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[Aurane]

That's a horrible idea. How else will I meet my daily post quota?

Because you might be able to post ever again.

Drive safely folks. Smashboards isn't going anywhere.

 

[FalKoopa]

. . .

. . .I know this is sidetracking, but thinking on clean energy for a second. . .

I hope they don't mandate -every- kind of clean energy in that case, although they probably would anyway.

Dams and geothermal aren't the only clean energy sources with environmental hazard issues. Wind turbines cut through the air so hard that they cause massive noise pollution and kill migratory birds out of the sky, and solar mirror arrays cook the immediate area to the point that birds fry out of the sky like Pit at the five minute and one second mark and no one can live nearby. If they have the misfortune of putting something like those near an endangered species of bird, they could end up causing an extinction by trying to do the right thing.

The only heavily spoken of clean energy I've seen so far that actually does it's job right is the smaller solar panels like the ones people put on their roofs. I'm not against clean energy, but I think people are too quick to jump into it without considering the environmental and societal complications of some forms of it. Basically people are so desperate for something to rescue them from fossil fuels that they blindly charge in without checking to see if it will backfire.

If folks want to spread solar panels around more often though then I'm a-OK with that, though, it seems like the one heavily discussed form of energy currently being used that doesn't have major drawbacks. . .that I've heard of, anyway.

Solar Panels are rather expensive to set up right now, although we are getting there. Wind and Hydropower have their drawbacks, but they're far far less of an environmental problem than fossil fuel energy.

At least wind turbines kill only a few birds at once and it is possible to dismantle them. Global warming will cause entire species to go extinct in a few generations.

As someone with 27 working clocks it is a pain in the butt
Also DST sucks; it is dark as hell at 5pm already, making us to use lights for more time during day.
The only advantage is that sunrise is earlier; benefitting people on early morning work shifts.

School here generally shift their work hours rather than change the clocks. I think it works better than way.

For me it very much hinges on who gets in as president.

Free secondary education to low income families, mandated police reform, or increased incentives or mandates for clean energy/penalties for fossil fuels? Awesome things that Clinton's all for, but a mostly republican congress would block them in an instant. Tax cuts for the rich, increased police power (including proposing unconstitutional methods), refusal to change our energy issues, and an attack on the first amendment's right to freedom of the press? All things Trump would love to push that I'm highly against and would be very worried about if Congress were on his side.

I'm worried about Hillary's background tbh. The FBI investigating her emails is pretty major, especially when some say it could be on the scale of Watergate.

If it was Bernie, I would be much less worried, he's a clean candidate and much more trustworthy than Clinton.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Because you might be able to post ever again.

Drive safely folks. Smashboards isn't going anywhere.

A Distant Demon you're fired from being a typo master. Dumdum, if ONLY you added the letter N somewhere and the post would have a different meaning

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Plz continue; any gaming thing is good to distract from politics. :v

glad to see Im not the only one sick of that

look what my toon link amiibo gave me

 

[FalKoopa]

glad to see Im not the only one sick of that
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look what my toon link amiibo gave me

Wow, a Zelda caravan/RV.

Even a has a cucco. 10/10

 

[Coricus]

Solar Panels are rather expensive to set up right now, although we are getting there. Wind and Hydropower have their drawbacks, but they're far far less of an environmental problem than fossil fuel energy.

At least wind turbines kill only a few birds at once and it is possible to dismantle them. Global warming will cause entire species to go extinct in a few generations.


School here generally shift their work hours rather than change the clocks. I think it works better than way.


I'm worried about Hillary's background tbh. The FBI investigating her emails is pretty major, especially when some say it could be on the scale of Watergate.

If it was Bernie, I would be much less worried, he's a clean candidate and much more trustworthy than Clinton.

Well at least you acknowledge that it can cause potential issues and simply see it as a lesser of two evils. With how praised wind power is sometimes I wonder if people are even aware it causes problems at all. It's fine to make a judgement call, it's just not a good idea to act like if one thing is horrible then the alternative must be sunshine and rainbows.

I hope at the very least people use caution in where they place things. It may not be as large scale, but for some species of animals it only takes a few of them being killed to drive the species to extinction and I worry people will ride the clean energy train so hard they won't be careful where they put things. . .

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Im Time skipping and getting more stuff from medlii lol

 

[A Distant Demon]

You know it's really confusing to try and catch up on the posts you missed while you were asleep and some of the messages were outright deleted.

Im also salty because I was chastised for doing something similar in my own group.


Unrelated. **** headaches. I dont like the feeling of having 1,000 needles in my brain

 

[Jaedrik]

I am being honest in when I say that; if there are no really good Hunter changes beyond the traps coming back, I was planning on leaving.

