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criticize your favorite things

RainWaiv

resident f-len main
I am of the strict opinion that a real fan of anything is able to recognize where those things have flaws. Nothing is ever perfect, no matter how close they get, and if you can't recognize the issues in something you enjoy then you're not a real fan, you're what people on the interwebs refer to as a "glazer" and I instinctively assume you don't actually like the thing and you're just saying you like it for internet points.

Leading by example is always a good thing. The particularly astute will notice two distinct manners of conversing your thoughts, both are perfectly valid.
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This delightful little thingy is a Honda S2000 (generally abbreviated as the S2k), and it's the ONLY (affordable) rear-wheel drive honda that could be purchased in the states. The first generation AP1 came with a 2 liter inline 4 DOHC engine (the F20B), which redlined at 9000 (you could redline your car just by going full throttle) and made 240 horsepower (at the time this engine held the world record for the highest horsepower per liter out of any production engine). The car was clearly designed during the peak of honda's european styling theme (alongside most of the early 2000's acura lineup) (unless you count the weird audi ripoff they did with the 10th gen accord).
Of course this thing has flaws. 240 horsepower isn't actually like... a ton or anything, and the engine was designed to be revved out super high for any meaningful power. If you want to get this thing off a hill you basically need to floor it, otherwise you're going to bump into the guy behind you (keep in mind this car was only offered with a manual transmission and hill starts kinda suck lol).
VTEC, a system honda designed in the 90s and that was used for nearly 3 decades, is obviously present in this car. By changing the camshaft profiles, you can have two optimal power bands: One for torque, to get your car moving, and one for horsepower, to keep it moving (or in the case of economy cars the lower revs are optimized for fuel efficiency). The system uses a solenoid to activate the system at specific RPM's (for the F20B, VTEC activated at some point between 5500 and 6000 rpm) at which point oil is pumped into the camshaft to lock a lobe in place and activate the second set of camshaft profiles. This system burns a lot of oil.
This car is also way too damn expensive now (come on buddy your 20 year old car is not worth 30 grand) and it's a convertible which is kind of impractical if you live in a super rainy place like I do.
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FUCK CHAPTER 3 FUCK CHAPTER 5 FUCK CHAPTER 8
CYCLE GAMEPLAY SUCKS OH MY GOD
movement is fun though
 
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ants from up there by black country new road despite being a masterpiece is a lil overdramatic and the mixing on snow globes is weird, whilst the writing makes it either too confronting or difficult to understand to really get into without time / have full enjoyability as background music.
 
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it started strong but i think it's been on the decline in recent years
all the good threads have been used and all the good posts have been written
many great posters have fell into eternal slumber, never to post again, only to be a spectre reminding us of what was, what all beaten dead horses inevitably lead to
more importantly bellibolt thread went inactive
0/10 forum needs more bellibolt
 
My favourite things are all, naturally, devoid of criticism. They are all perfect. I would not criticise my favourite thing because that would be to criticise myself, and I know better than anybody that I am free from any and all scrutiny.
for the sake of argument i'm assuming you're one of my favorites.
needs to improve reading comprehension skills
 
it started strong but i think it's been on the decline in recent years
all the good threads have been used and all the good posts have been written
many great posters have fell into eternal slumber, never to post again, only to be a spectre reminding us of what was, what all beaten dead horses inevitably lead to
they've been saying this about the off-topic section for the past 15 years if not longer

"the good old days" are every day for those with eyes to see
 
they've been saying this about the off-topic section for the past 15 years if not longer

