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Caros posted:Can't be that taxing considering they use it for electricity. Extremely rapid turnover of workforce, zero safety regulations, and slave wages. Welcome to the Industrial Age, boys! 
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Caros posted:Can't be that taxing considering they use it for electricity. According to the first Korra artbook, "This kind of work [power plant battery charging] is incredibly taxing on a person's chi reserves; that's why the plant bosses tend to get desperate, strapping young men like Mako to sign up for the grueling task." From that it seems it's fine in short doses but can be incredibly draining if sustained for long periods of time. The wiki has pretty much the same info. And no, I can't believe I actually grabbed the drat artbook to check.
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ImpAtom posted:Like, I'm honestly kind of confused what you wanted unless you're specifically upset that you got spoiled on the game when you expected to get spoiled on an upcoming episode. Caros posted:Can't be that taxing considering they use it for electricity.
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I wonder how lightningbending spread. As far as we saw in the original series, only the Fire Nation royal family could lightningbend. I can't imagine Azula, Iroh, or Ozai sharing the secret of lightningbending.
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Wow, three different people telling me the same thing. I agree that shooting lightning into a generator for an entire day is probably exhausting as gently caress, my point was that it probably isn't so much so that Mako couldn't throw it out occasionally in combat if the need occurred. I mean, lets be honest. The reason they don't usually show him busting out the lightning is that lighting is supposed to be more or less a one hit kill in the series. Mako used it a bunch of times in the first season, but only ever aimed at materiel like cars instead of people. The only time he used it on a person was Amon, and then only at a really low power out of total desperation. Rosalind posted:I wonder how lightningbending spread. As far as we saw in the original series, only the Fire Nation royal family could lightningbend. I can't imagine Azula, Iroh, or Ozai sharing the secret of lightningbending. I do think the lightning bending seen in Korra is a streamlined/weaker version judging by what we see. Azula and Ozai tended to have a lot more wind up and a lot more visual effect when they busted out the lightning compared to when Mako does it.
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Caros posted:Wow, three different people telling me the same thing. I agree that shooting lightning into a generator for an entire day is probably exhausting as gently caress, my point was that it probably isn't so much so that Mako couldn't throw it out occasionally in combat if the need occurred. Lightning Bolt Zolt had a pretty big wind up. Zuko wasn't dispassionate enough as a young man to to do, as he mellowed out I think he'd eventually master it. He wasn't a prodigy, but he was talented enough that he should be able to do it, especially if it's easy enough to learn that enough firebenders can be found that can do it to power a large city.
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Charlz Guybon posted:Lightning Bolt Zolt had a pretty big wind up. I suspect a lot of that was for effect. He was in front of a baying mob after all. Lightning Bolt Zolt was actually Mako's teacher apparently. I love how they gave him a stereotypical mobster accent.
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Zypher posted:Is the world map from Avatar inspired from any real world source? Because I saw this at a high end furniture boutique yesterday and burst out laughing. I posted this to tumblr (linking back to the post) and a good response I got from someone was that it could be a leftover prop from the movie. No idea how it'd get in the store, though.
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The game I'm really interested in is Grand Theft Auto: Republic City. Five stars and Korra comes after you.
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blurry! posted:The game I'm really interested in is Grand Theft Auto: Republic City. Five stars and Korra comes after you. Yeah, I really just want to roll a character and dick around in Republic City.
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blurry! posted:The game I'm really interested in is Grand Theft Auto: Republic City. Five stars and Korra comes after you. Goddammit now I'm gonna want this forever. How many stars before Lin Beifong comes hunting you down?
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Maybe you just don't know who will come after you if you get 5 stars. It could be Lin, Korra, Airbenders...
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thexerox123 posted:Maybe you just don't know who will come after you if you get 5 stars. It could be Lin, Korra, Airbenders... 1 Star- Small numbers of regular cops. 2 Stars- Large number of regular cops, occasional benders. 3 Stars- Small number of regular cops, large number of benders, some of them are Metalbenders. 4 Stars- Large number of Metalbenders, medium number of other benders. 5 Stars- Large number of Airbenders swoop in along with the rest. 6 Stars- Gotten if you either stay wanted for a very long time or regularly achieve 5 Stars, Korra shows up and Avatar States your stupid rear end.
