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to be in a power in the shadows has started up again, and it is still very very silly. a mysterious woman pops in and kills a monster, then says a bunch of completely sincere chuuni lines. the mc, who was pointlessly striking a pose off to the side, then proceeds to also go publicly hunt monsters while stealing all of her lines without actually knowing what she was talking about.
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"Super Gene" posted:The truth was, he had never done nor thought of performing a good deed. this was just stated in passing, and the mc then gave no further thought to how he is a complete scumbag.
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Aug 26, 2018 06:04
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I apologize for bringing up politics here, but is it just me or does it seem like Donald Trump might be an isekai WN protagonist?
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Aug 26, 2018 07:42
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He would be a chinese webnovel not isekai protagonist because he constantly refers to how smart he is and how he bangs hot chicks.
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Aug 26, 2018 18:34
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Fallorn posted:He would be a chinese webnovel not isekai protagonist because he constantly refers to how smart he is and how he bangs hot chicks. This may be the only time where the current default avatar is unironically great without the poster being terrible.
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Aug 26, 2018 21:50
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omfg. i don't usually make such frequent updates, but remember how in tempest of stellar war the mc had never once risked his life? the very first time he did, his group of what i can only describe as military olympics hopefuls hosed up big time because they were mostly rich failsons which is supposed to be a positive thing to be somehow? so he went out for a space battle with the only two guys who were still functional, got his rear end thoroughly kicked, and then his magic helper took over and won the battle by itself. that wouldn't be too unusual except again, the mc had never done anything even vaguely risky for 300 chapters, and also this amazing feat led to him being made the military olympics team leader. but remember, his physics achievements were completely plagiarized. now his military achievements are also essentially plagiarized. the only thing he has ever accomplished without taking credit for someone else's work is e-sports, and even then his success is entirely due to his magical two year training regimen that consisted entirely of jumping squats.
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Aug 26, 2018 22:53
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:the only thing he has ever accomplished without taking credit for someone else's work is e-sports, and even then his success is entirely due to his magical two year training regimen that consisted entirely of jumping squats. How does jumping squats help with esports? Is this a team-based esports or single player? And even then, is this VR or... I mean, the usual thing you need is hand eye coordination (and game knowledge), right?
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Aug 27, 2018 00:18
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Katreus posted:How does jumping squats help with esports? Is this a team-based esports or single player? And even then, is this VR or... I mean, the usual thing you need is hand eye coordination (and game knowledge), right? it's a vr mech piloting game that is also occasionally dota. he had no prior experience with that game, games in general, or piloting mechs. it was all due to jumping squats.
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Aug 27, 2018 00:32
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So uhhh... Forge of Destiny, eh? I suggest anyone not caught up go get caught up because the Ji Rong fight has happened. Nothing can resist the awesome might of the Moon Rave. And worms. Lots of worms.
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Aug 27, 2018 01:41
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:omfg. i don't usually make such frequent updates, but remember how in tempest of stellar war the mc had never once risked his life? the very first time he did, his group of what i can only describe as military olympics hopefuls hosed up big time because they were mostly rich failsons which is supposed to be a positive thing to be somehow? so he went out for a space battle with the only two guys who were still functional, got his rear end thoroughly kicked, and then his magic helper took over and won the battle by itself. that wouldn't be too unusual except again, the mc had never done anything even vaguely risky for 300 chapters, and also this amazing feat led to him being made the military olympics team leader. but remember, his physics achievements were completely plagiarized. now his military achievements are also essentially plagiarized. This person on some level knows he's worthless and riding on money but can't admit that he's not a good person and it rules.
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Aug 27, 2018 05:29
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i very much doubt that he is rich, because rich people don't grind away in menial soul crushing jobs as a general rule. writing webnovels professionally (lol) is very grueling and not exactly lucrative. it requires pumping out semi-coherent walls of text day after day, with any breaks tanking their popularity and the payment is based partly on popularity. this particular author has already written at least two other very long godawful webnovels prior to tosw, so he has been at this for years. exalting the wealthy because they are on top (so naturally they must deserve to be there) isn't exactly unique to china.