Honestly, they'll never bring back that element of hunting for rare or exotic pets / specialized species and will probably keep homogenizing everything.
I remember when my dad tamed the uncommon lion in Barrens, then logging on and finding out that it was no longer special at all after that patch long ago.

Someone tried to rush the stage at a Trump rally.

Lord, if he gets elected, he's not gonna make it through his term is he?

I don't like the guy, but killing somebody or hurting them is never the answer.

Just go out and vote against him if you don't want him in office that badly.

Just go out and vote regardless. Every bit counts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sbT3_9dJY4
As Assange says (Oh, by the way, he's alive and well in the Ecuadorian Embassy! :D) "Trump would not be permitted to win."
At this point, I'd say you don't even have to go out and vote. The deep state will win.
Living in a deep blue state, I'm contemplating not voting simply because it's a sacrament of the state religion, but I'm going to vote blank ballot.

I guess, but Congress has little control over foreign policy, and Obama was able to get a lot done through executive orders that go around the system. To be honest, we might as well be one Gulf of Tonkin/Terrorist moment away from emergency powers...

It heartens me that people are taking the possibility of false flags seriously nowadays <3 <3 <3

Well at least you acknowledge that it can cause potential issues and simply see it as a lesser of two evils. With how praised wind power is sometimes I wonder if people are even aware it causes problems at all. It's fine to make a judgement call, it's just not a good idea to act like if one thing is horrible then the alternative must be sunshine and rainbows.

I hope at the very least people use caution in where they place things. It may not be as large scale, but for some species of animals it only takes a few of them being killed to drive the species to extinction and I worry people will ride the clean energy train so hard they won't be careful where they put things. . .

The cronyists who want subsidies don't care about your flipping BIRDS 'n' stuff.
I think bureaucracy is incorrigible. There's no way the systems we have will result in anything but the politicization of science and the hampering of the advancement of technology in the energy market.
Edit: That besides, you know what I think about the so-called climate science 'consensus.' There's tons of corruption, climategate revealed that well enough. Looking over the long term we're in a relatively cool period. Over the past 20 years satellite data reveals we've been in short term cooling. https://judithcurry.com/ The climate is much more dependent on the oscillations of Atlantic and Pacific decadal currents and sun cycles.


FalKoopa nice GuP avatar :D

 

[Champ Gold]

I was sick around nighttime so I'm missing like 250+ Post right now.


I've been spending my morning watching Marvel vs Capcom 1 matches

 

[Kurri ★]

Well at least you acknowledge that it can cause potential issues and simply see it as a lesser of two evils. With how praised wind power is sometimes I wonder if people are even aware it causes problems at all. It's fine to make a judgement call, it's just not a good idea to act like if one thing is horrible then the alternative must be sunshine and rainbows.

I hope at the very least people use caution in where they place things. It may not be as large scale, but for some species of animals it only takes a few of them being killed to drive the species to extinction and I worry people will ride the clean energy train so hard they won't be careful where they put things. . .

I don't think anyone actually thinks clean energy doesn't have it's own share of potential issues, that's just the risk of building anything in general. It's just fossil fuel is just that much more harmful than the alternatives. Fossil fuels doesn't just cause extinction, it messes with the world's climate causing untold amount of harm to the planet.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

"Trump would not be permitted to win."
At this point, I'd say you don't even have to go out and vote. The deep state will win.

Sadly that's untrue. I don't think I need to mention how much of a trainwreck Brexit is. And in the Netherlands, we had something similar. The people were asked if we wanted Ukraine in the EU. Most people who agreed didn't vote because they felt that nobody would vote against it. Bam. 89% or so said no.


And now Mark Rutte's trying to go to Belgium to invalidate the opinion of the public about Ukraine smh

 

[Jaedrik]

Sadly that's untrue. I don't think I need to mention how much of a trainwreck Brexit is. And in the Netherlands, we had something similar. The people were asked if we wanted Ukraine in the EU. Most people who agreed didn't vote because they felt that nobody would vote against it. Bam. 89% or so said no.


And now Mark Rutte's trying to go to Belgium to invalidate the opinion of the public about Ukraine smh

Hm. On the contrary, I think it was more media fabrication of the popular consensus being they wanted Ukraine in the EU. I remember that episode, and the choice of the people further heartens me. Same with Brexit.
People are fighting against the globalists, perhaps without realizing it. But, here? In the United States? I think that the globalist elites focuses on the United States / have more control than in any other country, through the deep state. We have more bureaucratic agencies and moneyed interests... Some day all will be revealed, aye?
Now, that being said, my vote still wouldn't affect anything because I'm in a deep blue state so at least I don't have to vote as a matter of self-defense :D

Saw episode 5 of Kamen Rider yesterday. Dat level up. I woulda kept the hammer at the same time tho.