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RyuujinBlueZ posted:6 Stars- Gotten if you either stay wanted for a very long time or regularly achieve 5 Stars, Korra shows up and Avatar States your stupid rear end. Fighting the Avatar State should mean running from the Avatar state. Hell, I'd play a game that was nothing but "Running From Kyoshi."
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I want to play as pre-reveal Amon and destory the bending opressors of the common people 
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Saints Row: Republic City. Sewage Bending mingame.
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Rosalind posted:I wonder how lightningbending spread. As far as we saw in the original series, only the Fire Nation royal family could lightningbend. I can't imagine Azula, Iroh, or Ozai sharing the secret of lightningbending. I could easily see Zuko being able to learn to lightningbend as he aged, and I could also see him sharing it once the idea for lightning fueled generators came to exist. Think about it. The ability to lightningbend is associated with the royal family, and is a big part of their whole might makes right, the Fire Lords are just better than other people thing. Something that Zuko would want to get rid of. Sharing the art of lightningbending tears down those ingrained ideas of the Fire Lord and his family are just plain better, and teaching it to fire benders who aren't from the fire nation goes further and does the same to the notion that the fire nation is just better than everyone else.
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Gnome de plume posted:Saints Row: Republic City. Saints Row is pretty much Varrick: The Game.
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Kazy posted:I posted this to tumblr (linking back to the post) and a good response I got from someone was that it could be a leftover prop from the movie. No idea how it'd get in the store, though. Yep. It definitely is. PriorMarcus posted:It isn't a coincidence, it's from the film. Their version of Zhao has it hanging in his office.
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A brave but foolish person actually admits they watched the film. I wonder what crazy turn-of-events resulted in a prop ending up in an expensive home decor store. Do people think Korra is going to regain her Avatar mojo in the next episode or do we think she's going to mope a bit longer?
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Rosalind posted:A brave but foolish person actually admits they watched the film. I've watched it a few times, and I'm not ashamed to say it!  (Because every time I've watched it aside from the first has been with the Rifftrax, which makes it hilarious.)
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MrAristocrates posted:The Rifftrax is really good. I think my favourite part is their reaction to the foot massage reveal, because I think the first time I'd watched it, my soul was so crushed by that point in the movie that I hadn't even noticed it.
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Rosalind posted:A brave but foolish person actually admits they watched the film. I wonder what crazy turn-of-events resulted in a prop ending up in an expensive home decor store. I imagine it's going to be split Korra trying to do just that, probably successfully enough by the end of the episode to rejoin the main narrative, and Team Jinora finding her, though possibly by the middle of next episode at the very latest. There isn't a whole lot of time to waste if Korra is going to be involved with the main plot and there will probably still be some healing done on the fly even after she does.
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VanSandman posted:Fighting the Avatar State should mean running from the Avatar state. This isn't a bad idea for an endless runner. uncleKitchener posted:Saints Row is pretty much Varrick: The Game. I know. Isn't it great!
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I think Korra hiding/training to overcome her fear for several more episodes (3-4) would be ideal. It would allow a lot of the other plots to simmer to a boil. Kuvira continues her expansionist campaign with Varrick's experiments. Bolin and Mako's relationship continues to strain. The three air bender kids get some screen time looking for an avatar that doesn't want to be found (it'd be sorta cheap and too easy if they found her in a single episode). If this takes place over 4 more episodes, you'd still have 5 more left in the season. That would be sufficient time for both a satisfying climax and epilogue.
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Legend of Korra suite played live at Paleyfest. Possible finale musical queue spoilers? Who curs it's loving beautiful.
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Bryan and Mike did an 'Ask Us Anything' with the Avatar Wiki and stuff was learned:Bryke posted:
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uncleKitchener posted:Saints Row is pretty much Varrick: The Game. 
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Rosalind posted:But what happened to Azula?!? I smell another 3 part comic series.
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mateo360 posted:I smell another 3 part comic series. I'm ok with this. I just wish they came out more quickly.
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Hell, add bending and an early 20th century aesthetic to Sleeping Dogs, and you'd have GTA Republic City. Easy.
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hiddenriverninja posted:Ming Hua was born without arms. 
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blurry! posted:Hell, add bending and an early 20th century aesthetic to Sleeping Dogs, and you'd have GTA Republic City. Easy. Let's just add bending to Sleeping Dogs.
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Kibayasu posted:Let's just add bending to Sleeping Dogs. gently caress you, Polarbeardogeyes!
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