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Okay, I want to start this off by saying gently caress you Spirit Armor! I started reading this drat thread Sunday morning and am only just now finishing it up Wednesday evening! drat you and your exceptionally well made and entertaining LP! In other news, I fully intend to keep watching though I am a bit annoyed that I came in right as Spirit Armor is off running about in Asia likely having wacky misadventures with his own band of psychotic mech-piloting women. Also, though I know voting is closed, my vote shall always be for Kanna. She stole my black little heart from the instant she came into the game catching a back breaking pillar with a single hand and has never given it back. The game seems to reinforce this by having one of the most badass sequences in the entire drat game occur only if you go with her in the mansion. Anyway, long story short, awesome work and I look forward to more of
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# ¿ Jun 26, 2008 02:12 |
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# ¿ Apr 17, 2024 20:01 |
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Spirit Armor posted:Back from vacation! Sorry for the wait, and for my inability to find any proof for the existence of a Beijing/Hong Kong/Taipei Assault Force. Believe me, I tried. This may well be the best news I've heard all week, good to have you back.
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# ¿ Jul 4, 2008 06:12 |
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veekie posted:Anal probing, it leaves you 'functional' if violated. Broken pelvis might be harder to deal with. Yeah, but everybody knows that death by snoo-snoo is the only real way to go.
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# ¿ Jul 7, 2008 08:21 |
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Ryuujin posted:I ... uh ... I think it is just that his nephew looks up to him, I think the previous letter mentioned him taking up kendo or something just like Ogami. Yeah, this is most likely the intended meaning. Younger children tend to naturally look up to their older relatives, especially when they're around them a lot. Older siblings, aunts, uncles, even just older cousins. It's just that, after the horrors we've witnessed so far, we all naturally suspect foul play as a default reaction.
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# ¿ Jul 8, 2008 20:24 |
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Kirbyoto posted:None of these conjectures involve Ogami being hurt and as such they're all incorrect. I think the implication is that somehow, some way, Ogami would be gravely injured in the process of all this happening. Perhaps he's not present because Iris took him away to "play", and all the conjectures are the other girls fighting over who gets to go "save" him.
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# ¿ Jul 29, 2008 17:19 |
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comrade sampo posted:"Survived being locked in a house with a dozen psychotic women for months on end." I'm pretty sure that's only an important job skill for the very kind of job Ogami'd be trying to get away from.
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# ¿ Aug 25, 2008 07:28 |
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Crono S. Magnum posted:Or both. Vote Kanna! She hasn't ever killed anyone (that matters) as far as we know!
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# ¿ Aug 28, 2008 00:30 |
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Mile'ionaha posted:Goons intimidated by strong women ITT. The pro-Kanna movement is just remaining silent, hiding in the shadows, waiting to strike when everyone else lets down their guard with an earth-shattering blow that will leave only Kanna remaining standing. ... ... That or I'm completely alone in being pro-Kanna...
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# ¿ Sep 9, 2008 17:03 |
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Nick Buntline posted:Not even remotely. There have been multiple people who have joined solely to express their support for Kanna's clear superiority, myself included. So don't fret - when the voting comes, we'll sweep the polls like a tidal wave. Ahah, good. It is as I thought then, the pro-Kanna movement is just waiting silently like violent ninja to spring forth and promote the one true choice. Very well then, back into the shadows I go. Also, yeah. Is there a page limit for threads on SA? I can't think of ever seeing one, but the rest of this LP coupled with the voting may well hit it for the first time in history. VVVVV Okay, it appears there is no page limit. Or it's absurdly high. Either way, I suppose this thread might only approach that level of insanity if all the games are done together in this one thread. Which I believe Spirit Armor has said will not be the case, presuming he doesn't suffer a psychotic break before he gets to Sakura Wars 2 and kill everyone within fifty miles of himself. RyuujinBlueZ fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Sep 9, 2008 |
# ¿ Sep 9, 2008 17:51 |
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Zereth posted:So you're saying that Sakura's a Terminator sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor and this is just her day job until we get to the 80s? Sakura is actually the manifestation of Ogami's feminine side that was shattered from his psyche at a young age when his big sister touched him in an inappropriate way. The reason she wants Ogami so badly is because if they get it on then they'll become a whole person again and as such possess the strength to combat the true evil that is Iris. Calling it now.
