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[Tots Woz]

While all you guys are banking on Kasumi being a DLC echo fighter, you guys are thinking in the wrong places.

I'm already fifty-seven steps ahead of ya.

 

[Deleted member]

Better than the book at least.

The Ready Player One Book is actually a very deep book with some important themes, as you can see in the short summary I wrote below:

From the very first paragraph, Santiago is characterized as someone struggling against defeat. He has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish—he will soon pass his own record of eighty-seven days. Almost as a reminder of Santiago’s struggle, the sail of his skiff resembles “the flag of permanent defeat.” But the old man refuses defeat at every turn: he resolves to sail out beyond the other fishermen to where the biggest fish promise to be. He lands the marlin, tying his record of eighty-seven days after a brutal three-day fight, and he continues to ward off sharks from stealing his prey, even though he knows the battle is useless.
Because Santiago is pitted against the creatures of the sea, some readers choose to view the tale as a chronicle of man’s battle against the natural world, but the novella is, more accurately, the story of man’s place within nature. Both Santiago and the marlin display qualities of pride, honor, and bravery, and both are subject to the same eternal law: they must kill or be killed. As Santiago reflects when he watches the weary warbler fly toward shore, where it will inevitably meet the hawk, the world is filled with predators, and no living thing can escape the inevitable struggle that will lead to its death. Santiago lives according to his own observation: “man is not made for defeat . . . [a] man can be destroyed but not defeated.” In Hemingway’s portrait of the world, death is inevitable, but the best men (and animals) will nonetheless refuse to give in to its power. Accordingly, man and fish will struggle to the death, just as hungry sharks will lay waste to an old man’s trophy catch.
The novel suggests that it is possible to transcend this natural law. In fact, the very inevitability of destruction creates the terms that allow a worthy man or beast to transcend it. It is precisely through the effort to battle the inevitable that a man can prove himself. Indeed, a man can prove this determination over and over through the worthiness of the opponents he chooses to face. Santiago finds the marlin worthy of a fight, just as he once found “the great negro of Cienfuegos” worthy. His admiration for these opponents brings love and respect into an equation with death, as their destruction becomes a point of honor and bravery that confirms Santiago’s heroic qualities. One might characterize the equation as the working out of the statement “Because I love you, I have to kill you.” Alternately, one might draw a parallel to the poet John Keats and his insistence that beauty can only be comprehended in the moment before death, as beauty bows to destruction. Santiago, though destroyed at the end of the novella, is never defeated. Instead, he emerges as a hero. Santiago’s struggle does not enable him to change man’s place in the world. Rather, it enables him to meet his most dignified destiny.
Pride as the Source of Greatness & Determination

Many parallels exist between Santiago and the classic heroes of the ancient world. In addition to exhibiting terrific strength, bravery, and moral certainty, those heroes usually possess a tragic flaw—a quality that, though admirable, leads to their eventual downfall. If pride is Santiago’s fatal flaw, he is keenly aware of it. After sharks have destroyed the marlin, the old man apologizes again and again to his worthy opponent. He has ruined them both, he concedes, by sailing beyond the usual boundaries of fishermen. Indeed, his last word on the subject comes when he asks himself the reason for his undoing and decides, “Nothing . . . I went out too far.”
While it is certainly true that Santiago’s eighty-four-day run of bad luck is an affront to his pride as a masterful fisherman, and that his attempt to bear out his skills by sailing far into the gulf waters leads to disaster, Hemingway does not condemn his protagonist for being full of pride. On the contrary, Santiago stands as proof that pride motivates men to greatness. Because the old man acknowledges that he killed the mighty marlin largely out of pride, and because his capture of the marlin leads in turn to his heroic transcendence of defeat, pride becomes the source of Santiago’s greatest strength. Without a ferocious sense of pride, that battle would never have been fought, or more likely, it would have been abandoned before the end.
Santiago’s pride also motivates his desire to transcend the destructive forces of nature. Throughout the novel, no matter how baleful his circumstances become, the old man exhibits an unflagging determination to catch the marlin and bring it to shore. When the first shark arrives, Santiago’s resolve is mentioned twice in the space of just a few paragraphs. First we are told that the old man “was full of resolution but he had little hope.” Then, sentences later, the narrator says, “He hit [the shark] without hope but with resolution.” The old man meets every challenge with the same unwavering determination: he is willing to die in order to bring in the marlin, and he is willing to die in order to battle the feeding sharks. It is this conscious decision to act, to fight, to never give up that enables Santiago to avoid defeat. Although he returns to Havana without the trophy of his long battle, he returns with the knowledge that he has acquitted himself proudly and manfully. Hemingway seems to suggest that victory is not a prerequisite for honor. Instead, glory depends upon one having the pride to see a struggle through to its end, regardless of the outcome. Even if the old man had returned with the marlin intact, his moment of glory, like the marlin’s meat, would have been short-lived. The glory and honor Santiago accrues comes not from his battle itself but from his pride and determination to fight.

