offtopic-discussion

[void zinc]

I liked Pumpkinhead before the sequels happened and made him a slasher villain instead of a driven demon.

[gray adder]

Lol only Alien exists to me

1979

[void zinc]

Not Aliens? The best sequel ever made? Fuck off.

[gray adder]

And Isolation

[rough hollow]

I think alien is both good as a single threat and as an army of bugs

[void zinc]

That’s like saying you don’t like Terminator 2. Get out of here, Eye.

[rough hollow]

I liked both scenarios, if it's a single alien then it's horror, if it's more alien then it's action packed horror

[gray adder]

You know what's funny I just watched terminator 1 2 days ago and I think that was the first time

[void zinc]

One is Horror-Action, the other is Action-Horror. Both great movies.

[gray adder]

I've seen T2 hundreds of times though

[void zinc]

Aliens is probably the only sequel that improves on the predecessor in many ways.

[rough hollow]

Zod

[void zinc]

Most movie sequels are downgrades of their source. Not Alien/s or T1/2. Amazing works.

[void zinc]

No thank you.

[rough hollow]

do u like predator aswell? are u a man of culture

[void zinc]

Predator is a great movie. I’ll even say Predator 2 is a great movie.

Shame they never made any other movies. At all. Ever.

[rough hollow]

I think predator and predator 2 are both great movies, any movies after that are garbage until Prey.

Imo even tho prey aren't perfect

[void zinc]

Predator is without irony the most manly movie ever made while being narrative genius showing the fragility of even super tough guy men.

[rough hollow]

it was the best predator movie since pr2

[gray adder]

The Queen Alien Looks cool but I'll never forgive the elevator scene

[autumn scarab]

the scene you know is easily explainable

[gray adder]

Alien was atmospheric horror and made Gigers creation come to life.. oh no it's you!

[autumn scarab]

eye doesn't really care about alien anyway, he just cares about hr giger

[gray adder]

I'm out

[autumn scarab]

I'm onto you eye

[rough hollow]

advancedlamb

[gray adder]

I keep praising Alien Isolation and believe it or not I did like Resurrection lol well some parts

[autumn scarab]

resurrection wtf

bigger fan of resurrection than aliens apparently. truly unconscionable

[gray adder]

The newborn was a good design

[rough hollow]

I'm actually vommitting.

[autumn scarab]

was creepy looking at least

I mean I guess it makes sense. you don't care about the story or world, you just care about alien design

for me, resurrection ruined it all. putting it hundreds of years in the future, making a mockery of it all by having Walmart buy weyland yutani, turning Ripley into a superhuman semi-alien clone. some parts were fair, but yeesh

[gray adder]

I like horror atmospheric horror stuff of nightmares

[autumn scarab]

resurrection ain't it, even aliens has a more daunting threat and atmosphere

[void zinc]

If you’re big on the weirdness that is the source material, Resurrection is dope. If you just like some films, you hate it.

[gray adder]

Worst was 3

[void zinc]

Resurrection follows the original art designs and their mutated, quasi-human development.

Alien 3 was one of the worst movies I’ve seen.

[gray adder]

https://tenor.com/view/alien-stapler-gif-11292914

[shell rapids]

I hate how organic the xenos is resurrection look

[autumn scarab]

definitely better than resurrection at least

[void zinc]

That’s kinda the point.

[autumn scarab]

resurrection really was a mockery of the entire series

[void zinc]

Wait. What? The original Xenomorphs are inorganic looking?

[autumn scarab]

they look a bit like machines with an unknown type of skin

[void zinc]

The exoskeletal humanoid lobsterbug aliens don’t look like living material?

[shell rapids]

They're supposed to be "biomechanical" but that's lost in ressurection to a degree
Give me a minute
I'll try to pull up pics of both

[void zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/crab-dancing-crab-party-rave-cool-moves-gif-15701153

Fear the robo wiggle!

[void zinc]

Haunting and badass.

[gray adder]

Skull is real

[autumn scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/aliens-shotgun-reload-soldiers-gif-17907356

[gray adder]

I don't even thnk the Alien was black

[autumn scarab]

it doesnt help the rest of the movies that aliens has one of the best action casts ever

[void zinc]

The only really BAD part about Resurrection is the little nose wiggle it doss.

[autumn scarab]

drones are a tanner or brownerish color

[rough hollow]

bad to the bone guitar riff

[void zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/sigourney-weaver-alien-resurrection-baby-gif-13276794

Wiggly fuckin’ worm nose

[shell rapids]

Curse this crappy phone service
Regardless
The xenos in ressurction (and the 2 avp movies) have a less biomechanical design than the first 3 movies

[void zinc]

You didn’t like the Predalien either? Bruh.

[shell rapids]

It's not major changes
Small things
Replace "wires" and "tubes" with a flashier surface

I'm not talking about predalien you knob

Tye drones
The standard xeno

[autumn scarab]

technically the predalien is a xenomorph

[gray adder]

Also I did like Aliens I just very much preferred the first and didn't like how they took away the horror out and replaced with action

[autumn scarab]

that APC is awesome though

[shell rapids]

Not technically
It out right is

[autumn scarab]

and they ALL LITERALLY DIED ANYWAY

[gray adder]

Oh and I had this toy when i was younger mine was not as detailed though

[autumn scarab]

the fact that an entire team of marines died is honestly scarier than some mostly unarmed group of less than a dozen people dying

[void zinc]

At least in the AvP movies, you can just understand it’s a different brood of xenomorphs so they’re a bit different in physiology. More bred for hunting by the predators.

In Resurrection, well the whole point of the story is that they were human hybridized from Ripley, even the queen was remade from her.

I get what you’re saying, but you miss the mark a bit.

[gray adder]

The original The Thing sucked the second was better

[void zinc]

Fuck you.

[shell rapids]

Saul no
They took the designs for the drones from ressurection (of which are canonicaly xeno human hybrids [amd not in the way ur average xeno is]) then use it for xenos that came from a queen
That probably predates all modern cultures

This is something that really gets under my skin

CREATURE DESIGN FOR BOTH VISUALS AND NARRATIVES IS IMPORTANT AND THE MESSED IT UP

[gray adder]

Haha hear me out

[void zinc]

“Who Goes There?” is a great movie and I hate you for saying it’s bad. John Carpenter did make a masterpiece with The Thing, though.

[void zinc]

Oh. That.

[gray adder]

Carpenters The Thing is one of my favorite movies next to Alien and Starship troopers

[autumn scarab]

interesting how films like that are basically historical relics at this point

[gray adder]

I liked Tremors too

[shell rapids]

Tremors was so stupid
(The good stupid)

[void zinc]

Tremors is a great movie and I have active arguments about it.

The whole film series is just beautiful camp.

[gray adder]

I've seen every single one lol

[void zinc]

I wish the tv show didn’t get axed. It was really interesting.

[gray adder]

Yes

[void zinc]

Kevin Bacon tried to get a tv series going too, but I think it was killed in covid.

[gray adder]

Wait the old tv series or that rumor of a new one with kevin bacon

[void zinc]

Old series was bomb.

The “old tv series” came out 20 years ago and now I feel extra old.

[gray adder]

The Descent is a good horror movie too the original before they changed the ending

[void zinc]

Which ending.

The “Bad Ending” is superior.

[gray adder]

||Where she only dreams about escaping||

[void zinc]

It’s a great ending.

[gray adder]

The Descent 2 never happened

[young gale]

I demand to know your rank in valorant.

[autumn scarab]

at least we can all agree that the cyberpunk anime was good

[void zinc]

anime
good

Nah, champ. Nah.

[shell rapids]

Now if only the game was actually enjoyable to play

[autumn scarab]

easily ignorable generic opinion

the game is ok, i havent gotten that far into it so idk what the story ends up being

[shell rapids]

Multiple endings
All depressing

[void zinc]

Bait characters, neon covering mid animation, and unmotivating story. The anime was meh.