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oh, and to go back to the esports motif the enemies in "skeleton wizard's" first wn are the zerg. not the zerg with the details smudged and a different name, no. it's just the starcraft faction including the name. i couldn't get past how dumb and unoriginal that was so i didn't get very far into it. https://www.novelupdates.com/series/tempest-of-the-battlefield/ also i was mistaken. tosw is his second wn, and he is now on his fourth.
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SerSpook posted:So uhhh... Forge of Destiny, eh? I suggest anyone not caught up go get caught up because the Ji Rong fight has happened. If you can't slam with the best, you get jammed in the worm pit.
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Aug 27, 2018 06:34
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:i very much doubt that he is rich, because rich people don't grind away in menial soul crushing jobs as a general rule. writing webnovels professionally (lol) is very grueling and not exactly lucrative. it requires pumping out semi-coherent walls of text day after day, with any breaks tanking their popularity and the payment is based partly on popularity. this particular author has already written at least two other very long godawful webnovels prior to tosw, so he has been at this for years. I don't know if someone being paid to write this makes it better or worse.
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Aug 27, 2018 22:21
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I fell off reading A Will Eternal and Im catching up with 400 chapters now, very glad Bai Xiaochun became a drug dealer
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Aug 28, 2018 00:58
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I like how the recent Forge of Destiny stuff actually mentioned how much Ling Qi's personality has changed. Part of me doesn't really like the direction her personality has gone, but it's also made her a better and more distinct character than if she just did/said the things that I wanted her to. Ji Rong kinda had a point when he mentioned that there's nothing really more evil/bad about what he did than what Ling Qi/Cai's faction did (if anything, it was a pretty morally neutral conflict). It's also nice that Ji Rong himself seems to be changing; FoD's biggest strength has always been how organic/natural its characters feel, and how they're capable of growing and changing along with the protagonist. (Regarding Ji Rong, I'll be very curious to see how he compares with Ling Qi further down the line; the cultivation time he lost is going to matter less and less as more time passes, and he still has that talent advantage over Ling Qi.) edit : Ji Rong owns, lol quote:‘Suppose so,” Ji Rong admitted, a lopsided grin spreading across his face as he raised his fists into a guard stance. “Gonna break your face now.” I noticed during that fight that Ji Rong appears to not have a spirit. Ling Qi is gonna really have to step up her game if she wants to stay ahead of him, given she currently has the advantages of better resources + a special pet + the lack of Ji Rong's setback. Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Aug 28, 2018 |
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Aug 28, 2018 03:13
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Rofl at everything thats happening on this boat ride to the Wildlands. The number one chosen of Starry Sky Polarity Dao Sect isnt what I was expecting
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Aug 28, 2018 14:44
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I also love how murdering endangered species and plants and flowers for the "natural treasures" to eat them and get more swole is super well thought upon in web novels. It's like I just had a conversation with this dude but he is a magical beast so now I am going to murder him and BBQ him to bring me to flavor town and my body will be stronger for it.
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Aug 28, 2018 19:07
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he should be honored to be giving face to me as part of my legacy. it is the just result of the karma sown between us
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Aug 28, 2018 19:17
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It's okay because those magic plants and animals would murder and eat you given half a chance. Fair's fair.
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Aug 28, 2018 19:45
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you can tell how amazing a plant is by 1. how rare it is and 2. how many adjectives are in the name there's no such thing as an endangered species that isn't wonderfully effective when snorted
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Aug 28, 2018 19:56
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:you can tell how amazing a plant is by 1. how rare it is and 2. how many adjectives are in the name that's why they're endangered
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Aug 28, 2018 20:00
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Tunicate posted:that's why they're endangered more like extinct once a murder hobo rolls through douluo dalu is real bad as are its sequels. however, one interesting thing it did was how in the first sequel, the sentient monsters they kill to gain power are endangered. in the second sequel, they are mostly extinct so they use a harmless synthetic replacement. no moral!
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Fallorn posted:I also love how murdering endangered species and plants and flowers for the "natural treasures" to eat them and get more swole is super well thought upon in web novels. It's like I just had a conversation with this dude but he is a magical beast so now I am going to murder him and BBQ him to bring me to flavor town and my body will be stronger for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree) Just imagine the shocking ancient aura that must roll off of this tree. Cultivators would be slaughtering each other for just a sliver of it
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Turns out the tree was also a cultivator and now it's about to go all Last March of the Ents on your rear end.