 

[MF Viewtiful]

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37450661

While a Trump presidency was a wild joke nearly a year ago, things are looking way too close for comfort these days. If any you are able to be, especially in certain states, go out to the polls. It will make a difference for sure this time around. The way bad guys like Trump win is cause we are apathetic when we need not be.

 

[FalKoopa]

Well at least you acknowledge that it can cause potential issues and simply see it as a lesser of two evils. With how praised wind power is sometimes I wonder if people are even aware it causes problems at all. It's fine to make a judgement call, it's just not a good idea to act like if one thing is horrible then the alternative must be sunshine and rainbows.

I hope at the very least people use caution in where they place things. It may not be as large scale, but for some species of animals it only takes a few of them being killed to drive the species to extinction and I worry people will ride the clean energy train so hard they won't be careful where they put things. . .

Tbh, this is a problem that is affecting a lot of the newly industrialised nations (China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Indonesia, etc.)

Switching to clean energy is basically compromising on the current rate of development due to expenses and it seems the public is in favour of development rather than the environment.

 

[Metal Shop X]

I like how this thread discussion have passed to Broly to politic so quickly.
Never change Smashboard, never change.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Hm. On the contrary, I think it was more media fabrication of the popular consensus being they wanted Ukraine in the EU. I remember that episode, and the choice of the people further heartens me. Same with Brexit.
People are fighting against the globalists, perhaps without realizing it. But, here? In the United States? I think that the globalist elites focuses on the United States / have more control than in any other country, through the deep state. We have more bureaucratic agencies and moneyed interests... Some day all will be revealed, aye?
Now, that being said, my vote still wouldn't affect anything because I'm in a deep blue state so at least I don't have to vote as a matter of self-defense :D

Saw episode 5 of Kamen Rider yesterday. Dat level up. I woulda kept the hammer at the same time tho.

Er, no. With Brexit, the most googled thing after the announcement of leaving the EU in the UK was 'What is the EU'. Meaning they had NO clue what they did. With the Ukraine thing, lots of people who didn't vote made it clear that they regretted not voting. The only issue with that one now is how our president is actively ignoring that
Why have a dumb hammer when gundam arm? Also no episode for a week, show got delayed

 

[Aetheri]

Alpha Sapphire Update
It's really cool seeing the Ace Trainers actually surfing on their pokemon in this game...

Popeye

Atlas

Sahara

Gobi

Rutela

Din

Who would've thought that my best counter against water types is my fire type? Din's Drought+Solarbeam too OP...between Din and Gobi, Wallace's gym was not an issue...

Now I'm basically cleaning up house, knocked out the wrecked ship and other areas, going to try to cover everything with Popeye's Dive, then I'll replace it with Waterfall to clear out Meteor Falls and battle any trainers I missed in my final preparations...

Once that's done I'll clear out Meteor Falls and finally Victory Road and Ever Grande!

On a final note I forgot that new pokemon appear after defeating Kyogre/Groudon in ORAS so I could've tried to grab something else for my team but as of now I'm rather content with who I have...

 

[---]

It's probably best people skip the last page or two of posts. My bad.

If it was Bernie, I would be much less worried, he's a clean candidate and much more trustworthy than Clinton.

I wouldn't say trustworthy, Clinton actually beats him by a slim margin according to Politifact (27% to 28% vs. Trump's 71%). He's definitely a lot more genuine and is a better speaker though.

It heartens me that people are taking the possibility of false flags seriously nowadays <3 <3 <3

Sorry, I was listening to the Real Time podcast (NSFW) while at work last night and they pointed out that authoritarian figures love to find crimes for criminals to have committed. I wouldn't say a terrorist attack is the same thing as a false flag, but it presents the same opportunity (ex. Iraq War).

Tonight I'm going to listen to the Diane Rehm show (from NPR) and watch Last Week Tonight to hopefully balance my emotions out. lol

 

[Jaedrik]

Er, no. With Brexit, the most googled thing after the announcement of leaving the EU in the UK was 'What is the EU'. Meaning they had NO clue what they did. With the Ukraine thing, lots of people who didn't vote made it clear that they regretted not voting. The only issue with that one now is how our president is actively ignoring that
Why have a dumb hammer when gundam arm? Also no episode for a week, show got delayed

tru, but I think it reveals moreso that the vast majority of people simply didn't care enough to be informed about those things rather than they regret leaving.

No but I mean why not both??? I mean he had a free hand and just threw the hammer! :O
Two weapon fighting has a rich history IRL, he'd certainly be advantaged by using both the cool gundam arm at the same time as hammer.