[autumn scarab]

lol

as if you watched it

wtf does bait characters mean

[shell rapids]

Yea yea
We know you one of those types that can't enjoy anything cuz "anime bad" and therefore all things adjacent are evil

Idk
Rebecca is kind of a loli I won't lie

[gray adder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjuLZwlDxh8

[autumn scarab]

well, if she is, and that's all it takes for you to hate something, then LMAO

i hate alien cuz it has murder 😢

[gray adder]

Pretty similar lol but second was better

[shell rapids]

I hate alien cuz uhm
Uh
checks notes
Themes of r*pe

[autumn scarab]

yeah, that's terrible!

[void zinc]

Not all anime is bad, some is fine, but the common story tropes they use don’t move me in comparison to other media. I didn’t grow up with anime so it’s not interesting or compelling to me.

[rough hollow]

I heard the animation studio apparently insisted they add her or else the project would be cancelled (although it might just be a clickbaity rumor post)

[void zinc]

Let’s move on to a new topic if we’re gonna do this.

[autumn scarab]

but edgerunners ends differently from almost all animes

[rough hollow]

for some reason I can't independently seek series on Netflix

[autumn scarab]

idk if they would've gone as far as to end the project, but they did indeed insist on it

[void zinc]

Dodging the bot to try to make a gotcha-moment to create a point is something I actually need to Moderate and fun times have to end.

[rough hollow]

My family is running a trial, and so far I've only seen a couple of documentaries

[autumn scarab]

and they were right to do so, rebecca is one of the most popular characters, especially compared to her screen time

it's a good gotcha-moment at least

[shell rapids]

3 pings in a row
Regardless
The shows not bad
There aren't really many "anime tropes" in edgerunners
Sure
The plots kind of rushed
But im not gonna blame the show for that

[autumn scarab]

yeah the story does have a pacing problem

but that literally just means that the problem is that there isnt more of it, a great problem to have

[shell rapids]

Well
Actually
The whole single mom who loves her son and dies as fast as we meet her trope is there

[rough hollow]

On the topic of pacing

[shell rapids]

But it is also subverted since David completely goes AGAINST her wishes

[autumn scarab]

tropes arent automatically bad, and are actually unavoidable

people who bring up tropes as a negative dont really know what tropes are

[rough hollow]

I really can't finish reading LOTR because it's so bloody slow

[rough hollow]

And it doesn't feel worth it either

[void zinc]

Tropes aren’t inherently bad, they’re necessary to storytelling (Hero’s Journey and all). Not all of them are compelling to all audiences, which is why I brought it up.

[autumn scarab]

what trope is not compelling?

[gray adder]

Who has seen any of the Critters movies?

[autumn scarab]

and how does that not happen in western shows all the time?

[rough hollow]

There's tropes used well and tropes not used well

[void zinc]

100% agreeable. Reading the Hobbit or any LOTR books is a chore. So much fluff.

[void zinc]

Yep. Great movies.

[gray adder]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/855527844670865438/938210585156419614/death_ball.gif

[void zinc]

Tolkien takes 5 pages to explain the tree limb and it’s backstoried impact on the world around it. I appreciate the hustle but dude needed another editor. He’s needlessly verbose in many places.

[autumn scarab]

sounds awesome to me, lots of detail

[shell rapids]

In Tolkiens defense
He wasn't writing a book in the modern sense
He wad writing an entire mythology

[rough hollow]

I haven't really read a lot of fantasy

[autumn scarab]

mfs will call descriptions of the world fluff these days

[finite geode]

thats good

[shell rapids]

90% of fantasy is derivative of lotr
Of which is in turn derivative of older mythology

[finite geode]

old books are like that all the time

[autumn scarab]

less detail pls, not like im imagining things in my head or anything

[rough hollow]

I read (or at least tried reading) the neverending story when I was 8-10 years old or something and I sort of partly quit for whatever reason

[finite geode]

new books are meh

because there is almost no detail

[rough hollow]

I was about to star reading the first harry potter book, but I also quit for whatever reason

[finite geode]

first few books were good

then its getting worse and worse

[shell rapids]

Tbh
There just isn't a lot of good
Unique fantasy

[void zinc]

Oh let’s not on this one. Lol

Someone’s gonna screech.

[rough hollow]

Alr

[autumn scarab]

never read HP, but the games and movies make it seem cool

[shell rapids]

Lame
I was about the mention
The cat

[rough hollow]

A lot of my interest in fantasy really just stems from creatures/plants/worldbuilding and nothing else

[shell rapids]

Tldr he's rhe gran pappy of cosmic horror and is very racist even by 1920s standards
Really all u need to know

[hybrid quartz]

I read The Hobbit but haven’t read LoTR, still gotta see the last two LoTR movies as well

[rough hollow]

Monster Hunter is kind of the only thing scratching that itch since it weirdly allows for a lot of speculation

[shell rapids]

The most
Idk refreshing fantasy
Is elder scrolls
But as time goes on it gets more and more sanitized and stripped of all that makes it cool

[autumn scarab]

little did you know that we were talking about harry potter and not hp lovecraft

[void zinc]

+25 dkp for getting through Fellowship.

[rough hollow]

I don't play any of the games, but I hope I get World for Christmas

[shell rapids]

Something Something
I hate jkr blah blah
Been there done that

[rough hollow]

(I might give a shot at trying to run one of the early games on a raspberry pi emulator)

[hybrid quartz]

I’m watching the extended editions and oh my god it felt like it was never going to end. It was adorable watching my Grandma’s reaction to it though because she decided to watch with me and my dad and got so invested.

[shell rapids]

Monster hunter world was pretty fun

[void zinc]

Print out a physical map. You will need it.

[rough hollow]

oh jesus

[hybrid quartz]

I got MHW recently

It’s fun so far

[void zinc]

Early Elder Scrolls games are beyond labyrinthian.

[autumn scarab]

he was talking about monster hunter tho

werent you xan

[rough hollow]

Yes

[autumn scarab]

[void zinc]

Oh.

Also get a map.

Always have a map. They’re very useful tools.

[shell rapids]

Early elder scrolls is rhe best elder scrolls

[rough hollow]

But like MH seems to offer many unique semi-grounded creatures which a lot of other fantasy media I know of doesn't quite do

[hybrid quartz]

I got so lost in the beginner jungle area of World

ended up getting ambushed by Anjanath

[shell rapids]

Pls tell me how thru the power of breaking time (via a giant metal robot powered by the heart of a dead god) a game can have multiple Canon endings with vastly different and conflixting implications

Oh and how pelinal COULD be a cyborg from the future (who is also gay)

[autumn scarab]

timelines

[shell rapids]

Timelines that are in literal sense
Breaking a god into pieces

[void zinc]

Morrowind is touted as the best Elder Scrolls, it’s very good. Don’t sleep on Oblivion. Daggerfall is probably the best.

[shell rapids]

Than smooshing it all back into one timeline

I
Still haven't beat morrowind

[void zinc]

Wtf

[shell rapids]

I know right

[void zinc]

Go stab that heart, boy.

[autumn scarab]

morrowind remake when

[void zinc]

If you just rush the main storyline, you can sort it out in like… 25 hours maybe.

[shell rapids]

I think modders are remaking morrowind in skyrims engine
Soooo

[autumn scarab]

the creation engine

[void zinc]

Yeah, that’s a constant project though.

[shell rapids]

Still awesome tho

[void zinc]

Morrowind in Oblivion got axed finally. Morrowind in Skyrim’s development halted last I heard.

[shell rapids]

Love skyrim modding

[void zinc]

Fallout 4: New Vegas is still going baby!

[shell rapids]

Don't kill me
But I also haven't played new vegas

[void zinc]

New Vegas (God rest it’s eternal soul) is probably the best modern game we’ve had from Bethesda (and child companies).

[void zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/what-the-fuck-tom-seguro-wtf-gif-17112754

[autumn scarab]

it's so sad that we couldnt even all agree that edgerunners was good

[shell rapids]

Don't insult obsidian like that they developed it
Not bethesda

[autumn scarab]

humanity is screwed

[hybrid quartz]

I watched the first episode of edgerunners, wasn’t really feeling it

[shell rapids]

Tbh part of Mt love for edgerunners
Is my love for cyberpunk as a vauge genera

[hybrid quartz]

Animation was god tier though

[void zinc]

I don’t like olives either. Humanity will be fine.