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:more like extinct once a murder hobo rolls through Wait isn't that the one where the dude bangs a rabbit?
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I mean he's a step ahead of his dad. His mom was a type of grass.
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Ytlaya posted:I like how the recent Forge of Destiny stuff actually mentioned how much Ling Qi's personality has changed. Part of me doesn't really like the direction her personality has gone, but it's also made her a better and more distinct character than if she just did/said the things that I wanted her to. Ji Rong kinda had a point when he mentioned that there's nothing really more evil/bad about what he did than what Ling Qi/Cai's faction did (if anything, it was a pretty morally neutral conflict). It's also nice that Ji Rong himself seems to be changing; FoD's biggest strength has always been how organic/natural its characters feel, and how they're capable of growing and changing along with the protagonist. I think it's important to keep in mind that these duels prove almost nothing about actual ability to win fights in real word circumstances. Ji Rong is a facepuncher getting to start in melee range against a mid-range support specialist, without any set-up allowed. He lacked a spirit, sure, but that's probably as much due to his own inherent disadvantages as it is anything. Dude doesn't have a lot of qi to support a spirit because he went all in on punching hard, punching fast, and overwhelming the opponent before they can respond. He never really took the time to make sure he had a lot of qi. His domain weapon can be broken to restore qi and health it seems though, so he's aware of the weakness and working around it. One thing I have to disagree with though, is that I don't think Ji Rong expressed much change at all. He walked with more dignity I guess? But he was still a thug. He still held to that idea that whoever is strongest is right. And that it is better to be honest about this than try to conceal it. He is managing to control himself more, but he's still fundamentally the same dude. Go read his interlude and look at the pre-match banter. He is expressing the same attitude. I guess we don't have a lot to compare him with though because he doesn't show up much. Ultimately it doesn't matter though, because he is not likely to feature that heavily in the future. And he didn't really feature at all in the Outer Sect, beyond being a dude that occasionally got dunked on, this most recent event being the Final Dunking.
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Nah, he's also going to be in the Inner Sect. We haven't even begun to dunk on him yet. Seriously, by the time we're both done in the sect his official title will be "Backboard".
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Aug 28, 2018 22:58
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The Sandman posted:Nah, he's also going to be in the Inner Sect. We haven't even begun to dunk on him yet. Final Dunking of the Year then? Or... is this actually the First Dunking of the Year? Is it both?
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Fallorn posted:Wait isn't that the one where the dude bangs a rabbit? yep, the setting which starts with the mc marrying a transformed sentient rabbit monster does absolutely nothing about killing sentient monsters for power until there are no more to kill.
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:yep, the setting which starts with the mc marrying a transformed sentient rabbit monster does absolutely nothing about killing sentient monsters for power until there are no more to kill. So the true lesson of the setting is gently caress you, got mine.
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Aug 29, 2018 00:53
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Fallorn posted:So the true lesson of the setting is gently caress you, got mine. The true lesson is that morality is defined by the actions of the powerful.
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Ytlaya posted:I like how the recent Forge of Destiny stuff actually mentioned how much Ling Qi's personality has changed. Part of me doesn't really like the direction her personality has gone, but it's also made her a better and more distinct character than if she just did/said the things that I wanted her to. Ji Rong kinda had a point when he mentioned that there's nothing really more evil/bad about what he did than what Ling Qi/Cai's faction did (if anything, it was a pretty morally neutral conflict). It's also nice that Ji Rong himself seems to be changing; FoD's biggest strength has always been how organic/natural its characters feel, and how they're capable of growing and changing along with the protagonist. I mean... Ji Rong was someone who spent his time in the conflict purposefully attacking people weaker than he was to break their face in, while Ling Qi/Cai's faction spent most of their giving training lessons to the lesser able people in the outer sect, giving them access to cheaper pills and giving them access to a safe space they could train in and sites. CRX was totally a Tyrant, but it's worth noting that she was never on the offensive, and pretty much everything Liling's faction did was guerilla fighting and ambushes targetting at weaker cultivators, while CRX put herself in a position to guide and protect them. Ji Rong's whole point in his dialog is that he hates people who pretend to help because those people lie anyway. So he continued to follow his old path of being a Thug Enforcer.
