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Arino is not a moron. He is just a regular amount of good at video games.
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Dec 30, 2017 00:20
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Acer Pilot posted:Arino is not a moron. He is just a regular amount of good at video games. I think you mean a normal amount.
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Dec 30, 2017 00:22
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Mister Chief posted:I think you mean a normal amount. ごめんなさい🙇
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Dec 30, 2017 00:28
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Acer Pilot posted:Arino is not a moron. He is just a regular amount of good at video games. But it's just, 12 years man you gotta realise there's a phase TWO by now and you don't put the controller down until you ACTUALLY see the end credits...unless it's Donkey Kong Country in which case that was exceptionally hilarious.
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Dec 30, 2017 05:13
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Or maybe he does it on purpose because it makes for an entertaining moment on the show?
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Dec 30, 2017 05:15
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ponzicar posted:Or maybe he does it on purpose because it makes for an entertaining moment on the show? This comes up every now and then: "Does Arino fail intentionally for the sake of entertainment?" Personally, I will say no. I believe his continue misses and failures to recognize boss patterns are 100% honest and thats what makes him so endearing to watch.
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Dec 30, 2017 10:18
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"You know what would be funny? If I intentionally didn't beat this game after 11 hours of filming!!" - Shinya Arino, shortly before being strangled with dried squid by Kan's hand
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Dec 30, 2017 11:19
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TeaJay posted:This comes up every now and then: "Does Arino fail intentionally for the sake of entertainment?" Personally, I will say no. I believe his continue misses and failures to recognize boss patterns are 100% honest and thats what makes him so endearing to watch. A rather dull comment on that is also that it is television and it'd be real bad if he failed to celebrate beating the boss just because he wanted to be sure there weren't another phase. Beating the game without good footage of it would be about as bad as not beating the game 
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Dec 30, 2017 11:40
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TeaJay posted:This comes up every now and then: "Does Arino fail intentionally for the sake of entertainment?" Personally, I will say no. I believe his continue misses and failures to recognize boss patterns are 100% honest and thats what makes him so endearing to watch. Yeah, I super doubt it. Considering how much footage gets left out from repeated failures I don't see why you'd ever throw on purpose. I don't think I'd do much better with a lot of those games under those conditions. Plus, every so often a puzzle game crops up and then Arino suddenly looks really capable at games.
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Dec 30, 2017 15:03
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SuccinctAndPunchy posted:Plus, every so often a puzzle game crops up and then Arino suddenly looks really capable at games. Unless it involves throwing a turtle shell.
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Dec 30, 2017 15:36
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Arino knows that if he ever gets to adept at gaming, he will be replaced by Abe. Abe's Challenge please. 
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Dec 30, 2017 21:03
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Jamesman posted:Arino knows that if he ever gets to adept at gaming, he will be replaced by Abe. *holds up popsicle stick with the number 1 on it*
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Dec 30, 2017 21:10
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I really wanna see a special on a DVD or something of Abe challenging a racing game, or doing a co-op game with Arino. River City Ransom or Double Dragon or something like that would be good.
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Dec 30, 2017 21:16
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Jamesman posted:I really wanna see a special on a DVD or something of Abe challenging a racing game, or doing a co-op game with Arino. River City Ransom or Double Dragon or something like that would be good. Abe is like, the perfect man, he can cook, he draws amazing art, he's got a daughter, he has a dark mysterious past full of recklessness and he can somehow intimidate people in taking over their house whilst in a pink apron. I love him.  TeaJay posted:This comes up every now and then: "Does Arino fail intentionally for the sake of entertainment?" Personally, I will say no. I believe his continue misses and failures to recognize boss patterns are 100% honest and thats what makes him so endearing to watch. Too often I watched an episode thinking "oh I never heard of this game it seems kinda dull", but then around 52 minutes in I'm just SCREAMING with hope in my heart for Chief Arino to win somehow. He's an underdog, a cocky surefire underdog but one nonetheless and I think that's what makes him so endearing to watch.