[shell rapids]

No it wont

[hybrid quartz]

Olives suck

[autumn scarab]

olives arent a perception of reality

[limber grove]

Neither is an anime dude

[autumn scarab]

yes it is

[rough hollow]

I like olives

[shell rapids]

If u wanna go thay route
Cyberpunk as a genre
Is a warning
So liking it
Would be bad

[autumn scarab]

if you cant even enjoy the great animation, good story, great music, and great characters of edgerunners, then humanity has truly irreconcilable differences. it's sorta funny

it's more an example of one such case than the cause of the downfall of humanity though

[void zinc]

Olives have the texture similar to licking pond scum off the edge of a boat dock. Icky.

[void zinc]

Can’t agree with subjective traits - must all be doomed. I see.

[autumn scarab]

well yeah, that's obvious isnt it

[hybrid quartz]

I would never say edgerunners is bad but I just didn’t vibe with it

[shell rapids]

Never ate an olive once in my life

[void zinc]

Don’t.

[autumn scarab]

try watching more than one episode

[hybrid quartz]

Maybe i will

[autumn scarab]

it kinda sucks that shows are almost forced to do some crazy sh*t every episode or else people will be like 'this is boring nothing happened that episode'

same is happening to andor

[void zinc]

First episodes are Pilots designed to get you to watch. You shouldn’t need Stockholm syndrome to like a show if it didn’t work on you.

[autumn scarab]

no, they arent

a pilot is a pilot, the first episode is the first episode

also, the idea that the first episode is the pilot literally dies entirely if the show releases all at once

[void zinc]

I feel like I could say water is wet and you’d disagree.

[autumn scarab]

not all of water is wet

[hybrid quartz]

💀

[void zinc]

Alright. I’m going back to work. This isn’t worth it.

[autumn scarab]

the water is wet thing is a philosophical thing with no certain answer, not sure why you'd bring that up

[void zinc]

@limber grove
Keep an eye on this chat pls

[autumn scarab]

lmao

[rough hollow]

the only experiences I've had with anime are

• watching Pokémon
• watching Beyblade
• being forced to watch a pulpy anime film after some idiot set an alarm for 6AM on accident at a sleepover (I only got five hours of sleep)

[limber grove]

I'm trying to

[autumn scarab]

i love people like saoul

refuses to elaborate and just refers to general aphorisms

[limber grove]

Hard to watch the most juvenile form of media analysis though

[autumn scarab]

no media analysis has occurred

[rough hollow]

I'm not forgiving my friend for having that damned alarm set

[autumn scarab]

dishonesty is so common some people seem to breath in it

[hybrid quartz]

I think the best anime series I’ve watched so far goes to AoT, hope the ending sticks the landing

[autumn scarab]

ive heard people really didnt like the ending

so that's gonna be a hard sell

[shell rapids]

Questions
What show would you guys die on "as the best show ever made"

[rough hollow]

I'm really hesitant to try watch series for some reason

[autumn scarab]

i dont really rank the things i watch

[rough hollow]

although yet again I don't concentrate too well on some

[shell rapids]

Aot has cool moments
But is mostly exposition with nothing really happening

[autumn scarab]

i never know how to answer what my favorite of anything is, they're not all linearly ratable

you mean story?

[hybrid quartz]

I think objectively the best series I’ve seen would have to be like, Better Call Saul or Breaking Bad, but I’ve enjoyed cheesier, less quality stuff more than it for sure

[autumn scarab]

the fact that characters talking has been called 'exposition' and is thus culturally looked down upon (in western film culture), is rather funny

[rough hollow]

I had little motivation to watch fawlty towers (even though it is kinda funny as a series)

[distant nymph]

I had to share this somewhere because it's so cute, don't let me interrupt you!

[shell rapids]

Idc
Watching people sit around and talk for ages gets boring

[rough hollow]

And so I haven't really watched beyond the first episode

[autumn scarab]

that's sad

you cant even watch people sit and talk

but hey, even marvel fans are supposedly legitimate and equal fans of film and culture

so i guess i shouldnt be so hard on you

[shell rapids]

No
I have attention problems

[rough hollow]

I also can't really watch a lot of sitting and talking stuff for too long either

[shell rapids]

I literally cannot focus without things happening

[rough hollow]

But I don't like dumb action too much

[limber grove]

I think we're done here

[autumn scarab]

so do i, and yes, i do have problems sitting through exposition because of it, but that's because i have trouble focusing on the story at the time im reading

[rough hollow]

I can watch documentaries without many problems because there's often interesting stuff happening

[hybrid quartz]

Character interaction is the focal point of a show but if it’s clearly just there to move the plot along without any further meaning it kinda falls flat

[autumn scarab]

what

[rough hollow]

Nature documentaries, that is

[limber grove]

Unless you decide to treat people different from you with respect, then this conversation is over

[autumn scarab]

ok, conversation over then

[autumn scarab]

if you think criticizing other viewpoints as being less complex and bad for film/story culture is disrespectful, then yeah, not much i can do about that

[shell rapids]

On the note of marvel fans

[rough hollow]

I don't have too much interest in marvel

I guess they're fun? But they're kinda dull as well

[shell rapids]

Superheros are largely dumb fun
But nobody does too much interesting with them

[autumn scarab]

they either gotta reboot the MCU with a totally different vision, or end it

[shell rapids]

Exvept the boys
And iirc the guy who made rhe boys hates superheroes

[rough hollow]

the suicide squad was probably one of the few superhero movies I've properly liked (I think)

[hybrid quartz]

I acknowledge that the only thing keeping me invested in marvel is sunk cost fallacy and yet I still keep watching it

[shell rapids]

Whixh
Suicide squad

[autumn scarab]

they should try for a like...high-stakes MCU, where characters can die at any time and where things are talked about in detail and it isnt interrupted by a joke every 3 seconds

[shell rapids]

Pff
That'll never happen

[autumn scarab]

we can only hope

but killing off characters basically reduces the amount of money they can make off that character lol

[shell rapids]

Best you'll get is logan

[autumn scarab]

so they want to keep high ticket characters alive forever

[rough hollow]

The latest one

[shell rapids]

Ok good

[rough hollow]

Not the crappy 2016 one

[autumn scarab]

it's sorta funny how the economic system itself encourages and discourages certain plot elements, pacing, design choices, basically everything

[rough hollow]

(I watched that one too, and it was rather meh)

[shell rapids]

Greed is the arrow in society's heel

[autumn scarab]

they turned comics into crazy high budget high box office movies, i wonder if they can and will do that with manga/anime one day

[shell rapids]

Don't jinx it

In the year 2050
Shinji Ikari will be played by Dwayne johnson

[hybrid quartz]

Alita battle angel happened

[rough hollow]

could possibly happen, although it's taken a while for superhero comics to actually be adapted into lasting film franchises

[real harness]

duuur fortnite bad

[shell rapids]

True
But American pop culture has already been proven to mesh with Japanese pop culture fairly well
Take Gundam or godzilla for example

[gray adder]

I'm still surprised there isn't a live action Akira

[rough hollow]

adaptations also generally need respect for the source material (and ideally collaboration with the original creators, too).

There's several good instances of this not happening

[shell rapids]

Live action r rated devilman crybaby

[gray adder]

The worst movie in the world is Evolution

[real harness]

avp is so dumb but i love it

[hybrid quartz]

Dragon Ball?

[gray adder]

Yes

[hybrid quartz]

Yeah that uhh.. that sucked.

[shell rapids]

Avp is dumb fun

[real harness]

but i prefer the first predator and the first 2 alien(s)

im yet to see the other predator films

[rough hollow]

I have yet to see those movies

[shell rapids]

Tbh I enjoy all the predator movies to a degree

[hybrid quartz]

I’ve only seen the first two alien movies, and Prometheus

[shell rapids]

It's alien thay has the worst movies

[rough hollow]

Should I ideally watch Alien before Aliens or does it matter too much?

[real harness]

love the advertisements for avp2 so much

[shell rapids]

(Alien 3, resurrection, prometheus, and alien covenant

[real harness]

yes watch the first one

[hybrid quartz]

The first one is my favorite

[rough hollow]

Ok that sucks because my dad had aliens recorded on the TV but the first one isn't available

[void zinc]

Reoccurring main character. Watch them in order but turn your brain off for Aliens 3.

