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Neeksy posted:I think Tertra was great because she really is Kaeru from Working Girls: a terrible idol that everyone is fully aware of how terrible she is. The show being in on the joke helps quite a bit. If you mean Turning Girls then yes, that was the first thing that immediately came to my mind too. And yeah, lots of weird off-model shots. The first season was iffy enough but dang, the studio switch hasn't been kind so far.
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I was completely prepared to hate Tetra based on her apperance and sketchy introduction, so I was very surprised that she's actually a funny character. Was quite amused when she popped out of Naotsugu's armor and called him tsundere.
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I am not on board the Tetra train yet but after her horrendous intro, her doing things like shield surfing softened me up quite a bit. I like the idea of Democracy getting super whipped by his PotL gal. Actually any interaction between the PotL and Adventurers is interesting to me because to the PotL Adventurers just have to be seen as total lunatics who go to war for things like ugly hats and sexy swimsuits, so the idea of any of these fantasy folk figuring out their way through the tide moron video game nerds is funny. More importantly though, when are we going to get to hang with the Ninja Turtle?
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I hope Lenessia gets to make more speeches this season. Her awkward, idealistic speeches were some of the best things about season 1. Also I'm liking Tetra's "aggravating idol" routine. She's like a ferret!
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Regan and Naotsugu are the best duo. Tetra's cool too, but her intro was awful and those two saved it.
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 Well this explains the design decisions behind Kanami. Maybe the EU server really does have an extended boob slider.
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You might need to explain for those of us who don't know Japanese.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:56
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Well I don't either, it's the pic that caught my attention. I mean just look at her. Anyways, that came from the back of book 8, advertising book 9 (Kanami, Go East!) which is coming out this winter.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:18
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Sindai posted:You might need to explain for those of us who don't know Japanese. It says "Kanami, Go! East!" (it's an advert for the EU server side story)
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Oct 13, 2014 00:20
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Blasted through this recently, pretty fun stuff. Lots of funny parts, especially Marie's retard-baby tantrums and Shiroe's villain smirk/gloat face scenes when his plans go accordingly. I was kinda skeptical but this show reminds me of SAO S1 with all the lovely stuff taken out and all the good parts of Maoyuu thrown in (economics and
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Oct 13, 2014 05:12
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Maoyuu and Log Horizon share author, so that's not coincidential.
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Oct 13, 2014 06:09
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If only the Maoyuu anime was half as good as Log Horizon. I should really go read the LN.
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Oct 13, 2014 15:38
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ViggyNash posted:If only the Maoyuu anime was half as good as Log Horizon. I should really go read the LN. Read the CompAce Maoyuu manga, that's the way to do it e: tetra is cool and welcome in the database
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Cake Attack posted:Read the CompAce Maoyuu manga, that's the way to do it Just be warned that that you'll potentially have to wait three months for a new chapter.
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Reading the LN is the worst idea since fan translations are almost always hot garbage, and often come out like an eight year old wrote it. So I concur, read manga and/or wait ages for Yen Press' translation.
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Dexo posted:
Having lead 40/20man raids back in early WoW, prima donna healers were the worst thing in the world second only to prima donna main tanks. Tetra might blow my mind, or she might just give me raid leader PTSD. I'm more curious how Shiroe intends to deal with Demikas, who will most assuredly attempt to wipe the raid and/or murder the hell out of Shiroe.
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User0015 posted:I'm more curious how Shiroe intends to deal with Demikas, who will most assuredly attempt to wipe the raid and/or murder the hell out of Shiroe. There was never a time when Demikas was a threat to Shiroe. He'll try to do something silly and will get put down quickly by one of the fighters, or Shiroe himself. I think it's the least interesting part of what will happen. It's not exactly a surprise to anyone that Demikas still hates Shiroe. And he's probably not exactly a hard book to read.
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User0015 posted:Having lead 40/20man raids back in early WoW, prima donna healers were the worst thing in the world second only to prima donna main tanks. Tetra might blow my mind, or she might just give me raid leader PTSD. Did I miss something? Because I could have sworn that the episode starts off (or did it end with this as the preview for the next episode?) with Shiroe being dead and reviving in the Cathedral with Akatsuki with some words about "not being able to trust his raid members enough". Also, shine on Rundel you crazy diamond
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User0015 posted:I'm more curious how Shiroe intends to deal with Demikas, who will most assuredly attempt to wipe the raid and/or murder the hell out of Shiroe. I think Demi has been permanently demoted to a joke.
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Razzled posted:Did I miss something? Because I could have sworn that the episode starts off with Shiroe being dead and reviving in the Cathedral with Akatsuki with some words about "not being able to trust his raid members enough". That was a time jump to the future, for audience hook and plotting purposes.
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Razzled posted:Did I miss something? Because I could have sworn that the episode starts off (or did it end with this as the preview for the next episode?) with Shiroe being dead and reviving in the Cathedral with Akatsuki with some words about "not being able to trust his raid members enough". They wiped but it wasn't anybody's fault. The trusting raid members enough thing is more general to the context..