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Dec 30, 2017 23:58
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I think Arino plays to the best of his ability, but the show itself definitely pushes for a specific outcome at least occasionally. With some games he receives almost no (on-camera) assistance despite clearly needing it, but with others he gets a ton of help with ADs practically setting him up for a win. It's generally not that big of a deal though.
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Dec 31, 2017 00:19
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Kanfy posted:I think Arino plays to the best of his ability, but the show itself definitely pushes for a specific outcome at least occasionally. With some games he receives almost no (on-camera) assistance despite clearly needing it, but with others he gets a ton of help with ADs practically setting him up for a win. I think when it's a super popular game like say, Ocarina of Time, they want to see it through to the end, so they'll give him extensions and assist him (sometimes to an excess) to make the ending happen. They don't care as much with weird obscure titles. This is why I prefer the obscure game challenges. It feels more organic.
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Dec 31, 2017 00:57
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zari-gani posted:I think when it's a super popular game like say, Ocarina of Time, they want to see it through to the end, so they'll give him extensions and assist him (sometimes to an excess) to make the ending happen. They don't care as much with weird obscure titles. This is why I prefer the obscure game challenges. It feels more organic. OoT was probably the worst challenge I've watched so far. *A montage of Arino doing three dungeons* Challenge Day 2 "Hey Chief we beat most of the game for you so now you just need to fight Ganon without any context."
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Dec 31, 2017 01:47
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Jamesman posted:OoT was probably the worst challenge I've watched so far. I've still never watched that one, since I never actually beat OOT, so I didn't want to get spoiled.
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Dec 31, 2017 01:52
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Vlaphor posted:I've still never watched that one, since I never actually beat OOT, so I didn't want to get spoiled. I'm exaggerating, but with this one and Link to the Past, there was an excessive amount of truncation so you really didn't see much of Arino exploring or solving puzzles. Mostly just cliffnotes for places he went and things he got. Then for Ocarina of Time, the AD was playing in the off-time to ensure Arino had enough time to get to the ending, so they literally just gave him a briefing of all the poo poo they completed on his behalf. It was just so lame.
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Dec 31, 2017 02:02
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That reminds me of the Mega Man 4 challenge. (My favorite Mega Man game, in fact.) They literally just handed him the ideal boss order. Not nearly as lame or glaring or whatever as OOT, but it still felt so hand-holding. You don't need the boss order in MM4 like you do in the previous games.
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Dec 31, 2017 03:22
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FinalGamer posted:...and he can somehow intimidate people in taking over their house whilst in a pink apron. Anyone remember what episode or special this was in? I think it was a sketch about Abe coming over to Nakayama's (?) to drink beer and cook dinner.
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Dec 31, 2017 09:58
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Un prophète! Celebrate the 2018 New Year in 2017 by watching some guys celebrate the 2017 New Year in 2016, and have a revenge match against Kiki Kaikai. Translated by zari-gani Timed by Random Stranger Proofed by Hirayuki https://nyaa.si/view/992474
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Dec 31, 2017 15:58
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It's amazing how right they were, like they had no idea. Thanks for the new sub, guys! 
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Dec 31, 2017 18:07
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univbee posted:Un prophète! Just wanted to note that we snipped off the last half of this special, because it was them just looking back at the year (as in, mostly stuff we haven't gotten around to subbing yet).
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Dec 31, 2017 19:51
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jyrque posted:Anyone remember what episode or special this was in? I think it was a sketch about Abe coming over to Nakayama's (?) to drink beer and cook dinner.
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Dec 31, 2017 21:40
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FinalGamer posted:It was the first 24-hour Lemmings episode in Season 11, Abe was making Arino a meal to keep his endurance going and just basically took over Nakayama's house. I forget if it was in the main episode or in the Specials compilation though. Thanks!  There's so much good stuff unrelated to game challenges it's hard to keep track of it all.