[real harness]

i haven't even seen 3

[waxen moon]

https://youtu.be/Msg9hvHphtU

[void zinc]

Good.

The only thing we all can seemingly agree on is that Aliens 3 was shit.

[gray adder]

No they have to watch Alien 3 too then

[hybrid quartz]

I’ve had 3 recorded for months but I don’t really wanna watch it

[gray adder]

Resurection

[rough hollow]

I've seen Terminator 1 and 2 tho

[real harness]

been playing aliens fire team elite alot lately, not sure where it fits in if at all lore wise but its super fun

[gray adder]

I've seen T2 too many times

[hybrid quartz]

I’ve seen up through terminator salvation

Only one I didn’t really like was T3

[void zinc]

There’s nothing wrong with watching T2 repeatedly.

[rough hollow]

I kinda prefer the first over the second, even though the second isn't necessarily bad.

T2's ending kinda messed with my brain

[real harness]

ive only seen Terminator 1 and 2

[rough hollow]

and in general I'm not sure how to feel about turning a machine into a character who I can become emotionally invested in

[void zinc]

The only one I didn’t like was Dark Fate? Which ever one they killed off major plot character and focal point in.

[rough hollow]

It didn't help that I had been literally been alone for the entire summer holiday

[rough hollow]

Hadn't met up with friends at all or some too much

took quite a toll on my mental health

[void zinc]

Or maybe it was Terminator Genesis.

[hybrid quartz]

Out of Predator I’ve only seen the first one, the 2017 (shit) one, and Prey

[void zinc]

Dark Fate was the most recent one and it was fine. Not good or bad, just fine.

[hybrid quartz]

Prey was good but I felt it could’ve been a bit longer

[void zinc]

Watch Predator 2. Worth the time for meme connection alone.

[rough hollow]

I should watch predator

[hybrid quartz]

I have the whole series on dvd I’ll have to get around to it sometime

Currently watching the Punisher

[gray adder]

I haven't seen predator since the early 90's

[rough hollow]

However, yet another thing I can brag about is having seen the original JP trilogy, but none of the Jurassic World movies

[gray adder]

1 or 2

[distant nymph]

same! though I want to watch Jurassic World ):

[hybrid quartz]

The first Jurassic World is the only good one

[rough hollow]

I don't view JW especially well since it does nothing new or interesting

[shell rapids]

Random hot take
I think prey would've been better if nobody spoke English

[short oxide]

Eh. Jurassic World as a whole suffers from being more of a monster movie than the other JP movies.

[rough hollow]

the dinosaurs are just worse than they were in the original movies from my understanding

[hybrid quartz]

Would’ve been pretty immersive, could be cool

[void zinc]

Jurassic World is a functional recreation of the original movie for a more modern audience. It was okay.

Jurassic Park is a classic, untouched by time.

[finite geode]

Its the best

[hybrid quartz]

JP2 is the best one

[short oxide]

I wouldn't argue that, they introduced hybrids and they brought the dinosaurs to the mainland. Not saying these are good choices, but they're new and possibly interesting.

Imo, the quality of the movies just go down with every entry.

[void zinc]

Jurassic World 2 is just Jurassic Park 2 but worse.

[covert bay]

The JP/JW franchise is better off as video games at this rate, and maybe animated shows. It doesn't really have a future in movies anymore.

[rough hollow]

I really wouldn't have minded the franchise trying to be more up to date with the designs.
Like Jurassic Park 3 already tried to do some retconning for the raptors (and I'd say it worked well)

[hybrid quartz]

They refuse to give us any game besides park builders and shitty mobile games

[short oxide]

JWE2 is a shell of what it could be

[shell rapids]

Everything has a future in movies
The issue is finding the right people with will and creativity to do so
(And get around corporate meddling)

[gray adder]

Seeing this scene on the big screen at the theaters made me so happy

[covert bay]

There's not much they can do movie-wise... especially with damn Trevorrow leading the helm. But there's so much they can do within the video game sphere.

[rough hollow]

As a matter of fact the female raptor is probably my favourite raptor iteration by design in the entire franchise

[gray adder]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/855527844670865438/999994423825936484/spino.gif

[short oxide]

I would've probably of rated JW so much higher if they went for accurate (or at the very least more accurate) designs for their animals.

[covert bay]

It's also embarrassing that the kids' cartoon is better than the recent movies in many ways; tackles the core themes better than the recent two films.

[hybrid quartz]

I think they’ve opened up the world a lot for more movies/tv with the ending of dominion, even though it kinda confuses me how the dinosaurs got so widespread and why Wu didn’t kill them off along with the locusts

[short oxide]

Dodgson didn't feel like the same character imo.

[gray adder]

He was much older

[covert bay]

And it sucks. There's so much money to be made if the had the intelligence to create a Dino-Crisis survival-horror knockoff, or a dino survival/Isle clone.

[rough hollow]

I find it annoying how there isn't any Jurassic Park movie without a T. Rex. Also post-JP3 Universal has been trying to somehow compensate for the Tyrannosaur's loss by making it team up with another theropod when faced with a threat?

as opposed to actually having the tyrannosaur take it on singlehandedly

[short oxide]

Which is disappointing. Going in I was expecting him to be a major threat but he just felt like evil(er?) Bill Gates.

[rough hollow]

it's stupid

[covert bay]

This is another big turnoff. The more recent JW designs for the dinos are just... so ****ing bad.

[hybrid quartz]

BioSyn having 100% pure genomes would’ve been a great opportunity to introduce accurate dinosaurs and show them in contrast to InGen’s, and then they went and did the prologue which completely destroyed their excuse for inaccuracy and Giga became brown Indom with spine issues

[covert bay]

To the point where it's just inexcusible.

[rough hollow]

and I'd still rather have an entirely T. rex-free Jurassic Park movie as opposed to one where they try to make up for it's loss in JP3

[short oxide]

I loved how the therizinosaurus came out of nowhere at the end of JW3.

[covert bay]

JW theri and giga are just an abomination in every regard.

[rough hollow]

every single JW dinosaur is

basically.

[short oxide]

I think the allosaurus is alright, at least in terms of Jurassic Park.

[gray adder]

Never forget It was because of Dilo that JP1, 2, 3 and all worlds happened

[hybrid quartz]

I’m not fussed about accuracy that much in JW but the designs are just kinda bad for the most part, there’s some good ones though. I’d say Theri was great imo.

[covert bay]

true but they're the biggest offenders. It was SORT OF excusible when JW 1-2 used the whole "they're genetic abominations to begin with" cop-out as an excuse, but after that flashback opening from Dominion? Nah, just inexcusable.

[rough hollow]

it's bland IMO, and it's kinda screwed as a reconstruction as well with the bulky and weirdly shaped legs

[gray adder]

What would of happened if Dilo never killed Nedry?

[shell rapids]

Ah yes
"Giga" aka giga 2: the big acro

[short oxide]

Would've loved this. Hell they could've forgone even introducing new species and just stuck to showing us dinosaurs we've seen before but with a new lens.

[rough hollow]

Yeah

[covert bay]

Honestly if they touched up the giga's design a bit- especially the snout area, it would've made for a passable JP-esque acro design.

[rough hollow]

Honestly the giga was sort of redundant (although I could see it used in a Tyrannosaur-free Jurassic Park movie)

[hybrid quartz]

I would’ve preferred them bringing back Spino and hashing out that rivalry

[rough hollow]

Triceratops would have been a perfectly good option for a matchup

[hybrid quartz]

They even set it up with importing Sorna dinosaurs to the Valley

[gray adder]

Bring back the Spino and make it kill Rexy

[short oxide]

Nah. People hated the nameless rex being kill by the spino in JP3.

[gray adder]

Haha would be a twist no one saw coming

[rough hollow]

why do you hate t rex?

[short oxide]

It'd be way cooler for Rexy to maul the spino. Would make it up to audiences upset by it's victory in JP3.

