D&D Demotivators Episode VIII: [Demotivating Intensifies]

[toapat]

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Monetary considerations i was refferencing were NOT about the monetization of the game, it was about the RnD costs that led them to remove everything that made GWs interesting in place of mechanics which most other groups have tried and thrown out because they dont work. the Dev Blogs actually say that as well, if not as directly.

Sure, it results in a product which is in the end, much more playable then the original (although like the original, the combat is entirely mechanical), but its not remotely a sequel. a proper itteration on the original's gameplay would be an increased mutability in classes and more important decisions in terms of what skills you use. Instead they took the idea of weapon techniques from warrior and bolted that onto everyone, even though you cant point to a game where such is good. you can have "epic" skills linked to a weapon like how Volcano's Edge, Anvil of Thunder, and Lightning maces are in DDO, but having that as your entire mechanic will always hurt the game because you are increasing number of variables for no justifiable reason whatsoever, while limiting player options.

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[Arkhosia]

Please tell me there's an actual anime that came from so I can go watch it.

It's from A Certain Scientific Railgun S.

[ChaosArchon]

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Where's that quote from, its incredibly badass! Oh and the paladin's code quote was pretty well put and on a side note Viva la Guild Wars 2

[toapat]

Where's that quote from, its incredibly badass! Oh and the paladin's code quote was pretty well put and on a side note Viva la Guild Wars 2

i wrote it while watching a letsplay of ME3 when they did Garrus' mission on the Citadel.

[murph04]

Lurking tax

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[Ksheep]

Another one I found, from Facebook this time. I really should start making my own again…

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[Time Blossom]

Another one I found, from Facebook this time. I really should start making my own again…

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I'm pretty sure there are planes where that's actually a thing. I remember a buddy of mine said a character of his ended after he somehow got plane-shifted to a demiplane with subjective gravity and intermittent wisdom drain. Apparently he eventually spent the rest of his days flying through the air and making "whoosh" noises and yelling about how much fun he was having.

And my submission:

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Mordenkainen gets top billing, but I'll bet Tenser got invited to more parties. Floating Disk could carry, like, all the kegs.

[Arkhosia]

[jguy]

What is the epic summoning thing referencing?

[Arkhosia]

in fate/Zero, Iskander can summon his entire army.

[Sith_Happens]

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GUN-AXE.

That is all.

[Sith_Happens]

Alright, time to farm some notes:

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[Arkhosia]

Alright, time to farm some notes:

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Bahaha
I must know what comic this is from specifically
As in what issue.

But seriously, that's awesome

[Sith_Happens]

Bahaha
I must know what comic this is from specifically
As in what issue.

But seriously, that's awesome

I'm pretty sure it's fan art, it took some scrolling to find one without a blank background.

[Admiral Harkov]

I'm pretty sure it's fan art, it took some scrolling to find one without a blank background.

They're playing Shingeki no Kyojin (English title Attack on Titan), probably as Eren Yeager.

[Yora]

He's shouting "they are the food and we are the hunters". And amazingly it's 100% grammaticaly correct. Something you virtually never see outside of Germany.

Edit: No, wait. "Jäeger"? You can use "ae" as an alternative to "ä", but you can't have "äe". Disappointed agsin...

[GPuzzle]

He's shouting "they are the food and we are the hunters". And amazingly it's 100% grammaticaly correct. Something you virtually never see outside of Germany.

Edit: No, wait. "Jäeger"? You can use "ae" as an alternative to "ä", but you can't have "äe". Disappointed agsin...

Oh well, I thought the mistake was that "essen" was technically in the plural, so it should've been "die essen", but seemingly I was wrong.

[Yora]

"Das Essen" is one of those words that have no plural. (The the ending -en often indicates plurals.) It's like English where you don't have two apples as "your foods"

Grammar is correct, but spelling ended up wrong instead.

[OverdrivePrime]

That's the best demotivator I've seen in a long, long time, Sith_Happens!

"Das Essen" is one of those words that have no plural. (The the ending -en often indicates plurals.) It's like English where you don't have two apples as "your foods"

Grammar is correct, but spelling ended up wrong instead.

As a (terrible) student of German, and a longtime anime fan, I've always been curious about the preponderance of anime titles with heavy German influence. Are Japanese nerds German fanboys in the same way American nerds are Japan fanboys? Who are German nerds fanboys of? Sweden? Australia?

[GPuzzle]

"Das Essen" is one of those words that have no plural. (The the ending -en often indicates plurals.) It's like English where you don't have two apples as "your foods"

Grammar is correct, but spelling ended up wrong instead.

Oh well, since I'm from Brazil, I probably mixed things up somewhere.

[Milo v3]

Australia?

Fanboys of giant spiders and lazy beer drinkers?