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It's pretty valid to think that the outer sect should just be a free for all and to resist Cai's changes, though (and Cai's help was contingent on submission to her). Like, it's not really morally better or worse to push back against Cai's control. And it's not like Ling Qi is a big fan of playing fair; she's done some lovely stuff too. Ji Rong is just a fun dude who is rad and breaks faces and none of you can take that from me 
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Ytlaya posted:It's pretty valid to think that the outer sect should just be a free for all and to resist Cai's changes, though (and Cai's help was contingent on submission to her). Like, it's not really morally better or worse to push back against Cai's control. And it's not like Ling Qi is a big fan of playing fair; she's done some lovely stuff too. I am going to point out that within a day of the thunder-dome Ling Qi was targeted by Huang Da's angry fiancee(?) for the crime of being stalked, was almost killed by Kang Zihao who tried to cripple Bai Meizhen and then turned on Ling Qi when his initial plan was thwarted, and Li Suyin was robbed and lost an eye. Cai's pseudo-government was created to curtail that sort of anarchy and everyone in the council agreed to it at the time, until Sun Liling rebelled because she found the current situation incredibly boring and wanted good fights (Because she was powerful and entrenched and thus would have never suffered like Li Suyin or Su Ling). Like, you could argue that Cai's forces are as capable of cruelty as Sun's forces (lol Bai Meizhen), but to argue that Cai's order and Sun's anarchy are the same from the POV of people on the ground with no backing is silly. (Ji Rong platitude about Cai and Sun being bothsame is nonsense, it's just a continuation of him only having empathy for his small monekysphere and using any excuse to justify his dislike for Cai's regime) SITB fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Aug 29, 2018 |
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Ytlaya posted:It's pretty valid to think that the outer sect should just be a free for all and to resist Cai's changes, though (and Cai's help was contingent on submission to her). Like, it's not really morally better or worse to push back against Cai's control. And it's not like Ling Qi is a big fan of playing fair; she's done some lovely stuff too. It's not really valid to think there should be no factions. It is valid to think one should try and help his own faction be stronger than other factions, obviously, but everyone under Liling was /also/ under Liling, and arguably moreso than people under CRX were under CRX. Yeah, the argument that CRX should be the one heading the outer sect is basically 'lol nepotism', but it's the same argument that Sun Liling should be leading her own faction, and ultimately we need to look at what the actual factions were doing. Cai and Ling Qi have actually been rather consistent about being "one the defensive" and not "randomly bash people's head" like Sun Liling and Ji Rong have been doing, barring some of Fu Xiang's shenanigans (and at this point it is pretty clear Fu Xiang does not, in fact, follow CRX's wishes). It's not morally bad to push back against CRX and want to establish your own thing, but it's morally bad when you do so by purposefully targeting the weaklings in order to create terror. Ji Rong just is looking back at the good old day when he was a gang leader, and wishes he was still one.
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Su Ling is the only Good Person on that mountain. They are all going against the wall in a few centuries when Su Ling ascends to become the great spirit She Who Siezes the Means Of Cultivation 
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Its Rinaldo posted:Su Ling is the only Good Person on that mountain. They are all going against the wall in a few centuries when Su Ling ascends to become the great spirit She Who Siezes the Means Of Cultivation Unpossible, everyone knows that Reds are the weakest cultivators.
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SITB posted:I am going to point out that within a day of the thunder-dome Ling Qi was targeted by Huang Da's angry fiancee(?) for the crime of being stalked, was almost killed by Kang Zihao who tried to cripple Bai Meizhen and then turned on Ling Qi when his initial plan was thwarted, and Li Suyin was robbed and lost an eye. You gotta remember that most of these people are like the turbo bourgeoisie (with rare exceptions like Ling Qi/Su Ling*/Ji Rong); even the lower end cultivators are mostly the super rich and privileged. So basically Ji Rong was sent to a school with a bunch of rich people and is spending his time busting their faces, which is a totally respectable hobby IMO. * Its Rinaldo is correct about Su Ling being the only good person on the mountain, lol edit: One thing I'll say is that I actually don't like Sun Liling much, because I don't get the impression she's busting faces for the sheer joy of it, like my good friend Ji Rong. She also strikes me as manipulative, which is kinda a betrayal of the whole "badass blood spear warrior" aesthetic. Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Aug 30, 2018 |
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