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# ¿ Oct 1, 2008 02:52 |
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Kirbyoto posted:Sounds like someone's making excuses for having questionable pictures of Iris conspicuously on-hand. He has questionable pictures of Iris conspicuously on-hand and an excess of free time. Think about it. Do you have something to tell us, ZeeToo? Do you?
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# ¿ Oct 2, 2008 07:32 |
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Reallycoolname posted:You know, at first I was worried that Spirit Armor might burn out eventually. I'm pretty sure, knowing goons and their love of internet detecting, that a few of us likely know where he lives as well. So odds are good that the steamrolling could invole an actual, factual steamroller. Perhaps powered by Iris' unholy magics.
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# ¿ Oct 9, 2008 19:27 |
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SirSamVimes posted:You mean about half a chapter until Kanna gets chosen? Brilliant. You had a typo in there, fixed it for you. No need for thanks, just doin' my duty.
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# ¿ Oct 13, 2008 10:19 |
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veekie posted:I'd have you know that frozen poo poo moves much faster than she does when thrown! I think I speak for all of us when I say I have no desire to know how you found that out.
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# ¿ Oct 15, 2008 04:01 |
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GruntyThrst posted:Actually, I'm very interested in how he found out how far a fictional character flied when thrown. Okay, that part is interesting. The part about frozen poo poo, however, I could live without.
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# ¿ Oct 15, 2008 04:06 |
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Yeah, I gotta say I think most of it's all in good fun. None of us are honestly as obsessed as we may make it seem, we just do it for kicks. It seems to be the spirit of the thread, in a way. As much as I'd like to see Kanna win, I'm not going to flip out if she doesn't and I'm mostly looking forward to the zaniness that comes from everyone pushing their own choice. If we can skip a porn rush, I know I can trust goons to come up with amazingly funny poo poo.
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# ¿ Oct 18, 2008 18:54 |
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Snot Man posted:Although I must admit that I'm a tiny bit surprised that this thread was able to go on so long without getting much bad press on the rest of the forums, if at all. I guess that's a testament to how good the actual LP is? Ditto. I mean, I figured most of the regulars got that it was all for fun but I'm surprised we haven't gotten raided or anything yet. Especially after what happened with the PMD2 LP, it seems like something like this would be all the more ripe for raids. Then again I guess self-insertion is lower on the scale than wacky Japanese giant robot dating sim.
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# ¿ Oct 19, 2008 00:19 |
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Kanna is what happens when an individual is gifted with a direct link to the Awesome Source.
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# ¿ Oct 20, 2008 18:41 |
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RNGen posted:The girl swam to the capital after her boat sank. She does 500 one armed push ups to kill time. Most likely Kanna's only toying with Ogami because if she kills him she'd have no one else to mess up during breaks between beating the living crap of Wakiji with her bare fists. Exactly. Just because you can do the movements, doesn't mean you're doing them as awesomely as everyone else. Most everyone knows how to punch someone in the face, but nobody punches people in the face quite like Kanna.
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# ¿ Oct 21, 2008 05:06 |
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07 Users Suck posted:I'm sort of confused as to what this has to do with Sakura Wars but ok? I think the more interesting question is what did he post in the shaving thread and how confused are they right about now? The emoticons are watching, waiting. And when you drop your guard, then they shall be upon you.
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2008 01:29 |
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I think you could probably stand to spoiler all of that, Hokuto. I seem to remember Spirit Armor saying he didn't want much chatter about future games.