"the good old days" are every day for those with eyes to see
i did some lurking back to the days i didn't see, where the vitriol and mockery that lavos criticised did exist, the "good old days" as i read a post about some detachable dick spiders, i felt like i heard chimes in the distant breeze and this thread came back to me
phoopes i want to say something
i was wrong
i'm. i'm so happy i was wrong.
smogoff isn't dead. it's just changing. so many posters, up and coming, and those more seasoned, refine their style with every post, all working subconciously to the same dream.
i went to the shower as i was writing this, and again like chimes, wise words entered my mind, these ones from the mysterious ball.
Are we human... or are we poster?
when i first read these lines i thought big ashley was being silly. but then i gave it more thought.
so many different threads, different bits, different times, different contexts, different ideas, all becoming posts, consumable things that can bring brightness to the day. not just today. but tomorrow, the day after, forever, potentially.
i came to say something beatutiful in that shower session.
We are poster.
and it's true! we are always improving, taking chances and risks and sometimes it feels like it's all gone to shit but
at the end of the day
We are poster.
and. and i'm happy to be poster.
 
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My husband recently annoyed a mutual friend of ours by saying "Melee players will defend every single thing about Melee," so she's started compiling a list of things Melee players will allow you to complain about.

So far we have (not nearly exhaustive):
- Port priority
- Puff vs Peach
- Dashback being a one frame-ish input
- Z-Jump
- Digital controllers
- A bunch of Marth moves
- Frozen Stadium
- Nana AI
- Low tiers (spectators will hate you though)
- Nintendo
- Phantom hits
 
Bro this Pokemon thing is such a shit franchise. They charge 400 bucks for their consoles, 80 for their games, and then another 30 for the DLC. Do they think money grows on trees or what?
 
The combat of hit game reverse 1999 is innovative but a bit boring

(Also it promotes gambling but whatever)
 
Slay the Spire is a very fun and cool game, but there's this weird thing where the Shelled Parasite/Fungi Beast encounter doesn't give you a relic, even though it's an elite fight? Not sure what that's about.
 
ATLA is one my favorite shows of all time and my favorite episode is The Firebending Masters. Unfortunately, there's a shot that was flipped horizontally at some point in post production, presumably because they thought the shot composition looked better that way. Because of this, however, Zuko's scar appears on the wrong half of his face and Aang's toga is worn over the wrong shoulder. The shot persists for an agonizing 0.9 seconds and anecdotally it seems to drive a lot of new fans away from the series.
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ATLA is one my favorite shows of all time and my favorite episode is The Firebending Masters. Unfortunately, there's a shot that was flipped horizontally at some point in post production, presumably because they thought the shot composition looked better that way. Because of this, however, Zuko's scar appears on the wrong half of his face and Aang's toga is worn over the wrong shoulder. The shot persists for an agonizing 0.9 seconds and anecdotally it seems to drive a lot of new fans away from the series.
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that's his understudy from the ember island players
 
I love Deltarune, it's probably my favorite game ever, but I do not like how it is capped to 30fps, how Castle Town is extremely inconsistent and never really used the Dojo or other features well, how it has some absolutely bizarre inconsistencies (like Susie somehow losing her magic buff going from chapter 4 to 5?), how the sleep mechanic is weirdly worthless after the first two chapters and many other, small things. I think it's, genuinely, the best written story I have ever experienced (maybe that's just me though), but it does kinda fall flat on some gameplay and game design matters when examined closely

Also, Silent Hill 2. I don't like playing the original at all, I think it aged worse than the original Silent Hill (which honestly is still very fun), because it's visually more muddied, the room layouts are much smaller and the control becomes worse. James is significantly less numble than Henry which makes things like turning around or traversing tight rooms kinda obnoxious. I really can't play it anymore, it's just not fun. The Silent Hill 2 remake is gameplay wise unbelievably good, but it messed up some of my favorite sequences, and whilst James and most other characters are played to perfection, Maria and Mary are not where the original was, especially with the face animations that seemingly did not catch everything in the mocap. Which is understandable, her original actress genuinely cried during the letter cutscene, you can't recreate that, but it is a big blemish on the game. So, you have a fantastic game that cannot be enjoyed to its full potential in either of its two versions. It's either a perfectly told and directed story with aged and bad gameplay and some lacking voice work, or an extremely well crafted video game with amazing acting except in its most critical role with some very questionable decisions
 
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