This is the last I'll speak on this since I don't want to derail the thread any further, but coming from a place where you tease people doesn't make it okay do so in any environment. Furthermore, if you have to blame other people for not understanding your humor then maybe your humor is just bad or doesn't match the audience you're with. A large part of humor is knowing your audience, and if your style of humor doesn't fit your audience then maybe change things up instead of doubling down with petty jabs and passive aggressive remarks.
I don't care about the truth of your "jokes" so much as I care about them being bold-faced insults. Was I perhaps a bit aggressive in my initial rebuttal? Sure, and that's on me. But you're the one who resorted to character attacks first when you got defensive over your own argument that I raised an objection to.
Also, you say that I shouldn't obsess over your post history, but at the same time you expect me to know, based on our limited interactions in the former Newcomer Thread, your exact stances on specific characters down to specific posts, some of which were in threads I never even looked at? And on a site that I spend maybe an hour throughout the day? For me to do that would be, in my book, obsession. I'm not going to do that.
There's no point shouting at a brick wall anymore than I have, so if you want to think you're right and that you've won and that I'm some villainous internet ne'er do well twirling a handlebar mustache as I think of ways to specifically inconvenience you then go ahead. It's my bad for having a different opinion than you and disagreeing with you.
Here, I'll get the thread back on track:
Everyone go like Opossum's Takamaru moveset because he put a lot of work into it and Takamaru got ROBBED in Smash 4. Here's hoping he gets his chance this time because we STILL don't have a Samurai moveset and Takamaru is prominent enough to get in as an obscure character (retro rep anyone?)
Imagine how awesome it'd be if in the next game we got a dual Takamaru and Ryu Hayabusa trailer. Straight baller.
So first off, do check out
Opossum
and his Takamaru moveset. I glanced at it and it was pretty well done. I STILL think it should have been posted in the thread that is about moveset ideas so that it could get more proper attention, but by all means look at it here. I'm actually hoping Takamaru does get in, and I think his chances go up a bit every Smash game. I'd link the post but I've forgotten how to do that.
If you can't handle being teased on occasion, not constantly, but on occasion as just some playful banter...you need to evaluate yourself. In all my family and friend groups, we make fun of each other all the time. This stems across multiple groups of friends I have that don't overlap at all, with people from all walks of life, and we all have an amazing time with no issues. I have a friend that makes consistent jokes about me being a fat, uneducated American...and they are consistently pretty funny, even if only two parts of that are accurate...I'll let you figure out which. (Hint, that's another joke.) It's gotten to the point where I make jokes about it faster and better than him on average. The power to laugh at one's self is massive, and it's a lost art: everyone takes themselves and what they think and believe so seriously nowadays that you can't make a joke or sit down and have serious talks about things without people getting really upset.
As far as knowing my audience, I'm not performing for anyone here. The humor is mostly for me, but if anyone here appreciates it, that's fine too. When I make a post here, it's mainly just getting my thoughts across and engaging with the thoughts of others, but since the thoughts of others are often very similar it gets old after a time...so I self-entertain with writing things in a way I think is funny. Sometimes, other people find it funny too, and that's just some weird kind of bonus points that I'm not looking for but it's kinda cool to get I guess. There is also a difference between insulting someone and a playful jab while remaining critical: Insulting means I was TRYING to offend you, whereas a playful jab while being critical is simply poking fun at what you did while also pointing out the mistake. I never called you a dumbass or anything like that, I simply implied you didn't try hard enough. I know things are wack in the world right now, but context still matters and offense is still taken and not given, even when someone WANTS to upset you.
If you can't play ball with that, that's fine. If anything, I would have expected some jabs back, though I'll admit any jabs I would expect to come at me are usually about being wrong but still being confident or who I talked to in the past, which are pretty weak and done way too much. I will say that I didn't post in a way that made jabs at people very much UNTIL I became more active on SmashBoards where this kind of behavior was tossed my way while I was still rather polite, so I adopted it. I even tried being more polite with less jabs for a time, but the jabs kept coming back at me regardless, so I decided to stick with tossing jabs back when I felt like it. But I have always had a sassy commentary side, so I won't act like SmashBoards is 100% to blame for that, but it is most definitely responsible for bringing it back to the forefront when I'm around here.
I'm not sure what this 'being defensive' thing is, because I haven't felt a need to be defensive this entire time, unless you are talking about me clarifying how you labeled me as something that isn't true and I decided to clear the air. I didn't feel attacked or anything of the sort, I just noticed you were wrong and misleading so I corrected it. I don't think anyone here has ever personally offended me, even those who straight up think I'm crazy and have said that more or less. My rebuttals here I don't believe have ever been fueled with having taken offense as much as they are about thinking people are wrong and addressing it. I think the last time I had actual emotion tied to this site was with the old Geno Thread who couldn't accept the fact that I was excited for an ARMS character but also thought it was a horrible pick for a number of reasons and the couldn't understand being critical of something but also being happy for new content and excited for what the character might be like. I remember explaining this multiple times and they still labeled me as something I wasn't, and it actually frustrated me that people I got along with were so incredibly dense and willing to target a fellow Geno fan over something like that, so I took my leave for a while since the conversation just wouldn't go past that. Even then, I don't recall being offended, just surprised at how easily people turn on their allies over dumb stuff and how incredibly stupid people can be at basic concepts like being critical but excited at the same time.