[rough hollow]

I'd honestly retire the tyrannosaur

or at least try to depict it in a new more unique light

[hybrid quartz]

Have Rexy beat the Spino then go off to die, while still showcasing the social nature of JP Rexes (the buck and doe taking in Rexy during the end scene) with them “mourning” her dead body after succumbing to wounds later

[rough hollow]

Tyrannosaurus has really just become the standard big theropod, when it's anything but standard

And movies just fail at showing it's uniqueness among theropods

[covert bay]

kind of hard-agree. Getting sick of the rex & velociraptor fanbaiting; give the spotlight to other dinos for a change.

[hybrid quartz]

Speaking of, I’m so glad Blue got sidelined in dominion

[rough hollow]

I'm not saying this as a tyrannosaur fanboy fyi

[hybrid quartz]

Even though they shoved the pointless Beta plotline in for some screentime

[gray adder]

Before JP1 was even out I hated seeing and hearing about rex all the time and dreamed of something bigger then found out about Giganotosaurus then Spino but both still considered weaker so I kept waiting for a Rex killer to be discovered that day never came

[short oxide]

Actually useless plotline

[hybrid quartz]

Literally had to make 2 more raptor villains because they ruined Velociraptors so bad. Went from scariest “antagonistic” dino in the franchise to puppies

[rough hollow]

so you hate it being popular

[short oxide]

Would be nice to see other animals.

[rough hollow]

I agree there, although I really don't hate it as an animal

[covert bay]

Yeah, hard-agree. I can see what they were trying to do with Blue - attract the kids/children crowd, also merch - but it really ruined the raptors as a threat.

[gray adder]

No I hate it because nothing could ever decrown it

[short oxide]

I hated the final of JW.

[short oxide]

The alamosaurus

[hybrid quartz]

They ruined most of the dinosaurs as a threat, there’s 0 tension throughout Dominion

[covert bay]

honestly, would rather have the raptors hard-replaced by another threat if they're going to turn them into childrens' mascots.

[short oxide]

The triceratops
The ankylosaurus

[rough hollow]

• Dino appears to kill people
• Epic fail bc character plot armour
• leaves

[hybrid quartz]

They should’ve had the Atrocis kill Barry and Ian should’ve sacrificed himself in the Giga scene instead of having the goofy ahh fire breath scene

Ok buddy.

[short oxide]

Loved that Fallen Kingdom actually forgot about Barry.

[gray adder]

Wow

[short oxide]

More characters should've died. Especially important characters.

Have Claire die sacrificing herself, showing how far she's come from someone who cares only about profits or something, idk.

[gray adder]

I like Claire

[hybrid quartz]

The atroci struggling to catch Claire on foot while keeping up with Owen on a motorbike easily (while also just.. not attacking him for some reason)

[finite geode]

I did

@gray adder hi

[short oxide]

She's more interesting than Owen I think, even if I feel like she was a bit rushed with her character arc.

[hybrid quartz]

Owen is just generic action man

[short oxide]

Owen is such a boring character oml.

I mean yep, that's definitely the protagonist of an action movie.

[tepid jay]

https://tenor.com/view/jurassic-world-dominion-blue-raptor-velociraptor-dinosaur-gif-25536652

[finite geode]

I think Owen is better than Clarie

[covert bay]

personally I would like to see another Dr. Grant kinda character, AKA a paleontologist who's spent their lives studying the animals

[hybrid quartz]

I feel like the script for him consists of:

Run
Point gun at dinosaur
Tame dinosaur with hand thing
I love Blue so much I raised her from a baby UwU
one liner

[finite geode]

[short oxide]

Tbf, Owen does sorta know a bit about how these animals act and behave.

[covert bay]

true, but it's kind of negated by his military background.

[rough hollow]

https://twitter.com/Coolio_Art/status/1560075455629344768?s=19

CoolioArt (@Coolio_Art)

What If Jurassic Park had accurate raptors? [THREAD] (Deinonychus)
#JurassicWorldDominion #dinosaur #paleoart

Likes

6045

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Twitter · Aug 18, 2022, 1:25 AM

[covert bay]

I agree with spooky, Owen is just very.. generic

very surface-level "safe" if that makes sense?

[rough hollow]

for some reason the JP raptors replaced with a more accurate model works quite well IMO

[shell rapids]

Owen's character is just
Chris pratt

[rough hollow]

the action guy

[hybrid quartz]

I don’t really mind the innacuracy of JW/JP as long as it looks good, that said, this edit is really cool

[rough hollow]

I've also witnessed a content creator trying to claim that accurate feathered deinonychus aren't scary, which I found amusing and braincell-frying simultaneously

[covert bay]

accurate but also quite unnerving/terrifying

[hybrid quartz]

The feathers aren’t scary thing is laughable, never found any legitimacy to it really

[rough hollow]

Under that post

[covert bay]

it's the dead/blank look that the artist managed to capture with those eyes imo

[rough hollow]

Scariness only really comes with action. And really reptiles being viewed as being scary is largely cultural as well

[covert bay]

also those claws look lethal as hell

[rough hollow]

And really I find the designs of the raptors in the original movie to be quite goofy, but the scenes work because they really make the raptors imposing

[short oxide]

Yeah the JW raptors look worse than the JP ones.

The white and black female from JP3 is my favorite design personally.

[hybrid quartz]

I think most of the original JP designs are pretty solid aside from the Trike. Most of the herbivores in general really aren’t that good looking in JP/JW.

[rough hollow]

with the sound design, shots and writing. They feel menacing yet believable as animals.

[rough hollow]

Same

[somber wraith]

avian eyes > slit eyes

[hybrid quartz]

yes

[rough hollow]

^

[covert bay]

lol

[azure oar]

Gotta love Paradox mega campaigns

[vivid cloud]

I mean, after being chased by that dilo in VR, I def need merc gameplay in VR lmao

[smoky mauve]

That stuff is just as dumb as saying lions and tigers arent scary because they have fur

Like sure they can look cute sometimes but they’ll still be really scary if they need to. Plus the same goes for lizards anyway

[void zinc]

True sign of dystopia.

Double French countries.

[shell rapids]

Thats 3 French too many

[barren bear]

^

[void zinc]

Neh, some French is okay. We have @hasty chasm and we like @hasty chasm. And my favorite foods wouldn't exist without the French. Or like... at least 5 of my favorite words. Maybe a movie or two.

[shell rapids]

But does that outweigh the sin of being french?

[void zinc]

For the most part. At least they're not Denmark.

[hasty chasm]

What do you mean "the sin" ? 😡 😡

[shell rapids]

France is the root of all evil
Duh
Everyone knows this

[hasty chasm]

Nah nah

[hybrid quartz]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/979048167582601297/979539664014811136/Qbw2Lk6z5F4iGpQd.mp4

[azure oar]

yeah

saw that with denmark and ohio already

[orchid depot]

Among us

[gray adder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imhi98dHa5w
@naive apex @flint wren

Funny enough you mentioning Kei$ha she had a song called Dinosaur

[naive apex]

yooo that goes hard

I AM A STEGOSAURUS
CALL ME A BRONTOSAURUS

[tepid jay]

i dont know why im so proud of this slap dash edit

[flint wren]

Eh not my kinda song but it’s ok I guess

[gray adder]

Lmao Not my music taste either at all

[flint wren]

This is 100% isle related and belongs in #isle-discussion so everyone can see it

[tepid jay]

its already there

[native talon]

How do i get the phase 3 role?

[limber grove]

React to the message at the bottom of #rules-and-info, it says phase 2 but it's the same role

[native talon]

Thank you!

[snow ibex]

What

[charred patrol]

Digging up a relic on this fine evening

[rough hollow]

[elder veldt]

donut

[upbeat horizon]

donit

[charred patrol]

Hello Islecord

Does anyone know how to find dy/dx for y = cos(xy)

[charred patrol]

Figured it out

dy/dx = (-sin(xy)(y) / (1+(sin(xy)(x))))

[young gale]

This isn't math class

I don't even know how to find y = mx + B

[charred patrol]

Uh

You don’t find y=Mx + b

It’s just an equation

If you’re given mx + b, you may be asked to find y

[barren bear]

which is not hard

[charred patrol]

No

[barren bear]

yes

[charred patrol]

Not hard, and this is coming from an individual who is very poor at math

[barren bear]

yes, it's not hard

[charred patrol]

(They put me in AP Calc someone let me out please)

[shell rapids]

suffer

[charred patrol]

My situation is actually abysmal

I am not in any way mathematically inclined, yet I have been placed in both AP Physics and AP Calc

I was shooting for straight A’s this year but I’ve got an 85 in Physics rn and the quarter ends soon

[hardy phoenix]

Jaun.