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# ¿ Nov 5, 2008 18:16 |
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1. Kanna 2. Kohran 3. Maria Kanna needs to win. Her type never does, plus she's awesome. Kohran and Maria are the only other real choices I could make, though it was hard to choose which to put in which spot so I ultimately just flipped a coin.
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# ¿ Nov 6, 2008 18:41 |
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Spirit Armor posted:Good lord, the sheer number of 2nd place votes for Maria... and, of course, the sheer number of votes, period... Good to know. And further, I just want to say I'm honestly shocked at how well the voting has gone already. No arguments, hell hardly any discussion. Just straight up voting. Smooth, clean, mature. I was expecting a massive clusterfuck from hell, so it's a nice surprise.
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# ¿ Nov 6, 2008 23:25 |
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BklynBruzer posted:Psychopaths of tomorrow? He clearly underestimates our collective insanity.
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# ¿ Nov 7, 2008 18:03 |
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Psycho Serum posted:Theres this question mark thing that means I can just read Spirit Armors posts. We try, my friend. We try.
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# ¿ Nov 8, 2008 01:46 |
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veekie posted:Same here, but this LP was so awesome I stuck around after getting linked here from the Lone Wolf LP. Ditto. I had only passingly heard of the game before, seen it countless times, and finally decided to give it a read and liked it enough to stick around. I am, yet again, surprised that this is only the second time in over a year and a half that anyone has spoken out against the thread and/or goons contained within.
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# ¿ Nov 8, 2008 09:02 |
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Flying Mariachi posted:I imagine a lot of crying will be involved, considering some of the comments that go with some. This, and I presume he's keeping track as votes are given. I'd figure he's got everyone listed down in some fashion of spreedsheet or something, and tallies votes a bit more every time he checks the thread. Which, I'd hope, is fairly often to keep from having a shitload to do all at once.
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# ¿ Nov 10, 2008 00:12 |
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I didn't think you'd record the voter too. Just some sort of means to track each of the girls and how many votes they'd gotten in each first, second, and third place. If...If you want, I can try and work something up for you to put the data into, at least. Not that it'd be anything fancier than a crappy spreadsheet. I guess it'd be more useful to offer to count the votes for you. Either way, lord knows you've done a lot of leg work on this LP already, somebody could stand to do something that isn't terrifying and/or deeply disturbing.
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# ¿ Nov 10, 2008 01:22 |
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Revenant Threshold posted:If he doesn't track who's voted, then there's a chance someone might vote more than once. Because there's surely some people that invested in this. That's a fine point, though he could track them seperately all the same. I suppose if he's got a system that's working for him, that's all that really matters. Not trying to rock the boat or tell him how to work his election.
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# ¿ Nov 10, 2008 01:35 |
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Terashell posted:Seconded Thirded! We need an independant, unbias party to count the votes! So long as they count more votes for Kanna... VVVV: drat, and with that point spread it's not even close enough to justify a real recount. Oh well. RyuujinBlueZ fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Nov 13, 2008 |
# ¿ Nov 13, 2008 07:53 |
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cisneros posted:It looks like it's usually made to make her look submissive, though. To be fair, even though saying it will get me killed, it's been my experience that women like Maria are ultimately submissive deep down. They've suffered various trauma that make them hard and crunchy on the outside, but deep down all they want is someone strong enough to coddle them and protect them from all the bad-bad in the world. Depending on the trauma, it can be alternately easy or very difficult to break that hard shell and reveal that squishy inner-person but it is (almost) always there. It's unfortunate, and hopefully it won't happen in the course of this game, but it's entirely possible Maria could melt into a puddle of Sakura goo now that we've gone and chosen her.
