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Dexo posted:If the guy who is threatening your parent, keeps coming after shooting him you will probably keep shooting. Eh the off putting thing for me was the pace of the shots, really gave that impression of "Yup I know what I'm doing.". It'd come off differently if she sorta freaked out and hammered on the pistol instead.
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You guys are really making too much of that scene. I saw each trigger pull as a "Stay the gently caress down already!" reaction, and the accuracy of her headshot as just dumb luck. When poo poo gets real and you're moving on instinct, reason and rationality get thrown out the window.
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Jul 21, 2014 19:34
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There's also the fact that the kickback of the shots (which they did a decent job representing) would make rapid shots impossible for someone with the upper body strength of a literal little girl.
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Jul 21, 2014 19:47
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But yeah, if anything is going to give me PTSD is shooting dead a dood that wants to rip me limb from limb.
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Jul 21, 2014 22:02
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Death Gun identity speculation: As is always the case with anime, the OP has the hints. During the beginning when showing each character and their virtual counterparts, the Creeper Friend morphs into Death Gun. It's comical how blatant the imagery is.
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Jul 21, 2014 23:32
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Just for a simple yes no from novel readers but is Death Gun really the main antagonist of GGO? It seems like these hints being dropped are too heavy handed for him to be a actual threat outside of his DEASU GUN, and presumably someone gave him that power
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Jul 22, 2014 01:11
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What a twist if it turned out to be Klein or Egil or somebody.
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Jul 22, 2014 01:28
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Suguha, Silica, and Lisbeth are actually Death Gun and this is all just a ploy to steal Kirito away from Asuna. 
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Jul 22, 2014 01:35
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Yasser Arafatwa posted:Suguha, Silica, and Lisbeth are actually Death Gun and this is all just a ploy to steal Kirito away from Asuna. And they are pre-emptively aiming to kill off both Kirito's competition AND the new potential harem member? It makes so much sense!
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Jul 22, 2014 01:41
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Conot posted:Just for a simple yes no from novel readers but is... Bakanogami posted:What a twist if it turned out to be Klein or Egil or somebody.
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Jul 22, 2014 01:49
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LiquidRain posted:Death Gun's not Kirito and Sinon's only opponent, but he is the antagonist. Btzz, failure to answer in the form of a yes-no. The correct answer is "yes, but no".
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Jul 22, 2014 05:13
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Just watched the episode, and while I know the answer is probably going to be "Japan  ", I'm really wondering why Sinon's not getting therapy, holy poo poo. The poo poo she's gone through sounds like exactly the thing therapy was made for.
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Jul 23, 2014 22:26
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Mikl posted:Just watched the episode, and while I know the answer is probably going to be "Japan In the novel, she was. It just didn't help. As you may have noticed by now, the anime is far more focused on its rear end-shot quota than it is on little things like useful background details.
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Jul 23, 2014 22:55
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The answer actually is anyways because it's apparently a cultural thing there to look down on any murderer, no matter the reason. So her therapists were less than helpful.
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Jul 23, 2014 23:19
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BlitzBlast posted:The answer actually is It's also a cultural thing to look down on people who seek therapy, because it implies you're too weak to handle things on your own and have to bother someone else with your stupid problems. So yeah, double whammy.
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Jul 23, 2014 23:30
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How do japanese therapists get paid? e: is this why anime is so hosed up? Jackard fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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Jul 23, 2014 23:43
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Jackard posted:e: is this why anime is so hosed up? Yes. Of course, from Japanese standards our TV is equally hosed up, so it all depends on your point of view.
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Jul 24, 2014 04:16
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I remember my mind being blown learning that in Japan when celebrities get caught using drugs it turns into a huge scandal and it's expected that their family members publicly apologize.
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Jul 24, 2014 20:52
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Feed Me A Cat posted:I remember my mind being blown learning that in Japan when celebrities get caught using drugs it turns into a huge scandal and it's expected that their family members publicly apologize. Or voice actresses enjoying having intimacy, because otherwise it would de-- and I'm not gonna finish that sentence because it's loving retarded. As far as the therapist thing goes, I think it's that, beyond the "it's your problem, sort it out yourself" attitude, a lot of people are very much wary of the Sword and Firearms Law, which, from what I found out in my visits to Tokyo, is super loving draconian about its enforcement.
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Jul 24, 2014 21:02
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Feed Me A Cat posted:I remember my mind being blown learning that in Japan when celebrities get caught using drugs it turns into a huge scandal and it's expected that their family members publicly apologize. I'm pretty sure that the Japanese stance on drugs is sufficiently extreme that getting caught with a trace amount of something may as well cost your job and marriage, and land you in jail. The yakuza also don't want to deal with it at all, supposedly. Alcohol and plain tobacco are obviously legal, but letting minors get their hands on them seems to also be a major offense.
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Jul 24, 2014 22:08
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ConanThe3rd posted:So dumb question but what does BLK mean on the amusphere? The bigger question is what use are the loving lights if they're on the OUTSIDE of the headset. The headset that you put around your eyes. gently caress, my immersion is already ruined.
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Jul 24, 2014 23:51
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Triggerhappypilot posted:The bigger question is what use are the loving lights if they're on the OUTSIDE of the headset. Not much use on the inside either since your senses are cut off.
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Jul 25, 2014 00:11
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Triggerhappypilot posted:The bigger question is what use are the loving lights if they're on the OUTSIDE of the headset. Only guess but in testing its nice to have blinking lights on the outside to see if poo poo is working.
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Jul 25, 2014 01:37
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Chillyrabbit posted:Only guess but in testing its nice to have blinking lights on the outside to see if poo poo is working. From a post-sale troubleshooting standpoint too. "AMUSPHERE SUPPORT Y MY VR NO WORK" "Is the power light lit?" "NO" "...plug the power in?"