[charred patrol]

Egull. 🙂

[slender terrace]

Just got this today. My 9 month old is cautiously intrigued...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkU3Qu2E53A

[charred patrol]

Anyone ever buy those "Switch and Go Dinos"?

[hardy phoenix]

I have not seen you in some time.

[charred patrol]

I've been absent from this community for a great while

[hardy phoenix]

I see.

[charred patrol]

Summer break began in my region and has recently ended, so I return to my old vices

[hardy phoenix]

A break from work/school and Islecord.

[charred patrol]

yes

but it grips me still

like ALLOSAURUS (the grappling animal)

[hardy phoenix]

THE ISLECORD GRIPS ITS PREY.

[charred patrol]

I am truly a victim

[gray adder]

Todays toys suck in quality we have 3D printers these years and I do not know why toy companies don't take advantage of that, back in the 90's the toys looked much better and pretty much any movie had a toy line example below lol

[digital sleet]

this is giving me a seizure

what does it say

what language are you speaking

[gray adder]

Lol wtf

I got distracted

[hardy phoenix]

Are you alright?

[gray adder]

There I fixed it lol I have no clue why I typed it weird like that possession maybe? I do have a bunch of haunted objects and occult stuff around

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hardy phoenix]

They are trying.

[tepid jay]

my dad gave me one of these when i was like 4 years old i think, they REALLY dont make em like they used to , i have the action figure to this very day, tho the chains all snapped

[gray adder]

I think that's from spawn I've seen this before in a store

[tepid jay]

ayep

series 23 mutations

i gotta get the dust outta mine sometime

[gray adder]

While toy companies suck at making stuff there are things out there that are hyper realistic but expensive as f

[tepid jay]

every blizzard action figure

[slim stratus]

Sh monster arts moment

Fuckers look great, but cost a kidney

They have a massive fully articulated ghidorah

Costs 175

[tepid jay]

ouch

[slim stratus]

The gold shiny version costs 200

[gray adder]

175 is not that bad but how big?

[slim stratus]

Actually, 210-230

[slim stratus]

For context that godzilla is like, the size of an average action figure

[gray adder]

I got one of these which bends in anyway a human can the skin is silicone this is good for a artist or photographer they are not too expensive the millions of clothes accessories and outfits are though you can also give them new heads

was only $75 for the body

[rough hollow]

Arr u okay

[barren bear]

no

[gray adder]

https://tenor.com/view/trump-fired-youre-fired-gif-5886498

[barren bear]

lol

[rough hollow]

Nooo

[hardy phoenix]

No more mixer #1 and #2?

[wary valley]

sub to my youtube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSTacR-VE9IEeDUS25YJaag

[rough hollow]

No

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/865293326461435915/1027399550983475210/We-are-sure-that-we-are-the-most-evolved-living-sp.mp4

[finite geode]

Hi

[rough hollow]

The

[finite geode]

Where’s your nitro

[rough hollow]

Stolen by harriet

[finite geode]

Damn

Bad Harriet

[rough hollow]

tf2 halloween update dropped

[digital sleet]

and some maps are broken

[rough hollow]

that sucks

[digital sleet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/881147251014111285/1027457401307275274/lmfaoerror.png

also some hats too lmfao

[rough hollow]

jesus lmao

[rough hollow]

i forgot how to aim in tf2 because of playing primal carnage

[digital sleet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/881147251014111285/1027463957692293150/errorlmfao.png

[rough hollow]

error

[rough hollow]

https://tenor.com/view/harry-brasier-bird-dance-harry-gif-18886150

[digital sleet]

it was fuckin hilarious in casual play

[cedar rain]

https://youtu.be/aNvsF1jToJQ

[cedar rain]

What the hell, I remember saying something in this place about a episode of rick and Morty that involved a dinosaurs civilization that turns out the dinosaurs have better lives then humanity which at the time was just fun guessing but I guess I predicted a episode plot then

[barren bear]

Lol

[cedar rain]

But for a science fiction based TV show they still stuck with Jurassic world dinosaur style deigns

[barren bear]

Season 6 has been pretty good imo

[cedar rain]

Haven't watch the show for a long time but I don't really care for it

[barren bear]

It's mostly a parody

[rough hollow]

Me and morty

[rough hollow]

Cause it fits damn well

I scrolled for what felt like hours to find and reply to this for no reason at all💀

It’s a giant salamander with cute little buddies that give him lightning powers and has teeth that mean nothing which forces him to swallow all 0-0 but since he like the size of a blue whale that ain’t really an issue 💀

[digital sleet]

bro whatchu doin replying to people months later

[rough hollow]

Oh uh huh uh-huh huh hmmm uh oh my (indeed) uh huh uh uh

Basement stuff

😳

[rough hollow]

Nothings much hbu

[rough hollow]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-chat-hello-meme-tank-gif-24004625

[native talon]

https://youtu.be/5EYP3_yRD1k

[distant nymph]

ohh o:

I'll watch it!

hm

Kind of meh ):

[native talon]

Yea

[distant nymph]

Sniffer is still the coolest mob

[native talon]

I mean, you could probably make an item sorter with them maybe, so that's cool

But yeah sniffer might win

[distant nymph]

But we only recently got the Allay for that, kind of at least

They didn't explain the Tuff-golems mechanic well enough in my opinion >.<

[native talon]

It carries items around your base

[distant nymph]

They didn't say if it can drop or pick up things though

[native talon]

So...

[distant nymph]

or put them in chests

[native talon]

They probably won't say until the day of the vote, when they reveal how the mobs actually work

[distant nymph]

hmm, I mean, I think I might like it more then the Rascal.
I'm not sure

[outer trellis]

i've been waiting for your this banana

[native talon]

👍

[outer trellis]

uhm. i must say i'm dissapointed

[native talon]

Yeah, I think cuz golem is in the name we were all expecting something better

Like, the copper golem had a somewhat clear use, but tuff is just "oh yea, it carries items"

[distant nymph]

I mean, it's cooler then the copper golem

[outer trellis]

even pushing random buttons as the copper golem had more uses than just wondering around

[native talon]

how dare you say that

[outer trellis]

ey 😦

[distant nymph]

D:

I like the Tuff Golem more ):

[outer trellis]

the design or the functionality

[distant nymph]

hm o: mainly functionality, but design depends a bit!
I'd have to see them in-game to judge that

[outer trellis]

the tuff golem just holds items and wolks around?

[native talon]

So far yes

[distant nymph]

That still seems cooler then pressing buttons >.<

[native talon]

Copper would have helped with Redstone (supposedly), that's a bit more useful than holding an item and walking around

[outer trellis]

they made redstone randomizers with one mob and people ignored it 😕

[native talon]

A lot more useful actually

[distant nymph]

not really, from what I gathered you could have used it for making a pseudo random redstone build.
But you can still do that easier and better with things that are already in the game!

[distant nymph]

I don't see the use ):

[native talon]

:/

[outer trellis]

but has the build a copper golem? no? should have

[distant nymph]

Maybe for really crazy people like the Hermitcraft Redstone youtubers >.<
But nothing for a normal person

[outer trellis]

maybe i am way tryhard and has to see a use in everything

[outer trellis]

Copper golem would've been pants! - Probably mumbo

[distant nymph]

aw I mean, I get that xD
That's how I feel about the Sniffer

Though the Sniffer has the really cool and uniqe big Mob advantage

[outer trellis]

yeee

[distant nymph]

aw xD
it's sad that mumbo's been gone for a while now ):

[outer trellis]

ye i know- Probably riding his bike 😄

[distant nymph]

aww xD

[outer trellis]

ye i also prefer the sniffer. no way i'm gonna play hide and seek in the ancient cities

[distant nymph]

I also doubt the items will be that useful, like, I don't think you'll always get enchanted stuff.
And even if you do, I'd bet the enchantments are probably really bad and that you'll at max get Iron stuff >.<
probably even a lot of stone and gold

[outer trellis]

exactly

[distant nymph]

That's nice when you just started the game, maybe.
But honestly not worth for most of your time

[outer trellis]

now that i remember, haven't you taken a test today?