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Jan 1, 2018 01:41
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I love the New Year Specials they do! I bet you are saving the special where they play Zelda 2 until the regular episode gets subbed first. The Zelda 2 episode is definitely on my most wanted list. What is planned for this New Year's special? Regarding Pokemon: I love how they ordered the pokemon list in the same order as the pokerap song. I was one of those geeky kids who had the pokerap song memorized perfectly. That was an odd flashback to my youth to see on the show. joek0 fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Jan 1, 2018 02:42
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joek0 posted:What is planned for this New Year's special? https://youtu.be/FiTZRJPh9B8
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Jan 1, 2018 02:57
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Hirayuki posted:I don't know, but I just noticed it on YouTube if you're interested (and don't mind it being untranslated)! Thanks! I love ringing in the New Year with Arino!
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Jan 1, 2018 03:02
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joek0 posted:I love the New Year Specials they do! I bet you are saving the special where they play Zelda 2 until the regular episode gets subbed first. The Zelda 2 episode is definitely on my most wanted list. What is planned for this New Year's special? Just one more reason why Pokemon is my favourite episode of GCCX right next to Tajiri-san's utterly adorkable everything. 
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Jan 1, 2018 03:24
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joek0 posted:Regarding Pokemon: I love how they ordered the pokemon list in the same order as the pokerap song. I was one of those geeky kids who had the pokerap song memorized perfectly. That was an odd flashback to my youth to see on the show. That was me, actually. All of the pokemon are there in the game order, but not wanting to fill the screen I wanted a way to immediately convey that all the pokemon were there and I thought that was a fun, albeit silly, way to do that. Japan actually had their own version of the pokerap. I don't think it came up with Arino was playing, though. Edit: just to show you how universal those things are, my Japanese teacher performed it for us in class. Goofy songs from kids cartoons becoming trapped in your brain forever is something everyone can bond over. Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 03:43 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Jan 1, 2018 03:33
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Random Stranger posted:That was me, actually. All of the pokemon are there in the game order, but not wanting to fill the screen I wanted a way to immediately convey that all the pokemon were there and I thought that was a fun, albeit silly, way to do that. Still a nice touch in the episode! Sent me on a Pokemon nostalgic trip RandomStranger.
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Jan 1, 2018 03:41
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joek0 posted:What is planned for this New Year's special? They had memories from the staff over the last fifteen years read out loud, and announced the Game Center CX museum will be opened at HMV Books in Shibuya in March, before touring the major cities in Japan (nagoya, Senda, and TBA.) It'll feature an "AD's POV VR display" as well. Kakaricho fucked around with this message at 04:07 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Jan 1, 2018 03:59
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Kakaricho posted:It'll feature an "AD's POV VR display" as well. This will just be a blurry image of Arino failing some easy part of a game over and over again representing watching this through their tears.
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Jan 1, 2018 05:41
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oh god the noise in this game.
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Jan 1, 2018 06:27
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How is Abe looking younger each year? Is he Benimaru Button or somethin?
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Jan 1, 2018 12:57
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Abe's got that inside line on the Araki/Gackt secret supernatural goodness~
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Jan 1, 2018 15:14
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Jakespeare posted:How is Abe looking younger each year? Is he Benimaru Button or somethin? There's a motorcycle in his garage that keeps looking older and older.
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Jan 1, 2018 17:00
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I've translated four episodes in the last week, and I'm working on a fifth before it's back to work for me. I'll be at MAGFest again in a few days, selling stuff at the Fangamer booth. We're bringing "Stuck in a Game" if anyone here is attending and wants to get a copy.
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Jan 1, 2018 19:52
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zari-gani posted:I've translated four episodes in the last week, and I'm working on a fifth before it's back to work for me. Looking forward to them. I got a copy of that book a little while back and I thought it was fantastic, both art and story.
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Jan 2, 2018 05:50
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