Tbh, this is a problem that is affecting a lot of the newly industrialised nations (China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Indonesia, etc.)

Switching to clean energy is basically compromising on the current rate of development due to expenses and it seems the public is in favour of development rather than the environment.

This is a trouble--a natural way of things. Capital accumulation and economic development are processes. New technology doesn't magically make everything easier, things slowly accumulate over time on a regional basis as the capital structure grows. It's why forcing 'sweatshops' to close down or get better conditions doesn't work and will only serve to impoverish the developing nations and hamper their economic growth.
Same thing with clean energy. The fastest and surest way to clean energy is to simply let the market handle it. Not to mention, we risk people dying if they don't have power--and that's simply not worth it.
My supposed ideal next step (might take a bit, again due to the necessity of capital structure accumulation) if the market was able to take over tomorrow is private nuclear, it'd be extremely clean, extremely safe, and extremely efficient.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Well I cant lie when I say my mood was soured by political talk but Ill drop in in say I made Medlii move in

 

[Coricus]

I don't think anyone actually thinks clean energy doesn't have it's own share of potential issues, that's just the risk of building anything in general. It's just fossil fuel is just that much more harmful than the alternatives. Fossil fuels doesn't just cause extinction, it messes with the world's climate causing untold amount of harm to the planet.

I just see people feeling guilty about the damage dams cause and breaking them down and can see the same situation setting up with some other forms of clean energy.

. . .And that's probably giving the human race too much credit, unfortunately. If something can be blindly bought into by people, it will be. It's just hard to realize that because a human being only has their own perspective to work with and the average Smashboards forum goer has significantly more common sense than the general population. If the media sings the praises of something while never discussing it's flaws, then someone out there will believe it to be perfect right up until the point that something goes wrong.

. . .Part of me wishes people would just take a third option and use atomic energy, but nuclear fusion is only in the very earliest stages of even being able to be done let alone not cost infinitely more money and energy than it would be worth, and nuclear fission has it's own can of worms.

Tbh, this is a problem that is affecting a lot of the newly industrialised nations (China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Indonesia, etc.)

Switching to clean energy is basically compromising on the current rate of development due to expenses and it seems the public is in favour of development rather than the environment.

Both sides likely have a point on that one.

On one hand you can't blame countries for wanting to "catch up" to the rest of the modern world and have enough money for clean energy to even be viable in the first place.

On the other hand the pollution issues many developing countries seem to have are utterly disturbing and something clearly needs to be done about it.

. . .Like, if you have to wear a gas mask just in order to be able to go outside, that's a PROBLEM.

Although with how bad it is I get the feeling the form of energy alone might not be the only factor. I've heard a little bit about China not regulating their factories as much as other countries in order to be as affordable as they are on the global market so while I haven't looked into it it's possible they aren't using certain filters in something or another, which would make the problem even worse. I know American cars and factories used to be even worse about emissions before certain filters were made mandatory.

. . .Actually speaking of cars, that reminds me. That corn fuel that everyone was hyping up a few years back turned out to produce even more greenhouse gases than fossil fuels. That's a definite example of people not looking before they leap with clean energy.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

tru, but I think it reveals moreso that the vast majority of people simply didn't care enough to be informed about those things rather than they regret leaving.

No but I mean why not both??? I mean he had a free hand and just threw the hammer! :O
Two weapon fighting has a rich history IRL, he'd certainly be advantaged by using both the cool gundam arm at the same time as hammer.

Which is exactly the problem. Would you vote Drumpf if you saw the facts surrounding him? Facts are the only thing that matter
Emu's a lefty, having a giant '**** OFF' arm on your left one doesn't make hammers viable

 

[Jaedrik]

Which is exactly the problem. Would you vote Drumpf if you saw the facts surrounding him? Facts are the only thing that matter
Emu's a lefty, having a giant '**** OFF' arm on your left one doesn't make hammers viable

I have seen the facts surrounding not just Drumpf (bribery and cronyism) but also Shillary (Clinton Foundation corruption, and oddly Trump has 'donated' to the Clintons before and gotten cronyist favors in return, hah). Choosing the lesser of two evils is a matter of self-defense, not whether the candidate is any good, just which one is maybe less bad.

Yeah but double weapon fighting is done by people regardless of their dominant side preference! :D
Though, I admit it can take a little training to get good at it. I'm sure the genius gamer can deal with it tho.
Edit: prease undastean that it's my nature to criticize the media I enjoy. <3

Sorry, I was listening to the Real Time podcast (NSFW) while at work last night and they pointed out that authoritarian figures love to find crimes for criminals to have committed. I wouldn't say a terrorist attack is the same thing as a false flag, but it presents the same opportunity (ex. Iraq War).

