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2010-10-03, 06:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
So, what time of day is it?
Have we decided what Hayashi Izumi was doing while HG was gone? I considered having Ayase contact her, but that would screw up the "Sayaka-sensei" thing even further.Last edited by Prime32; 2010-10-03 at 06:30 PM.
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2010-10-03, 06:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
In the MW thread? Uh...late afternoon/early evening, I suppose.
SS: timey-whimey ball, but basically evening, possibly "the night before" the "current day" in the MW.
HM: Uh...not sure. Time has less meaning.
I think our goal after Ep. 3 wraps up is to try to synchronise things again, at least a bit.
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2010-10-03, 06:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-10-03, 06:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
Would Caballos be able notice whoever has entered the Cuarta Palacio? (like are they hiding their presence or some such?)
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2010-10-03, 06:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
He likely would.
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2010-10-03, 06:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
Of power versus tactics:
First, let's consider the environment the characters are in. This is Bleach we're talking about. A fighting anime which, by all accounts, is one of the subgenres of anime that uses the "tactics versus power" argument very, very often. In order to create dramatic tension, the hero is very often presented with an opponent who is more capable than himself in some respect - defense power, attack power, accuracy, evasion capabilities, and so on. (Bleach specifically does this poorly. Despite the variety of powers a Zanpakutou can have, it seems that every fight eventually gets decided by "whoever underestimates their opponent more loses".)
I agree that there is a point that no matter how smart you fight, overwhelming power is exceedingly likely to trump you. Speaking of statistics, there's a point at which your chances of winning are so close to zero they may as well not exist. Strategy, however, has a tendency to turn those numbers close to zero a little closer to one. Good strategy relies on attacking blind spots, getting to weak points your opponent didn't know he had, creating them if he doesn't have any, and so on. Most of them also rely on your opponent not seeing them coming. The basic reason Batman beats Superman in a given instance relies on Batman outwitting Superman. In effect, Batman is practically the poster boy for tactics over raw power - by all accounts, the sheer amount of enemies he's faced in situations where he by no means should come out on top (and yet he did) would have power triumph over strategy.
"Stealth" isn't a power, it's a tactic. This is because the usage of stealth is an approach to a problem (a problem that's basically defeating an opponent) and by itself it does not accomplish your objective. If your objective happened to be "go around undetected", then it would be a power. Even so, there is more than one way to do it: create a distraction, kill the guards before they spot you, mix in sleeping pills in the guards' coffee, disguising oneself as a guard...
I'm failing to see how I was the one prolonging the argument.The Void, the Cold Steel, the Just Sword courtesy of Prime32.
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I met a girl with a really pensive look. I walk up to her, put a fifty cent coin in her hand, "For your thoughts. I know the going rate is supposed to be one, but I figure you play hardball."
She gave it back, "Keep it. Pretty sure a guy with your charm can find a way to have them for free anyway."
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2010-10-03, 06:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
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This one's new.Spoiler
I met a girl with a really pensive look. I walk up to her, put a fifty cent coin in her hand, "For your thoughts. I know the going rate is supposed to be one, but I figure you play hardball."
She gave it back, "Keep it. Pretty sure a guy with your charm can find a way to have them for free anyway."
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2010-10-03, 06:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-10-03, 07:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
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2010-10-03, 07:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
Because of dramatic tension. Nothing says "secret sneaking mission" like a dark scenery.
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This one's new.Spoiler
I met a girl with a really pensive look. I walk up to her, put a fifty cent coin in her hand, "For your thoughts. I know the going rate is supposed to be one, but I figure you play hardball."
She gave it back, "Keep it. Pretty sure a guy with your charm can find a way to have them for free anyway."
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2010-10-03, 07:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
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2010-10-03, 07:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
I was more going with "dark alleys between buildings, and shadows from things like ledges". I think I even said the last bit of the trip relied on his cloak and his silent moves for stealth, as it was rather open.
Opening the door via one side was so he wasn't a nice, juicy target with a backlight.
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2010-10-03, 07:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-10-03, 07:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
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2010-10-03, 07:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
... Horngeek is back?... *sob*
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2010-10-03, 07:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-10-03, 07:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
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2010-10-03, 07:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
Let Shiro get that out of his chest, dude.
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This one's new.Spoiler
I met a girl with a really pensive look. I walk up to her, put a fifty cent coin in her hand, "For your thoughts. I know the going rate is supposed to be one, but I figure you play hardball."
She gave it back, "Keep it. Pretty sure a guy with your charm can find a way to have them for free anyway."
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2010-10-03, 07:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
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2010-10-03, 08:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
I just realized how much of a jerk I am.
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2010-10-03, 09:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
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2010-10-03, 09:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-10-03, 10:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
Well. There are a few options, here.
1.)Natsuko and Taiki interact. This one is not really time-dependent.
2.)She could meet with the people currently returning from the Joint Patrol. More time dependent, but still flexible. That said, might be good to let Frozen take the lead, since he controls the character who was the initial "officer in the field".
3.)She could interact with other SS characters. Masaru, for instance. Perhaps it's the morning after the Captain's party, and Natsuko is checking on "how well Taiki behaved himself" or some such thing?
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2010-10-03, 11:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
Or we could have her run into Soushi and be nearly scared into premature labor.
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AWSUM
This one's new.Spoiler
I met a girl with a really pensive look. I walk up to her, put a fifty cent coin in her hand, "For your thoughts. I know the going rate is supposed to be one, but I figure you play hardball."
She gave it back, "Keep it. Pretty sure a guy with your charm can find a way to have them for free anyway."
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2010-10-03, 11:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-10-03, 11:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
Fair enough.
Soushi may just be paying Natsuko a visit.The Void, the Cold Steel, the Just Sword courtesy of Prime32.
AWSUM
This one's new.Spoiler
I met a girl with a really pensive look. I walk up to her, put a fifty cent coin in her hand, "For your thoughts. I know the going rate is supposed to be one, but I figure you play hardball."
She gave it back, "Keep it. Pretty sure a guy with your charm can find a way to have them for free anyway."
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2010-10-03, 11:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-10-04, 12:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-10-04, 12:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
I make avatars. Send me a request.
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2010-10-04, 12:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [BitP:R] BleachitP: Reborn: OOC Thread 12
Not really. He saw that Mei was in better shape than he'd estimated, and that Serazel was holding his own quite well. So he stopped. It was a cost/benefit analysis.
He felt probably 2 seconds of nervousness when she sonidoed behind him. But that was it. She didn't attack or anything.