I also don't recall attacking your character as much as making light of you not remembering even a single post I made throughout CP10-CP11 talk times where I constantly brought up Chief and Crash. I get that I have like a tenth of the posts you have, but I was fairly active for a period there and was clearly talking about the validity of Chief being leaked. Then when people were locking in CP11 calls the night before, I locked in Chief. I also commented the day off talking about how I was never so happy to be wrong because Sora is just that big a deal. I have constantly stated how I'm overall happy with every single inclusion and that I think they all are fun to play and that even if Geno didn't get in, I'm still happy that the game is getting more content.
What sense would it make for someone like that to suddenly think not 3rd Party but Capcom and Square can get in, or that only DMC and Ace Attorney have chances as third party franchises? It doesn't. What the real issue here is that you had the opportunity to know this, but what is more likely is that you have a certain way you envision me to be, which is likely the typical 'crazy theory Geno fan' that most people here have and thus it seems to me that you let that take over the actual evidence you had not even a month ago, less even. I don't care what you think of me, but if you are going to debate or have a conversation, you can't just waltz into discussions like that with an assumption of the other person or their stance. Your post would have done much better if you lead with 'Are you implying that only Capcom and Square have chances for a future Smash game and no other 3rd party studios?' framing it as if you are asking if that is my position instead of ASSUMING it was my position.
Besides, I already gave you the benefit of admitting that remembering what people say on forums can be more difficult for people since things go by so fast and it's not like you care about whatever everyone says. My brain works differently and I find this easier to do. I still personally believe you could have done a better job at remembering my stance if you took more time, but that's what
I believe, and I already gave you that argument by stating the above: AKA, we agree to disagree, but I understand where you are coming from.
We also have different definitions of obsession. I can see why you would think that might be borderline obsessive at face value, but for me I would find you obsessive if you could recall everything I've ever said here and list the dates and times I said them off the cuff while constantly replying to everything I said and perhaps having a poster of my profile pic on your wall. Bonus creep factor if you have all my Geno Thread memes in your room as well. I don't find asking you to remember someone's stance when they were active in the thread at the same time as you on the same level, but I digress.
I don't appreciate being called a brick wall...mainly because I'm fat and nothing is hard about me. (This is a joke that ties back to that joke in the early paragraph. Also, yes, explaining the jokes in parentheses is another joke. Big hahas, I know.) Self-deprecating humor aside, I've been informed by people I talk to regularly that I'm actually rather flexible and able to see the side of other people. This is why I admit my personal standard may not be fair to apply to you and can agree that following up on random posters you have no investment in is hard, even if it's not hard for me. However, being on the spectrum, it's something I've had to work at and sometimes I fallback into being incredibly stubborn and stuck in my own stances. I don't think this is one of the cases, but just incase anyone thought I believed myself to be flawless, it's not the case.
I don't have this impression of you being The Wah or **** Dastardly (is there a difference?), and the fact that you think I do is strange. My impression of you is nothing short of what I have seen here: A Sora/KH fan who doesn't like to speculate very much and occasionally responds to people in a reactionary manner, although some of your earlier post history might suggest you yourself also used to like making jabs at people and then some, but I don't find that to reflect who I'm talking to right now. And to clarify, no, I didn't go stalk your post history: someone made a reference to a specific post in the past, and when I went back and read it, some things you said were referenced around that time. I don't think you are quite the same person, but I really don't know you so that doesn't matter. I think Smash speculation this cycle has changed a lot of people, and I'd argue not all for the better.
I don't care if you have a different opinion on most things. I get along with people who think fundamentally different things so long as I find them to be decent people and fun to be around, and honestly I tend to get along with most people generally. The difference is that your opinion was about me and what I think, and you were wrong. It's not like I hate you or something, it's not that big a deal. Considering you admit you jumped the gun and I admit (and already have admitted) that it's unfair to expect you to remember my stance, I see no further issues here.
Also, you never answered me on how you feel about Sora. If you posted your opinion somewhere else, feel free to link me to it in a DM or something. I seriously meant what I said about hoping you enjoy him and I genuinely wanted to know your opinion on the character.
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THEY DARE TO CENSOR THE GREAT **** DASTARDLY?! HOW ABSURD!
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THE GIF GOT CENSORED! HOW DARE THEY DO THIS TO MY MAN!
EDIT3: I found away around it, which is to use TinyUrl so that the censored word isn't in the link. I managed this because I'm crafty! Pretty sure I didn't do anything wrong either, as the censored word isn't even part of the link anymore...unless posting this Wacky Racing lad is against ToS.