[Hiro Protagonest]

He's shouting "they are the food and we are the hunters". And amazingly it's 100% grammaticaly correct. Something you virtually never see outside of Germany.

Edit: No, wait. "Jäeger"? You can use "ae" as an alternative to "ä", but you can't have "äe". Disappointed agsin...

Yeah. The words are straight out of the Attack on Titan theme, which is sung in German.

[Arkhosia]

Yeah. The words are straight out of the Attack on Titan theme, which is sung in German.

Actually, parts of it such as that are german. mostly it's Japanese

[Yora]

As a (terrible) student of German, and a longtime anime fan, I've always been curious about the preponderance of anime titles with heavy German influence. Are Japanese nerds German fanboys in the same way American nerds are Japan fanboys? Who are German nerds fanboys of? Sweden? Australia?

Yes, the Japanese are.
And Germans are America fanboys. The circle is now complete.

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The reason is that Germany and Japan are actually very similar in their history, and also have very strong overlaps in society and values. (My personal opinion is that similar starting conditions DO in fact create very similar results, even if the developments happen completely independent of each other.) In the late 19th century, Japanese leadership realized they really needed to catch up very quickly in technology, administration, and science, but also to adopt western culture, or they would become a colony like Vietnam or the Philippines. Germany seemed to be the most close "in spirit", had just finished their own restructuring very successfully, and also had no colonial aspirations in East Asia. So after some first tryouts with the French, Germany became the blueprint for modern Japan, providing huge amounts of knowhow. The Japanese have always been keen about adopting better technologies, but I think taking German heavy industry as their ideal probably played a major part in making Japan such an industrial powerhouse.
As I said, I think history is not random and similar conditions will create very similar results, but from that point on developments were no longer independent and then we got that whole ugly mess of the 20th century, for which Germany and Japan are mostly to blame. To my knowledge, there is no longer any significant exchange between Japan and Germany, we both probably get much more impact from America (who occupied and rebuild both countries to it's taste), but I think that applies to pretty much every place in the world. But still, Germany remains subconsciously in Japanese culture as one of those really cool countries. That Japan got a somewhat similar reputation here is a more recent development.

[Arkhosia]

Yes, the Japanese are.
And Germans are America fanboys. The circle is now complete.

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The reason is that Germany and Japan are actually very similar in their history, and also have very strong overlaps in society and values. (My personal opinion is that similar starting conditions DO in fact create very similar results, even if the developments happen completely independent of each other.) In the late 19th century, Japanese leadership realized they really needed to catch up very quickly in technology, administration, and science, but also to adopt western culture, or they would become a colony like Vietnam or the Philippines. Germany seemed to be the most close "in spirit", had just finished their own restructuring very successfully, and also had no colonial aspirations in East Asia. So after some first tryouts with the French, Germany became the blueprint for modern Japan, providing huge amounts of knowhow. The Japanese have always been keen about adopting better technologies, but I think taking German heavy industry as their ideal probably played a major part in making Japan such an industrial powerhouse.
As I said, I think history is not random and similar conditions will create very similar results, but from that point on developments were no longer independent and then we got that whole ugly mess of the 20th century, for which Germany and Japan are mostly to blame. To my knowledge, there is no longer any significant exchange between Japan and Germany, we both probably get much more impact from America (who occupied and rebuild both countries to it's taste), but I think that applies to pretty much every place in the world. But still, Germany remains subconsciously in Japanese culture as one of those really cool countries. That Japan got a somewhat similar reputation here is a more recent development.

I am now tempted to draw a picture of Hetalia Japan, America, and Germany being best friends.

[Amaril]

I am now tempted to draw a picture of Hetalia Japan, America, and Germany being best friends.

It'd be a welcome change from the whole "everyone hates America" thing that seems to crop up everywhere (though that might just be a consequence of living in Canada).

[toapat]

It'd be a welcome change from the whole "everyone hates America" thing that seems to crop up everywhere (though that might just be a consequence of living in Canada).

nope. Everyone Hates America.

Expecially Americans

Except for Japan

[Lord Raziere]

nope. Everyone Hates America.

Expecially Americans

Except for Japan

Yeah. Americans used to like America, but then we realized how much we suck at being America. and yes, that makes sense, I don't care what you say.

Don't believe me? compare America's cultural ideals (no ironic jokes please) to its current state in reality. and you'll see what I mean.

[Necroticplague]

Yeah. Americans used to like America, but then we realized how much we suck at being America. and yes, that makes sense, I don't care what you say.

Don't believe me? compare America's cultural ideals (no ironic jokes please) to its current state in reality. and you'll see what I mean.

Wait, we're not supposed to be "America, Land of one those comfortably insulated from policy-making by a thick layer of money, home of the masses who have to choose between fearing violent separatists or an opaque,inquisitorial government"?

[JHShadon]

Here's a poster I've been meaning to make for a while.

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