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Razzled posted:Did I miss something? Because I could have sworn that the episode starts off (or did it end with this as the preview for the next episode?) with Shiroe being dead and reviving in the Cathedral with Akatsuki with some words about "not being able to trust his raid members enough". With Akatsuki being there, it might not be something that happens in the raid coming up. Although it could just mean that some poo poo goes down while doing her job to protect the princess. Maybe we'll get to see Akatsuki in her first raid this season? Also, with the new studio, I can't get over how chubby Serara is in every scene. Not sure if I prefer it either.
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acu posted:Also, with the new studio, I can't get over how chubby Serara is in every scene. Not sure if I prefer it either. That's not because of the studio switch, she actually does get fatter because she spends all day eating Nyanta's cooking.
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Drifter posted:There was never a time when Demikas was a threat to Shiroe. He'll try to do something silly and will get put down quickly by one of the fighters, or Shiroe himself. I think it's the least interesting part of what will happen. Really? In a raid setting, he could very well do something retarded like pull the boss on purpose just to wipe them, or blow them up, or break something Shiroe locks down, or just something that will lead to their inevitable deaths. But Shiroe knows that. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I know why they're after the massive amount of money, so there's not a big mystery there.
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User0015 posted:Really? In a raid setting, he could very well do something retarded like pull the boss on purpose just to wipe them, or blow them up, or break something Shiroe locks down, or just something that will lead to their inevitable deaths. But Shiroe knows that. Demi will pull the boss on purpose to try to wipe the group, but Shiroe counters by casting 12th level "You're On Your Own, Sucker" to give Demi full aggro. Then Demi's stuck desperately fighting for his (digital) life whilst the rest of the group plinks away at the bosses healthbar. Presumably the vast sum of money is to restore the fairy gate fasttravel system or something like it. Alternatives include building their own city (not entirely sure why they'd need to do that) or lending it to jumpstart other cities (which would more or less require fast-travel)
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User0015 posted:Having lead 40/20man raids back in early WoW, prima donna healers were the worst thing in the world second only to prima donna main tanks. Tetra might blow my mind, or she might just give me raid leader PTSD. As someone who has both MT'd and Healed From Vanilla Wow to Cataclysm(I know, I'm awesome), Healers only end up that way after dealing with other group members who constantly blame them for not healing properly even though their stupid rear end stood in poo poo or didn't interrupt the "gently caress you" spell. It's a defense mechanism that keeps your sanity. Prima Donna tanks can be because of bad experiences, but is also just as likely due to the fact that they tend to get everything handed to them on a silver platter as they need to be geared to have any shot at doing content.
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Elite posted:Presumably the vast sum of money is to restore the fairy gate fasttravel system or something like it. Alternatives include building their own city (not entirely sure why they'd need to do that) or lending it to jumpstart other cities (which would more or less require fast-travel) Didn't they say in the last episode of S1 that the Plant guild had managed to get theirs working? And that they are running/ruling the city/continent, that would probably get them a ton of money.
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Demicol posted:Didn't they say in the last episode of S1 that the Plant guild had managed to get theirs working? And that they are running/ruling the city/continent, that would probably get them a ton of money. Shiroe implied that even if you gathered every gold piece from every adventurer in the game, it probably wouldn't be enough for what he needed. So I doubt Plant Hwaden has that much, unless they found their own
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Shiroe needs that gold because he realized that by now he was playing a 4x strategy game instead of a MMORPG. 
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pandaK posted:That's not because of the studio switch, she actually does get fatter because she spends all day eating Nyanta's cooking. !!SPOILERS!! He's a klever kat and is preparing her in advance  
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The round table council is nice and all, but Shiroe's greatest accomplishment to date is creating a player economy in akiba. So, it isn't likely that he will destroy that as it is still the basis for akiba's stability and cultural growth.
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Oct 14, 2014 12:06
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Here's hoping Demikas pulls a Leroy Jenkins.
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DrSunshine posted:Shiroe needs that gold because he realized that by now he was playing a 4x strategy game instead of a MMORPG. OK 
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Living inside a raid 24/7 for over a month? 
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And that'd be why high-tier raids are now for the most hardcore of hardcore. Even DDD lowered themselves to raids like 20+ levels below them.
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Oct 18, 2014 13:37
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This episode had some Rudy, which makes it a step up from the last episode which had no Rudy.
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"Rudy" Rundelhaus Code turned this episode around from a boring slog through an explanation of MMO raiding mechanics into something wonderful. "さすが MYSTRUS NINJA" indeed 
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Kyte posted:And that'd be why high-tier raids are now for the most hardcore of hardcore. Even DDD lowered themselves to raids like 20+ levels below them. It reminds me of the bosses in FF XI. The lead developer was an egotist who wanted to create an unbeatable boss. And he succeeded for a time. But a group spend tens of hours in the fight and managed to beat it. He got mad and made it harder still. He has been gone for a while after he was screwing around FFXIV much of the same way. What I am saying is that, given the raids, he must of have found another job.
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