Tonight I'm going to listen to the Diane Rehm show (from NPR) and watch Last Week Tonight to hopefully balance my emotions out. lol

Well in the case of the Gulf of Tonkin, it was straight up false flag. The Vietnamese never attacked that ship. Terrorists also seem to find a way of being financed by... well there's also a rich history of false flags pretending to be terrorists, and terrorists who are funded by the state whose people get attacked. Not that it's not possible to just use an errant terrorist attack as justification for ridiculous things that erode our liberty (cough Patriot Act cough).

 

[Erureido]

Forgot to mention this earlier, but English transcripts for all 8 tracks for the second Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright Drama CD have finally been uploaded! You can read each one here:

Birthright Drama CD 2: Takumi's Prequel - Decision Time Tale
Track 1: Premonition of Hope, Calm Before the Storm
Track 2: Unfulfilled Desire
Track 3: Insurmountable Distance, Close in Thought
Track 4: The Destined Time
Track 5: Roar
Track 6: Fighting for Relief
Track 7: A Troubled Heart
Track 8: The Decision

I personally liked the first CD more, but this one is still pretty good overall. The first track actually gives us some world building that was absent in the games, and the CDs also reveal another OP ability of the Fujin Yumi: it can fire a much more deadly arrow that triggers a large explosion, basically the equivalent to a grenade but in arrow-form.

And in case Tumblr doesn't work, there's always Serenes Forest

Now for my thoughts on the 8 tracks:

Spoiler: Thoughts on the 8 tracks

Track 1:

We got some fun Team Takumi dialogue going on. We see how Oboro is the voice of reason in the trio when she gives a brief lecture to Hinata regarding how one should speak formally. It seems like Takumi and Oboro are used to Hinata's casual talk to, as both laugh at the idea of Hinata talking formally.

Also, I like the world building going on. The games definitely could've benefitted from adding details like this. We learn that people in the castle have been suspicious lately, thinking Corrin's return has led to the increase of Faceless lately. And you can't blame them: Corrin was coming from the enemy nation after all. It seems like the purpose of the ceremony is to clear these doubts. Takumi comments, "That’s why we are doing this introduction. To present Corrin as a prince of Hoshido and a treasured member of the royal family. If everything goes as planned, they will have no choice but to accept him. And once they consider him one of us, their doubts should disappear quickly. That’s just the simple Hoshidan solidarity we are all familiar with."

Track 2:

We got a bit of some Takumi and Azura bickering going on, and it seems like this will play a part in Takumi's rudeness in Chapter 5, but it's through this track we learn another major reason for Takumi's behavior in that part of the game aside from his suspicions: Corrin refused to sit on the throne on Mikoto's suggestion. Judging by Takumi's behavior here, you can tell he was really banking on Corrin sitting on the throne, because that could've helped clarify some of his doubts about what is Corrin's deal.

Track 3:

This track gives us some explanation how Takumi showed up in Chapter 5. Turns out he was accompanying Corrin and Azura as they traveled through town thanks to Mikoto's request as well as returning the favor for her (Mikoto) doing what Takumi suggested.

Looks like Ryoma is the first and only one to notice something is very suspicious about Corrin's sword, the Ganglari. With the ominous sound it has just given off, Ryoma starts to become a little uneasy. He turns to Saizo, but Saizo doesn't have much to say since he didn't notice it. However, Saizo does leave this interesting comment: "Today is a very important day after all, it's not unusual for one's nerves to be slightly on edge." Indeed, times of festive celebration are a perfect opportunity for an enemy to attack unexpectedly.

We then have some dialogue of Takumi, Corrin, and Azura exploring through town. Some interesting comments here and there, mainly from Takumi regarding Nohrian food. We then get the infamous tantrum from the games shortly afterward. I also liked Takumi's closing line. It shows he does feel rather guilty about lashing out like that, and you can also tell how Corrin not sitting on the throne has ruined his plans.

Track 4:

More Corrin and Mikoto is always nice, especially right before the ceremony.

But then the hooded man appears. Turns out Takumi and Ryoma are the ones to initially notice him, but it's too late to stop him, and the main chaos ensues.

The highlight of this track has to be Mikoto's final thoughts right before her death:

"After only just meeting again.. it is to end here. However.. I am truly glad I was able to protect you to the end. Corrin… I don’t know which path you will choose from here on.. and I will no longer be able to protect you from making a choice. I am sorry. ..But I am certain.. that you know, will meet, and will gather… people who will support you along the way. That’s why I want you.. to live.. live.. happily.."