 

[staindgrey]

What do you think.

Blue Eyes Wh--

blue eyes white dragon

DAMMIT ARIGARMY.

 

[UtopianPoyzin]

...sigh. I just recorded the race, I'm downloading it to a video file before I edit it. There was some extra bits that I need to exhaust and speed up.

But besides that, we cut 1/3 of the group and the two deciders were pretty close.

staindgrey , I have a second favor to ask. For the poll, do you think you could make it one response per person? I want to mention the people who voted for who in the video so that they can "get back in" under their selected player, and picking everyone to win kind of takes away the "winning" of the race, you know what I mean?

 

[Wademan94]

The Ready Player One Book is actually a very deep book with some important themes, as you can see in the short summary I wrote below:

From the very first paragraph, Santiago is characterized as someone struggling against defeat. He has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish—he will soon pass his own record of eighty-seven days. Almost as a reminder of Santiago’s struggle, the sail of his skiff resembles “the flag of permanent defeat.” But the old man refuses defeat at every turn: he resolves to sail out beyond the other fishermen to where the biggest fish promise to be. He lands the marlin, tying his record of eighty-seven days after a brutal three-day fight, and he continues to ward off sharks from stealing his prey, even though he knows the battle is useless.
Because Santiago is pitted against the creatures of the sea, some readers choose to view the tale as a chronicle of man’s battle against the natural world, but the novella is, more accurately, the story of man’s place within nature. Both Santiago and the marlin display qualities of pride, honor, and bravery, and both are subject to the same eternal law: they must kill or be killed. As Santiago reflects when he watches the weary warbler fly toward shore, where it will inevitably meet the hawk, the world is filled with predators, and no living thing can escape the inevitable struggle that will lead to its death. Santiago lives according to his own observation: “man is not made for defeat . . . [a] man can be destroyed but not defeated.” In Hemingway’s portrait of the world, death is inevitable, but the best men (and animals) will nonetheless refuse to give in to its power. Accordingly, man and fish will struggle to the death, just as hungry sharks will lay waste to an old man’s trophy catch.
The novel suggests that it is possible to transcend this natural law. In fact, the very inevitability of destruction creates the terms that allow a worthy man or beast to transcend it. It is precisely through the effort to battle the inevitable that a man can prove himself. Indeed, a man can prove this determination over and over through the worthiness of the opponents he chooses to face. Santiago finds the marlin worthy of a fight, just as he once found “the great negro of Cienfuegos” worthy. His admiration for these opponents brings love and respect into an equation with death, as their destruction becomes a point of honor and bravery that confirms Santiago’s heroic qualities. One might characterize the equation as the working out of the statement “Because I love you, I have to kill you.” Alternately, one might draw a parallel to the poet John Keats and his insistence that beauty can only be comprehended in the moment before death, as beauty bows to destruction. Santiago, though destroyed at the end of the novella, is never defeated. Instead, he emerges as a hero. Santiago’s struggle does not enable him to change man’s place in the world. Rather, it enables him to meet his most dignified destiny.
Pride as the Source of Greatness & Determination

Many parallels exist between Santiago and the classic heroes of the ancient world. In addition to exhibiting terrific strength, bravery, and moral certainty, those heroes usually possess a tragic flaw—a quality that, though admirable, leads to their eventual downfall. If pride is Santiago’s fatal flaw, he is keenly aware of it. After sharks have destroyed the marlin, the old man apologizes again and again to his worthy opponent. He has ruined them both, he concedes, by sailing beyond the usual boundaries of fishermen. Indeed, his last word on the subject comes when he asks himself the reason for his undoing and decides, “Nothing . . . I went out too far.”
While it is certainly true that Santiago’s eighty-four-day run of bad luck is an affront to his pride as a masterful fisherman, and that his attempt to bear out his skills by sailing far into the gulf waters leads to disaster, Hemingway does not condemn his protagonist for being full of pride. On the contrary, Santiago stands as proof that pride motivates men to greatness. Because the old man acknowledges that he killed the mighty marlin largely out of pride, and because his capture of the marlin leads in turn to his heroic transcendence of defeat, pride becomes the source of Santiago’s greatest strength. Without a ferocious sense of pride, that battle would never have been fought, or more likely, it would have been abandoned before the end.
Santiago’s pride also motivates his desire to transcend the destructive forces of nature. Throughout the novel, no matter how baleful his circumstances become, the old man exhibits an unflagging determination to catch the marlin and bring it to shore. When the first shark arrives, Santiago’s resolve is mentioned twice in the space of just a few paragraphs. First we are told that the old man “was full of resolution but he had little hope.” Then, sentences later, the narrator says, “He hit [the shark] without hope but with resolution.” The old man meets every challenge with the same unwavering determination: he is willing to die in order to bring in the marlin, and he is willing to die in order to battle the feeding sharks. It is this conscious decision to act, to fight, to never give up that enables Santiago to avoid defeat. Although he returns to Havana without the trophy of his long battle, he returns with the knowledge that he has acquitted himself proudly and manfully. Hemingway seems to suggest that victory is not a prerequisite for honor. Instead, glory depends upon one having the pride to see a struggle through to its end, regardless of the outcome. Even if the old man had returned with the marlin intact, his moment of glory, like the marlin’s meat, would have been short-lived. The glory and honor Santiago accrues comes not from his battle itself but from his pride and determination to fight.