[somber wraith]

wow living item frames

[distant nymph]

yeah 😊 just got home like 3-5min before Banana posted the Video xD

[outer trellis]

spitting facts

[outer trellis]

how was it?

[distant nymph]

It went well I think! 😊 Especially considering it was Math

[outer trellis]

ow yeah right. well those are good news 😄

[distant nymph]

Now I'm contemplating sleep xD

[outer trellis]

you should get some, math is very draining

[distant nymph]

I'm just glad it's over 😊

[outer trellis]

yeah. Well i think imma go afk grow the 1234325689345th deino while i study som.

got 1v3 yesterday so hey. gotta keep up

[distant nymph]

What are you going to study ? o:
You have an Exam soon too ?

[outer trellis]

i'm studying math. I don't have exams near but if i don't study everyday, i won't pass anything

even missing a 2h class equals 4-5 hours at home

[distant nymph]

aw ): yeah, that's understandable

Do you not get any Videos or recordings for it ?

[outer trellis]

nope

so there's that

[distant nymph]

That's mean ):

Like, they could at least record it or so

[outer trellis]

ikr. Just don't miss class

[distant nymph]

Are you sick ?

[outer trellis]

it's funny because as the year goes one, less people attend. Guess they give up or som

[outer trellis]

na. I had class this morning, but having the experience of missing them, don't want to repeat

[distant nymph]

I didn't miss a single class in the 3 years of our "High School equivalent" (I think it is)
I could never skip class

[distant nymph]

That's fair, yeah ):

[outer trellis]

high school is before what americans call college?(when you get the degree). man eu understanding problems lol

[distant nymph]

I think that's it, yeah!

Yeah xD School systems are hard to comprehend

[outer trellis]

education system is hard to comprehend. at least in spain, man the make us learn useless information

people could do better in college if they taught how to think for example, as in maths case, not just studying exercises by heart

[distant nymph]

I think that's a problem everywhere ): yeah

[finite geode]

Hi welcome to Poland

(Is fuckin terrible)

[outer trellis]

is it

[blazing wagon]

yes

[outer trellis]

the world going adrift lol

[finite geode]

It is

[distant nymph]

https://tenor.com/view/duck-sleep-gif-21154919

[outer trellis]

what the duck

[distant nymph]

I kind of miss School

School was fun most of the time 😊

[outer trellis]

it was

welp gotta get going

nice chat!

[distant nymph]

Bye 😊

[graceful brook]

[distant nymph]

):

[graceful brook]

School isn't fun, your logic is flawed if u miss it

[distant nymph]

I liked it 😊

[digital sleet]

I miss school for hanging out with mates

Also the kinda funny shitt we’d do

[graceful brook]

Over the next 3 weeks I have at least 6 tests, and more after that cause we're almost a quarter though the school year

[digital sleet]

Quarter through the school year and it’s October?

[graceful brook]

Yea, semester ends in December

[distant nymph]

At least for me Uni is a lot more busy

then school was

[fleet kestrel]

https://tenor.com/view/lils-silly-duck-lilsduck-ducky-duck-duck-riri-the-duck-gif-19719423

[finite geode]

hi

[lost jackal]

yeah it had stock assets for certain things @granite hearth

[finite geode]

I love beasts of bermuda

[granite hearth]

Now that I think about it the Isle does too

[lost jackal]

yeah

hold on

lemme send the patch notes

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lP5kJZ6Kgt8KQkW4y_LHm3w1h8yXOFNsK3qBsJuEAoA/preview?pru=AAABg6CkGcU*A7ihXTNvVpKgUSTZMzl92Q#

[granite hearth]

Why are the patch notes on a google doc

[lost jackal]

don't worry

[finite geode]

because this isnt out yet

[lost jackal]

someone just put them there to kinda "leak" them

[finite geode]

it was for CC

[granite hearth]

15x growth ? XD

[lost jackal]

it's still super slow don't worry

[finite geode]

well before it took months to grow anything to 3.0

[lost jackal]

^

[granite hearth]

Wait but how long was it before then ?

[finite geode]

and it isnt really 15x it just doesn't get slower after 1.2

[tight plover]

olo

[lost jackal]

like weeks to go from 1.2 to 2.0

[lost jackal]

yeah, so it's 15x faster than before lmao

[finite geode]

now it doesnt get slower after 1.2

[granite hearth]

Damn that's some heavy grind
Without dying ?

[lost jackal]

yes

[tight plover]

yeah old growth was a slog and favored clans with superior resources

[finite geode]

yeah, if you died you lost some growth

[lost jackal]

also the faster growth is actually a bad thing survival wise, because if you try to grow an elder, you get hungrier faster

[granite hearth]

Oh they added Hypers in BoB too

[tight plover]

no in bob you lose all growth, but you can resurrect or reincarnate yourself (totally not ripped off of isle replicator lore)

[lost jackal]

no elders don't function like in TI

[tight plover]

no hypers, but new growth kinda functions like hypers

[finite geode]

at least its added

[lost jackal]

it's just a fancy way of saying that growth continues after adult

[granite hearth]

That's what I meant

[tight plover]

yea

[tight plover]

lul

[tepid jay]

the new BoB update looks like something i m i g h t enjoy

[tight plover]

yeah

i like current bob, but it makes clan domination too easy

[somber wraith]

maybe

[tepid jay]

personally i still think i wont enjot it all that much but the new changes definetly help at least some of the problems i had wit hthe game

[tight plover]

new update appears to be targeting clan dominance

[granite hearth]

"Mosa can no longer dart, grab a player, and drop them to their death"
Wtf xD

[tepid jay]

wich is why the review bombing is slowly starting

[tight plover]

thankfully the bob devs are stalwart and know what needs to be done

[tepid jay]

screw em honestly, clans actively ruin these types of games

[tight plover]

the clans ALWAYS cry when their power is threatened

they have a stranglehold on public and private servers and noobiestomp

and make solo play impossible

[tepid jay]

yea, another main gripe i have with the game

[granite hearth]

I find clans to be kinda pathetic

[tight plover]

if clans cared about that game they would be happy that the devs are making these changes

thats why i like the changes

[tepid jay]

i started playing BoB as a mosasaur, you can imagine how well that went

[tight plover]

so if they're review bombing then i'm gonna go give a positive review to help counter it

[tepid jay]

better off waiting for the actual update to drop

[tight plover]

those devs might be unoriginal but they certainly give a damn about their vision

you can ping me btw!

[tepid jay]

for now its mild but you can see the no-lifes in there already

[tight plover]

yep

[tight plover]

i can imagine

[tight plover]

and with this too, preexisting mosa pods are ruthless

[granite hearth]

b tw this reminds me Rimworld and Dead By Daylight are both getting cool updates very soon

[tight plover]

so on top of that thankfully they are closing the gap between smaller and bigger creatures, so bigger creatures aren't so overwhelmingly powerful

i kinda wish the isles life cycle balance was as good as bob's

[tepid jay]

yea my first 5-ish hours of BoB boiled down to attempting to grow a mosa to at least 1.0, only to then be chased and killed by the same people multiple times across opposite ends of the map

[granite hearth]

with elders maybe

[tight plover]

yep

[granite hearth]

I wish it was more similar to a roguelike

When growing a dino is like doing a run

[tight plover]

we'll see, but the isle regressed when they nerfed juvies so heavily in evrima

[granite hearth]

And when you die instead of being frustrated for dying an unfair and horrible way you're satisfied from how far you've been

[tepid jay]

i think the worst part is that i distinctively remenber at some point going purely on speed

[tight plover]

adults are proportionally more powerful than juvies, it isn't fair

in the isle

[granite hearth]

Yep
There's a few problems ith the adult/juvie balance

[tight plover]

you gain over 40% of your adult health pool between 90-100% growth

[granite hearth]

Like the fact juvies have infinite stamina but lose all of it at the last 10% of their growth
It hits especially hard when playing as pachy