This quote captures Mikoto's love for Corrin really well. A caring mother would be fine with her child's decision regardless of which nation they side with, knowing her child would choose the route that makes him/her the happiest, and for a mother, what matters most is to make the child feel content with what they do.The quote also matches up to Yukimura's words to Corrin in Chapter 6 should the two fight and Corrin has decided to fight for Nohr: "If Lady Mikoto were here to see this, it would break her heart. Then again, she may just have smiled and said, 'It's his/her path to choose.'" That last part is noteworthy because it really shows how Yukimura knew Mikoto well.

Track 5:

Turns out the reason why Takumi wasn't present for the Chapter 5 battle was because he and his retainers were tasked to protect the rest of the city from the numbers of enemy forces. You can really see how Mikoto's death has left Takumi devastated based on his words to Ryoma.

I don't have much to say for the rest of the track other than it really amps up the Corrin x Azura to even more canon levels than it already was.

Track 6:

I'm guessing there's going to be a pattern where the 6th track of a CD is the best one, because this has to be my favorite of the 8 tracks from the second Birthright Drama CD, similar to how the 6th track of the first CD was my favorite. The action is pretty strong here, and in the midst of it, the dialogue is pretty good. Takumi has become really emotional over Mikoto's death, and you can tell by the fact he just stands there at first and then starts sobbing before he prepares his second attack.

I really liked a comment Hinata makes here: "It’s fine! After experiencing something like that, I wouldn’t expect anyone to be able to give it their all!" *Saizo tries to interrupt him* "Until Lord Takumi is able to fight again, we will do our best for him! There is no problem with that at all!" It's a great quote because Hinata brings up a good point regarding how emotions can affect people, and the second part of it describes what it means to be a retainer. Even Oboro thinks those are some great words because she says, "Huh... once in a while you actually do come up with something good to say. I couldn’t agree with you more!"

And man, you would've thought the Fujin Yumi would be even more powerful than it already was! Apparently, the wielder can fire an arrow in a way that it triggers a grenade-like effect. Fate/Grand Order crossover featuring Takumi as a servant featuring this Fujin Yumi arrow explosion as his super attack when?

Track 7:

Takumi has been so affected by Mikoto's death that he tries to fire an arrow at Dragon Corrin to bring him down. And you know what, I can't blame him. It's a very human reaction when events like this happen to you. We also learn how this action ultimately leads to Azura stepping in to sing to Corrin just like what happens in the game. Takumi leaves another good quote following all of this

"‘I’ll leave this country’. Hearing him say that brought me back to my senses a little. If Corrin where to leave now, we would never be able to come to an understanding. That thought, the only thing in my mind not dominated by my anger, made me hesitate. I admonished myself for still being concerned about something like that, while Yukimura came and held Corrin back. He said that it was not mother’s will for him to leave. That mother had predicted her own death. It was her unavoidable destiny, and in no way Corrin’s fault. Everything was King Garon’s.. no, an even more frightening demon’s work. That is what she had told Yukimura. And then…"

It seems like the thought of Corrin leaving Hoshido so suddenly was a bit of a wake-up for Takumi, because it's clear he still wanted to reach some kind of negotiation with Corrin. But the last part of the quote is interesting. We know Mikoto foresaw her own death, but what we didn't know is that there is was an evil force behind this that wasn't King Garon. Not gonna lie, but that makes a pretty good tie-in to Revelation.

When the Yato moved toward Corrin, Takumi even comments that it descended "as if to show mother's words to be the truth." Looks like Corrin obtaining the Yato like that was part of Mikoto's vision of the future. We also learn this action completely calmed Takumi down, basically because Takumi was watching this event like, "Wow, mother really did see into the future."

Track 8:

I enjoyed the first part of the track featuring the dialogues between Oboro & Hinata and Kaze & Saizo. Oboro does a great job reminding Hinata of a quote he made regarding how they should fight for Takumi when he is feeling down because he (Takumi) can't fight at his best due to his grief, but he (Takumi) will return to his calm self eventually. There's also a humous bit from Oboro when she tells Hinata, "Please write it down somewhere, so I don’t have to explain it again." I chuckled a bit reading that.

Kaze and Saizo's dialogue was pretty good too, because it shows how much the two know and care for each other as brothers.

I didn't enjoy the second part of this track as much as the first one, but Takumi does leave some good points regarding what Corrin is about to deal with.

A great CD overall!

For those that missed out on the first 8 tracks of the Birthright Drama CD, you can read them here.