...I think we’ve read different books.

 

[Will]

Blue Eyes Wh--

DAMMIT ARIGARMY.

Even deathridden in bed with a broken laptop I still pull epic wins

 

[Shroob]

Two names have been flying around a jarring amount though...

Doom Slayer and Hayabusa have popped up a surprising amount all things considered. Even if none of the rumors turn out to be true at least they've gotten a lot more recognition from the situations.

I was always skeptical of Doom Slayer since, ya know the hyper violence, but Joker's got a glock.


Aside from Sakurai just not picking him, which is understandable, not a single fan rule exists anymore as to why he can't be in Smash.

 

[Deleted member]

So Detective Pikachu's Ryme City has this big emphasis on "partner pokemon". Everyone has a best friend or whatever.

Lemme ask this:

Who would your partner pokemon be.

No legendaries unless you're a god of something.

Mawile.

It's cute, and has the bonus of having a giant, terrifying head mouth that could defend me from bad guys. Plus, it's Mega Evolution is stupid broken, sooo...yeah.

Mawile.

 

[Mythra]

Listen you either pack it, lack it, or sack it.

At least I can whack it

 

[staindgrey]

...sigh. I just recorded the race, I'm downloading it to a video file before I edit it. There was some extra bits that I need to exhaust and speed up.

But besides that, we cut 1/3 of the group and the two deciders were pretty close.

staindgrey , I have a second favor to ask. For the poll, do you think you could make it one response per person? I want to mention the people who voted for who in the video so that they can "get back in" under their selected player, and picking everyone to win kind of takes away the "winning" of the race, you know what I mean?

Oh whoops, I thought I did. Fixed.

Funny thing that. I made the poll, then hit "delete old results" before saving the poll, which refreshed the page and got rid of my unsaved poll. So I quickly remade it and forgot to hit the "one vote per person" check box, I guess.

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

Ready Player One is far from a great movie. But it's definitely a good, fun romp through pop culture.

At the very least the movie has incredible cinematography which is saying a lot when it comes to animation because as it stands it seems only Disney and Pixar can nail cinematography in animation.

 

[Shroob]

I do think though if Bethesda somehow got a rep and it wasn't Doom Slayer but a TES character, I'd probably **** my soul laughing til the point I die.


You can't escape Todd, not even in Smash

 

[Will]

I was always skeptical of Doom Slayer since, ya know the hyper violence, but Joker's got a glock.

ok but how do we get scorpion past the japan ban (or as i call it the jaban)

 

[Deleted member]

I do think though if Bethesda somehow got a rep and it wasn't Doom Slayer but a TES character, I'd probably **** my soul laughing til the point I die.


You can't escape Todd, not even in Smash

I accidentally read this as, "You can't escape Toad, not even in Smash."

 

[Will]

I accidentally read this as, "You can't escape Toad, not even in Smash."

peach counter go hard tho

 

[Iko MattOrr]

Speaking of illegal stuff, wouldn't faking a leak via Google Ads count as Ad Fraud, I'm only asking because my grasp of legalese regarding this is shaky. Honestly, I'm only coming up with 3 conclusions for the leak

• Google Search acting weird in Europe
• Someone at Nintendo of Europe dropped the ball on something
• We have another incident of someone going to crazy, overly complicated, and potentially illegal lengths for the sake of a stupid prank so people will get pissed once E3 comes and the theory pedaled turns out to be bull****.

Illegal or not, fake or real, I still think it means nothing.
If Nintendo wants you to buy Artorias, they don't make the Ad pop up ONLY when you search specifically Artorias... the whole point of the Ads is to advertise their products, so, they would make the Ad spawn with a bigger pool of keywords than just those 4.

Also, it's still suspicious, because those names in the list (aside of Artorias) are all recurring names in fans' wishlists, so it really feels like another Grinch Leak situation.
Something feels very wrong in that list... I don't know.

