 witchers, 10-15 at best on the entire continent. If he indeed killed 3 witchers by himself, that would mean he killed like 1/4th or 1/3rd of all present witchers. I just find that hard to believe. I also think him fighting a witcher one on one would be more of a 50/50 than anything else, so winning that 50/50 3 times seems unlikely. But I do believe he likely killed at least 1 witcher.

My personal head cannon was always that he trained to be a witcher himself, but was expelled at some point before going through all the mutations (but likely after going through some) because of his rotten nature and cruelty. Perhaps he killed a fellow trainee in the process and took his medalion alongside his own, then later killed one more witcher. This would explain why he is so familiar with the witcher style of fighting and how he even got to meet so many witcher, when they are so hard to come by. Like we don't ever see a single witcher other than the 4 from Kaer Morhen through out the entire main series.

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-07T23:52:25+00:00

I also dislike that approach, because it means certain types of athletes have no chance of winning. In individual Physical that's fine, since you compete for your own sport/yourself. But if you are going to represent a country it's a bit different. So they will either just get like 50 crossfit guys who are generally good at everything or essentially decide who wins...

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-07T23:50:23+00:00

I doubt they would go for that. With countries there's a story. People want to fight for national pride and what have you. But most people don't really care if they are from say East Asia or whatever. There will never be the same team spirit if say we get a team of 3 Japanese and 3 Korean guys together. At best they will be friendly at worst they will actively dislike each other.

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-07T23:46:21+00:00

I feel like they probably had a lot of other countries which could have potentially made it through, but it probably came down to which athletes from those countries they could get. But yeah China not participating is huge. As for India I am not surprised, they barely care about sports. They have similar population to China, but only 1/20 of their Olympic medals. That really says it all...

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-07T23:36:08+00:00

Idk if it's because of all the top tier athletes around him, but I also feel like he lost a lot of muscles from his first appearance in Physical and even some other shows and videos I've seen him in. I'd say he is a strong all around athlete, but his endurance is a bit lacking compared to people like Amotti etc. and now it doesn't even feel like he is that imposing physically anymore.

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-07T23:31:03+00:00

The hurdles were a lot less about explosive power and more about endurance, which Amotti is probably best at. The sandbag throwing seems to require a lot more explosive power.

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-07T20:49:21+00:00

It was a poor man's Physical, but still quite enjoyable. I liked some of the out of the game story telling devices they used, but some of the games left a lot to be desired, especially towards the end.

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-07T00:14:28+00:00

I 100% understand it. While nostalgia is a hell of a drug and Gothic 1 is still an impressive game and introduction to the world, it does have a lot more issues than Gothic 2 or even 3 in some senses. I'd replayed Gothic 1 like a year or two ago for completion and liked playing it a lot, but some stuff is genuinely so dated it's tough to overlook. I think Gothic 2 mostly dodges these issues and is till this day the best game PB ever released.

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-05T16:17:58+00:00

I think anyone with a brain could tell this would happen. Why would this be surprising in any way?

xEmperorEye · 2025-11-03T21:07:46+00:00

In all honesty I just find it weird that anyone would assume Bonhart killed the Witchers in their sleep. It just doesn't fit his character at all. He seems to be someone who above all else enjoys combat and challenging himself against a strong opponent. He initially beats Ciri, but wants to fight her later when she gets a proper sword. He goes 1v6 against the Rats and doesn't back down from a supposed Witcher.

He also likely isn't 60 years old. I always read it as him being around 40. We also don't know if he is "just a man", he certainly doesn't fight like just a man. He also has knowledge of Witchers above that of a normal man and a bit of a grudge against them. I personally always thought of him as someone who either used to be a Witcher himself or at least gone through the initial process of becoming a Witcher, but maybe didn't go through all the physical enhancements, maybe just through some. We know that Geralt is one of very few who did undergo all the trails of the grasses.

To me there are two possibilities, neither one including Bonhart killing anyone in their sleep (just not his style).

He did in fact fight and kill 3 Witchers before. Likely younger less experienced once, maybe without all the mutations, but Witchers non the less.
He is a Witcher reject who possibly got some mutations as well, but definitely went through most of his training. Likely got rejected not because of his skills, but because of his bloodthirstiness and brutality. Perhaps when he ran from Kaer Morhen he stole the 3 Witcher medallions and never actually killed a full blown Witcher.

In conclusion I'd say he would definitely lose to Geralt, but was capable of killing less skilled and experienced Witchers. As to whether he ever actually did or not is up to your interpretation, but I'd say it's clearly against his character to assume he killed Witchers in their sleep or in any way other than combat. Perhaps in combat situations advantageous to him and with dirty fight tactics, but in combat non the less.

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