Speaking of the 8 tracks from the first Birthright Drama CD, a Youtube user named Fudgenuggets980825 has started uploading the Birthright Drama CDs to Youtube. He currently has 6 of the 8 tracks of the first CD uploaded. I would post a video of each of them here, but due to the five-Youtube-videos-per-page rule, I'll just link to this guy's channel instead. Here's a link to the Youtuber's channel where you can listen to the Drama CDs. They are worth listening to, especially for hearing the Japanese VAs. He also presents them through the Custom Conversation format to make the Drama CDs feel more alive than they already were.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I hate to break up this lovely politics but I killed nook and wisp done ****ed up his stuff

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I have seen the facts surrounding not just Drumpf (bribery and cronyism) but also Shillary (Clinton Foundation corruption, and oddly Trump has 'donated' to the Clintons before and gotten cronyist favors in return, hah). Choosing the lesser of two evils is a matter of self-defense, not whether the candidate is any good, just which one is maybe less bad.

Yeah but double weapon fighting is done by people regardless of their dominant side preference! :D
Though, I admit it can take a little training to get good at it. I'm sure the genius gamer can deal with it tho.
Edit: prease undastean that it's my nature to criticize the media I enjoy. <3


Well in the case of the Gulf of Tonkin, it was straight up false flag. The Vietnamese never attacked that ship. Terrorists also seem to find a way of being financed by... well there's also a rich history of false flags pretending to be terrorists, and terrorists who are funded by the state whose people get attacked. Not that it's not possible to just use an errant terrorist attack as justification for ridiculous things that erode our liberty (cough Patriot Act cough).

But then there's one thing. Drumpf has lied about a majority of the things he's said, proven he can't take criticism and is an angry little man. I agree Clinton isn't much better, declaring war on Pepe, but Drumpf has Mike Pence, someone who thinks conversion camps are great despite it being shown people sent their have more than 50% chance of killing themselves
There ARE dual wielders in KR, just not Emu. Shades dual wields and then there's all the previous seasons
I agree, otherwise I wouldn't have ranted about Bill Cipher being incompetent

 

[Solfiner]

I'm glad Trump has proven himself to not be anything like how his supporters describe him. He doesn't say what he thinks, he fear mongers to scrape in votes and is very obviously controlled so that he can say what benefits the republican party. He's also very clearly ****ing corrupt, with the FBI trying to help him in a very desperate manner.

 

[Jaedrik]

If you're a dem in a deep red state, please consider voting for Stein: https://twitter.com/DrJillStein/status/795068270198091776
If you're a rep in a deep blue state, please consider voting for--*shudder*--Johnson.
Also please consider voting blank ballot to demonstrate your rejection of all the candidates.

But then there's one thing. Drumpf has lied about a majority of the things he's said, proven he can't take criticism and is an angry little man. I agree Clinton isn't much better, declaring war on Pepe, but Drumpf has Mike Pence, someone who thinks conversion camps are great despite it being shown people sent their have more than 50% chance of killing themselves
There ARE dual wielders in KR, just not Emu. Shades dual wields and then there's all the previous seasons
I agree, otherwise I wouldn't have ranted about Bill Cipher being incompetent

I'd say the same thing about Shillary, having all these private opinions spoken in secret to investment banks that contradict her public ones. There's also a lot of witness testimony about how secret service agents, the people Bill did, etc. have been verbally abused by her, and that she's an angry person and just masks it well in the public eye. Oh, and also media collusion so her dirty laundry doesn't get aired.
Agreed on Pence, though. He's an establishment warmongering neocon (just like Hillary!) who wants to take away civil liberties (just like Hillary! :D).

Edit: also tf is this plot twist with the president and is the director ever going to appear again?!

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Agreed on Pence, though. He's an establishment warmongering neocon (just like Hillary!) who wants to take away civil liberties (just like Hillary! :D).

Edit: also tf is this plot twist with the president and is the director ever going to appear again?!

Wait when did Hillary do anything similar to trying to wipe out the LGBT?
KR seasons have like 50 episodes average. We ARE getting the director in more than 5 episodes

 

[Verde Coeden Scalesworth]

Well I cant lie when I say my mood was soured by political talk but Ill drop in in say I made Medlii move in

Well, you know what they say; The more the merrier Birds of a feather stick together.

Who is all in your town?

 

[Jaedrik]

I'm glad Trump has proven himself to not be anything like how his supporters describe him. He doesn't say what he thinks, he fear mongers to scrape in votes and is very obviously controlled so that he can say what benefits the republican party. He's also very clearly ****ing corrupt, with the FBI trying to help him in a very desperate manner.

Likewise with Hillary, again. If Wikileaks is to be believed, if those transcripts of her private speeches to the banks are to be believed, if all the dirt on the Clinton Foundation is to be believed.
But I disagree on Trump supporting the Republican party itself. It's already worked inside-out by the neocons, and the likes of William Kristol have already left. The Republican party is pretty much dead because the establishment has all left Trump, the people will not accept two parties that are virtually the same any more.