[tepid jay]

so after a few failed attempts the mosa clan stopped coming for me, about 10 minutes later i see a group of gigantic ichtys darting at mach 5 towards my location despite having stayed hidden for a long time

[tight plover]

yeah it feels off

[tight plover]

god i hate current ichthys and lurds

[tepid jay]

https://tenor.com/view/hide-the-pain-harold-gif-10576512

[tight plover]

they've changed up the aquatic meta

apparently

dart is going to work differently so you can't spam it, and it needs to be charged before releasing it

so we'll see how that goes

if you're interested in the update i recommend the butcher blocks video or dragonzz if you don't mind a sillier vibe

and a british accent 🤮

joking dragonzz seems cool

[tepid jay]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/243504804012228609/867466695975108638/2236_keka.gif

il probably just wait and try it out myself when it comes out but thank you for the recommendations

[young gale]

[rough hollow]

bear

[young gale]

Rivhard

[rough hollow]

im ur nemesis

[somber wraith]

richard

[young gale]

🤡

[rough hollow]

hi

[rough hollow]

no selfies

[somber wraith]

hi

[distant nymph]

[vivid marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/water-balloon-cry-boy-child-fear-gif-24749838

[distant nymph]

D:

[vivid marsh]

Too scary

[agile marsh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMPCXuvL8EM

kill me

please

[finite geode]

No

You kill me

[agile marsh]

it's gonna suck

[finite geode]

Ok but kill me anyway

[somber wraith]

immortal^

[finite geode]

NOOOO

[real harness]

i have my doubts it'll be good but apparently nintendo were working with illumination for like the whole of development

[vivid marsh]

It’s a me a Mario

[short sonnet]

Thats even worse!

[real harness]

[short sonnet]

Or at least for me it is. I'm not a big fan of illumination

[real harness]

neither

[short sonnet]

Considering illumination doesn't try with their movies

[real harness]

but from what was shown it looks like some actual care went in unlike their more recent films

[short sonnet]

I'm guessing Nintendo forced them to put some heart into a movie

[real harness]

exactly

[outer trellis]

i'm guessing they starting at 10pm? im GMT+2 idk do the convertions. basically in 10 min

[short sonnet]

They haven't done that since despicable me

[real harness]

the direct starts in 17 minutes

[outer trellis]

wdym starts. it has started, just showing a scene. i guess you mean the interesting part

it's startingg

[real harness]

animation was great

[outer trellis]

god i enjoyed every second of it

[real harness]

uncanny hearing mario as anything but Italian

[outer trellis]

very true

[real harness]

like that whole Mario bit was cringe but the bowser part at the start was cool

[outer trellis]

hell yeah i love bowser

it's weird to see facial expressions

[cedar rain]

I see the trailer for the super Mario. Bros. Movie and it was surprisingly good

[timid saffron]

why'd i get pinged here

i never talk here at all who pinged me

[gray adder]

I saw it through the ign waiting party thing during the actual trailer the window was downsized some and they talked during the whole thing how annoying ign are morons

[cedar rain]

It took me the second voice line of Mario for me to think of it as a Brooklyn accent

[gray adder]

The only time a voice change ever bothered me was when they changed teen gohans voice

[cedar rain]

Well we just have to wait for more lines to get use of the voice

[sharp monolith]

Fair enough. Here´s a real one i guess

Let the beat drops be blessed

[distant nymph]

https://at.tumblr.com/gentrychild/697351514139787264/ddhb9tm48z73

[vivid marsh]

Pumpkin dog the dog in the pumpkin

[distant nymph]

[distant nymph]

The Missing Castle:
Three travelers came to stay the night at a tavern. The innkeeper said the bill for staying the night is 30 silver castles (a type of coin), so each guest paid 10 coins. Later the innkeeper realized the bill should only have been 25 coins. To rectify this, he gave the maid 5 coins to return to the travelers.

On the way to the travelers' room to refund the money, the maid realized that she cannot equally divide the five coins among the three guests. As the guests were not aware of the total of the revised bill, the maid decided to just give each guest 1 coin back and keep 2 coins as a tip for herself. She proceeded to do exactly that.

As each guest got 1 coin back, each guest only paid 9 coins, bringing the total paid to 27 coins. The maid kept 2 coins, which when added to the 27, comes to 29 coins. So if the guests originally handed over 30 coins, what happened to the remaining 1 coin?

I liked this riddle 😊

(it's from this Story, though I don't think they came up with it themself:
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/52702/the-grimoire-is-not-complete-a-magical-litrpg )

[vivid marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/impressive-very-nice-patrick-bateman-gif-15247511

[distant nymph]

it's a interesting story 😊 and it has riddles! though they're normally easy, so far

[shell rapids]

Look at my dog
LOOK AT HER

[tepid jay]

Damn, unfortunatly your dog has the deino graphical glitch

[burnt mulch]

No eyes

[pseudo cave]

Lmao

I keep forgetting i changed my pfp and it startles be

[shell rapids]

No eyes
No thoughts
No brains

She is a deino main

[real harness]

who wants to play monster hunter rise?

(with me)

[young gale]

👽

[rough hollow]

Have y’all changed to Windows 11?

[gray adder]

Should I?

[real harness]

monster hunter rise?

[gray adder]

No although I do need to get that

[real harness]

the dlc is so good

garangolm is one of the best fights ive fought in ages

has like 4 one shot moves

[south hornet]

are you serious right neow bruh

[rough hollow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/788502462368841768/1027770241880698880/D96Apj9ibEBeM59y.mp4

[tepid jay]

https://fxtwitter.com/twtsfr/status/1578092659285315585?s=20&t=h7VGaf8HQIkXeAfF-j-l_w

[vivid marsh]

Dog battle

[pseudo cave]

He says hi

[rough hollow]

JP spino design good!

[finite geode]

Hi bruce

[gray adder]

My Cat

[distant nymph]

aw xD

[distant nymph]

I got another riddle 😊

---

An old Sheikh is about to die and is telling his 3 sons his last will.
He tells them that his eldest son is to inherit half of his camel herd. The second one is to inherit a third and the youngest is to inherit a ninth. He dies shortly afterwards.

His sons are sad and try to enact his last will, but the number of camels can not be divided according to the Sheikh's will.
They debate and debate but cannot find a solution, until a Bedouin rides by on his camel and offers his help.
He puts his camel next to the dead Sheikh's herd and tells the oldest son to now take half and he can.
The middle son then takes his third and the youngest one takes his ninth.
After they're done, only the Bedouin's own camel is left over again and so he takes it and rides away, as the sons thank him.

How was that possible/How many Camels did the herd have ?

[barren bear]

42

[blazing wagon]

I think like 1839

Nvm that’s ridiculous, my new answer is 173 047

[barren bear]

Woah!

[rough hollow]

Here's a photo of my dog I took last week while she was tranquilized. She had surgery to get rid of some deciduous or otherwise wonky teeth

She acted quite funnily and didn't really respond to a lot.

I’m sorry

[distant nymph]

My dog had that too a few months ago ):
We has really wobbly and unresponsive for a while

[rough hollow]

Eh no problem she went back to normal the following day

[somber wraith]

4 legs

[rough hollow]

||I just learned that the word tranquilizing has a very different meaning in English||

[short oxide]

As someone who speaks nothing but English, does it not mean to knock something out with drugs?

Or does it mean something else in the language you speak?

[plush jacinth]

It means to knock out

It would be putting the dog down otherwise

[elder veldt]

Euthanizing would be the word for putting the dog down

[azure oar]

ngl i want to vote for the sniffer just because of the possibility of archeology and new plants

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rXCDPgUhcr8

[vivid marsh]

Bet dream and his friends wil Rig it again

[cedar vortex]

Sniffer all the way 👍

[distant nymph]

THe Sniffer is just the best mob!

[tepid jay]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/857560862172774440/863197220743151626/image0_3.gif

[rancid vault]

Sniffer best boi

[azure oar]

#SnifferBest

[hardy phoenix]

I vote for the flying Inferno.

[finite geode]

big frog

[void zinc]

You’ll grow into a big frog one day

[finite geode]

maybe

[short oxide]

🤨

[hybrid quartz]

I love general feedback

[solar herald]

[finite geode]

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