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Jul 25, 2014 01:47
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I guess it's so that if someone walks into your room they can tell if you're playing a game or have fallen asleep with the headset on  Pretty sure it wasn't even touched upon in the LNs either so we can't blame this one on the studio messing things up (Unlike the lack of description of GGO's core game mechanics, despite that action scene taking up more than half the episode, and the spoilers in the OP & end of episode 3).
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HiveCommander posted:I guess it's so that if someone walks into your room they can tell if you're playing a game or have fallen asleep with the headset on Hey, the core mechanics of GGO will be explained when Kirito finally gets to GGO and starts learning how to play. Which will somehow be two episodes from now as we deal with Real world problems and a special "Where are they now?" episode where they talk about what the rest of the cast of the first season is doing.
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Jul 25, 2014 05:43
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Don't remind me. They could've at least explained the sight lines since they spent the end of episode 1 and most of episode 2 showing Sinon's I guess it makes sense that they sort out most of the game mechanics when Kirito buys his lightsaber and beats the poo poo out of that agility challenge but at least the sightlines could've been elaborated on. Even in this thread we've had a few anime-only goons saying they didn't understand what it was all about, and they can even tell that the pace is being dragged out something fierce. All of GGO could be summed up comfortably in 10 episodes, tops 
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Jul 25, 2014 06:57
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It could be he doesn't need to dump his stats into agility since his reaction times are so fast, it is why he got the dual wield ability.
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Jul 25, 2014 13:04
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This is a show that treats its viewers as if they are a bunch of idiots, and honestly I don't blame them for doing what they have to.
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I know that they are aimed at different demographics, but I think that Log Horizon did a much better job at the hand-holding and exposition/explanations of mechanics and powers. Even when it got to really silly territory with the info-dumping, it still managed to be a fun ride. Of course, part of the reason that I actually got into watching Log Horizon was because I read somewhere that Joji Nakata was going to play a sword-wielding gentlecat. The fact that the character was also goony as poo poo about the in-game food and how to make it taste like actual food was the best cherry on top. 
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Jul 25, 2014 19:43
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In the latest episode of SAO2, Kirito does cool things because he is cool. That was literally all that happened this episode. Also he is a girl because
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ViggyNash posted:In the latest episode of SAO2, Kirito does cool things because he is cool. That was literally all that happened this episode. Also he is a girl because There was also a quick joke about how he failed to do a cool thing because the show is ever-so-slightly self aware.
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Jul 26, 2014 21:03
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I like how in the future, MMOs regress to becoming more player unfriendly and a complete bitch in efficient usage of time.
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Jul 26, 2014 21:48
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ViggyNash posted:Also he is a girl because Fanservice.
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Jul 26, 2014 22:23
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Start counting the number of times someone says X is impossible or has never been done before immediately before Kirito does X. Two in this episode alone!ViggyNash posted:Also he is a girl because
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Jul 26, 2014 23:49
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Sindai posted:Start counting the number of times someone says X is impossible or has never been done before immediately before Kirito does X. Two in this episode alone! There's going to be like 3 next episode a Kirito wins the entireity of BoB by Stabbin dudes and also doing bullshit like Predict the first shot a Sniper and dodge accordingly or some other such bullshit.
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Jul 26, 2014 23:52
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Sindai posted:Start counting the number of times someone says X is impossible or has never been done before immediately before Kirito does X. Two in this episode alone! Surprisingly, his first interaction with someone as a girl was not, "Hey, look at that hot chick!" and was instead was, "Holy poo poo, is that that super rare ))@*#$%()* model?!?" Not that it improves anything, but at least it doesn't make it worse.
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Jul 26, 2014 23:56
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Sindai posted:Start counting the number of times someone says X is impossible or has never been done before immediately before Kirito does X. Two in this episode alone! Him running through the map getting harassed by dudes is pretty accurate to my experience in random pug vents and Mumble's when a female talks. Mostly players are bad. They waited for the prediction line. All Kirito did is trace the path the Bullet would have to take based off of where the Gun was pointing, rather than waiting for the Prediction Line and then dodging. Kirito has had to dodge swords(from literal GM's with god powers) with no path assist, with his life on the line. He also have had probably about more 200% Dive Time than(that we have seen so far anyway) than any other Non-SAO player, and he was the best of those players. The Anime lacks the inner dialogue that at least tries to explain things
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The part that was actually confusing was that apparently your avatar is random? And there are ultra-rare ones that are worth a ton of money? Is that ever going to come up again or was it really just an excuse to make Kirito look like a girl?
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Sindai posted:The part that was actually confusing was that apparently your avatar is random? And there are ultra-rare ones that are worth a ton of money? Is that ever going to come up again or was it really just an excuse to make Kirito look like a girl? I have no idea but I'm guessing it's the latter. In fact, let me add to it: it's an excuse to make him look even more like a girl. The novels actually have Kirito point out during the beginning (as in, SAO, not the beginning of this arc) that he knows he looks girly, but I don't think he ever expected this level of girly looks. As someone who's gotten confused for a woman multiple times, I fully know how bad it feels. Keep it on, bro. Just stop lying about your gender, especially in a MMO, you're much better off as a dude. Talking about somehow agreeing with Kirito, he plays FPS games the exact same way I do: gently caress guns. Admittedly I never used a beam sword in any of them but only because I didn't have the chance to, so I had to stick with fists, axes, crowbars, etc. Borderlands is insanely fun when you forget it is a FPS, to add to that point. And wow, is there a big difference between super-serious and broody "I WILL KILL HIM THEN I WILL BE STRONG AND LAUGH" Sinon and "HOLY poo poo THIS IS SO FUN GOTTA GO FAST" Sinon. I much prefer this one, can we keep this one?
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