Wait when did Hillary do anything similar to trying to wipe out the LGBT?
KR seasons have like 50 episodes average. We ARE getting the director in more than 5 episodes

Not those sort of civil liberties, I mean stuff like the continuing destruction of the 4th and 5th amendments, like Patriot Act. And, if we want to talk about those sorts of things, she's flip-flopped on the gay marriage issue decidedly--she cares far more about votes than principles and defense of liberty in any regard.
Again, those transcripts of the speeches to Wall Street she wants to take away muh guns through executive action, and there is zero doubt she will continue the expansion of the surveillance state and increase the bureaucracy surrounding the welfare state, and the increase of the police state. I personally think she also hates black people because 1. she sees what the welfare state does to their communities and 2. wants to keep them under the thumb of the bureaucracy and thus capture their votes, but for that I've got no actual proof.
Again, that question, which one is less bad? With Hillary it's the evil we know, with Trump it's some evil we know and a bunch of uncertainty.

 

[FalKoopa]

Both sides likely have a point on that one.

On one hand you can't blame countries for wanting to "catch up" to the rest of the modern world and have enough money for clean energy to even be viable in the first place.

On the other hand the pollution issues many developing countries seem to have are utterly disturbing and something clearly needs to be done about it.

. . .Like, if you have to wear a gas mask just in order to be able to go outside, that's a PROBLEM.

Although with how bad it is I get the feeling the form of energy alone might not be the only factor. I've heard a little bit about China not regulating their factories as much as other countries in order to be as affordable as they are on the global market so while I haven't looked into it it's possible they aren't using certain filters in something or another, which would make the problem even worse. I know American cars and factories used to be even worse about emissions before certain filters were made mandatory.

. . .Actually speaking of cars, that reminds me. That corn fuel that everyone was hyping up a few years back turned out to produce even more greenhouse gases than fossil fuels. That's a definite example of people not looking before they leap with clean energy.

The wearing a gas mask to go outside is only the case for China, tbh. That's what you get for indiscriminately setting up industries without following standards. They really want to catch up, and fast.

It's less of a problem for countries where a lot of the population is still rural.

 

[Autumn ♫]

We should change our name to PoliticsBoards. We talk way more about politics than we do about Smash, nowadays.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Likewise with Hillary, again. If Wikileaks is to be believed, if those transcripts of her private speeches to the banks are to be believed, if all the dirt on the Clinton Foundation is to be believed.
But I disagree on Trump supporting the Republican party itself. It's already worked inside-out by the neocons, and the likes of William Kristol have already left. The Republican party is pretty much dead because the establishment has all left Trump, the people will not accept two parties that are virtually the same any more.

Not those sort of civil liberties, I mean stuff like the continuing destruction of the 4th and 5th amendments, like Patriot Act. And, if we want to talk about those sorts of things, she's flip-flopped on the gay marriage issue decidedly--she cares far more about votes than principles and defense of liberty in any regard.
Again, those transcripts of the speeches to Wall Street she wants to take away muh guns through executive action, and there is zero doubt she will continue the expansion of the surveillance state and increase the bureaucracy surrounding the welfare state, and the increase of the police state. I personally think she also hates black people because 1. she sees what the welfare state does to their communities and 2. wants to keep them under the thumb of the bureaucracy and thus capture their votes, but for that I've got no actual proof.
Again, that question, which one is less bad? With Hillary it's the evil we know, with Trump it's some evil we know and a bunch of uncertainty.

Trump has flip-flopped too
Your theory shouldn't count. Otherwise gamergaters who thought Xenoblade X would remove the religious references should be taken seriously
Actually, Obama said he believed Hillary to be a better choice, and when a black church got burned and had 'vote trump' sprayed on the remains, there's something
Trump has chosen a vice president who thinks wiping out the LGBT is a good thing. That's GENOCIDE

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Well, you know what they say; The more the merrier Birds of a feather stick together.

Who is all in your town?

Ozzie, Ricky, Sparro, Claudia, Peggy, Midge,Zell, Ed, and Lopez. Zell and Lopez are cards.

 

[Autumn ♫]

Apparently people make predictions about Ash's team in a region. I never knew about this.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

RWBY Vol 4 is giving me feefees. And my ship is getting threatened I WILLNOTSTANDFORTHISRAAAAAAA

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

We should change our name to PoliticsBoards. We talk way more about politics than we do about Smash, nowadays.

Will there be a non politicsboards to even it out?

 

[Autumn ♫]

RWBY Vol 4 is giving me feefees. And my ship is getting threatened I WILLNOTSTANDFORTHISRAAAAAAA

My ship already died.

Spoiler: Volume 3 spoilers

Arkos became shipped confirmed as quickly as it was destroyed.