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# ¿ Nov 13, 2008 19:52 |
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RNGen posted:If you're looking for the complete opposite of a stereotypical female character, Asuka from Evangelion would be a good choice. She's condescending, aggressive and competitive. She's not shown doing any housework of any kind and makes Shinji do things like prepare her lunches. She is probably attracted to Shinji in some way but it doesn't come out as a love confession. They kiss, but she runs off to wash her mouth afterwards. The idea that she is inferior to Shinji drives her to become even more aggressive and domineering. I believe he was asking about females that end up with the lead, not just in general. It's been a while since I saw Evangelion and all, but I don't recall Asuka being Shinji's ultimately love interest by any stretch. Which is what was being asked for, an instance where a different-than-usual choice was what was gone with instead of the more submissive, domestic Sakura type. Truthfully, off hand, I can't say I can really think of any off hand. Julia, from Cowboy Bebop, maybe? But that's...Complicated. Hm. I would be interested as well, actually, to see if it's ever come up. Non-domestic woman getting the man in the end.
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# ¿ Nov 13, 2008 20:55 |
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RNGen posted:Evangelion's romantic subplot was unconvential, but if we were to assume that the two potential love interest in the series were Asuka and Rei, then it'd be Asuka who ended up with Shinji as shown in the end of the movies. It's an interesting series. You could say Haruhi of Melancholy would be pretty anti-Sakura as well, especially in contrast to Mikuru, who'd fit the domestic mold more. It's actually not that hard to find, especially with more modern shows, that the female character is on equal footing in a relationship with the male. I'm going to grant you the first half of your first paragraph on the grounds of Evangelion because, honestly, I hated that show so much it would require a massive sum of money to get me anywhere near the movies or watching it again. In any language. I also can't comment on anything in the second half of your first paragraph, because I've not seen that series. I'll take your word for it. Also not disagreeing that it is tradition for the female love interest to settle down. The question was less why and more when is it different. I think most of us understand why it is the way it is, and even the basic breakdowns of the girls in Sakura Wars. Hell, I myself pointed out that Maria's personality type tends to be soft and squishy inside. The ultimate point was, to repeat myself, to see if there were any solid examples of a Kanna/Kohran/Maria-type scoring the main man in any other Japanese material. I'd be willing to extend that to any material world-wide, frankly. I imagine the Vikings, as I do, prefer their women Kanna-flavored. resurgam40 posted:RyuujinBlueZ: Regarding your post about Maria's secret submission, that may very well be true about maria and characters like her. But that doesn't mean their partner has to encourage such behavior. Say that Maria is the way you say; that means Ogami, as her mate, is certainly in the position of talking with her, equally splitting up labor, and continue to rely on her for combat analysis and fighting skills, instead of shoving her in the kitchen and having done with it. That would be a win-win situation; Ogami would have a loving supportive partner who has his back in a fight, and Maria has... well, target practice I never said Maria's secret submission would push her into the kitchen, nor did I say or even mean to imply that women such as her would promptly move right there upon having their tough shell broken. There's a difference between submitting and being domesticated. You can break a wolf to the point of submitting, but that doesn't make it domestic animal. Yes, I know it does eventually but that's over generations and with breeding and...Not the point. What I was getting at is that once that type of woman is able to open up to someone (even someone like Ogami) they're prone to being a lot gooey, softer, and more sensitive than you might think. The tough, cold, indifferent bit is just an illusion. Hell, often any precieved confidence is an illusion leaving the 'true' woman a very, very different person from the one others might see. Which happens to be deeply irritating if you like the former type of woman, only to realize a bit too far into things that they're really more of a wet paper tiger. RyuujinBlueZ fucked around with this message at 05:43 on Nov 14, 2008 |
# ¿ Nov 14, 2008 05:36 |
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little_firebird posted:Love Hina, maybe? Mahou Sensei Negima? I was not aware of that in Love Hina, actually. I'm not asking from a "I've seen it all, it doesn't happen!" standpoint, but rather a "I haven't seen it all, and am honestly curious!" one. Even if it may seem otherwise. ...You are far too correct about the Lucky Star bit, though. I don't know how to feel about that.