Then, if Brave turns out to be Artorias, I'll believe it, but for now I prefer to stay skeptical.

 

[Shroob]

ok but how do we get scorpion past the japan ban (or as i call it the jaban)

Step 1: Lay down
Step 2: ???
Step 3: There's no profit, only tears

 

[staindgrey]

I think this is actually the first time I've ever used a pokemon for my avatar here.

Nice going, Detective Pikachu.

 

[Deleted member]

I saw someone mention Blue-Eyes and now I'm sad because it reminded me that Alternative will probably never be reprinted.

 

[Wademan94]

Guess who takes up a majority of the feed when I search “cute Pokémon” on Pinterest?

 

[KarneraMythos]

Real quick, voting for the MoyMarble because purple is the patrician's color.

Zinith grabs a backpack, not realizing it is empty.

Just Yoshi on an empty stomach. Fitting...endlessly, that is~

Rottytops runs away from the Cornucopia.

Aaaand this comes to mind:

Doctor Strange sets an explosive off, killing Swamp Thing, and NateVO.

Doctor Strange hates DC.

Ahh yes, I remember NateVO. Such a beloved DC character... A shame his life ended early. This must be some other superhero's origin story.

 

[Deleted member]

Are we talking about eyes?

I have green eyes in real life.
Green-Eye gang, rise up.

 

[Will]

Step 1: Lay down
Step 2: ???
Step 3: There's no profit, only tears

listen if they can put ****ing james bond stuff in melee they can throw a generic japanese undead man under the guise of TOP SECRET

 

[Shroob]

I saw someone mention Blue-Eyes and now I'm sad because it reminded me that Alternative will probably never be reprinted.

It's a Blue Eyes card, of course it'll be reprinted.


It's not like Madolches which have pretty much never been reprinted and are pushing 15-20 on main deck 3-of staples and 30 bucks for extra deck cards.

 

[staindgrey]

Guess who takes up a majority of the feed when I search “cute Pokémon” on Pinterest?

Sneasel.

No no wait. I forgot there are other pokemon.

Magby...?

 

[RandomAce]

>using a chill man reaction image
you treading on my turf over here?

You say this as if I haven’t stolen your memes already.

 

[Deleted member]

Oh **** I lost track of time.

Thanks y'all.

 

[Will]

Are we talking about eyes?

I have green eyes in real life.
Green-Eye gang, rise up.

Blue eyes is a dragon you normal cretin

 

[TMNTSSB4]

where’s the hype

 

[Wademan94]

Sneasel.

You’re not far off, I’ll give you a clue: cut the typing in half.

 

[Deleted member]

It's not like Madolches which have pretty much never been reprinted and are pushing 15-20 on main deck 3-of staples and 30 bucks for extra deck cards.

Madolches are the last deck I'd expect to be super expensive. Reminds me of Ancient Gears, their cost to viability ratio is weird as hell.

 

[Deleted member]

where’s the hype

Google took it away

 

[osby]

So Detective Pikachu's Ryme City has this big emphasis on "partner pokemon". Everyone has a best friend or whatever.

Lemme ask this:

Who would your partner pokemon be.

No legendaries unless you're a god of something.

Jirachi, you can start worshiping me whenever you want.

serious answer is Munchlax

 

[Zinith]

Guess who takes up a majority of the feed when I search “cute Pokémon” on Pinterest?

Whatever it is, it's the wrong answer...

 

[Will]

You’re not far off, I’ll give you a clue: cut the typing in half.

Did you just say you want ****ing out of literally 800 other imaginative creatures

****ing S E E L ?

 

[staindgrey]

You’re not far off, I’ll give you a clue: cut the typing in half.

Uh.

...

...asel?

 

[Wademan94]

Whatever it is, it's the wrong answer...

You’re just jealous it’s not reptilian.

 

[Roberk]

blue eyes white dragon

Damn, you got me

 

[Idon]

Garchomp best mon.

It's a shark crossed with a dragon that swims in land.

Name a cooler pokemon, protip: you can't.

 

[Shroob]

listen if they can put ****ing james bond stuff in melee they can throw a generic japanese undead man under the guise of TOP SECRET

Now here's a tricky question. Who actually owns the right to that design of the motion sensor bomb, Rare or the ****-ery that is the James Bond rights.

It debuted in a James Bond game but its only ever appeared in said game by Rare, and in Smash 1/Melee.

Madolches are the last deck I'd expect to be super expensive. Reminds me of Ancient Gears, their cost to viability ratio is weird as hell.

No one cares about those side sets that are nostalgia bait, which means that no one opens them. Thus, stores don't buy them, and singles become scarce. AG Fusion was an Ultra in a set that basically no one opened, and now boxes of said set are like 200 bucks since they're soo rare.


The only side set people care about are the reprint sets, really.