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# ¿ Nov 14, 2008 06:10 |
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RNGen posted:It depends on what you mean by type and the specific characteristics you want to find. If we're going by my definition, then there are a lot of Maria-type heroines out there that score the guy. Sabre from Fate Stay Night would be the first to come to mine. This does seem reasonable, yeah. It may be related to the fact that (from what I can tell) that type is getting more common in reality. I don't know if there's any connection, but it doesn't seem impossible. RNGen posted:Kanna is a bit trickier, because her archtype is usually reserved for male characters. There are certainly physically strong female characters, especially in martial arts series, but not a whole lot on buddy terms. I'll see if I can come up with an example later on. This is the one I'd be more interested in, and I'd actually appreciate any examples you could point out for me. I honestly, truthfully, cannot think of any off hand myself. As you said, more often than not her type's reserved for the menfolk and if the characteristics that make her up are present in a female they're at best just the friend and/or sparring partner. Possibly with unreturned feelings, but just a friend all the same. RNGen posted:Kohran's type is probably the toughest to nail down, since she's a lot of archtype rolled into one. Glasses, mad scientist, Oriental and eccentric, she doesn't really fit into one specific mold that's easy to classify. I'd say Haruhi fits her personality wise, but it's a tough one. I'd say that she is the hardest kind of girl to find in an anime series just because she's got a lot of quirks. I don't know, it seems like the "sweet, lovable, but violently insane scientist" type isn't that rare. I suppose in the exact same measurements as Kohran, perhaps, but it doesn't seem like it'd be as rare or hard to find as Kanna. Then again, as I've noted, I'm not entirely qualified to say. Edit: I wonder how long before we cause riots over people thinking there's been an update only to find this rather nerdy discussion instead? I haven't seen any complaints yet, but if Spirit Armor (at very least) wants us to shut up or take it somewhere else I won't object. RyuujinBlueZ fucked around with this message at 06:45 on Nov 14, 2008 |
# ¿ Nov 14, 2008 06:43 |
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Spirit Armor posted:Yyyyeah, I'd prefer it if you guys kept the multi-post dissertations about character archetypes and gender roles in anime in ADTRW. Aye-aye, Cap'n. I hadn't realized quite how out of hand we were getting right off, but when I did I figured it'd be a good place to stop before the cold, unfeeling hammer of slowbeef crashed down upon us with probations or thread lockings or something. In other news, Tenkai seems like a hard act to follow. Seeing how grossly incapable he is of achieving anything that is honestly damaging at all, let alone as much so as what the heroes are capable of, makes me all the more eager to see the villains in the rest of the Sakura Wars series and if they bothered to try and outdo Tenkai or actually make a competent villain.
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# ¿ Nov 14, 2008 19:12 |
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Hokuto posted:Occasionally. Very rarely. I can't wait to see the reaction to the guy in 4, and the group in 3. That's the way to put it, thanks. I'm not wanting to hear details, unless this thread kills Spirit Armor and he nevers get to any of the others, because I look forward to seeing it as it goes. Putting it like you did just builds more excitement for me, to see what they do, because it's nice and vague while implying goodness.
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# ¿ Nov 14, 2008 20:15 |
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Sindai posted:We actually get fewer of those than this thread does. That's because this thread is, in general, more awesome than anything in ADTRW. Not to say there aren't awesome things in ADTRW, but the threads themselves are never (in my experience) as great as this LP has been.
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# ¿ Nov 15, 2008 01:17 |
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CannonFodder posted:Most of the threads in ADTRW are just discussions about single shows. I know. That was the point. Even if that show is awesome, the thread itself can never be as awesome as the source. Where as Spirit Armor has taken something decent and made it awesome through the sheer force of his LPing, as evidenced by this thread.
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# ¿ Nov 15, 2008 04:56 |
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# ¿ Apr 17, 2024 20:01 |
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And yet my discussion on personality types was too ADTRW for the thread. You guys suck.
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# ¿ Nov 23, 2008 07:07 |